Brit Award for International Artist

The award was first presented in 1983 as International Artist, where both groups and solo artists of any gender could be nominated. From 1986 to 1988, in 1990 and again in 1992 and 1993, it was presented as International Solo Artist (given to a male or female artist) while groups were honored with the newly created Brit Award for International Group from 1986 onward. The accolade was not handed out at the 1989 and 1991 ceremonies and has been defunct as of 1993. In 2021, it was announced that the category had been revived and returned to its original name Best International Artist of the Year following the removal of gendered categories, and combines the International Male Solo Artist and International Female Solo Artist categories. This new iteration of the award was first presented at the 42nd Brit Awards. The number of nominees in the category was increased from five to ten in 2024. ==Winners and nominees==

International Artist (1983-1985) International Solo Artist (1986-1988, 1990, 1992-1993) became the first female recipient in 1990, and remained the only non-American winner until Rosalía's win in 2026 International Artist (2022-present) , the winner of the newly-revived category in 2022 ==Multiple nominations and awards==

• A ^ Including his win with The Revolution. ==Notes==