Annie Lennox is “disturbed and dismayed” by the “recent spate of overtly sexualised performances and videos” in the music industry.

Writing on her Facebook page, the singer accused record companies of “peddling highly styled pornography with musical accompaniment”.

The blog post comes after Sinead O’Connor wrote an open letter to Miley Cyrus last week which expressed concern that Cyrus is being exploited.

Cyrus sparked a debate after her risqué performance at this year’s VMA’s, before appearing naked in the ...