Grammys ratings tank in 2021, possibly to record low

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NEW YORK -- Grammy producers avoided the Zoom awkwardness of other pandemic-era awards shows and gave music-starved fans performances by the industry's biggest stars.

 Alessandra Ambrosio  and her model beau Richard Lee.The couple was first spotted together a few weeks back, and ever since, they seem to be absolutely inseparable. On Monday night, they were spotted on a dinner date in Los Angeles, where they confirmed their relationship with a passionate kiss and some more PDA.

The Los Angeles Times reports. That's easily the awards show's smallest audience ever, and down about 10 million viewers from 2020's ceremony, The Wrap notes.

Grammy Awards are in, and they are reportedly the lowest in the telecast's history. According to Nielsen Live + Same Day fast-affiliate numbers, the 2021 Grammys earned an average of 7.

Despite Music's Biggest Night feeling noticeably more sufferable than usual (thanks to these stellar performances), the Grammys continued its trajectory of losing audiences with this years broadcast. According to Nielsen Live+Same Day fast-affiliate numbers, only 7.88 million viewers tuned into the ceremony last night, an estimate that will likely be adjusted once West Coast data is factored in.

From local juke joints waiting to reopen out of the coronavirus pandemic to Beyoncé making more music history and Taylor Swift’s Folklore snagging album of the year, the semi-virtual 62nd annual Grammy Awards hit a lot of high notes last night.

Overall, 93 movies were eligible for this year's Academy Awards in the best international feature film category. When the five Oscar nominees were unveiled on Monday morning, two countries could celebrate earning their first-ever nods in the category.

65 of the 209 individual nominations across 24 competitive categories (this year Best Sound Mixing and Sound Editing were combined into one category), which was 31.1% of all nominees. That’s up from past years when 62 of 225 nominees in 2019 (27.5%) were women, as were 57 of 213 individual nominees in 2018 (26.8%) and 48 of 211 in 2017 (22.7%).In TheWrap’s analysis, individuals nominated in multiple categories, like Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were counted for each of their nominations.

A few days back, Zayn Malik had taken to his Twitter page to sound off on the Grammys stating, "Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there’s no nomination considerations." In another tweet, clarifying his controversial statement, Zayn explained how his tweet, "was not personal or about eligibility but was about the need for inclusion and the lack of transparency of the nomination process and the space that creates and allows favoritism, racism, and networking politics to influence the voting

Zayn Malik has slammed the Grammys once again, this time moments before the 2021 ceremony was set to kick off. “@recordingacad are moving in inches and we need to move in miles,” the singer wrote. “I’m keeping the pressure on & fighting for transparency & inclusion.