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Quotes Of the Day: Miguel’s Emotional Reaction To Grammy Snub
Written by Trent | Filed under Miguel
Miguel learned a difficult lesson about the politics of the music industry last evening when he didn’t receive a single mention on the list of the 2012 Grammy Awards nominations. However, the R&B singer wasn’t shy about sharing his feelings about the snub and took to Twitter to discuss the incident.
Venting about being “pissed” regarding the event, Miguel rightfully indicated that either his ‘All I Want Is You’ debut album or Urban smash hit ‘Sure Thing’ should have received a nod for next year’s show. Read exactly what he had to say below:
MiguelUnlimited
Damn, this really hurts. Congrats to all the nominees
12/1/11 12:20 AMMiguelUnlimited
I’m Fucking Pissed Yo. I don’t think I’m Gods gift to music but I know the Album or at LEAST Sure Thing should have been Nominated.
12/1/11 12:49 AMMiguelUnlimited
All G. Ill Work Harder Then. BET.
12/1/11 2:04 AMHonestly, Miguel was quite correct in his statements. ‘Sure Thing’ was one of the best R&B records of 2011 and should have been acknowledged in either the Best R&B Song or Best R&B Performance fields. However, this situation has highlighted a very important point – quality and success don’t always result in Grammy gold.
Indeed, although several stars have dominated previous Grammy shows because of their chart success, a key factor involved in the decision-making process is industry favour. Really, it’s not about how good you are; it’s more about who you know.
Other artists and Academy members vote at the Grammys, not the fans. Hence, if an act isn’t well connected with his/her peers then it is impossible for him/her to win.
Ask yourselves this, for instance: did Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies’ win Best Female R&B Vocal Performance over Melanie Fiona’s ‘It Kills Me’ because it was really the better vocal or did it triumph simply because it was performed by Beyonce? Also, why was ‘Single Ladies’ – a Pop song – nominated in that field in the first place? Those are the questions that we need to address.
Thoughts?
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POW on the Beyonce/Melanie mention! I have said that since the beginning! It was clearly politics!
Totally agree!
So on point. Thank you for the GIF!
I’m glad he expressed his feelings because he is the best new thing that happened to R&B this year.
So Trent, you’re saying Beyonce didn’t connect with her peers this year that’s why she didn’t get more than 2 nods?
Why would you say about F.A.M.E nominated for Best R&B album over ’4′ ?
Let’s cut the BS. Grammys are playing black artists again. And we are TIRED of this. Soul Train Awards will be hot again.
@MISHKA how are the Grammys playing black artists when Kanye got the most noms (7) for next year, Drake got 4 and Rihanna got 4 (even Album of the year)???
Rihanna is not going to win for LOUD. That’s 200% sure.
Kanye brings the buzz and the ratings, and is one of the best performers right now. MBDTF got snubbed for AOTY but LOUD got a spot? yeah right.
Drake got nods for collaborations (If I’m not mistaken).
The Grammys needs ratings. Miguel and Melanie Fiona do not equate. Beyonce won all of those Grammys last year for ratings. Chris Brown is nominated for ratings.
It’s unfortunate but pretty obvious
IM SORRY….
but MIGUEL is TOO much of a new artist to feel snubbed. If this was his 3rd album ok…but fool if you dont know how your own industry works then youll prolly be crying on twitter alot more.
My thing is…Miguel announced earlier in the year he was writing music for Usher and many other artists. So, I don’t understand how he lacks in the peer connection area. Are the making him the male Kat Stacks? Getting what the want and then claiming they don’t know who Miguel is?!
This is unfair on SO many levels.
I can’t believe that he wasn’t nominated for anything. He totally deserves to be nominated. His writing is superb and deserves recognition beyond his fans saying it.
Miguel …hush up gurl….u are not a vocalist. The only man that was nominated was a old skool legend Charlie Wilson. The ladies with chops have taken over the downsized category. I don’t think Usher or Beyonce will ever win a best r/b vocal Grammy again. They put real SANGAS in the categories…BYE MIGUEL….enjoy your BET Nomination
Well I hope all the black artists who feel snubbed start showing up to the black award shows that recognize and award their talent.
However I hate when people say if their fave artists aren’t nominated than.the award is unfair or bias. Beyonce fans thought the grammys were just fine when she won 6. Hypocrites!
Trent is right about that Beyonce/Melanie Fiona comment. That year Bey beat Melanie she was the Grammy Queen with like the most nominations and those 6 awards. Alot of them were waranted, but i fell like when they have these “Grammy Kings” and “Queens” with a gazillion nominations a year, they tend to give them more awards than they deserve.
