Even after the prior yr’s scandal over snubbing The Weeknd, the Grammys nonetheless managed to upset some by not giving TK the popularity their followers assume they deserved!
Hours after the 2022 Grammy Award nominations have been unveiled, and Miley Cyrus’s title was nowhere to be discovered, the 29-year-old “Midnight Sky” singer didn’t get upset or name for a boycott of the present. As a substitute, she tweeted a hyperlink to a Greatest Life article titled “30 Artists Who Haven’t Won Grammys.” Amongst these listed have been Queen, Patti Smith, The Ramones, Jimi Hendrix, Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg, Bob Marley, Nicki Minaj, Bjork, Martina McBride, Diana Ross, Busta Rhymes, The Infamous B.I.G., Iggy Pop, and Journey. After wanting on the lists, the snub didn’t appear too unhealthy to Miley. “In good company,” she included in her tweet, together with the “metal horns” emoji.
Miley Cyrus may arguably be the most important snub of the sixty fourth Annual Grammy Awards. Her Plastic Hearts album – launched on Nov. 27, 2020, nicely inside the Sept. 1, 2020 – Sept. 30, 2021 eligibility interval – reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200, has a 75/100 ranking on Metacritic, and contained the Billboard Prime 20 hit, “Midnight Sky.” Whereas these numbers weren’t gigantic, it wouldn’t be past unreasonable to assume Plastic Hearts would rating a Greatest Various Album nomination, contemplating final yr’s nominees included Tame Impala’s The Gradual Rush, Brittany Howard’s Jaime, and Beck’s Hyperspace.
Sarcastically, two of the artists within the checklist that Miley tweeted have been nominated within the 2020 Grammys. Abba is up for File of the 12 months for “I Still Have Faith In You.” They should beat Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license,” Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name”), Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever,” Justin Bieber’s “Peaches,” Doja Cat and SZA’s “Kiss Me More,” Brandi Carlile’s “Right On Time,” Woman Gaga and Tony Bennett’s “I Get A Kick Out Of You,” and Silk Sonic’s “Leave The Door Open” to win.
Nas was additionally on that checklist of artists who haven’t received a Grammy. His critically acclaimed King’s Illness II album is up for Greatest Rap Album. He’s battling Kanye West’s Donda, Drake’s Licensed Lover Boy, J.Cole’s The Low season, and Tyler, The Creator’s Name Me If You Get Misplaced for the crown.
Different “snubs” this yr embody Taylor Swift simply getting one nod – Album of the 12 months for evermore – and BTS solely getting a Greatest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency nod for his or her mammoth hit, “Butter.” Machine Gun Kelly’s pop-punk album, Tickets To My Downfall, was denied a Greatest Rock Album nomination or a Greatest Rock Efficiency nomination. “wtf is wrong with the grammys,” he tweeted.
Miley’s snub comes one yr after The Weeknd obtained the snub of a technology after his After Hours album was totally shut out of the 2021 ceremony. he publicly blasted each the present and The Recording Academy as “corrupt” and demanded transparency. “Look, I personally don’t care anymore. I have three Grammys, which mean nothing to me now, obviously,” he instructed Billboard in a January 2021 interview, months after the nomination scandal. Regardless of The Recording Business saying modifications to the nomination course of in spring 2021, The Weeknd mentioned he would boycott the Grammys and by no means submit his music for consideration once more.
The Weeknd and Miley are removed from the primary Grammy snub, and they won’t be the final. The Recording Academy has not all the time gotten it proper, as detailed by Vulture’s in depth checklist of Grammy errors and snubs. For example, Blood, Sweat & Tears’ self-titled album beat out The Beatles’ Abbey Street, Johnny Money’s San Quentin, and Crosby, Stills & Nash’s self-titled to win Album of the 12 months in 1970. The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” received Music Of The 12 months in 1984, beating out two Michael Jackson songs (“Beat It,” “Billie Jean”) in addition to Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long,” and Michael Sembello’s “Maniac.” To not point out, some iconic artists have by no means received a Grammy.
Plus, some would possibly contemplate Beyoncé’s complete Grammy expertise a travesty. Sure, she’s the artist with essentially the most Grammys of all time, however solely one in every of them comes from the “Big Four” class – 2010’s Music of the 12 months for “Singles Ladies (Put a Ring On It).” She was by no means nominated for Greatest New Artist, and he or she’s by no means received File of the 12 months or Album of the 12 months, regardless of being nominated a number of instances.
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