The Weeknd Scoffs At Grammys After Its Secret Committee Admission Published on:
May 4, 2021, 1:42 PM
After the Recording Academy completely ignored The Weeknd when shutting out his monstrous
After Hours album with zero nominations, the Grammy’s nomination process drew heavy criticism. With the Recording Academy under fire, they are now changing their process when it comes to nominees.
According to
The New York Times, the Recording Academy is eliminating the inclusion of “secret committees” to decide who ultimately makes the final group of nominees in many of the award show’s key categories.
These anonymous committees began in 1989 and impact 61 of the 84 categories. They were meant to “protect the integrity” of the nominees after collecting ballots from thousands of voters, but that hasn’t been the case in recent years as they’v come under scrutiny by the music industry, fans and Grammy insiders.