A campaign to celebrate the best of British music, backed by Prime Minister David Cameron and the Foreign Office, has been criticised for excluding the UK's most successful black artists.
Cameron endorsed the first "Music Is GREAT" week, an industry-led initiative designed to boost sales of UK artists, when he hailed British music as a "world leader". A DVD and iTunes video download has been compiled to accompany the campaign.
However, the £10 ($20) disc has been criticised for focusing exclusively on white acts.
Critics asked why the compilers chose not to include Dizzee Rascal's triumphant Glastonbury performance of 2010 which united a huge audience of pop, rap and rock fans.
- Independent
