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| Bieber in 2011 (Photo by Pascal Parvex) |
As far as the Grammys are concerned, to be named is a super big deal. The very word “nomination” stems from the Latin term for “a naming.”
So if you're not named, you might as well feel that you don’t exist. This could account for the pushback from snubbed artists such as The Weekend, who are calling the Grammy process “corrupt.”
And if unnamed sounds tough, try being misnamed. Justin Bieber claims to have devotedly made an “R&B album,” only to have it categorized as “pop” by the Grammys. Does this mean once a pop artist, always a pop artist? If so, then stereotypes exist and persist in Grammy land.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55070142
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