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FILE - Mabel accepts the grant for British Female Solo Artist connected signifier astatine the Brit Awards 2020 successful London, Feb. 18, 2020. The organizers of the Brit Awards announced Monday Nov. 22, 2021, they are scrapping abstracted antheral and pistillate creator categories successful a shakeup designed to marque the euphony prizes much inclusive. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

LONDON – The organizers of the Brit Awards announced Monday they are scrapping abstracted antheral and pistillate creator categories successful a shakeup designed to marque the euphony prizes much inclusive.

Next year’s awards volition diagnostic trophies for U.K. and planetary creator of the year, replacing antheral and pistillate awards successful each category. Organizers said the alteration volition observe artists “solely for their euphony and work, alternatively than however they take to place oregon arsenic others whitethorn spot them.”

The 2022 ceremonial volition besides see 4 caller awards for antithetic genres, decided by nationalist vote: alternative/rock act; hep hop/grime/rap act; creation enactment and pop/R’n’B act.

The moves are the latest changes made successful effect to disapproval that the awards agelong failed to bespeak the diverseness of British music. In 2017, the academy of much than 1,000 euphony manufacture professionals that chooses Brits winners was expanded successful an effort to marque it much gender-balanced and diverse.

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The 2022 Brit Awards ceremonial volition beryllium held Feb. 8 astatine London’s O2 Arena, hosted by comedian Mo Gilligan.

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