On January 31, the music industry will be celebrating and congratulating all of the amazing music that 2020 has given us. The annual award show will be held virtually with no live audience and will follow all COVID-19 health regulations. The show will air on CBS network on January 31st at 8 p.m. EST. The absences of the live audience comes as a disappointment for many, but the show must go on…. or should it?

These nominations did not sit well for some fans, claiming certain artists were “robbed.” A controversy was sparked when a famous artist, The Weeknd, was nowhere to be found on the Grammy nomination list. This year was a very big year for him and he had many trending singles and even a huge album drop, After Hours, which was very well received by fans. As his fans were outraged, he took to his platform on Twitter and expressed his annoyance with the nominations as well. The famous singer tweeted, “The Grammys remain corrupt.” Many followed suit, claiming that the Grammys were nothing but a corrupt meaningless award show.

Along with The Weeknd, another well known icon in the music industry, Justin Bieber, also shared his distaste for the award show. Even though he was nominated four times this year his album Changes was recognized as a pop album by the award show, but Justin did not intend for that to be. He tweeted, “I am very meticulous and intentional about my music. With that being said, I set out to make an R&B album. Changes was and is an R&B album. It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me.”

The ceremony has a history of disappointing audiences with nomination flaws and scuffed winners. Female rap icon and pioneer Nicki Minaj who has been nominated 10 times since 2011 with 0 wins called her 2011 Best New Artist loss, “white man Bon Iver.” Speaking out on the lack of racial and female representation in the award show which was a predominately white dominant show for years.

The show must go on, is a common phrase used in 2020 but in the wake of controversy and newfound hatred the Grammys have found it hard to still garner the same audience they once had. Each artist is unique and special in their own way and should be celebrated as such.