Just ahead of the 2021 Grammy Awards, The Weeknd announced he would no longer allow his music to be submitted for contention. It comes as no surprise, as the singer has been criticizing the Recording Academy for quite some time. It doesn’t look like he’ll be picking up any in the near future, so let’s take a look at how many Grammys The Weeknd has won so far. Show
 The Weeknd has three Grammy AwardsThe Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, has become one of the world’s most popular pop stars. He started his music career posting videos on Youtube in 2010. And in 2012, after signing with Republic Records, he released his compilation album, Trilogy. The Weeknd released his first studio album, Kiss Land, in 2013. But his 2015 release, Beauty Behind the Madness, made him commercial success. The album, which became one of the year’s best-sellers, included his hit tracks “I Can’t Feel My Face” and “The Hills.” And it earned the singer his first two Grammy Awards— one for Best Urban Contemporary Album and one for Best R & B Performance.
In 2018, The Weeknd picked up another Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album for Starboy. In total, the singer has won three Grammy Awards out of 10 nominations. The Weeknd criticized the Grammys in 2020In 2020, The Weeknd released his fourth album, After Hours. Four singles on the album — “Heartless,” “Blinding Lights,” “In Your Eyes,” and “Save Your Tears” — topped the charts. And two of those songs, “Heartless” and “Blinding Lights,” hit the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100. But despite the album’s critical and commercial success, when the 2021 Grammy nominations were announced, After Hours received no recognition. The snub led to The Weeknd publicly criticizing the Grammys and calling the Recording Academy corrupt.
“The Grammys remain corrupt,” the singer tweeted. “You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency.” The Weeknd is pulling his music from further Grammy considerationJust days before the 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony, The Weeknd publicly announced he would not submit any more music to the Recording Academy for consideration. “Because of the secret committees,” he said in a statement to the New York Times, “I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys.” Upon hearing The Weeknd’s criticisms, interim president of the Recording Academy, Harvey Mason Jr., responded to the Times, saying, “We’re all disappointed when anyone is upset. But I will say that we are constantly evolving. And this year, as in past years, we are going to take a hard look at how to improve our awards process, including the nomination review committees.”
Related Halsey Speaks Out on Her and The Weeknd’s Grammy Snubs — ‘I’m Sure This Post Will Blacklist Me Anyway’ This isn’t the first time an artist has called out the institution. Just days before The Weeknd made his announcement, Zayn Malik trashed the Grammys for its lack of transparency and corruption. “F**k the Grammys and everyone associated,” Malik tweeted. “Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there’s no nomination considerations. Next year I’ll send you a basket of confectionery.” “My tweet was not personal or about eligibility,” he added. “But was about the need for inclusion and the lack of transparency of the nomination process and the space that creates and allows favoritism, racism, and networking politics to influence the voting process.” The Weeknd is done with the Grammys. He will no longer submit his music for nomination consideration, and he now sees his three Grammy wins in a different light. He’s boycotting the Grammy Awards because his album, After Hours, was majorly snubbed by the recording academy. But his protest isn’t about ego. It’s a response to what he called the “corrupt” Grammys voting system that decides who gets nominated, who wins, and who “matters” in music. How many Grammys does The Weeknd have?The Weeknd (given name Abel Tesfaye) has been a chart-topping artist for years now. His early singles “Can’t Feel My Face” and “The Hills” skyrocketed his popularity. The 31-year-old has won three Grammys in his time. His first wins were in 2016, when “Earned It” won Best R&B Song and Beauty Behind the Madness won Best Urban Contemporary Album. Starboy won Best Urban Contemporary Album in 2018. In February 2021, he headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The star has been nominated for 10 Grammys, including Album of the Year. But he’s never won the top categories. Many thought After Hours would win him Album of the Year. Why was The Weeknd snubbed at the Grammys?After Hours was his first album not to get any nominations since 2016. He called the snub a “sucker punch.” As he told Billboard:
So, why did this happen? “Blinding Lights” spent an entire year on the Billboard Hot 100 top 10—the first song in history to do so. With success like that, it seems natural that a Grammy would follow. The whole point of the ceremony is to reward the most influential people in music, no? The Weeknd has a theory. “Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,” he told The New York Times. The Grammys does have secret committees that run the voting process. Every year, musicians submit their music for consideration in the various categories, and then the thousands of academy members vote. The committees then review the votes and have the power to go against them if they disagree.
Related Grammy Awards: See BTS, Megan Thee Stallion, and More React To Their First Ever Nominations The Weeknd is boycotting the Grammys from now onHalsey called out her Grammys snub and The Weeknd’s after the nominations came out, saying that it’s a highly political process. As she wrote on Instagram:
Only 10 Black musicians won Album of the Year in the history of the Grammys. Halsey, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Zayn Malik, Frank Ocean, and Drake have all called the Grammys political, dated, and corrupt because of this. The Weeknd went even further and told Billboard that his three wins “mean nothing to me now.” He also revealed that he was planning an epic Grammys performance up until the nominations came out. The Weeknd’s manager, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, told Billboard that it’s time for an overhaul of the system. “What is that secret committee? What the f*ck?” he said, adding that “they cancel the f*cking secret committee and become full transparency.” “The Grammys should handle their legacy and clean it up to raise the bar to a level where everyone could be proud to hold up that award,” Slaiby continued. “This is [Harvey Mason Jr.’s] chance to step up and have his legacy be the guy who got the Grammys finally right.” How much Grammys has the weeknd won?The Weeknd has won 8 awards - Grammy Award in 2015, Grammy Award in 2015, Grammy Award in 2017, Grammy Award in 2021, American Music Award in 2015, American Music Award in 2015, American Music Award in 2020 and American Music Award in 2021.
Did The Weeknd win a Grammy for Starboy?He also said that the three Grammys he's earned before Sunday night — in 2017 for Starboy and in 2015 for "Earned It" and Beauty Behind the Madness — "mean nothing to me." "Look, I personally don't care anymore," he said. "I have three Grammys, which mean nothing to me now, obviously.
Did the weeknd win any awards last night?The Weeknd won two prizes. He took songwriter of the year for the third time and contemporary R&B recording of the year for “Take My Breath.” Only two other songwriters have won songwriter of the year (or its predecessor categories, composer of the year and best songwriter) three or more times.
Did Abel win a Grammy?The singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, won the award for Best Melodic Rap Performance -- shared with Lil Baby and Kanye "Ye" West, for their vocals on West's song "Hurricane," off his album, Donda.
|
Did the weeknd win anything at the Grammys?
Related Posts
Copyright © 2024 ShotOnMac Inc.
