Last year, the Weeknd said he would not allow his music to be submitted for Grammy awards — but he has three 2022 nominations. Here’s why.
Last year at this time, the Grammy nominations were mired in controversy when the Weeknd, who’d released one of the most critically and commercially successful albums and singles of the year with “After Hours” and “Blinding Lights,” shockingly received zero nominations. It was the biggest snub in Grammy history, and the Weeknd pledged that he would “no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,” even after the Recording Academy, which oversees the Grammys, revised its practices and did away with the “secret” nomination-review committees that for decades had curated most of the final lists, and which some alleged had become corrupted by insider dealings.
