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		</div><p>The Brit Awards will address a “lack of recognition” for black and ethnic minority artists at next year’s ceremony, the organisers’ chairman has said.</p>
<p>Ged Doherty admitted there was “an elephant in the room” at last month’s event, which saw no black and minority ethnic (BAME) artists nominated, and the only non-white nominees selected in the international artists categories.</p>
<p>The Brit Awards will address a “lack of recognition” for black and ethnic minority artists at next year’s ceremony, the organisers’ chairman has said.</p>
<p>Ged Doherty admitted there was “an elephant in the room” at last month’s event, which saw no black and minority ethnic (BAME) artists nominated, and the only non-white nominees selected in the international artist categories.</p>
<p>A protest was staged outside the glitzy ceremony, the hashtag BritsSoWhite gained momentum on social media and artists including Critics’ Choice winner Jack Garratt spoke out.</p>
<p>Mr Doherty, chairman of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), said: “It was an elephant some might characterise as a lack of diversity among the nominees, but which, for me, was more about the lack of recognition of the emerging music that is a huge part of British youth culture. It’s this imbalance that lies at the heart of the criticism directed at the Brits’ nominations process.”</p>
<p>In a letter to the Guardian, he added the voting academy for the awards, made up of 1,100 people, “needs to be updated” and he suspected a survey of its make-up would find it is “largely white and with a bias towards older men”.</p>
<p>“This does not mean that there is an underlying prejudice at play but the unintended consequence is that emerging genres of music may not be properly recognised,” he said.</p>
<p>Those genres include grime and Mr Doherty recently met rapper Stormzy to discuss why his Top 10 hit Shut Up was not nominated – coming one week after the deadline for this year’s shortlist.</p>
<p>The two-time Mobo (Music of Black Origin) Award-winner had hit out at the organisers, telling NME: “You know when you’ve got that little bit of hope and that little bit of faith, and then they didn’t.”</p>
<p>Mr Doherty said: “I explained that the Brits’ organisers are, with the guidance of a new advisory committee that includes members of the BAME music community, exploring initiatives that will enable the event to more effectively celebrate diverse, breaking and established talent.”</p>
<p>The voting academy will have at least 15% BAME representation, in line with national trends, and be more diverse in terms of age and region, he added.</p>
<p>The backlash followed a similar outcry about the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars.</p>
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