Grammy Awards 2021: Academy Chief Harvey Mason Responds To The Weeknd ‘Corruption’ Tweet

The controversy over The Weeknd’s failure to receive a single nomination in this year’s GRAMMY Awards has threatened to overshadow the nominations. 
His fans around the world believe his song *Blinding Lights* was the best contender for the Record of the Year category if not win it but the song was not nominated, or for song of the year , best sole Pop performance or other categories in which it was entered.
The Weeknd after the announcement took to his Twitter page accuse the board of being corrupt and demanded some transparency.
The Academy Chair and Interim president Harvey Mason Jr, in response to the singer’s has issued a short statement to clarify why he did not receive a single nomination..
The statement reads.. 
* We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed on not been nominated.
I was surprised and can empathize with what he’s feeling. His music this year was excellent.. We were thrilled when we found out he’ll be performing at the upcoming super bowl and we would have loved to have him perform on the Grammy stage the weekend before .. To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before the Weeknd’s performance at Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process*
Source claim the singer was ignored because of his willingness to perform at halftime of the Super Bowl.






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