Ever since the GRAMMYs has awarded its first gramophone over six decades ago, it has been considered one of the music industry's biggest nights ever.
Along with the accolades they award, it also gives artists and musicians the recognition that their artistry deserves.
Earlier this year, the Recording Academy held its sixty-fourth year at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. This year's awards ceremony is one of the most anticipated yet, as it has been rescheduled many times because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Although it has already passed, country music singer Brandi Carlile seemed to have unfinished business with the academy.
GRAMMYs Reclassified Brandi Carlile' Right On Time' To Other Category?
In a recent Billboard interview, the queer icon has expressed how frustrated she is with the academy after reclassifying one of her songs to another category.
"Right On Time," the lead single of her seventh studio album "In These Silent Days," was nominated for three huge awards - Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance.
The 41-year-old singer is not complaining about the first two awards. Still, she feels the Best Pop Solo Performance award was not appropriate for the song as she submitted it in the Best American Roots song category.
The album, including the track, is classified under Americana, folk-rock, among others - but not pop.
"The Grammys changed my life. They gave me the most life-changing opportunity, not just for me but for a lot of people. But being moved out of the Americana genre pissed me off," "The Joker" singer says.
Carlile pointed out that it is important for her to "stay" with the Americana community, even though it means "levels of success that I'll never reach."
She also admitted that achieving pop stardom "wasn't nearly as important as making change in her small corner of the industry."
But with the GRAMMYs decision, Carlile's frustration lessened as she acknowledged that it was also a great compliment for her.
"When the Grammys made that decision for me. It felt like I had been taken out of my space that I wanted to be in," she furthered.
Olivia Rodrigo won Best Pop Solo Performance for "drivers license" while Jon Batiste's "Cry" took home the Best American Roots Song.
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