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The Weeknd boycotting Grammys over ‘secret committees’ after snub

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the Weeknd said in a statement to the New York Times, “I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys. ”The Canadian R&B and pop artist is by many measures at the height of his career — recently playing the Super Bowl and breaking the single-song record for longest time spent in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 — but he wasn’t nominated for any awards.

A nonprofit called the Recording Academy puts on the Grammys each year, and anonymous expert committees review the initial choices from the thousands of music professionals who are academy members.

These committees have final say on 61 of the show’s 84 categories, but aren’t involved in picking the winners of the four pop categories.

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