Gender distribution among this year’s Brit Awards nominations
In light of the upcoming Brit Awards (28.02), let's take a closer look at this year's nominations: There has been consternation in previous years at how male-dominated the Brit awards could be, including as recently as 2023 when all the artist of the year nominees were men. But this year, 70% of nominees are female or non-binary, or mixed-gender groups.
That representation arguably disguises a deeper malaise in British music, however. Of the 116 albums eligible for British album of the year – those that reached the UK Top 30 – only 41 were by female acts or mixed-gender groups, and of those 41, only 25 were solely female.