Organisers say academy is more gender-balanced and diverse after final year’s failure to nominate black artistsWhen final year’s Brit awards failed to nominate a single black artist in any major category,there was a refrain of outrage. Laura Mvula threatened a boycott, the hashtag #BritsSoWhite went viral and Stormzy took aim in his track One rob Freestyle, or calling them “embarrassing”.
The failure to notice and reward talent in minority artists was the latest in a wave of film and music awards to cause outrage by ignoring non-white entrants. But this could all be about to change,with the organisers of the Brits announcing the biggest ever shakeup of the 1000 members who make up their voting academy.
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Source: theguardian.com