BRIT Awards 2021: Best Female Singer Dua Lipa channels Amy Winehouse’s 2007 look on the red carpet

Dua Lipa appeared to pay tribute to music icon Amy Winehouse’s iconic 2007 Brit Awards look when she attended the ceremony on Tuesday. 

The three-time nominee, 25, hit the red carpet at the 2021 BRIT Awards in sensational, head-turning style with a beehive hairstyle and a thigh-scraping yellow Vivienne Westwood Couture corset minidress.

The look was strikingly similar to Amy’s canary yellow gown by Preen – she picked up the Best Female Solo Artist gong at the 2007 event. 

Her flattering frock of choice boasted a deep plunging neckline, patterned print and a dramatic purple hued train, which descended from her cinched waist.

Adding racy details, the chart-topping singer wore black suspenders and lace-up statement purple platform heels.

Dua oozed Hollywood glamour as she styled her signature raven locks into a beehive hairdo and added a slick of radiant makeup.

The London-born beauty further complemented her glamorous ensemble with a triple row pearl necklace with a matching bracelet and earrings.  

She appeared in great spirits as she posed up a storm on the star-studded red carpet and playfully smiled with a life-size BRIT Award. 

Amy tragically passed away aged 27 on the 23 July 2011 after being found dead in her bed due to alcohol poisoning. 

The 2021 Brit Awards, hosted by Jack Whitehall, will mark the first major indoor music event in over a year as bosses released 2,500 free tickets to key workers. 

The Brit Awards are taking place in front of a live audience of 4,000 people at London’s The O2 six days before the next phase of lockdown lifts. 

The ceremony, which will be broadcast live on ITV, will celebrate the return to live music and nominee Dua Lipa has promised those attending that it will ‘be a night to remember’.  

The indoor ceremony and live show will form part of the Government’s scientific Events Research Programme, and it will use enhanced testing approaches to examine how events can take place without the need for social distancing after all restrictions are lifted on June 21. 

Working closely with the Government to adhere to safety guidelines, this means The BRITs, will be the first live music show at The O2 in over a year, with 4,000 tickets being up for grabs- just one fifth of the venue’s 20,000 capacity. 

The BRITs will play an important role in paving the way for the return of live music at scale as the UK emerges from the past year’s restrictions. 

Audience members will not be socially distanced or required to wear face coverings in the arena, but they will be required to follow existing Government guidance when travelling to the venue and adhere to rules set out by the event organisers.

Among the rules, attendees must have proof of a negative lateral flow test result to enter the venue. 

As part of the wider scientific research on the trial events, attendees will also be asked to take a test after the event to gather further evidence on the safety of indoor settings, reduced social distancing and the removal of non-pharmaceutical interventions like face coverings.  

The show is set to award Taylor Swift – who will make history as the first ever female to be given BRITs Global Icon Award at the ceremony. 

The 11-time Grammy Award winner, 31, will join former winners Elton John, Robbie Williams and David Bowie in being given with the award in recognition of her impact on music across the world and incredible repertoire and achievements to date. 

In numbers provided by Official Charts Company, Taylor is the UK’s biggest selling artist of the year to date in 2021 and has sold over 114m albums worldwide with total global audio + video streams reaching 78b. 

Taylor is the only artist in history to have four consecutive albums – Speak Now, RED, 1989 and reputation – sell over one million copies in their week of release.   

She is also the only artist to have nine albums each sell at least half a million copies in a single week, with Fearless, Speak Now, RED, 1989, reputation, Lover, folklore, evermore, Fearless (Taylor’s Version).

Taylor is nominated for a second BRIT award this year for International Female Solo Artist, her sixth BRIT nomination to date.  

The Icon gong is the highest accolade given and is reserved for truly exceptional artists – following on from Elton, Robbie and David. 

Nominations were unveiled in March, with Celeste, Dua Lipa, Joel Corry and Young T & Bugsey joining Arlo Parks in receiving three nominations each, and Jessie Ware, J Hus, Bicep, AJ Tracey up for two awards as with Headie One.

Confirmed to perform on the show are: Arlo Parks, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Griff – this year’s Rising Star award winner – Headie One, Olivia Rodrigo, and Rag’n’Bone Man & P!nk with the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Choir.