# Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist

The Brit Award for British Male 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 annual celebration of British and international music. The winners and nominees were determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprised record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees. The award was first presented in 1977.
Robbie Williams won the award the most times, with four wins.
In 2021, the Brit Awards announced the award was to be replaced with a single award for best artist in order to be more inclusive to non-binary people.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Recipient | Nominee |
| 1977 (1st) | Cliff Richard | Elton John Tom Jones Rod Stewart |
| 1982 (2nd) | Cliff Richard | Elvis Costello Shakin' Stevens |
| 1983 (3rd) | Paul McCartney | Phil Collins Cliff Richard Shakin' Stevens |
| 1984 (4th) | David Bowie | Elton John Paul McCartney Cliff Richard Paul Young |
| 1985 (5th) | Paul Young | David Bowie Howard Jones Nik Kershaw Paul McCartney |
| 1986 (6th) | Phil Collins | Elton John Sting Midge Ure Paul Young |
| 1987 (7th) | Peter Gabriel | Phil Collins Chris de Burgh Billy Ocean Robert Palmer |
| 1988 (8th) | George Michael | Rick Astley Chris Rea Cliff Richard Steve Winwood |
| 1989 (9th) | Phil Collins | George Michael Robert Palmer Chris Rea Steve Winwood |
| 1990 (10th) | Phil Collins | Roland Gift Van Morrison Chris Rea Cliff Richard |
| 1991 (11th) | Elton John | Phil Collins George Michael Van Morrison Robert Smith Jimmy Somerville |
| 1992 (12th) | Seal | Phil Collins Elton John George Michael Van Morrison Kenny Thomas |
| 1993 (10th) | Mick Hucknall | Eric Clapton Joe Cocker Phil Collins Elton John George Michael |
| 1994 (14th) | Sting | Apache Indian Van Morrison Rod Stewart Paul Weller |
| 1995 (15th) | Paul Weller | Eric Clapton Elvis Costello Morrissey Seal |
| 1996 (16th) | Paul Weller | Edwyn Collins Van Morrison Jimmy Nail Tricky |
| 1997 (17th) | George Michael | Mick Hucknall Mark Morrison Sting Tricky |
| 1998 (18th) | Finley Quaye | Gary Barlow Elton John Paul Weller Robbie Williams |
| 1999 (19th) | Robbie Williams | Ian Brown Bernard Butler Fatboy Slim Lynden David Hall |
| 2000 (20th) | Tom Jones | David Bowie Ian Brown Van Morrison Sting |
| 2001 (21st) | Robbie Williams | Badly Drawn Boy Craig David Fatboy Slim David Gray |
| 2002 (22nd) | Robbie Williams | Aphex Twin Ian Brown Craig David Elton John |
| 2003 (23rd) | Robbie Williams | Badly Drawn Boy Craig David David Gray The Streets |
| 2004 (24th) | Daniel Bedingfield | Badly Drawn Boy David Bowie Dizzee Rascal Will Young |
| 2005 (25th) | The Streets | Jamie Cullum Lemar Morrissey Will Young |
| 2006 (26th) | James Blunt | Antony and the Johnsons Ian Brown Robbie Williams Will Young |
| 2007 (27th) | James Morrison | Jarvis Cocker Lemar Paolo Nutini Thom Yorke |
| 2008 (28th) | Mark Ronson | Newton Faulkner Richard Hawley Jamie T Mika |
| 2009 (29th) | Paul Weller | Ian Brown James Morrison The Streets Will Young |
| 2010 (30th) | Dizzee Rascal | Calvin Harris Mika Paolo Nutini Robbie Williams |
| 2011 (31st) | Plan B | Robert Plant Mark Ronson Tinie Tempah Paul Weller |
| 2012 (32nd) | Ed Sheeran | James Blake Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Professor Green James Morrison |
| 2013 (33rd) | Ben Howard | Calvin Harris Richard Hawley Olly Murs Plan B |
| 2014 (34th) | David Bowie | James Blake Jake Bugg John Newman Tom Odell |
| 2015 (35th) | Ed Sheeran | Damon Albarn George Ezra Paolo Nutini Sam Smith |
| 2016 (36th) | James Bay | Aphex Twin Calvin Harris Jamie xx Mark Ronson |
| 2017 (37th) | David Bowie | Craig David Kano Michael Kiwanuka Skepta |
| 2018 (38th) | Stormzy | Loyle Carner Liam Gallagher Rag'n'Bone Man Ed Sheeran |
| 2019 (39th) | George Ezra | Aphex Twin Craig David Giggs Sam Smith |
| 2020 (40th) | Stormzy | Lewis Capaldi Dave Michael Kiwanuka Harry Styles |
| 2021 (41st) | J Hus | Joel Corry Headie One AJ Tracey Yungblud |

## Artists with multiple wins

Artists that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 4 | Robbie Williams |
| 3 | David Bowie |
| 3 | Phil Collins |
| 3 | Paul Weller |
| 2 | George Michael |
| 2 | Cliff Richard |
| 2 | Ed Sheeran |
| 2 | Stormzy |

## Artists with multiple nominations
### 8 nominations

* Phil Collins
* Elton John

### 7 nominations

* Robbie Williams

### 6 nominations

* David Bowie
* George Michael
* Van Morrison
* Cliff Richard
* Paul Weller

### 5 nominations

* Ian Brown
* Craig David

### 4 nominations

* Sting
* Will Young

### 3 nominations

* Aphex Twin
* Badly Drawn Boy
* Calvin Harris
* Paul McCartney
* James Morrison
* Paolo Nutini
* Chris Rea
* Mark Ronson
* Ed Sheeran
* The Streets
* Paul Young

### 2 nominations

* James Blake
* Elvis Costello
* Eric Clapton
* Dizzee Rascal
* George Ezra
* Fatboy Slim
* David Gray
* Richard Hawley
* Mick Hucknall
* Tom Jones
* Michael Kiwanuka
* Lemar
* Mika
* Morrissey
* Robert Palmer
* Plan B
* Seal
* Sam Smith
* Shakin' Stevens
* Rod Stewart
* Stormzy
* Tricky
* Steve Winwood