‘Still Going To Boycott Grammys’- The Weeknd

On Friday (April 30th), the Grammys announced a change to their voting system for nominations to its top four awards. ‘Secret’ committees will no longer choose the nominations for the awards and instead, the voting will be done by the majority of Academy members.

Read about this historic change here.

Grammys 2020

Fans were outraged last year when despite The Weeknd breaking the charts with his albums, his name was excluded from the nomination list.

The pop singer took to his social media handle to express his anger at the review committee and called out the Grammys as being ‘Corrupt’. “You owe me, my fans, and the industry transparency”, he wrote in a tweet. Several others in the industry including Zayn Malik and Halsey had also opened up about the incident and voiced their support for the singer.

Soon after, in a shocking statement, The Weeknd announced that he will no longer be submitting his music at the Grammys anymore.

Still A No

The Academy may have made the effort to bring a change in their system to make it more transparent and inclusive but The Weeknd still stands by his decision from last year to not participate in it anymore. He released a statement where he acknowledges the change they have made but also made it clear that it is still not going to change his mind about not submitting his music.

Looks like the Grammys lost itself a really bright artist and they sure are going to have to tread more carefully in the future to avoid such controversies again.

Now excuse us fans as we go listen to his latest collab with Ariana Grande.

-Ankitha