As the dust has now settled from the jubilations of 2023’s BRIT Awards, the focus has shifted away from Sam Smith’s viral red-carpet look, and back to wider issues in the music industry.
Representation of women, transgender and non-binary artists has always been a problem. The 2023 BRIT Award nominations clearly showed that things still haven’t changed, with the move to gender inclusive award categories proving counterproductive by resulting an all-male shortlist for Best Artist, further alienating female artists and artists of marginalised genders.
