BRIT Awards 2021: Taylor Swift To Become The First Female Winner Of Global Icon Award
Pop star Taylor Swift will become the first female winner of the Global Icon award at the BRIT Awards. She will also be the first non-British recipient of the prize
Pop
star
Taylor
Swift
will
become
the
first
female
winner
of
the
Global
Icon
award
at
the
BRIT
Awards.
She
will
also
be
the
first
non-British
recipient
of
the
prize,
which
the
Brits
characterize
as
their
highest
honor.
Only
three
other
artists
have
been
named
Brits
Icons
-
Sir
Elton
John,
David
Bowie
and
Robbie
Williams.
Hosted
for
a
fourth
time
by
Jack
Whitehall,
the
show
will
open
with
a
performance
from
Coldplay.
Other
performers
on
the
night
include
Dua
Lipa,
The
Weeknd,
Olivia
Rodgrigo
and
Headie
One.
Swift
is
not
expected
to
perform
at
the
ceremony,
which
will
take
place
with
an
audience
as
part
of
the
government's
pilot
scheme
for
live
events.
Swift
could
walk
away
with
two
prizes
on
the
night.
She
is
also
nominated
for
international
female
solo
artist,
an
award
she
previously
won
in
2015.
Her
competition
in
that
category
comes
from
Ariana
Grande,
Billie
Eilish,
Cardi
B
and
Miley
Cyrus.
Announcing
her
Global
Icon
prize,
the
Brits
said:
"Taylor's
career
is
unparalleled
and
her
music
and
influence
has
resonated
with
millions
of
people
all
over
the
world.
She's
used
her
platform
to
highlight
many
issues
globally
and
recently
has
been
applauded
for
her
work
promoting
acceptance
of
the
LGBTQ
community."
The
star
recently
scored
her
seventh
UK
number
one,
with
a
re-recorded
version
of
her
breakthrough
album
Fearless.
It
was
her
third
chart-topping
album
in
the
space
of
just
259
days,
after
the
surprise
release
of
two
lockdown
albums,
Folklore
and
Evermore.
According
to
the
Official
Charts
Company,
she
is
the
highest-selling
artist
of
the
year
so
far
in
the
UK.
Catch
the
most
exciting
BRIT
Awards
2021
Sunday,
16th
May,
at
9
PM
only
on
Vh1
India.