Yes, music awards are generally irrelevant. Music divides
opinions like no other and so to award the most popular seems
unfair, as popularity and talent are not always relational. However, despite the
brilliant Jack Whitehall hosting this years awards, the major headline is that
the BRITs may be beginning to embrace diversity.
Grime sensation Stormzy and hip-hop wonder kid Loyle Carner
are both nominated for British Male Artist of the year, with Stormzy also up
for Album of the Year and Carner up for British Breakthrough Act, a category which features no white male for what may be a BRITs’ first.
Meanwhile, in the search for gender equality, the BRITs are slowly getting there. The nominees for best British group features three bands lead by women, meanwhile Dua Lipa has become the most nominated act in BRITs history. However, the nominees for British Breakthrough and British Album raises question marks over this.
While the BRITs still remain irrelevant as an award
ceremony, it remains an important commercial beacon watched by many.
Whether the BRITs have truly embraced diversity we will find out once the
winners have been revealed, but the first step is a positive one.
You can see all the nominees and vote here: http://www.brits.co.uk/nominees
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