The Brit Award for British Urban Act is an award given by the
British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards, the Classic BRIT Awards, National Album Day, is home to the Mercury Prize, and co-owns the Official Charts Company with th ...
(BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
. The accolade was presented at the
Brit Awards
The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...
, an annual celebration of
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
and international music. The winners and nominees were determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members comprising
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...
s,
publishers
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,
managers
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Management includes the activities o ...
,
agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.
History
The award was first presented at the
2003 Brit Awards and last presented in
2006
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. In 2021, it was announced that the category had been revived and renamed Best British Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act following the removal of gendered categories. This new iteration of the award will first be presented at the
42nd Brit Awards.
Winners and nominees
Multiple nominations and awards
Notes
*
Ms. Dynamite
Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley (born 26 April 1981), better known as Ms. Dynamite, is a British singer and rapper. She is the recipient of the Mercury Music Prize, two Brit Awards and three MOBO Awards.
Early years
She was born Niomi Arleen Mc ...
(2003),
Joss Stone (2005) also won
Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist
The Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist was an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. The accolade was presented at the Brit Awards, an ann ...
References
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Brit Awards
Hip hop awards
Rhythm and blues
Awards established in 2003