The Weeknd Snubbed By Recording Academy With No Grammy Noms

The Weeknd snubbed by Recording Academy with no 2021 Grammy nominations. Since announcing the nominations (Tues 11/24), the most notable absentee amongst all categories is undoubtedly The Weeknd. The unanimous decision among supporters, fans, pop-culture critics, and industry insiders has circulated rapidly overnight.

With the release of his ‘After Hours’ album in March, The Weeknd became one of 2020’s biggest commercial success stories–According to ‘Alpha Data’ the album has 1.8 billion streams to date.

“The Grammys remain corrupt,” the Canadian singer stated on Twitter not long after the nominations were announced. “You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…”