Grammy Awards
The Recording Academy Attempts to Boost Diversity With 2021 Class Invitees
In response to accusations of corruption and a lack of diversity among its Grammy Awards voting body, the Recording Academy announced today that they’ve extended invitations to over 2,700 musicians and industry professionals to join the 2021 class of new members, with 55 percent of those coming from “traditionally underrepresented groups.” Via Pitchfork, the Academy’s membership is currently “26 percent female and 27 percent from traditionally underrepresented groups.” In recent years, artists like The Weeknd, Fiona Apple, and Frank Ocean have chastised the Grammys over a lack of diversity in their awards process. Though the Academy has attempted to reform their nomination process multiple times over, they’ve long been plagued by problems, culminating in a lengthy public complain...
Wizkid receives Grammy award plaque for Brown Skin Girl
Nigerian music icon Wizkid has taken delivery of his Grammy Award plaque from the Recording Academy. Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun better known as Wizkid has received his Grammy award plaque for his contribution to Beyonce’s hit single “Brown Skin Girl“. Wizkid’s win at the Grammy was announced in March after “Brown Skin Girl” won the Best Music Video category at the 63rd Grammys. The Starboy became the only contemporary Nigerian musician besides Burna Boy to have bagged a Grammy award. The folks at the Recording Academy finally sent in the plaque to Wizkid who only got to receive it recently. One of his associates shared a picture of the award via Instagram. Meet Big Wiz the first Afrobeats artist to win a Grammy 🐐🏅 pic.twitter.com/CC5AjQLAsD — Starwiz_whizboi➐🇬&#x...
Burna Boy drinks champagne out of his Grammy plaque at the club
Nigerian singer Burna Boy finally got to lay hands on his Grammy award plaque after it was delivered to him in Nigeria. After receiving his Grammy award plaque, Burna Boy posed with it on the Grammy in his robes. Shortly after getting his play the “Dangote” crooner went to the club with his plaque to celebrate. In a recent video shared online, Burna Boy was seen sipping champagne from his Grammy award plaque. The singer was at the club with his goons as he celebrated his Grammy Award win. He won the “Best Global Music Album” with “Twice As Tall” at this year’s Grammys. Watch the clip below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make mo...
Burna Boy Finally Gets His Grammy Awards Plaque In Lagos
Nigerian Afrobeat star, Burna Boy has received his Grammy Plaque after winning the awards. The singer became the first Nigerian to win the awards based on his sole album project at the 63rd Grammys held in March this year. He won the awards with his “Twice As Tall” album in the category of ‘Best Global Music Album” beating three other international stars to it. Burna Boy who received his Grammy plaque in Lagos today took to social media to flaunt it with the caption “Early morning deliveries from across the pond” and went on a short epistle about his family knack for success. He made the post on Instagram alongside a short video with his longtime producer Friend Leriq. See his post below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating s...
New Grammy Award Rules Include Update to Dance/Electronic Category
Amid transformative times for the Grammy Awards, The Recording Academy has announced a slew of rule changes to be implemented in 2022. Following criticism of the organization’s controversial Nominations Review Committee, the metamorphosis of the Grammys took another step forward today after The Recording Academy shared a laundry list of updates to the award ceremony’s annual guidelines, including a change to the Dance/Electronic category. Billboard reports that the category formerly known as Best Dance Recording has now been renamed Best Dance/Electronic Recording. The change was reportedly made to align with its corresponding category related to albums, which has been called Best Dance/Electronic Album. Kaytranada won the Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording and Best Da...
Recording Academy Announces More Grammy Rule Changes Affecting Album of the Year, Dance/Electronic Music & More
Here’s a summary of approved rule changes which go into effect immediately: Album of the year: Expanding eligibility Moving forward, if an album is up for album of the year, all credited featured artists, songwriters of new material, producers, recording engineers, mixers and mastering engineers who worked on that album are automatically nominated. Previously, the rule stated that all of these pros had to be credited with 33 percent or more of playing time to be nominated. This is a retreat on the Academy’s part. Colbie Caillat received a Grammy for album of the year because she was featured on one track (“Breathe”) on Taylor Swift’s Fearless, the 2009 album of the year winner. The Grammys subsequently tightened up their rules to make Grammys a little harder to get. They now are going back...
