Why are no women up for the Brit Award for best artist?
Part of the reason for this year's showing is that fewer major female stars like Adele and Dua Lipa put out new music in the last 12 months.
The Brits spokesperson said: "While it's disappointing there are no nominations in the artist of the year category, we also have to recognise that 2022 saw fewer high profile women artists in cycle with major releases, as was the case in 2021. Indeed, longer-term imbalances are well documented between the success of male and female artists in the charts, in radio airplay and even in the artists being signed by record labels.Full disclosure: I'm part of the Brits voting academy, and here's who I put forward for the best artist prize - Harry Styles, Charli XCX, Stormzy, Florence + The Machine and Aitch.
And, with a few notable exceptions, it still feels like labels don't know how to develop female acts once they reach a certain level. How did Mabel go from best female in 2020 to zero nominations in 2022? Her album was good, but badly promoted. No wonder she quit to work with Dua Lipa's former managers a month after it was released.
Music executive and researcher Vick Bain isn't sitting back. In 2019, she found that despite big-hitters like Adele and Dua, less than 20% of acts signed by labels overall are female.
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