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It’s not like, ‘Oh, I want the Grammy!’ It’s just that this happened, and I’m down to get in front of the fire, as long as it never happens again. I have three Grammys, which mean nothing to me now, obviously. This was when he won the last of three Grammys, with his album 'Starboy' winning Best Urban Contemporary. He continued, “Look, I personally don’t care anymore. The Weeknd's relationship with the Grammys was fairly plain sailing until at least 2018. So, when the 2021 Grammy Awards nominations.
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Now, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason, Jr., told Variety. When The Weeknd released his album After Hours in March, it was hailed by fans, critics, and other musicians as a masterpiece and his best work yet. “If you were like, ‘Do you think the Grammys are racist?’ I think the only real answer is that in the past 61 years of the Grammys, only 10 Black artists have won Album of the Year,” he said. The Weeknd (Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) As yet another awards show rolls out big reforms, one of its most vocal critics isn’t backing down.On Friday, the Recording Academy, which hosts the Grammy Awards, said it was eliminating the secret nominating committees that have been the focus of criticism and controversy recently. Like, ‘This is it this is your year.’ We were all very confused.”Īfter the 2021 Grammy nominations were released, Abel shared that he believes the Recording Academy is “corrupt.” He elaborated on those feelings in the interview. People told me I was going to get nominated. Like, ‘What happened?’ We did everything right, I think. Canadian pop star the Weeknd has said the Grammys remain corrupt after receiving no nominations in the latest awards list for his 2020 album After Hours, nor for 2019 single Blinding. “Because it just kind of hit me out of nowhere. “I use a sucker punch as an analogy,” The Weekend, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, says in an interview with Billboard. The singer was recently snubbed when he didn’t receive a single 2021 Grammy nomination despite releasing one of the biggest albums of 2020 with After Hours and topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Blinding Lights” and “Heartless.” The Weeknd isn’t being shy about his feelings about the Recording Academy and now is going so far as to shut down awards shows in general. The Weeknd isn’t mincing words when it comes to the bias of awards shows. The Weeknd might have been turned down by the Grammys this year, but let the record show he broke up with them first On Thursday, the Canadian pop star behind the history-making hit 'Blinding Lights' said that he will 'no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,' accusing the institution's 'secret committees' of shutting him out of a nomination this year.