On Tuesday morning, the Grammys released its nominations for its 63rd annual show. Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch and Beyoncé dominated the most popular nominations.
Meanwhile, The Weeknd has had an astonishing 2020. "Blinding Lights" broke the record for the most weeks spent atop Billboard's all-format Radio Songs airplay chart with 19 weeks at number 1. His album "After Hours" spent four weeks at number 1, with all 14 songs landing in the Billboard top 100. In its first week, "After Hours" accumulated 221 million streams and 441,000 sales in the United States. He even announced he will be performing at Superbowl LV in 2021. After Hours was nominated for multiple American Music Awards and a People's Choice Award.
However, The Weeknd shockingly has zero Grammy nominations.
Evidently, The Weeknd was snubbed. His fans have already sounded off on Twitter, with The Weeknd's government name, "Abel", trending worldwide on the app. He deserved to be nominated for Album of the Year with "After Hours" and Record of the Year with "Blinding Lights". Unfortunately, he is not the only well-deserving artist to be ignored by the Grammys this year.
Abel was robbed man this shits weak— The Chosen One (@The Chosen One) 1606243003.0
the recording academy really nominated changes and yummy by justin bieber (one of the worst albums of the year and… https://t.co/uLFCcaVMK5— free britney. (@free britney.) 1606240311.0
the weeknd got ROBBED— zel (@zel) 1606240126.0
Despite women like Kehlani, Jhene Aiko, and Teyana Taylor releasing critically acclaimed R&B albums this year, the nominees for Best R&B Album were all men. Yes, in 2020, there are zero women nominated for Best R&B album. This is especially confusing because Jhene Aiko's "Chilombo" was nominated for Album of the Year. Why did they disclude her for Best R&B Album? Teyana Taylor seemingly responded in a tweet:
https://t.co/ICaEMZSkAT https://t.co/rudHyG40rj— TEYANA M.J. SHUMPERT (@TEYANA M.J. SHUMPERT) 1606241092.0
"Fine Line" by Harry Styles and "SAWAYAMA" by Rina Sawayama were also fan favorites for Album of the Year, despite being snubbed for the category. Both albums pushed the limits and expectations of pop, yet both have sadly been disregarded.