Solange blasts Grammys after Beyonce lost AOTY

[Dominic 11,922]

...but Adele's was better?   It was more homemade and crafted. Lemonade wouldn't do as good without the visuals. 

It was a nice 'Hey Girl' moment so Solange ass can keep quiet.  She still attend and enjoyed the benefits so she can't be that bothered. 

[MonsterPaws 2,739]

7 minutes ago, BLACKOUTbritney said:

The 1958 part was from a reply to the tweet. 

14/59 lol

Not to mention when you go through the list of winners there is many examples of albums that lost despite being superior eg The College Drop Out & To Pimp A Butterfly 

I'm sure there are a bunch of albums that lost despite being superior 

Once again, no one here believes black artists aren't being snubbed, but you're literally ignoring the fact that black artists can still be successful no matter the hardships they face (especially artists who won in earlier years like Stevie Wonder and MJ).

Saying/implying Beyoncé lost solely based on her skin color is honestly demeaning to a certain extent if that's the only way we define her and this loss. She's the most Grammy awarded woman in history, one of (imo) the greatest artists in music history, and is literally still slaying us, enough said.

Plus the Grammy voting system as a whole is clearly flawed somewhere if they gave AOTY to Taylor and Adele (who deserved the awards but not against the competition).

Much love <3 

 

[Whispering 18,865]

3 minutes ago, CrazyMonster said:

Yeah Beyoncé didn't win cause she didn't write her songs. 

She didn't win because more of the 1,400 people who voted believed 25 to be superior to all the other options. 

[Harry 26,836]

6 minutes ago, CrazyMonster said:

Yeah Beyoncé didn't win cause she didn't write her songs. 

A stupid statement, to be frank. The award is for ALBUM of the year, not ARTIST of the year. It's an irrelevant criticism in this particular instance. If the award was "Best Self-Made Album" then you'd have a point. But it's not. So you don't.

Everyone gets at pop artists for not writing their songs (even though Beyonce is creatively involved) but why not producing? Barely any pop stars produce their records but we don't hold it to the same standard. But it's the other side of the process. Plenty of fantastic artists never wrote their own material that you'd likely praise as some of the greats. There's no consistency.

[Evan Peters 10,755]

im sure beyonce and her 22 grammys are very upset!

[manicholic 3,694]

49 minutes ago, Gypsy Life said:

Ungrateful bitch.

You sound just like Sarah Paulson in 12 Years a Slave

[Xoxo Adriana 15,040]

Beyonce did so well, and competing for the same award with Adele is pretty tough. I personally think some of the songs in Lemonade were a bit overrated but her vocals were amazing without a doubt. You tell em Solange

[Harry 26,836]

To chip in regarding the whole race thing... It's tough. I think people dismissing it so instantly ("boo hoo" being one of the first responses in this thread with several likes, for example) is arguably an example of how it could be a very legitimate point. Instant dismissal - not even a counter-argument. It's disrespectful. Being insulting and dismissive when there is a CLEAR unbalance with the recognition of black artists overall - no this is not just about Beyonce and her 20 or whatever Grammys. Two years in a row we've had two records by black artists widely accepted as the clear front runners, and they've both lost out to albums by white pop singers that had massive commercial success.

I'm sorry but no one in legitimate musical circles would praise 25 as an outstanding or groundbreaking record. You'd be a fool to not recognise her talent as a singer and a songwriter, but the music is not new or exciting. I'd love to talk to anyone that disagrees and find out why they think 25 truly deserved this award. Lemonade is not musically groundbreaking either (though infinitely more diverse and interesting than 25) but the project as a whole is so ambitious that 25 feels like a college project to me. I have friends making more exciting records than 25 in their bedrooms.

[doppelganger 3,948]

I agree with her that there is a bias against non white artists for the main categories but I don't really respect that she only said something after her sister got shafted for the main award.

Thing is this bias has been going on for decades.

And you cannot claim to be against something and continuously submit you work to be awarded by the Grammies. I don't see Beyonce throwing her twenty grammies into the bin because she does seek validation and see value in them

[RadioIsOurs 13,876]

1 hour ago, BLACKOUTbritney said:

You don't think it's an issue that since 1958 only 10 black artists have won album of the year meanwhile Taylor Swift, who's music is neither groundbreaking or original, has won twice? 

I find it more troublesome that no Asians have won yet either. 

[Haroon 49,685]

They're both amazing albums and the committee overall must've preferred 25, I don't see what the big deal is with that  It is possible to prefer 25 over Lemonade, I personally do anyway  Having the Grammy or not having the Grammy doesn't make her album any better or worse. If Lemonade did win then we'd have a group of people arguing and complaining that 25 didn't win, so there's never going to be a right answer to any award and there's no win-win  

But then I'm not quite sure what to say or think about the whole thing about black artists not winning the awards, that's another whole discussion that I'm not clued up about enough to comment on  

[doppelganger 3,948]

2 minutes ago, RainbowBlonde said:

I find it more troublesome that no Asians have won yet either. 

I wouldn't really worry about it. The grammies isn't a barometer of good music and we shouldn't really equate someone with grammies as being better than those without 

[PaperIz 7,346]

1 hour ago, lego said:

 

No? He's protesting. 

By not submitting his music though

[MJHolland 12,725]

1 hour ago, ALEXANDRE said:

Beyoncé deserved Album Of The Year, Adele even admitted it but Beyoncé kept it classy & was grateful, so why is Solange being extra?

 

She's gotta point though a lot of these awards have heavy racial bias & favor White artists especially for big awards

Bey has TWENTY TWO GRAMMYS and you think that they're racist against her?!?! This makes my head hurt.

Literally the definition of pathetic use of the race-card. 

25 is literally the fastest selling album of all time. It is literally the album of the generation. FAR more people have listened to 25 than Lemonade.

Plus Lemonade hasn't even had a hit! Zero impact outside of gay internet forums, Instagram, Tumblr, and the YouTube comment section. If it really had any impact it would've had a hit, plus Formation was even played at the Super Bowl and still struggled.

Meanwhile 25 is still going STRONG. 

Hands down crushes Lemonade. 

[BornSimon 4,818]

1 hour ago, BLACKOUTbritney said:

You don't think it's an issue that since 1958 only 10 black artists have won album of the year meanwhile Taylor Swift, who's music is neither groundbreaking or original, has won twice? 

That has got absolutely nothing  to do with how obnoxious I find Beyoncé and her music and her husband. And it has nothing to do with people preferring Adele's album to hers.

I highly doubt the GRAMMYs have a problem with Beyoncé considering she has won like 20 awards and every year she's there and they hype her up like crazy and she gets like 30 minutes to perform her music and be as pretentious as she likes.

If they thought she deserved Album Of The Year they would surely give it to her and milk her for all she's worth to get a few more viewers.

I see no racism in people preferring an album over another. What I do see if the race card getting pulled out just to sound like the typical social warriors who now populate the internet. I am a gay man who is also an immigrant and has supported black artists since I was a child. I don't turn a blind eye to racism. I just don't see it in this case because I happen to agree with their choice.

Having said that, yes I see the gap in numbers, it just so happens that I couldn't care less about Lemonade, musically-speaking, and didn't think she deserved that award.