Economy 33,575 Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5815215 ย Music and culture journalist Gary Suarez is criticizing that the system the Grammys have for genre categoried and classifications is too arbitrary and imprecise and is causing too many artists that don't fit into just one category to get snubbed ย Naming what was arguably the biggest snub The Weeknd, he explains that an album like that could technically fit into Pop, R&B and Electronic simultaneously depending on ones perception and that causes votes to get split into different categories instead of being concentrated into one. When votes get split your chances of getting a nomination are greatly deminished even if your total votes are high ย According to him the system needs to change to decide more definitely who belongs in to what category to prevent people who have more votes than someone else from getting snubbed and falling thru the cracks ย This essentially ends up punishing artists who are experimental and therefore harder to classify in a genre while artists who play it safe and stay within clearly marked generic genre norms don't have the issue of splits. For example Justin Bieber's Yummy is clearly Pop, there's nothing to dispute there Edited November 26, 2020 by Economy 1 1 2 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
Lady Papa 2,752 Posted November 26, 2020 So basically, if your music is unique, fresh, and doesn't fit the mold, the Scammys will spit on you Formerly known as LadyGoo 2 8 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
Reality 54,762 Posted November 26, 2020 Justin Bieber's Yummyย isย clearly pop, but it also doesn't deserve the nomination After Hours may be a little more difficult to define, but Blinding Lights should've been a shoo-in for a pop category, right? Stream "WandaVision" on January 15th 9 2 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
IllusionLover 4,076 Posted November 26, 2020 Well, if votes split bc an album could be 3 different genres, why don't stick to the genre It's labeled as? That would make more sense or else Chromatica would be nominated on the Electronic/Dance music category. "and in the death of her reputation, she felt truly alive" -T.S. 1 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
alsemanche 12,623 Posted November 26, 2020 It also didn't fit into any of the general categories? Like were they confused if it was a record or an album or a song?ย 14 3 5 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
ZiggyZiggs 28,220 Posted November 26, 2020 still doesnt explain the fact that he didnt get a single general field nomination. everyone votesย for that. Acceptance 4 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
Damon 9,584 Posted November 26, 2020 i get this if we are talking about non-principal categories but cmon he still deserved song, record and album of the year for sure ... and now i just sit in silence. 2 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
ย bionic 14,111 Posted November 26, 2020 The Recording Academy need to release full data of the shortlisting tallies buy bionic Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
Ivy 3,009 Posted November 26, 2020 Still should have been nominated for AOTY/SOTY so that really doesn't explain itย 1 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
JRCF29 6,501 Posted November 26, 2020 Would Blinding Lights not have been eligible for Progressive R&B album?ย Also, if you want to talk about genre placements, look at the pop entries in the country categories:ย 10,000 Hours (Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber)ย is an adult contemporary/pop song The Bones (Maren Morris)ย is an adult contemporary song ย ย Don't Call Me Gaga Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
GagaXCollection 7,722 Posted November 26, 2020 Melodrama 2.0ย ladygagaxcollection.com Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
KEVIN STEVE 12,700 Posted November 26, 2020 โToo arbitrary and impreciseโย โก 1 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
Aarghya 44,716 Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, alsemanche said: It also didn't fit into any of the general categories? Like were they confused if it was a record or an album or a song?ย exactly this!ย Edited November 26, 2020 by Aarghya Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
StrawberryBlond 10,667 Posted November 26, 2020 They should make everyone vote on what genre they think a song is before anything else. And clearly, certain songs get shoehorned into genres they don't really belong in for the sake of making sure they get nominated. Fiona Apple's Shameika got nominated in Best Rock Song even though it's clearly not that and her album was put under Best Alternative. But what other genre would you have put her work into? None of the other genres fit as they've been reduced so much. If they can do that for certain artists, they can do it for everyone. Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter
xoxo Craig 50,123 Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, LadyGoo said: So basically, if your music is unique, fresh, and doesn't fit the mold, the Scammys will spit on you So thats why Gaga was also snubbed End Racism Now 1 Quote Share Link to post Share on other sites Facebook Twitter