Grammys<\/a> and won two.<\/p>\n\n\tSNUB: After all of that, the Weeknd gets zero nominations. <\/strong>The Weeknd has certainly been through it with the Recording Academy over the past few years, and it certainly seems like healed wounds may be reopened following this morning\u2019s nominations reveal. The singer declared a boycott of the Grammys in 2021 and accused the institution of being corrupt in its nomination process, but all seemed put to rest after he gave a surprise performance at the ceremony earlier this year. So it comes as a major shock that the Weeknd was snubbed for his submissions, which were pretty far-reaching. \u201cHurry Up Tomorrow\u201d was contending for album of the year, while \u201cTimeless\u201d was up for record and song of the year and various songs including \u201cCry for Me\u201d and \u201cBaptized in Fear\u201d were submitted across genres.<\/p>\n\n\tSURPRISE: Clipse\u2019s reunion bears fruit. <\/strong>It was widely forecasted that Kendrick Lamar, Clipse and Tyler, the Creator would rack up the most nominations out of the hip-hop community. And they did, with Lamar getting nine \u2014 the most of anyone this year \u2014\u00a0and Tyler getting five. And Clipse matched their energy with five nominations for \u201cLet God Sort Em Out\u201d and its various tracks. They secured nods in best rap performance for \u201cChains & Whips,\u201d best rap song for \u201cThe Birds Don\u2019t Sing,\u201d best rap album and best music video for \u201cSo Be It.\u201d But the most notable nomination came outside the genre categories, as the project secured a coveted spot in album of the year, where the Thornton brothers join Lamar, Tyler and others in the category.<\/p>\n\n\tSNUB: Alex Warren only got one nomination, and it wasn\u2019t for \u201cOrdinary.\u201d <\/strong>Widely predicted as a contender in the top and genre categories, Alex Warren\u2019s \u201cOrdinary\u201d is nowhere to be found on the nominees list. The song was easily one of the biggest hits of the year, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 non-consecutive weeks and breaking the record for longest-running number one on the Pop Airplay chart with 16 non-consecutive weeks. But Warren is strictly relegated to the best new artist category, where he\u2019ll vie for the trophy against Lola Young, Katseye and Leon Thomas. \u201cOrdinary\u201d was viewed as a shoo-in for at least the pop categories, if only because it should have garnered the conservative vote or simply based on its ubiquity. But as it stands, \u201cOrdinary\u201d getting shut out is a head-scratcher.<\/p>\n\n\tSNUB: Half the best new artist nominees are not nominated elsewhere. <\/strong>Alex Warren isn\u2019t the only one who got a single nomination, and only in the BNA category. Olivia Dean, Addison Rae, Sombr and the Marias were all included in best new artist \u2014 a tremendous accomplishment in its own right \u2014\u00a0yet it\u2019s certainly a snub that they were left out of all other categories. Granted, some may be holding out to do a big Grammy push next year, yet it\u2019s perplexing that some of the buzziest artists of the year didn\u2019t manage to pick up nods elsewhere. That probably shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise for the Grammys, which nominated Benson Boone, Teddy Swims and Khruangbin in the category earlier this year but didn\u2019t feature them in other areas.<\/p>\n\n\tSNUB-ISH: \u201cGolden\u201d scooping up lots of nods (with one key category missing). <\/strong>\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is arguably one of the biggest success stories in music this year, and Huntr\/x\u2019s breakout hit \u201cGolden\u201d was expected to nab the lot of nominations. And it certainly did, as \u201cGolden\u201d landed in song of the year, best pop duo\/group performance and best song written for visual media. Elsewhere, the \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d soundtrack was nominated in best compilation soundtrack for visual media. But it was a miss that it wasn\u2019t included in record of the year, a nomination they were largely forecasted to receive. It would have made history, too, as Huntr\/x would have become the first K-pop group to get a nod in that category. But when you consider that some Academy members may not take the music as seriously as others \u2014 perhaps because it\u2019s based around a fictional group in an animated film, or simply because it\u2019s about as pure pop as it gets \u2014 it\u2019s still a win for \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d that it picked up four noms.<\/p>\n\n\tSNUB: Country music shut out of the big four. <\/strong>Does the Grammys have a country music problem when it comes to the big four? Since 2020, only two songs \u2014 Shaboozey\u2019s \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d and Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cOld Town Road\u201d \u2014\u00a0were nominated in the top categories. Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s \u201cCowboy Carter\u201d won for album of the year earlier this year, yet it\u2019s the sole country-inspired record to make it into that category (even though Beyonc\u00e9 herself said \u201cthis ain\u2019t a Country album\u201d). This year, there are a total of zero country artists in the big four. Morgan Wallen and Zach Bryan would have been clear nominees in record and song of the year, as well as album of the year, so it\u2019s no surprise that their names are absent from the ballot, considering that they pointedly did not submit. But that doesn\u2019t explain the lack of country artists elsewhere, particularly best new artist, where Zach Top, Megan Moroney, Jessie Murph and Ella Langley were all predicted to be in the running.<\/p>\n\n\tSURPRISE: Leon Thomas racks up nominations across the board. <\/strong>Leon Thomas has been a songwriting beast behind the scenes for years, so it\u2019s a long-game success story that he had his breakthrough this year with his album \u201cMutt\u201d and its respective singles. The R&B singer nabbed six nominations for album of the year, best new artist, best R&B performance (\u201cMutt (Live from NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk)\u201d), best traditional R&B performance (\u201cVibes Don\u2019t Lie\u201d), best R&B song (\u201cYes It Is\u201d) and best R&B album. Thomas could easily end up one of Grammy night\u2019s biggest surprise winners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Grammy nominations are finally here, with some notable breakthroughs and reigning hot streaks from artists including Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Leon Thomas, Justin Bieber, Tyler, the Creator, SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and many more. As with every year, there are plenty of surprises and just as many snubs among the nominees. 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