The Weeknd, the biggest artist of 2020, received 0 grammy noms EDIT: Speaks out on Grammy corruption

[Carlton Banks]

The Weeknd Shockingly Snubbed at Grammys 2021 - Variety

Breh









EDIT:

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Damn...I just made a prediction thread like 2 weeks ago saying he was guaranteed album of the year

there’s gotta be something behind this

Jhene aiko getting nominated for album of the year is wild to me..didn’t seem like the reviews or buzz were even great around it

the rap album of the year category is a win for the elitist real hip hop heads I believe.. nas, jay electronica, Gibbs, Royce da 5’9..and d smoke lol

 

[CrimsonTider]

Damn...I just made a prediction thread like 2 weeks ago saying he was guaranteed album of the year

there’s gotta be something behind this

Jhene aiko getting nominated for album of the year is wild to me..didn’t seem like the reviews or buzz were even great around it

the rap album of the year category is a win for the elitist real hip hop heads I believe.. nas, jay electronica, Gibbs, Royce da 5’9..and d smoke lol

Watch they pretend the Grammys matter this year

Weeknd and lil baby should’ve dominated


That Jhené album is how did she get nominated over Summer

 

[CHERUB]

He didn't get to suck cock this year Covid the Election had the Elites that run this shyt busy this year

 

[Abdi]

all b.s aside i just can't wrap my head around how he didn't even get one nomination

this guy ran 2020. blinding lights is the song of the year

album is fantastic too

shyts unbelievable

 

[Peter Parker]

I mean, that's INCREDIBILY arguable, like you gotta be on some 12 Angry Men shyt to successfully make that argument

Not that it can't be done but thats a TOUGH argument

 

[Peter Parker]

Also his label could've just not submitted anything

 

[Carlton Banks]

Also his label could've just not submitted anything

They did though

 

[BUSINESS AS USUAL]

Wow thats crazy,politics..i hate the grammys..like weirdos outkast winning over 50 grodt was retarded when 50 had like 10 tracks at once killing the clubs and radio at same time and nas never winning one ever is just hilarious

 

[Carlton Banks]

I mean, that's INCREDIBILY arguable, like you gotta be on some 12 Angry Men shyt to successfully make that argument

Not that it can't be done but thats a TOUGH argument

Blinding Lights broke the record for most weeks at number 1 on top 100 (40 weeks). Stop it fam. Plus he's been breaking a whole bunch of other records this year. This is arguably his biggest song/year.

 

[Low End Derrick]

 

[The Wolf Among You]

How can an award show that gets it wrong so much still have so many people that care?

 

[Drew Wonder]

Only possible explanation I saw was from this Rolling Stone article.

Why Did the 2021 Grammys Snub the Weeknd?

The Weeknd had one of 2020’s biggest hit albums (After Hours) and one of its most successful singles (“Blinding Lights”), yet he wound up with a glaring total of zero nominations. That’s surprising enough considering his past Grammys track record (three wins, 10 nominations). What makes it even more bizarre is that he’s been sweeping other award shows left and right this year. Just this past week, Abel Tesfaye cleaned up the Soul/R&B categories at the American Music Awards, and “Blinding Lights” took home both the Best R&B trophy and Video of the Year at the MTV VMAs.

The complete snub might have to do in part with this year’s switch-up in how the Recording Academy classifies its R&B categories. In June, amid protests over the police killing of George Floyd, the Grammys announced that they were renaming the Best Urban Contemporary Album award, in which Tesfaye has won two out of his three past awards, to Best Progressive R&B Album. But the name change did little to address the substance of the criticisms that artists including Tyler, the Creator had leveled at the category, calling it a “catchall” for black artists whose music bears very few genre similarities.

In his September cover story for Rolling Stone‘s special Grammy preview issue, Tesfaye echoed those same criticisms: “R&B and black music is such a wide variety. If they put us all into one category, I still think it’s not fair. We’ll see how it goes.” As After Hours wasn’t nominated in the Progressive R&B category nor the pop or general categories, it’s hard not to wonder if his comments played into the voters’ decision to leave him out entirely.

 

[Peter Parker]

Blinding Lights broke the record for most weeks at number 1 on top 100 (40 weeks). Stop it fam. Plus he's been breaking a whole bunch of other records this year. This is arguably his biggest song/year.

Yeah that was a big song, pop radio and playlists played tf out of it.

It wasn't as relevant as WAP or even Savage though but thats irrelevant to what your thread topic is, I do believe he should've been nommed for something, just saying he wasnt the absolute biggest artist of 2020

 

[Ziggiy]

Word is he submitted everything in the POP genre instead of R&B which led to him being snubbed.


Which is 100% Racism pure and simple. I haven’t been a Weeknd fan since he was writing for Drake in the House Of Balloon days but there’s no ignoring the impact his album had this year. The Academy told him to keep his black ass in the negro field.


Maybe this will curb his appetite for skinny ugly white women