It looks like Drake is no longer boycotting the Grammys. The rapper presented his album with 21 Savage. “Her loss“, for Grammy consideration. The decision comes as a surprise since he previously turned down the Grammy Award.
Drake’s album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and several songs have been tagged with potential awards so far, according to Billboard. “Her Loss” fully transferred to 2024. Album of the Year and Best Rap Album at the awards ceremony, reports Hollywood Reporter. “Her loss” includes Drake’s song with 21 Savage, “Rich Flex,” which is featured in the Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song categories.
Another popular song, “Spin Bout U,” also received multiple nominations in the Best Melodic Rap Performance, Record of the Year and Song of the Year categories.
In 2020, Drake openly criticized the Grammy Awards on behalf of fellow artist The Weeknd. When The Weeknd didn’t get a single nomination for his success”After closing” Album Drizzy, 36, took to Instagram at the time and wrote: “I think we need to stop allowing ourselves to be shocked every year by the gap between impressive music and these awards and just accept that what was once the highest form of recognition may no longer have meaning for the artist who exists now and for those who will come after.”
He added: “It’s like having a relative who you keep expecting to reform but he just doesn’t change his ways.”
Drake stressed the need for a new music awards organization.
“The other day I said @theweeknd was the album or song of the year, along with countless other reasonable guesses, but it never happens. This is a great time to start something new that we can create over time and pass on to future generations,” Drake wrote.
The Weeknd also expressed his disappointment. He wrote on X: “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe it to me, my fans and industry transparency…”
The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe it to me, my fans and industry transparency…
— Abel Tesfaye (@theweeknd) November 25, 2020
Canadian native Drake began withdrawing his Grammy nominations after being snubbed by The Weeknd. Drake also pulled out of the 64th annual awards show in 2022, as well as this year.. The next Grammy Awards will take place on February 4, 2024.
In addition to his own albums, Drizzy has the opportunity to be nominated alongside fellow rapper Travis Scott for his hit “Meltdown” and Young Thug’s “Oh U Want,” as both songs were submitted to the competition. Nominations “Best Rap Song” and “Best Rap Performance”. Before the boycott, Drake won a total of five Grammy Awards.
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