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A new study has been published which looks into the winners of past BRIT Awards with regards to gender, race, sexuality and locality.
The study was carried out by My Voucher Codes, and exlores the history of the three most prestigious awards at the BRITs - Best Male Solo, Best Female Solo, and Best Group.
In terms of ethnicity, it states that 89% of the awards have been won by all-white bands. Since 1977, only three black males (Seal, Finley Quaye and Dizzee Rascale) have won Best British Male Solo Artist. The Best Female Solo Artist is slightly less skewed, with just under a quarter (24%) given to black women.
As for sexuality, if Sam Smith wins Best Male Solo this year, he'll become only the third gay man to do so, following George Michael and Elton John. The Best Female Solo has never been won by an openly gay female.
There has never been an all-female winner in the Best Group category - or even a winner with a female lead singer. In fact, the only Best Group to have female band members were Only Five Star.
This comes after Paloma Faith slammed the BRIT Awards for 'ignoring' women.
The BRIT Awards take place at The O2 in London tonight, with Kanye West, Royal Blood, Madonna, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift and more all set to perform.
