The Weeknd & Drake Boycott 2023 Grammys, Refuse To Submit Albums For Award Consideration

Drake and The Weeknd have each publicly blasted the Grammys, however the Canadian hitmakers seem like full-on boycotting the 2023 awards totally.

As Pitchfork studies, Grammy ballots went out to voters on Friday, revealing that each artists selected to not submit their new albums for consideration.

Based on the outlet, whereas each artists do seem on the poll for his or her numerous visitor work on different artists’ tasks, their solo albums — Drake’s Truthfully, Nevermind and The Weeknd’s “Daybreak FM” — are conspicuous by their absence.

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Drake Withdraws His Grammy Nominations For Finest Rap Album And Efficiency

Drake has made no secret of his displeasure with what he sees as a “disconnect” between out-of-touch Grammy voters and the music that’s truly widespread, an opinion he expressed final 12 months by pulling his music from consideration after receiving nominations for his album Licensed Lover Boy and the only “Method 2 Horny”.

“I believe we must always cease permitting ourselves to be shocked yearly by the disconnect between impactful music and these awards and simply settle for that what as soon as was the best type of recognition could now not matter to the artist that exist now and those that come after,” Drake mentioned again in 2020.

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The Weeknd Plans Everlasting Grammy Boycott After ‘Blinding Lights’ Snub, Blasts ‘Secret Committees’

The Weeknd has likewise been vocal together with his Grammy criticism, declaring his intention to completely boycott the awards after Blinding Lights — regardless of being one of many 12 months’s largest albums — was utterly snubbed, tweeting his accusation that the voting was “corrupt.”

The Grammys stay corrupt. You owe me, my followers and the trade transparency…

— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) November 25, 2020