While white men continue to plague this country with their fragile egos, there’s one place where their nonsense won’t be validated: the Grammy nominations.
While there are lots of white men nominated for Grammys this year, in the Grammys Big 4 nominations, there’s only one white man to be seen Justin Bieber’s feature on “Despacito.” Other than the Biebs, the top four categories Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist are filled solely with women and people of color.
Here are the nominations in each category:
Record of the Year
“Redbone,” Childish Gambino
“Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber
“The Story of O.J.,” JAY-Z
“HUMBLE.,” Kendrick Lamar
“24K Magic,” Bruno Mars
Album of the Year
“Awaken, My Love!,” Childish Gambino
4:44, JAY-Z
DAMN., Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama, Lorde
24K Magic, Bruno Mars
Song of the Year(award goes to songwriters)
“Despacito,” performed by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber
“4:44,”performed by JAY-Z
“Issues,”performed by Julia Michaels
“1-800-273-8255,”performed by Alessia Cara ft. Khalid
“That’s What I Like,”performed by Bruno Mars
Best New Artist
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA
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