Drake and The Weeknd are continuing their boycott of the Grammy Awards with neither artist submitting their solo music for consideration for the 2023 awards, Pitchfork reports.
The news arrived on the same day it was confirmed that Silk Sonic have also opted to "bow out" next year's awards. While Drake and The Weeknd have declined to submit their 2022 albums, Honestly, Nevermind and Dawn FM respectively, for consideration they do appear on voting options for their guest features on other artist's work.
Voting began on Thursday, October 13. The Weeknd has boycotted the Grammys since 2021 when his album After Hours and its hit singles garnered zero nominations. “Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,” he said at the time.
Drake, meanwhile, has won 4 Grammys in his career but soured on the Academy in 2017 when his song "Hotline Bling" was put in the rap categories and shut out of the pop awards, where he felt it belonged.
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