The nominations for next year’s BRIT Awards have been announced, and any fears that dropping gendered categories would lead to female artists missing out appear to have been unfounded.
Although, of course, it remains to be seen who the overall winners in each category will be.While no category is 100% male-dominated – and a number of shortlists are almost entirely female – it’s a couple of the all new genre categories where we find the fewest women with nominations.
The Rock & Alternative and Hop Hop, Grime & Rap shortlists are light on female names. Although in Pop & R&B, four out of the five artists are women.Perhaps reflecting a shift in the industry, the Best New Artist category is another that features only one man – Central Cee – with.
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