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Brit Awards scrap male and female categories - BBC News

Brit Awards scrap male and female categories - BBC News

Brit Awards scrap male and female categories - BBC News
Nov 22, 2021 1 min, 34 secs

Dua Lipa and J Hus will go down in history as the last stars to win best female and male at the Brit Awards.

That's because, from next year, the two categories will be combined into a single prize for best British artist, organisers have said.

Organisers promised to review the way the prizes in 2019, but kept the male and female categories intact until now.

The shift will also be reflected in the international category, where the best international male and female awards - won by The Weeknd and Billie Eilish this year - will be replaced by a single best international artist prize.

The MTV Video Music Awards replaced its best male and best female prizes with an overall best artist award in 2017 - since when the winners have been Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.

The Grammys also merged the male and female categories for best pop vocal, country vocal and R&B vocal performances in 2012.

At the Brits, the gender-neutral prize for best album has been won by female solo artists 10 times, and by male solo artists on nine occasions.

The singer's new album 30, which is on course to have the biggest opening sales week of 2021, will make her a prime contender for both album of the year and the best artist prize.

Reducing the number of artist awards has also allowed the Brits to reintroduce genre-based prizes for the first time since 2006.

Covering pop, rock, dance and rap, the awards will be voted for by fans - a departure for The Brits, which typically distributes prizes based on votes from music industry insiders.

The best dance prize has been absent for even longer - with the last recipient being Basement Jaxx in 2004?

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