Halsey Says Grammys Are About ‘Knowing The Right People’, Adds The Weeknd ‘Deserves Better’

Tiffany Haddish recently revealed that she turned down the offer to host the Grammys pre-telecast Premiere Ceremony. The Recording Academy allegedly asked her to host the three-hour live-streamed event without receiving any payment.

that she was asked to host the 2021 Grammys pre-show—which would have been amazing! But unfortunately, the Grammys didn't offer to compensate her for the show (sorry, the THREE HOUR show), and on top of that they expected her to pay for her own glam and wardrobe.Interim Recording Academy president and CEO Harvey Mason Jr. posted a response on Instagram, apologizing and saying he felt there was a lapse in judgement on the part of the Grammys talent booker.

Tiffany Haddish revealed that she turned down the offer to host the Grammys pre-telecast Premiere Ceremony.

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Kelly Clarkson has always been so forthcoming with her legions of fans, and on the December 1 episode of her eponymous talk show, the singer, 38, confessed how difficult her divorce from her husband of nearly seven years, Brandon Blackstock, has been. “I’m obviously going through [a divorce] right now,” Kelly said while chatting with guests Alicia Keys and Untamed author Glennon Doyle.

Halsey is the latest artist ‘snubbed’ by the Grammy Awards to suggest that her lack of nominations in the recently unveiled 2021 shortlists may be down to her unwillingness to offer bribes.“I’ve been thinking and wanted to choose my words carefully because a lot of people have extended sympathy and apology to me since the Grammy nominations”, she said in an Instagram story post. “The Grammys are an elusive process.

Halsey has weighed in on this year’s controversial Grammy nominations.The singer, who was among the artists shut out from the 2021 ceremony despite releasing work that was both critically and commercially successful, shared her thoughts on Instagram Stories. “I’ve been thinking and wanted to choose my words carefully because a lot of people have extended sympathy and apology to me since the Grammy nominations,” she wrote, via Deadline.“The Grammys are an elusive process.

While Grammys 2021 will be airing only next year, the prestigious award ceremony is already under the scanner for its various snubs during the nominations reveal. The biggest shockers included The Weeknd's After Hours and even Halsey's Manic being snubbed.

Halsey has referenced her lack of Grammy nominations in a new post on social media, and discussing the possibility of “bribes” in the nominations process.The singer didn’t receive a single nomination for her 2020 album ‘Manic’ in the 2021 list, which included the chart-topping single ‘Without Me’.“I’ve been thinking and wanted to choose my words carefully because a lot of people have extended sympathy and apology to me since the Grammy nominations,” Halsey wrote on her Instagram Stories

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Thanksgiving break has done little to calm the anger over the Grammy Awards’ baffling shutout of The Weeknd and several other artists from the 2021 nominations, and on Saturday Halsey — who was herself shut out from nominations — took to Instagram to air her feelings on the issue, as have Drake, Elton John, Kid Cudi, Charlie Puth and others.In a social media post last week, The Weeknd accused the Recording Academy of being “still corrupt,” which prompted a

Halsey is weighing in on the drama surrounding the Grammys.

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Ellise Shafer editorDrake has come to the defense of The Weeknd amid his Grammys snub, saying the awards show “may no longer matter.”In a post to the rapper’s Instagram story on Wednesday, Drake sided with The Weeknd — who received zero nominations this year for his album “After Hours” — and suggested that there is a “disconnect” between the Grammys and the music making waves in the industry.“I think we should stop allowing ourselves to be shocked every year by the disconnect between impactful

50 Cent has weighed in on the Grammys row, dubbing the organisers of the event as being “out of touch”.Commenting on the forthcoming 2021 event’s nominations for Best Rap Album in a since-deleted post, Fiddy said: “Best Rap Album. They out of touch this shit ain’t it, get the fuck outta here.

The Weeknd calling the Grammy Awards “corrupt” after his critically acclaimed album After Hours failed to score any nominations at the 2021 ceremony.“We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated. I was surprised and can empathize with what he’s feeling,” the academy’s chair and interim president/CEO, Harvey Mason Jr., said in a statement to Rolling Stone on Tuesday, November 24.

TMZ Tuesday, as Grammy organizers demanded he pass on taking the stage at Super Bowl LV, before relenting and deciding he could do both.Insiders said that the Can’t Feel My Face artist's camp suspected the lack of nominations were in response to the unpleasant back and forth over whether he would perform in the Super Bowl.The artist, whose full name is Abel Tesfaye, released the record After Hours in March to strong sales and reviews, and it won Favorite Album - Soul/R&B honors at the American