Beyoncé doesn't need the Grammys. The Grammys need Beyoncé. 'The show needs a superstar whose ambition and adventurousness make her a beacon to other artists, writes mikaelwood. 'Lose the trailblazers and you risk losing those who come behind them.'
Sunday’s Grammys celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with legends such as Big Boi, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J and Scarface.
It’s worth making a point here about methodology. All 11,000 or so of the academy’s voting members are allowed to vote in the Grammys’ four general categories of album, record and song of the year and best new artist. But “to ensure music creators are voting in the categories in which they are most knowledgeable and qualified,” as the academy rules put it, members can vote on only 10 of the dozens of more specific awards , and all 10 of those must be within no more than three genres.
Does it sound like I’m explaining away an excruciating series of blown calls? Voters shouldn’t be allowed off the hook because of their middlebrow views. After all, Beyonce’s latest loss comes amid a larger historical context, which is that a mere three Black women — Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston and Lauryn Hill — have won album of the year in the Grammys’ 65 years.
Nor do a growing number of intrepid Black artists — Drake, Frank Ocean and the Weeknd among them — who’ve decided the Grammys’ values don’t align with theirs. The misgivings don’t end with them either: Like Beyoncé, Adele and Taylor Swift declined to perform on this year’s show, a sign perhaps that the Beyoncé issue is turning off even those acts that have fared exceedingly well at the Grammys.
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