For the first time in the history of the Brit Awards, 4/5 of the Album of the year nominees are female, with Jessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure also in the running. The Male Solo Artist nominees this year are AJ Tracey, Headie One, J Hus, Joel Corry and Yungblud. At last year’s Brits, the Album of the year category featured entirely male nominees, and was won by rapper Dave. Singer Mabel was the only female artist nominated in mixed gender categories in 2020 - a shortlist of 25 slots. There were suggestions of merging the male and female categories, but critics included former Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan, who said women would lose recognition at the male-dominated ceremony.

Source: Daily Mirror March 31, 2021 15:31 UTC