14 DAY TRIAL // At last night’s Grammy Awards 2011, one of the biggest disappointments was Justin Bieber not winning for Best New Artist. Drake too was robbed, in what conspiracy theorists see as the biggest snubs of the Academy.
As we also noted earlier today, the award for Best New Artist didn’t go to Bieber but to “relative unknown” Esperanza Spalding, in what fans interpreted as a clear sign on part of the Academy of Recording Artists to prove it’s “cool.”
While The Biebs himself is not upset at not winning the much-coveted statuette – after all, he was the safest bet for the win with fans and critics alike – his fans will not be so easily convinced.
And neither are some media outlets, choosing to believe that the two aforementioned stars were robbed of the awards that were truly theirs.
Moreover, it’s not just this year that this has happened: in fact, it seems that the Academy is going out of their way of shutting out stars like Bieber and Drake, HollywoodNews states.
“What’s up with those snobbish Grammy voters, eh? Never in the history of the recording academy has a male heartthrob star like Justin Bieber or a solo rapper like Drake ever won Best New Artist,” says the e-zine.
“Voters’ refusal to grant them trophies as the breakout stars of the year gets a bit much after a while. Heck, Justin Bieber was already voted Best New Artist by the American Music Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. Why deny him the Grammy?” HollywoodNews asks.
It then goes on to prove that there might be a “track record” of this type of snubs for the same category. In other words, the Grammys have been doing this for a while.
“Consider these past races for the Best New Artist Grammy: 50 Cent lost to Evanescence (2004), Puff Daddy and Hanson lost to Paula Cole (1998). Some serious music fans might even get upset over the Backstreet Boys losing to Lauryn Hill (1999),” the e-zine argues.
“Was [Esperanza Spalding’s] victory deserved? Or were voters just trying to prove how cool they are by hailing a relatively obscure jazz artist?” the e-zine asks.
As far as Justin himself is concerned, he’s happy he got to perform with his mentor at such an exclusive event, while finding comfort in the thought that there will always be next year.