“I know we didn’t get every single one perfect,” Harvey said. Harvey knows the new voting system might not be perfect at first, but he believes the initiative will produce fair results in the long run. Some claimed committee members favored projects based on personal relationships and promoted projects they favored and worked on. The new system replaced the anonymous nominations review committee - a group that determined the contenders for key awards. All voters can vote for the top four awards. He instituted the 10-3 initiative - which allows the academy’s more than 11,000 members to vote for up to 10 categories in three genres. Mason said he was pleased with the new peer-driven voting system after seeing the list of nominees. “With that in mind, I think they’re voting for things that they are acknowledging as excellence.” “The voters are truly evaluating music and not getting caught up in the reputations of any other outside noise or any history of artists,” he continued. He said voters focused on the “excellence of music” while considering nominees like Batiste and Kacey Musgraves, whose work also crosses over into different categories. “What I like is the fact that no one is thinking about what happened before, what was the controversy, what was the noise, or where was this artist making music last year,” said Harvey Mason jr., the Recording Academy’s CEO. Earlier this year, he angrily slammed the Grammys, calling them “corrupt” after he received zero nominations despite 2020’s biggest single, “Blinding Lights.”Įven though The Weeknd said he would boycott future Grammys, he still became a nominee for his work on album of the year projects, including Doja Cat’s deluxe edition “Planet Her” and Kanye West’s “Donda.” His third nomination was for his appearance on West’s single “Hurricane,” which also features Lil Baby. Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo both had seven nods.Īlong with Batiste’s surprise domination, another shock was The Weeknd nabbing three nominations after the pop star claimed he would not allow his label to submit his music. each came away with the second-most nominations with eight by the time the Recording Academy was done announcing its nominees for its Jan. Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo both had seven nods.each came away with the second-most nominations with eight Batiste earned an album of the year nod for “We Are” along with record of the year with “Freedom,” a feel-good ode to the city of New Orleans.Jon Batiste might be the Grammys biggest surprise after scoring the most nominations with 11 on Tuesday.
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