Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist won by Annie Lennox the most times, with six wins and have received the most nominations, with nine, followed by Kate Bush with eight. Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist The Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents,
I Dreamed a Dream (album) 1 and became the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK, selling 411,820 copies, beating the record previously set by "Spirit" by Leona Lewis and outselling the rest of the top five albums combined during its first week on sale. The album remained at the top spot for four weeks, becoming the biggest selling album in the UK in 2009. In the U.S., "I Dreamed a Dream" debuted at No. 1 on the "Billboard" 200, with 701,000 copies sold in its first week, breaking the record for the highest debut by a new solo female artist in the SoundScan era