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

YearRecipientNominee 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 awardsAwardsArtist4Robbie Williams3David BowiePhil CollinsPaul Weller2George MichaelCliff RichardEd SheeranStormzy

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

Notes Paul Young (1984), Ed Sheeran (2012), Ben Howard (2013) also won Brit Award for Best New Artist James Bay (2015) also won Brit Award for Rising Star Peter Gabriel (1993) also won Brit Award for British Producer of the Year

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