Zayn slams Grammys moments before 2021 awards: ‘End the secret committees’

Directioners screamed tears of sheer joy when it was announced that Harry Styles had won his first-ever Grammy for his Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single Watermelon Sugar in the Best Pop Solo Performance category.

due to the coronavirus pandemic — with studios repeatedly pushing release dates and film festivals scrapping plans or moving online — prompting awards bodies to postpone their respective telecasts and adjust eligibility rules to account for continued uncertainty.Below, ET has your handy awards season calendar to keep you up to date as we learn more about what's to come for the Oscars, Golden Globes, GRAMMYs, BAFTA Awards and more.The 78th annual Golden Globe Awards — originally scheduled for the

Naman Ramachandran Clara Amfo, Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary will host the EE BAFTA Film Awards, which for the first time, will take place over a weekend on April 10 and 11.Amfo, a popular BBC Radio 1 presenter, will host the awards’ opening night on April 10, and will be joined by a yet-to-be-announced panel of guests who will discuss the creative process using footage from nominated films.

death of Sarah Everard was opened today as her devastated family learned of her final moments before her disappearance. Acting Detective Inspector Lee Tullott has told how the 33-year-old was having dinner at a university friend's house in Clapham, London, just before she vanished on March 3.The inquest at County Hall, in Maidstone, Kent, heard that her worried boyfriend had not heard from her for 'some time' when he filed a missing person report.

Beyoncé made history during the 2021 Grammy Awardsby breaking the all-time record of most Grammy wins ever by a female artist. By winning for best R&B performance for "Black Parade," Beyoncé achieved her 28th Grammy Award, surpassingAlison Krauss who'd previously held the record with 27 Grammys.

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

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLast November when the Grammy nominations were revealed, the Recording Academy announced that it would be postponing the Immersive Audio award due to the pandemic, but sound issues seem to be plaguing today’s virtual premiere ceremony as well.As producers have pivoted to virtual awards and Zoom, technical glitches are not uncommon.

The pandemic is full of surprises and that includes the delayed 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony. In what we believe is a first for the Grammy Awards, a song nominated for the Song Written for Visual Media category has won before the project was ever released.

the Weeknd said in a statement to the New York Times, “I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys. ”The Canadian R&B and pop artist is by many measures at the height of his career — recently playing the Super Bowl and breaking the single-song record for longest time spent in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 — but he wasn’t nominated for any awards.

failed to put Grammys 2021 nominations respect on his “After Hours” album this year — The Weeknd, 30, has vowed to never again attend the awards show. “Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,” the “Save Your Tears” singer said in a statement to The New York Times Thursday. Representatives for the singer did not reply to The Post’s request for comment.The Weeknd’s not-so-subtle middle finger to The Academy follows his calling the

As the Recording Academy prepares to host the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, controversy over the legitimacy of the music industry’s biggest awards show continues to escalate.

Zayn Malik is coming after the  Grammy Awards , claiming that the 63rd annual ceremony is rigged.The 28-year-old singer and father took to social media, writing a series of tweets, criticizing the nominations and immediately going viral for his strong choice of words. Zayn, who recently welcomed his baby girl Khai with supermodel Gigi Hadid, explained that “unless you shake hands and send gifts, there‘s no nomination considerations.”Fuck the grammys and everyone associated.

Zayn Malik has some choice words for the Recording Academy.

Singer song-writer Zayn Malik went off on a massive rant dissing The Grammy Awards which is going to air on 14th March. The singer wasn’t nominated for the upcoming 63rd GRAMMY Awards and took to his Twitter to explain why.

As if the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards weren’t already controversial enough, in comes Zayn Malik to add on some extra drama. Less than a week before the 2021 installment of the long-running awards show, Zayn, 28, fired off a seemingly unprovoked attack on the Grammys, the Recording Academy, and the whole process.