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A Grammy Nominations FAQ: The Ten Biggest Questions About The Weeknd, BTS & More
Nov 25, 2020
This one's the easiest -- all these albums, along with singles like Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper's "Holy" and Luke Combs' "Forever After All," were released after the Grammy cutoff of August 31st, 2020. We may still see them recognized next year when the 2022 Grammy nominations are announced.
2. Well, where's The Weeknd's After Hours and its various hits?
This one, on the other hand, is much tougher. The Weeknd was quite literally the odds-on favorite to be the most recognized artist when the Grammy nominations were announced today -- gambling site Sports Betting Dime had him at 6/5 to end up the artist with the most nods. But not only did the future Super Bowl LV halftime show headliner get shut out of the major categories, he didn't even get a single nomination in the genre categories. Indeed, despite releasing one of the year's best-performing and best-received albums -- with one of the year's most unavoidable hits in "Blinding Lights" -- and despite being a major winner at both the VMAs and the AMAs this year, The Weeknd did not hear his name called once today.
Sussing out why The Weeknd received such a full-on Recording Academy snub will certainly be one of the most-discussed topics of Grammy season. It's certainly possible that the hybrid nature of his music hurt him in the genre categories -- he's been classified as an R&B artist for most of this year's award season, even though much of After Hours (and "Blinding Lights" in particular) is more obviously pop-based. But his absence in the Big Four categories -- where he's been nominated before for both album of the year ( Beauty Behind the Madness ) and record of the year ("Can't Feel My Face") before, and where some much-less-expected names did receive recognition this time around -- is less easily reasoned. Perhaps voters just heard him on the radio one too many times ?
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