New York: Rapper Weeknd has mentioned that he will boycott the Grammy Awards and will not submit his work for consideration after his album ‘After Hours’ and hit single ‘Blinding Lights’ have been snubbed within the 2021 nominations. The singer, whose actual identify is Abel Tesfaye, blamed the ‘secret committees’ at Grammys for the snub. “Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,” the Canadian singer mentioned in a press release to The New York Times.
Soon after the nomination have been introduced in November, the singer tweeted, “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans, and the industry transparency.”
Weeknd was in talks with the Grammys for a efficiency on the ceremony when he received to know that he had not acquired any nominations regardless of the chart-breaking success of his single ‘Blinding Lights’.
He performed the Super Bowl halftime present final month, which was initially scheduled to happen every week after Grammys on January 31 however the music awards have been postponed to March 14 as a result of pandemic. The committees that Weeknd talked about within the assertion are nameless knowledgeable committees, who’ve a substantial heft in influencing the 61 of the 84 Grammy classes.
The Recording Academy, the non-profit group which organises the ceremony believes these committees assist protect integrity however the artistes like Weeknd consider in any other case. There was additionally hypothesis that the Recording Academy didn’t need the musician to carry out at each the occasions, which can have led to him being snubbed on the nominations however Grammy chief Harvey Mason jr had dismissed the declare.
