Regardless of The Weeknd vowing he would by no means ‘submit my music to the Grammys’ following his ‘After Hours’ snubs, the singer took dwelling a brand new award following the 2022 ceremony! How did this occur?
Surprisingly, one of many artists leaving the sixty fourth Annual Grammy Awards with a brand new piece of hardware was The Weeknd. The singer (b. Abel Tesfaye, 32) shouldn't be a fan of the Recording Academy after they utterly shut out his After Hours album, however that didn’t cease the Academy from awarding him Finest Melodic Rap Efficiency. The Weeknd gained for his contributions to Kanye West’s “Hurricane,” a observe off of Ye’s Donda that additionally options Lil Child. Neither the Weeknd nor Ye, 44, had been readily available to gather the award, which was handed out in a ceremony earlier than the Apr. 3 broadcast.
Does this win imply all is sweet between The Weeknd and the Grammys? In all probability not. After the 2021 Grammys utterly ignored After Hours and the commercially and critically profitable hit, “Blinding Lights,” Abel introduced he was completed. “Due to the key committees,” the Weeknd advised The New York Instancesin March 2021, “I'll not enable my label to submit my music to the Grammys.” He beforehand likened the snub to a “sucker punch,” an “assault” that left him feeling confused. “I simply needed solutions. Like, ‘What occurred?'” he advised Billboard. “We did every little thing proper, I feel. I’m not a cocky individual. I’m not boastful. Individuals advised me I used to be going to get nominated. The world advised me. Like, ‘That is it; that is your 12 months.’ We had been all very confused.”
Since that snub, The Weeknd has launched Daybreak FM, and whereas the album hasn’t spawned a megahit like “Blinding Lights,” it sits at 88 on Metacritic. Nevertheless, don’t count on it to get any nods on the sixty fifth Grammy Awards. “The belief has been damaged for thus lengthy between the Grammy group and artists that it might be unwise to boost a victory flag,” he advised Selectionin Could 2021. “I feel the trade and public alike have to see the clear system actually at play for the win to be celebrated, but it surely’s an vital begin. I stay tired of being part of the Grammys, particularly with their very own admission of corruption for all these a long time. I can't be submitting sooner or later.”
“Hurricane” beat out J.Cole and Lil Child’s “Satisfaction Is The Satan,” Doja Cat’s “Want To Know,” Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s “Trade Child,” and “WusYaName,” by Tyler The Creator (ft. Youngboy By no means Broke Once more and Ty Dolla $ign). Ye additionally gained Finest Rap Tune for “Jail,” his observe with Jay-Z, including to his rising record of Grammy wins. The controversial rapper misplaced Finest Rap Album to Tyler, The Creator (Name Me If You Get Misplaced), and Donda failed to say Album of the 12 months, dropping out to Jon Batiste’s We Are. Ye was scheduled to carry out on the Grammys however was pulled from the present over his social media assaults on Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson.