Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist

{{Short description|British music award}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist

| image = Dua Lipa with Warner Music.jpg

| image_upright =

| caption = 2021 Winner Dua Lipa

| awarded_for = Achievement in excellent British female solo artist

| country = United Kingdom (UK)

| presenter = British Phonographic Industry (BPI)

| year = 1977

| year2 = 2021

| holder = Dua Lipa (2021)

| most_awards = Annie Lennox (6)

| most_nominations = Annie Lennox (9)

| website = {{URL|http://www.brits.co.uk}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/about-bpi.aspx|title=About the BPI|publisher=British Phonographic Industry (BPI)|access-date=22 February 2014|archive-date=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206225605/http://www.bpi.co.uk/about-bpi.aspx|url-status=dead}} The accolade was presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-awards.aspx|title=BRIT Awards|publisher=British Phonographic Industry (BPI)|access-date=22 February 2014|archive-date=6 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195429/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-awards.aspx|url-status=dead}} The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/about-us/who-votes-for-the-brit-awards|title=And the nominees are...|work=Brits.co.uk|publisher=British Phonoghic Industry (BPI)|access-date=22 February 2014}} The award was first presented in 1977 as British Female Solo Artist and for the last time in 2021, as gendered categories have been dropped for 2022.{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |title=Brit Awards scrap male and female categories|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59372522 |access-date=25 November 2021 |publisher=BBC News |date=23 November 2021|quote=Dua Lipa and J Hus will go down in history as the last stars to win best female and male at the Brit Awards. That's because, from next year, the two categories will be combined into a single prize for best British artist, organisers have said.}}

British Female Solo Artist has been won by Annie Lennox the most times, with six wins (including four when she was the vocalist of Eurythmics, rather than for her solo career){{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27723/eurythmics/|title=Eurythmics | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27445/annie-lennox/|title=Annie Lennox | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}} and have received the most nominations, with nine, followed by Kate Bush with eight. As international artist categories only began in 1989,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/22/brit-awards-2022-to-remove-gendered-categories|title=Brit awards 2022 to remove gendered categories|date=November 22, 2021|website=the Guardian}} American singer Randy Crawford won the award in 1982.