Sam Smith admits it is a ‘disgrace’ that no ladies have been nominated for the BRITs’ Finest Artist award

Sam Smith thinks it’s a ‘disgrace’ that there aren’t any feminine nominees for Finest Artist on the BRIT Awards.

The Unholy hitmaker, 30, was one of many first musicians to make the ceremony ‘reflective’, leading to organizers making the occasion the primary main UK awards present to remove gender classes.

However the star – who’s non-binary and makes use of gender impartial pronouns – nonetheless thinks solely males are the nominees after being shortlisted for this 12 months’s prestigious award.

Disillusioned: Sam Smith, 30, thinks it is a ‘disgrace’ there aren’t any feminine nominees for Finest Artist on the BRIT Awards

Sam mentioned there are too many feminine artists who ought to have been shortlisted as an alternative of solely Harry Kinds, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Sea and Fred Once more being disregarded for the award.

Requested which of the ladies ought to have been shortlisted, he mentioned: ‘Kat Burns. Anne Marie. Florence Welch. There’s a lot unimaginable feminine expertise within the UK — she needs to be on that listing.’

He added: ‘Issues are progressing, however it’s clear that it’s not there but. from seeing it [best artist] listing, nonetheless has an extended solution to go’.

‘It is extremely disappointing. ‘Looks as if it needs to be straightforward to do’.

Lacking Out: The Unholy hitmaker was one of many first musicians to make the ceremony ‘reflective’, leading to organizers making the occasion the primary main UK awards present to remove gender classes (Dua Lipa pic)

In 2021, the BRIT Awards introduced it could remove its female and male classes as a way to rejoice artists ‘just for their music’.

He continued: ‘[The BRITs] Everybody simply has to rejoice as a result of it is not simply in regards to the actors getting the award’.

‘The awards are for the youngsters who noticed on TV, ‘I could make music like this.’ Once I was youthful, it could gentle up my coronary heart if I would see extra quirky folks at these awards. Rewards are there to inspire.

Unaffected: Sam mentioned there are too many feminine artists who ought to have been shortlisted as an alternative of solely Harry Kinds, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Sea and Fred Once more being disregarded for the award.

In the meantime, whereas Sam believes his new album ‘Gloria’ is his most genuine document thus far, he insists he was by no means ‘inauthentic’, simply not comfy with himself.

Sam mentioned: ‘I’ve at all times been genuine. I assume asking a 24-year-old to be one hundred pc of herself in entrance of 20,000 folks was by no means going to occur.

‘I confirmed 70 p.c of who I used to be then and a number of it has to do with me being homosexual.’

The ladies: Requested which ladies ought to have been shortlisted, he mentioned: ‘Kat Burns (left). Anne Marie. Florence Welch (proper). There’s a number of unimaginable feminine expertise within the UK – she needs to be on that listing’

‘As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized there’s nothing to be ashamed of. I wasn’t being dishonest—preserve just a few issues with you till you are prepared.’

It comes after Geroge Ezra was nominated for the BRITs Artist of the Yr award on Twitter final week, whereas feminine stars had been ignored.

The 29-year-old singer appeared on Lorraine and mentioned the BRITs panel did ‘an awesome job of recognizing expertise’ regardless of solely males being nominated for the highest gong.

Going through the music: this comes after Geroge Ezra took to Twitter final week to be nominated for the BRITs Artist of the Yr award, whereas feminine stars had been ignored.

Viewers angrily took to Twitter to query the organizers’ determination to not put ahead a single feminine act, and unusually for George, many mentioned they thought the likes of Dua Lipa, Ray and Florence and the Machine deserved greater than her. Huh.

One wrote: ‘Is Britt actually saying she would not suppose there’s a higher feminine artist on this nation than George Ezra?’ One other added: ‘You’ll be able to’t inform me that George is best than Ezra Ray or Dua or some other feminine artist’.

A 3rd viewer chimed in: ‘BRIT stands for Boys Obtain Trade Trophies,’ whereas one other wrote: ‘It is a full disgrace that no ladies have been nominated for Artist of the Yr at The Brits. That is a fair larger insult to George Ezra.’