Adele and Ed Sheeran score top nods for 'gender-neutral' Brit Awards

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Adele and Ed Sheeran were announced on Saturday as two of the top nominees for the 2022 Brit Awards, with four nominations each.

Rappers Dave and Little Simz also received four nominations on a list that saw Britain's annual pop music honours dispensing of male and female categories.

Organisers said last month they were introducing gender-neutral awards for local and international artists, with performers now in the running for artist of the year or international artist of the year., secured four nods, including nominations for best album, best artist and best song forShe faces competition in the best album and artist categories from singer-songwriter Sam Fender.

In the international artist category Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X are each nominated for two awards and all are up against Taylor Swift. Next year's Brits, the 42nd edition of the show, also sees the introduction of four genre awards: alternative/rock act, hip-hop/grime/rap act, dance act and pop/R'n'B act.The Brits will take place on February 8 in London.

 

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So unfair that James Arthur never gets a look in .. he is one of this country’s most amazing singer songwriter . Don’t understand why he never gets nominated . Such talent really should be acknowledged .

Nice... but where is the nomination for the best male singer on planet earth: jamesarthur23 ? His new album IAMSITE is a masterpiece!!! ❤❤❤

Adele and Ed are great (sort of). But SO predictable! I prefer the powerful, raspy, bluesy voice of the sexy & outrageously talented JamesArthur23! IAMSITE

We want excitement, passion, honest, deep, real & sexy! We want JamesArthur23 ❤️ IAMSITE

How about JamesArthur23 with his exciting, passionate voice, his electric & sexy performances, his honest & real music?! Stop playing it safe. Boring!

All these statistics do not reflect the truth, because if it were not for the persistent & homophobic ignorance that radio stations apply to music of James Arthur, he would be the highest in any rankings. To have such an artist & destroy him this way is a shame and a disgrace

Same old people getting Brit awards. It's not on as there are plenty of others out there that deserve a brit. James Arthur deserves one big time!!!

Whatever gender, JamesArthur deserves BRITs awards! ItllAllMakeSenseInTheEnd is the best album of 2021. JamesArthur23: Best songs: Medicine SOS 🆘 Ride DejaVu Always Emily Wolves 🐺 TakeItOrLeaveIt 🎶 🏆🎶

USA cannot understand why favorite & most talented UK singer/songwriter JamesArthur23 is never acknowledged? New Album iamsite is brilliant.

iamsite JamesArthur it’s not the Ed and Adele show! There are other talented artists. James Arthur should be up there with a nomination he truly deserves it!! Doesn’t get a look in why?

Nobody deserves this more than James Arthur !

Again, seriously?! Where is JamesArthur23. An artist who has put heart + soul into an album gets nothing?!!! So you have an artist who has been out of the music scene for what, 6 years?! total fix or what?!

Same people voted again and again. What about any other artists? We need to stop this biased and corrupt industry as many of us are sick of hearing the same music. How about playing JamesArthur23 on radio and tv? Fantastic British artist who we should be giving the same credit.

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