The week-long absence from all the Grammy nominations in a year that dominated the music scene and the charts has surprised almost all observers, and the artist himself has accused the recording academy of corruption.
“Grammys remain corrupt,” he wrote on social media. “You are for me, my fans and industry transparency …”
Grammys remain corrupt. You are for me, my fans and industry transparency …
– Weekend (5th weekend) November 25, 2020
They are referring to the process by which nominees are selected, which is confidential and the identities of those who select nominees on committees are not made public.
The weekend’s absence from Grammy nominations is the biggest problem in recent memory, and it’s hard to explain beyond the fact that the 20-member nomination committees didn’t feel the album “after hours” or had too many singles. The eight best albums, songs or records of the year, or the best five in five categories.
In relative development, the closest source of the situation is called Diversity The Grammy and The Weekend teams were at odds over playing the January 1 Grammy ceremony and the Super Bowl halftime show, which takes place a week later. When the negotiations escalated into a long and contentious affair, he eventually agreed to take part in both cases – only after the nomination was announced did the situation escalate and abruptly shut down.
While The Weekend team members suspect that the nomination shutout is a form of retaliation due to tense negotiations – which will take place on the terms of both parties, the probable scenario is that the nomination committees legally, by Grammy standards, decided to nominate them in their category. Not eligible.
Delegates for The Weekend and the Recording Academy did not immediately respond DiversityRequests for comment.
Grammy nominations are a two-step process in which committees, including P music music professionals, make their decisions based on a shortlist assigned from a screening committee considering thousands of submissions. Diversity Interview with Harvey Mason, Jr., Interim President / CEO of the Recording Academy. On the matter on Monday, and when they had no control over the nominations, he usually spoke on the process.
“I do not think so [the Weeknd’s omission calls the nominations] The process in question, honestly, ”he said. “There is a process so we can continue to monitor excellence. I was in the ‘core room’ this year [which decides the main categories] And I observed, and the people in them are music professionals, on top of their songwriting and production crafts and there are a lot of artists out there. And they were critically listening to every song that came to their desk – or virtual desk – so I don’t think it shows any flaws in the process. It is a long, arduous process and people take pride in it. It’s the care of the people in the room: there’s no agenda, there’s no ‘let’s kill this guy’ or that guy. It’s about, ‘Let’s try and find the best.’ “
About the week’s shoutout in the genre category, the probability is that Diversity Exhale in an article earlier this year: Whether the weekend is considered a pop or R&B act. While that factor would have played a small role in excluding it from the three main categories for which it is eligible (album, song and record of the year), it is possible that screening committees, which determine which releases are appropriate for them In the categories, he has decided that it does not fit in his category: in other words, the PPP committee would have considered him R&B and the R&B committee would have considered him.
While Grammy has been accused in the past of refusing to allow an artist to perform because they refused to play a song requested by the show’s producers – most clearly with Lord in 2018 – this is the most obscure, if not the first, incident. Speculation has been made regarding the nomination.
