"As with every awards cycle, there were a lot of big moments, surprises, but also some disappointments," it continued. "We're listening. In the wake of the outrage over omitting the Weeknd and other artists of col0ur from its latest lists, the Academy's newly-formed Black Music Collective said in a letter that "the Grammy Awards nominations were a bold reminder to the world and our industry of the groundbreaking global impact, influence and contributions of Black music."ĭeactivating the Grammys to focus on The Weeknd The Academy has since told Complex it is "disappointed" when any artist is upset with its selection process, and vows to improve how committees review potential nominees. Not a fan of The Weeknd’s music but I recognize he is one of pop music’s biggest stars.with that being said if his Grammy boycott catches on with other mega stars it’s over for the Grammys The Academy has been accused of racial bias toward wildly successful Black artists with massive fan bases, and also of being bitter over the fact that the singer chose the Super Bowl halftime show over a Grammy performance. There's no argument that After Hours and its singles such as Blinding Lights and Heartless were extremely popular last year, topping charts and serving as one of 2020's best-selling albums. ✧ Sol (Solstice) | any prns (he/they preferred)✧ March 12, 2021 Its been a hot minute since i've been on twitter but hey i came on to The Weeknd boycotting the Grammys and I'm super excited and happy that he did that "I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys," the artist - who has three Grammys from previous years - revealed to The New York Times on Thursday, citing "the secret committees" as his reason. BTS and The Weeknd will be at the end of their careers when they get best album Grammys which is so dumb.Īs people will remember from back when nomination lists were released in November, the Scarborough crooner's wildly popular record After Hours was not at all recognized by the Recording Academy for the 63rd annual iteration of the show, which is airing on March 14. They’re never relevant and yet they’re regarded with so much esteem. Yeah, their picks are just always so out of touch to where music actually is at the time the awards run. The Weeknd is apparently still seething over the fact that the Grammys completely snubbed his latest album, and is now taking things a step further, going from calling the music awards show corrupt to fully boycotting it.
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