Bey’s snub is off putting to me, when her stuff is really popular she gets all these nominations, but when she scales back and really focuses on the music she doesn’t get didily squat, how ironic. You have to play the music industry’s twisted little game to get some recognition. Also the fact they scaled down those categories, getting rid of best contemporary r&b album and the separate male and female categorizes, amoung others, has alot of ppl getting snubbed.
@V I totally agree with your second paragraph.
i tottally agree with v i knew bey was going to get snubbed with 4 with it not being as popualr as her last efforts and there not being any contempoary rnb catagories but im just confused as why party is being nominated and not love on top ,i was here,or 1+1 imo those are the most worthy of the nominations on 4 not party but i do agree with trent with the single ladies thing im kida lost here
i dont get the Melanie fiona/ Beyonce thing, i believe more goes into it than just it being a vocal competition, in that case wouldn’t a ballad ALWAYS win over an up-tempo? Whitney houston won her first R&B vocal grammy for its not right, but its ok, which doesn’t compare tot he previous nominations she received in that category and lost, so many factors go into it.
The reason why beyonce Single ladies was in both categories was because it was a hit on both pop and urban airways.but if you listen to beyonces songs it’s mostly Drums with her Voice providing all other parts so she mixes her music styles. Correct me if im wrong but aren’t the grammys based mostly on numbers. based between oct 1 previous year to oct 1 following year. like this year Beyonce has one the Best selling R&B/soul album as of today this year but before OCT 1 her numbers didnt exceed most of the artist who were nominated. Same with Miguel he had a hit but several other artist did as well even if your #1 the list consist of single sales and air play so you can be number 10 on the list and still have more singles than #1 Due to the fact you may not have major air play. Miguel Just had Major air play. but being Nominated this year really means nothing none of the categories are a tight race you already know who will win.
Chris Brown isn’t nominated for ratings. Every award show he’s performed on lately had procucers who didn’t want him to peform and they barely promote him in ads for those shows.
FAME is a better RNB album than Beyonce’s 4. 4 was bland at best.
Miguel needs to grow up. Its just the grammys. No one rememers who wins. People remember performances.
And its not as if they are going to air Chris Brown’s categories, so really, him being nominated isn’t about ratings. He probably lose like he does every year. He got those nods for his hard work. Get real about 4. It got snubbed because it was a bore.
4 was definitely snubbed. It received higher critical reception than both Born This Way and Loud. A shame.
The fact that they cut the f’ckin R&B & Hip Hop categories in half doesn’t help either.
i know, he should have been nominated for best new artist. hes like one of the best r&b artists, so sad he didn’t get nominated
How many artist came out with classic music and never won that many grammys? Luther Vandross and RKelly. So really I don’t want to hear no one complaining, Every yer numerous nameless artist come out with excellent music but are over looked, And it seems to me that mIguel and jill scott only made music to get nominated. Please I wish both have several seats.
Kelly Price damn near never get nominated, I see she don”t bitch and complain. Heck Musiqsoulschild never won a grammy, he don’t bitch and complain. Tank cds are always great, umm let’s see, where is Tank grammy nods at?
Ok my rant is over, LMAO
No one is complainin, they have a right to say that they should have atleast been nominated which he and Jill should have been. Beyonce did so well with “SL”, because that song was a phenomenon across the board, it was/is r&b/pop/pop-culture. It had tons of impact. Also, it was produced very very well. The vocal categories are basically just songs with your voice on them. It has nothing to do with the notes, rather the way the song is produced and the artistry behind it.
Just because it’s Beyonce doesn’t mean her album is great! Get over it. Her last album I wish I never bought it but had just downloaded the songs I liked. Chris Brown hands down worked the hardest and was more creative so he definitely had a better album than Beyonce. If these artists want to get nominated especially for best album then they better put out great albums and stop complaining.
Another thing, Chris Brown’s free mixtapes be better than some of the crap albums these artists put out now!
If some of them would stop rushing and putting album after album out then their creative juices can have time enough to kick in.
Smelly Miguelly didn’t win. Wah wah, he doesn’t even pick his homies out the gutter. Look at the way his people fisticuffs live. They broke! Screw dat metro girls boy. Dad why la won’t show you no love
I love Chris Brown but I wouldn’t say F.A.M.E is better than 4. Those two albums can be compared because they both have totally different sounds. But I was surprised that at the least I Was Here and Love On Top weren’t nominated. Miguel’s album is great and he should’ve been nominated just like Jill Scott got snubbed and her album was great as well. All politics now today. Its no longer about the music cuz if it was, MBDTF would’ve been nominated for AOTY, not Loud
It is what it is. I know this would happen. R&B is becoming existence and if black artists do not stand up and voice their opinions there will not be an R &B.
[...] Miguel is known for being emotional and expressive in his music as well as in his daily life. For example, shortly after learning that he was omitted from the list of nominees for the 2012 Grammy Awards, the he shared his disappointment via Twitter in a notorious rant. [...]