BRIT Award Nominations 2021: A Triumph For Diversity With The Likes Of Arlo Parks, Celeste And Young T And Bugsey
One of the most diverse line-ups we've seen for a major awards show in a while.
The nominations are in! This year's Brit Awards features a remarkable blend of artists from different ethnic minorities, forming the majority of the nominees. There's no tokenism here, which is usually to be expected of a major awards show. It goes to show just how much the country is changing to see the whitewashing of the indie and pop industry slowly ebbing away.
Arlo Parks on The Graham Norton Show, 2021 / Photo credit: Matt Crossick/PA Wire/PA Images
Among the top nominees of the year are London indie newcomer Arlo Parks, who is tipped for Breakthrough Artist, Female Solo Artist and Mastercard Album for January's Collapsed in Sunbeams. The 20-year-old Nigerian-Chadian-French-British singer is about as diverse as they come, and being openly bisexual she represents the LGBTQ+ music community.
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