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(CNN) -
Add Drake to the list of people who are not happy that The Weeknd has been excluded from this year's Grammy Award nominations.
The Canadian rapper took to social media to complain about the Academy.
“I think we should stop being impressed every year by the disconnect between shocking music and these awards and just accept that what was once the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to artists who exist now and those to come. later, ”Drake wrote on his Instagram stories.
"It's like a relative you keep waiting to fix, but you just can't change their ways."
Despite the commercial and critical success of The Weeknd's album "After Hours," and many industry observers considered his single "Blinding Lights" one of their favorites for song of the year, it did not receive a Grammy nomination this year.
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Drake wrote that he, too, had thought that The Weeknd "was a lock for [the nomination of] album or song of the year along with a host of other reasonable assumptions and it's just never going to be that way."
"This is a great time for someone to start something new that we can build over time and pass on to generations to come," Drake said.
The Weeknd criticizes the Grammys
After the 2021 Grammy nominations were announced on Tuesday, The Weeknd criticized the Academy on Twitter.
The Grammys are still corrupt.
They owe transparency to me, my fans and the industry, "he wrote.
The Grammys remain corrupt.
You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…
- The Weeknd (@theweeknd) November 25, 2020
Harvey Mason Jr., President of the Recording Academy and Acting President and CEO, said in a statement to CNN: "We understand The Weeknd is disappointed that he was not nominated."
“I was surprised and I can empathize with what he is feeling.
His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and the world at large are worthy of the admiration of all, ”the statement continued.
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“We were thrilled when we found out that he would be performing at the next Super Bowl and we would have loved for him to also perform on stage at the Grammys the weekend before.
Unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of artists who deserve it.
For years, the Recording Academy has come under fire for being out of step with consumer preferences and failing to recognize black women and artists alike.
Nicki Minaj seemed to echo this last point when she tweeted after the nominations: “Never forget that the Grammys didn't give me my best new artist award when I had 7 songs simultaneously on the Billboard chart and had a bigger first week than any rapper. in the last decade, inspiring a generation.
They gave it to the white man Bon Iver.
Singer Teyana Taylor tweeted that there were no women nominated in the best R&B album category.
Justin Bieber, who racked up nominations in both the pop and country categories, complained that he should be competing for R&B awards.
"For the Grammys: I am flattered to be recognized and appreciated for my art," he wrote in a statement posted on his verified Instagram account.
«I am very meticulous and intentional with my music.
With that said, I set out to make an R&B album.
Changes was, and is, an R&B album.
It's not being recognized as an R&B album, which is very strange to me. "
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