For second consecutive Year, the ceremony had a neutral gender category for the best British artist of the year, created after in 2021 the non-binary singer Sam Smith was excluded in both genres. However, all of the nominees this year were men.
As you collect your reward, Styles reminded the women who were pre-nominated for category: Rina Sawayama, Charli XCX, Florence Welch, Mabel and Becky Hill. “I am very, very grateful for this and I am well aware of my privilege tonight. So this award goes to Rina, Charli, Florence, Mabel and Becky,” she said.
The head of the Brit Awards, Damian Christianexplained to Music Week this month that it was “disappointing to see the lack of female representation”, but he attributed it to the few releases in 2022 from great female artists.
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Stylesformer member of the band One Direction, partía as one of the favorites for the gala after winning the Grammy award for album of the year this month for “Harry’s House”, the best seller in the UK in 2022. Also a winner at the American awardswhere she became the most awarded artist of all time at the Grammys, Beyoncé won the categories of international artist of the year and best international song.
It was also a successful night for some young people who released their debut albums in 2022. Among them, the indie rock band Wet Legwhich won the band of the year category and best new artist after the release of his catchy single “Chaise Longue” and his self-titled album. One of the members received a standing ovation during his speech when saying from the stage: “Fuck the Tories”a comment that was covered in the television broadcast.
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