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Berlin (dpa) - The always eagerly awaited nominations for the next Grammys have sparked a lot of joy, but also disappointment and anger among the stars.
The Canadian pop star Justin Bieber (26, "Sorry") immediately complained about the stylistic classification of his recent Grammy nominations.
The criticism of the R&B / hip-hop musician The Weeknd was even more blatant.
Bieber was nominated in four categories on Tuesday - three times under Pop, including the album "Changes".
From Bieber's point of view a mistake: “'Changes' was and is an R&B album.
It's strange that it's not recognized as such, ”the singer said in a statement on Instagram.
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From the chords to the melody to the vocal style and drums, his new record is "undeniably and unmistakably" an R&B album.
Bieber added the following to his statement: “Please do not take this as ingratitude, it is just my thoughts.
Accept it or not. "
The Canadian Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (30) alias The Weeknd, one of the most successful musicians in North America currently in the charts, was completely empty of the nominations.
“The Grammys remain corrupt.
You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency ... ”he wrote on Twitter.
Most recently, his album "After Hours" cleared the US charts.
The Weeknd has also won several Grammys - the last time in 2018.
Two weeks ago it became known that the singer would appear in the halftime show at the Super Bowl 2021 American football event.
This could have cost him a nomination, wrote the celebrity portal "TMZ".
According to this, the Grammys wanted to book The Weeknd exclusively for their award show.
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Rapper Nicki Minaj (37) also found critical words.
Although she was not in the nomination field this year, she was in the “Best New Artist” category in 2012 - and back then she received nothing.
If it were up to the musician, it was possibly due to the color of her skin: "You gave (the award) to the white man Bon Iver," Minaj now wrote.
And that although she had seven songs in the charts at the same time.
The Grammys are among the most coveted music prizes in the world, they are awarded in around 80 categories.
Around 13,000 members of the organizing Recording Academy decide on the winners.
The current nominations cover the period from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020.
US singer Beyoncé goes into the award ceremony with the greatest chance of winning.
The 39-year-old collected nine nominations in eight categories.
The Grammy gala planned for January 31, 2021 is to be moderated by the comedian Trevor Noah ("Daily Show").
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