Kacey Musgraves Lists Daft Punk, Magic Mushrooms as Influences of Upcoming Album
In a recent interview, six-time Grammy Award-winning artist Kacey Musgraves spilled the tea on the influences behind her forthcoming feature-length album, due later this year. In the mix for the country queen was a guided magic mushroom trip at the beginning of 2021. Her takeaway? “Less time for bullshit,” Musgraves told ELLE. “I am so repelled by the artificial, the chatter, the pressures of society. It doesn’t matter. We’re not here for very long.” In addition to psilocybin, the Texas native revealed an eclectic group of musical influences for the project, including legendary electronic music duo Daft Punk. “I feel like I don’t belong to country in any way on one hand, but on the other hand, I’m deeply rooted in that genre. So I’m not owned by ...
The Weeknd Calls Grammy Rule Changes “Admission of Corruption”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T17:45:00+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 1:45pm ET The Weeknd is not satisfied with the Recording Academy’s decision to eliminate almost all secret committees responsible for nominating artists for the Grammy Awards. Despite calling for that very change in March, the artist born Abel Tesfaye is doubling down on his Grammy critiques, telling Variety that the rule changes are an “admission of corruption.” Tesfaye’s crusade against the Recording Academy actually began last year, when he was shut out of all Grammy categories despite releasing one of the most critically-lauded, commercially-successful albums of 2020 in After Hours. His rhetoric escalated in March when he announ...
The Grammy Award Nomination Process is Changing
Harsh criticism toward the Grammy Awards ceremony from pop superstar The Weeknd has led the Recording Academy to reconsider its nomination process. After The Weeknd—the world’s second most-streamed artist on Spotify—was snubbed at last year’s ceremony, the artist called for increased transparency around the organization’s nomination process. The Recording Academy has taken that criticism into consideration and will now forgo using anonymous review committees to determine its nominees. The Academy has also changed the number of categories in which Academy members can vote, and added two additional award categories. With the changes, the Academy seeks to “reflect its ongoing commitment to evolve with the musical landscape and to ensure that the GRAMMY Awards...
Grammys Eliminate Secret Nomination Review Committees
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-01T16:20:21+00:00“>May 1, 2021 | 12:20pm ET The Recording Academy has announced a series of reforms designed to make the Grammy Awards more transparent while reducing future controversies. Via Billboard and Variety, the biggest change is the almost total elimination of the secret nominating committees which determine who is eligible to receive the awards. The Academy has also reduced the number of categories in which members may vote, added two new categories, and rolled out a reorganization of the “craft” categories (packaging, producer, and liner notes). The secretive nomination committees has long been a point of contention, in part because, since nobody knows who they ar...
“We Gotta Honour Our Own” – Timaya Speaks on Burna Boys Reception by Rivers Govt
Ace Nigerian Singer Timaya has reacted to the grand reception and honoring of Burna Boy by the Rivers State Government during the weekend. Burna Boy who hails from Rivers State was over the weekend, given a befitting reception and awarded with the second highest honor in the state “DSSR” for winning the Grammy Awards. Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Ezenwo Wike who gave him the award, also gifted him with a plot of land, N10 million naira, and money to build a house on the land. The Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa has reacted to the honors given to Burna Boy amidst criticisms. The singer who was one of the guest artists at the homecoming concert organized in honor of the Rivers Son, said “We gatto honour our own, Oluwa Burna night was 2 STOOPID” via an Instagram post. Check the post below. ...
Haters Sent 80 Ridiculous Complaints About Megan Thee Stallion & Cardi B’s “WAP” Grammy Perfomance To The FCC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Winter / Getty “Conservative” viewers of The Grammy Awards were BIG MAD seeing two women proudly celebrate their WAPs. Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B’s PG-13 performance of their hit single “WAP” has earned them a bunch of hilarious and utterly ridiculous complaints sent to the FCC. TMZ reports that “offended” viewers had plenty to say after watching the two rappers perform. In one review, an upset snowflake said it was “as if they were dancing in a strip club.” Well, that was the point, being that a strip pole was on the stage, and women were being showered with dollar bills. Other complaints focused on the artists’ wardrobe calling their stage attire, with one viewer from Idaho of all places calling it “absolutely disgusting.” A viewer from...
