Famous BRIT Awards scrap male, female prize categories

Organisers of Britain’s pop music awards, the BRITs, are scrapping its female and male categories from next year as they plan to introduce gender-neutral awards for local and international artists.

Four new fan voted genre awards – Alternative/Rock act, Pop/R&B act, Hip Hop/Grime/Rap act and Dance act – this year fans have more power than ever as we bring back the vote, while The #BRITs shines a light across a diverse range of genres (2/2) pic.twitter.com/myhQpxMllr

— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) November 22, 2021

To enhance the importance of the music industry, the BRIT organisers have said that four new categories will also be introduced, including alternative/rock act, hip-hop/grime/rap act, dance act and pop/R’n’B act.

Britain’s well-known BRIT Awards will next take place on February 8 next year. It will be the 42nd edition of the award show.

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Earlier in September this year, San Sebastian Film Festival had introduced a gender-neutral acting award for best leading performance for the first time.