{"id":47384,"date":"2021-12-19T20:16:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T20:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=47384"},"modified":"2021-12-19T20:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T20:18:27","slug":"brit-awards-2022-most-female-nominations-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/brit-awards-2022-most-female-nominations-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit Awards 2022: Most female nominations in years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Brits Awards 2022 nominations are in and it seems that the new gender-neutral nomination system has had a positive outcome in increasing inclusivity at the awards.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brits Awards saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-59709921\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-59709921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drastic change<\/a> last month when it was decided to modify part of the early system used to assign nomination categories, due to criticism from several musical personalities, most notably Sam Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main changes were in two categories, best male and female artist and best international male and female solo artist. The first has been replaced by <strong>&#8220;Artist of the year&#8221;<\/strong> and the next by <strong>&#8220;International artist of the year&#8221;<\/strong>, opening the door to greater gender inclusivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/brit-awards-2022-decision-to-go-gender-neutral-sparks-an-inclusivity-debate-amongst-young-londoners\/\">Brit Awards 2022 decision to go gender neutral sparks inclusivity debate amongst young Londoners<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/brit-awards-scrap-male-and-female-categories-as-music-event-aims-to-be-as-inclusive-as-possible-12475804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/brit-awards-scrap-male-and-female-categories-as-music-event-aims-to-be-as-inclusive-as-possible-12475804\">Four new music categories<\/a> have also been added, including &#8220;Dance act&#8221; and &#8220;Alternative\/Rock act&#8221;, which will be voted on by the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/raye\/status\/1472282272137048069?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been 18 female artists nominated for next year&#8217;s Brits, a figure that has not been registered at the British awards since 2010, when 22 women were nominated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-59709921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-59709921\">according to the BBC<\/a>, these 18 female nominated artists are up against 48 nominations for male artists, suggesting that there is still a long way to go in terms of equality in music awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/bossa_viv\/status\/1472253449878261770?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And let&#8217;s not forget the nominations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the top award nominees this year are <strong>Adele, Dave, Little Simz and Ed Sheeran<\/strong>, with four nominations each, closely followed by Sam Fender and Newcomer Central Cee with 3 nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eillish and Doja Cat are among the nominees for Best International Artist, along with Abba&#8217;s surprise nomination for Best International Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Artist of the Year award will go to Adele, Dave, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz or Sam Fender, who are also nominated for Album of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year nominations will be announced in January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see the full list of nominations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-59709921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-59709921\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/BRITs\/status\/1472252258846924814?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/BRITs\/status\/1472256536709939203?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The awards will take place on <strong>8 February at the O2 Arena in London<\/strong>, and will be broadcast live on ITV and ITV Hub on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words: Saray Ramiro Fernandez | Subbing: <strong>Erin Kalejs<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brits Awards 2022 nominations are in and it seems that the new gender-neutral nomination system has had a positive outcome in increasing inclusivity at the awards. 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