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The BRIT Awards 2024: RAYE makes history with a record-breaking SEVEN nods as she leads the female dominated nominations with Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift after controversial shake-up sparked gender row

Any residual upset over last year's male dominated BRIT Awards were swept aside on Wednesday as the nominations for this year's ceremony were announced in London.

But a lot can happen in a year, and subsequent tweak to the category - which has doubled in size - has resulted in a balanced mix, with six of its ten nominees established female artists - among them British star Raye. Arlo Parks, Jessie Ware, Little Simz, Olivia Sims and Dua Lipa make up the female nominees for Artist Of The Year, while male nominations go to Central Cee, Dave, J. Hus and Fred Again... Music industry chiefs faced a backlash when they scrapped the two categories in a bid to be inclusive and relevant after non-binary musicians including Sam Smith, who identifies as neither male nor female, said they felt excluded.

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