The Weeknd Accuses Grammys Of Corruption -- Recording Academy Chair Responds!

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the first nine episodes of “Love Is Blind” Season 2, streaming now on Netflix.Is love really blind? That’s the question Season 2 of the Netflix hit series asks in every episode — but fans have many others. The series began with 15 men getting to know 15 women from separate pods, unable to see one another.Over the course of 10 days, they casually date and if they want to meet face to face, they must first get engaged. During Season 1, which aired in 2020, eight couples got engaged, but only six of those were aired, and one duo, Diamond Jack and Carlton Morton, split shortly after meeting.Season 2’s first five episodes dropped on Feb.

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With this week’s Grammy nominations, as ever, came controversy, as numerous artists were seen to have been snubbed by the awards.The Weeknd in particular has accused organisers of corruption after he received no nominations. Which, to be fair, is weird in a year when he’s been everywhere and released by far some of the year’s most successful music.

Justin Bieber‘s recent claim that his album ‘Changes’ has been listed in the wrong category for the 2021 Grammy Awards.On Tuesday (November 24), Bieber picked up four nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘Changes’, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop/Duo Group Performance, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance.However, the ‘Yummy singer was unhappy with the pop classification of his latest offering. “I am very meticulous and intentional about my music.

BTS have become the first K-pop act to receive a Grammy nomination.The boyband’s recent single ‘Dynamite’ is up for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2021 awards, competing with the likes of Justin Bieber.“Thank you to everyone who listened to our music and empathised with it in difficult times,” the band wrote in a translated tweet.“Above all, it is you ARMY that made the miracle of (us becoming) a Grammy-nominated artist. Thank you and love you always.”힘든 시기, 우리의 음악을 들어주시고 공감해주신 모든 분들께 감사합니다.

The Recording Academy announced the Grammys 2021 nominations on November 24. The nomination list features Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, BTS and Roddy Ricch.

Justin Bieber has taken to Instagram to share his feelings about his latest album ‘Changes’ being classified as pop in the 2021 Grammy nominations.Bieber has picked up four nominations this year for Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘Changes’, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop/Duo Group Performance, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance, but was unhappy with the pop classification of his latest offering.In a statement posted to Instagram today (November 25), Bieber said “I am very meticulous and intentional about my music. With that being said I set out to make an R&B album.”“‘Changes’ was and is an R&B album.

The Weeknd called out the Grammys hours after the 2021 nominations were announced on Tuesday, November 24.“The Grammys remain corrupt,” the “Blinding Lights” singer, 30, tweeted on Tuesday. “You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…”The Weeknd was shut out completely by the Recording Academy despite his album, After Hours, and its many singles being a staple on the airwaves.

The 63rd annual Grammy Awards may be celebrating the best in music come Jan. 31, but some artists were missing from the list of nominees unveiled Tuesday.

Grammy Award nominations for his fifth studio album, “Changes,” Justin Bieber took to social media singing the blues. Just hours after the Recording Academy announced the 2021 Grammy nominees Tuesday, Bieber, 26, hopped on Instagram, lamenting his chart-topping masterpiece has been wrongfully mistaken as a Pop album rather than an R&B anthology.“To the Grammys,” the native Canadian addressed his complaint.

the Weeknd.When the nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards were announced in a live stream event on Tuesday afternoon, the three-time Grammy winner was completely dissed for his album “After Hours” — despite the fact that the LP featured not one but two No. 1 hits in “Heartless” and then “Blinding Lights.”Nor was there any “Sugar” on the top of Harry Styles’ great year.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the day of the Grammy nominations, many observers were surprised at the big look Justin Bieber and his “Changes” album and its singles received — four nominations, including Best Pop Solo Performance (for “Yummy”), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (“Intentions,” featuring Quavo), Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance (for his feature on Dan + Shay’s “10,000 Hours”).But on a day when such major R&B artists as The Weeknd, Alicia Keys, Summer Walker and Kehlani were shut out of the Grammy nominations completely, Bieber took to Instagram to complain about being nominated in Pop categories instead of R&B.“To the Grammys,” he wrote (Variety has added punctuation to his post).

Justin Bieber is grateful for his latest GRAMMY nominations — but thinks he's being honored in the wrong category. The pop star received four new GRAMMY nods on Tuesday: Best Pop Solo Performance for «Yummy,» Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for «Intentions,» Best Pop Vocal Album for  and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for his «10,000 Hours» collab with Dan+ Shay.It's the pop categories that Bieber took issue with, sharing a statement on his Instagram page that conveys his opinion that was an R&B album and should have been recognized as such.«I am flattered to be acknowledged and appreciated for my artistry. I am very meticulous and intentional about my music,» the singer wrote.

Justin Bieber was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards. However, while he’s happy to be recognized for his work, he had some complaints after the nominations were announced. Justin took to social media to explain why he didn’t agree with the categories that his song, “Intentions,” and album, Changes, received nominations for.

nominees for the 2021 GRAMMYs are here — along with a few major snubs (The Weeknd was completely shut out?!) and surprises. (Meryl Streep is now a 6-time GRAMMY nominee!)On Tuesday, the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards.

Beyoncé led the field with nine nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards, which were announced Tuesday morning by the Recording Academy.

Chris Willman Music WriterBeyoncé leads the contenders for the 2021 Grammy Awards with nine — an unexpectedly high profile, given that the superstar didn’t even release a new album during the eligibility period. Her wealth of nods is followed by six apiece for Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa.Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, was close behind that grouping with five nominations for her solo debut.

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