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.