'Brit Awards' cancels 40-year-old male and female singers' award and replaces it with a new non-binary award next year

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The BRIT Awards, the UK's annual music event, has announced the cancellation of the 40-year-old Male/Female Singer Awards, and instead awarded the non-binary "Singer of the Year" and "International Singer of the Year" awards. Music fans will be able to witness the change for the first time at the awards ceremony next February.

In fact, many prestigious international awards have been reformed in recent years, so that non-binary people will not be excluded from the competition system of male and female groups. The Emmy Awards retain the male/female awards, but refer to non-binary contestants as "performers". The reason for the reform of the "British Music Awards" is that many singer-songwriters who have won numerous awards were not shortlisted because of their non-binary gender identity. The organizers therefore reviewed the competition system to show respect for gender diversity.

Non-binary singers are excluded from the competition system and openly call for reforms

Since its establishment in 1977, the "British Music Awards" will present more than 10 awards each year, including the "British Male/Female Soloist Award" and "International Male/Female Soloist", to recognize outstanding musicians around the world . At the end of last month, the organizers of the "British Music Awards" officially announced that the awards ceremony in 2022 will no longer be divided into male and female awards , and will be replaced by "Artist of the Year" and other non-binary awards. It is to "recognize musicians by focusing only on their music and works, rather than their identity, to make the Music Awards more diverse and inclusive."

In fact, the idea of reforming the Brit Awards can be traced back to earlier disputes over gender issues. In 2019, the 27-year-old British singer-songwriter Sam Smith has won three "British Music Awards" and four "Grammy Awards". He resolutely came out of the closet to reveal his non-binary gender identity, but because of this he cannot be shortlisted for 2021. The Brit Awards Male/Female Singer Award. He wrote on social media, saying, "I hope the award ceremony reflects the reality of society in which we live. Let everyone affirm everyone, regardless of gender, race, age, ability, sexual orientation and class."

Responding to Sam Smith's request, organizers said last year that they would review the format, but it was only recently that the singer's award would no longer be gender-neutral. Can’t compete side by side and be judged as artists? Of course, only if they are nominated.”

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The de-gendering of international awards has become a major trend, but it is not good for female contestants?

After the Brit Awards announced the reform of the competition system, some people worry that the merger of the male/female awards will reduce the number of winners and make the competition more intense in disguise. The selection of awards itself is often criticized for skewing towards men. For example, in the Oscar "Best Director" award, which does not distinguish between men and women, only seven female directors have been nominated in the history of nearly a hundred years, and only two have been awarded. Therefore, It has also been criticised that merging male/female awards may make it harder for women to break through and instead contribute to gender inequality.

Last year's "Brit Awards" were criticized for this issue, as only one female singer was nominated for the "Song of the Year" and "Best New Artist" awards regardless of gender, "British Album of the Year" and "British Album of the Year". The British Group Award" is not even a woman. To this end, the "British Music Awards" announced the cancellation of the male/female awards at the same time, and also announced that next year's awards ceremony will add a number of new awards, covering rock, hip-hop, dance, R&B and other music genres, so that all genders have the opportunity to win awards Increase.

In fact, many international music and entertainment awards have been reformed in recent years to make the awards more inclusive on gender issues. For example, the Grammy Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards in the music industry have cancelled gender. For a few years, the ratio of male and female awards has remained approximately one to one, and no one gender dominates; although the "Emmy Awards" in the TV industry retain the male/female awards, they will use the more neutral "Emmy Awards". "Performer" refers to non-binary contestants.

What if more overseas musicians support the non-binary Hong Kong music scene?

In recent years, internationally renowned musicians have shown their non-binary gender identities, such as Demi Lavato, Hikaru Utada, Miley Cyrus, Christine and the Queens, King Princess, etc. They can all benefit from these international awards to remove gender groupings. As for the local music scene, the award ceremony of the "Holy Music Pop Chart" attracts the public's attention every year. There are also many awards that are not classified by gender, such as singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, arranger and producer. "New Force" will decide whether to group or not based on the number of participants in the male, female and group of the appropriate age.

Since the establishment of the awards ceremony in 1988, "Xin Lijun" has not been divided by gender for 14 years, accounting for nearly half of the 33 awards ceremony. From 2013 to last year, there was no gender division for eight consecutive years. Do music awards have to be divided into males and females? In recent years, the changes in the international music scene have undoubtedly questioned whether gender grouping is inevitable, and it has also caused public controversy. In any case, if local and international awards ceremonies pay more attention to respecting the situation of non-binary musicians, the music scene will become more exciting.

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