The Rotary Club of Ballston Spa, a longtime supporter of the Ballston Spa Central School District, recently donated a car load of school supplies to the district for the new school year. Supplies will be distributed to students/families in need. Families in the Ballston Spa schools who need assistance in obtaining school supplies for their […]
Ben Winston took over show-running duties this year alongside former Grammys and Oscar-alum Jesse Collins, and together they stared down ever-dwindling ratings, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and an exodus of talent from the hip-hop and R&B upper echelons to completely reinvent the Grammys as we know them.
While nothing can likely compare to the furor that preceded the 2020 ceremony, when then-Recording Academy CEO Deb Dugan filed a bombshell discrimination complaint against the organization that blew the cover off both her own gross mistreatment, as well as the murky, unethical voting practices that take place each year, the 2021 lean-in was hardly without controversy.
The Weeknd Is Right. Something Is Wrong With The Grammys. Esquire 3/11/2021
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After Hours became the first record since Drake s
Scorpion (2018) to spend four consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. That was only the beginning. The album s singles continued to dominate the charts, specifically Blinding Lights, which became a viral sensation.
After a year like that, The Weeknd seemed primed to be a top contender at this year s Grammys, where, in the past, he s been nominated 10 times but only taken home three trophies (none of the wins have been in major categories). This, by all known logic, should have been The Weeknd s year at the Grammys.