Argumentative Essay On Grammys

he Grammys have been a large part of the music industry for years. Due to its prestigiousness, thousands of artists worldwide work so hard for a nomination and work even harder to win. But recently, with times changing and society striving to be more inclusive, people have noticed a racist pattern in award recipients. Is a Grammy that important if the most deserving people do not receive one, solely because of their background or race?

What are the Grammys? The Grammys is an award show that recognizes outstanding music released in the previous year. A Grammy is considered the highest achievement one in the music industry can obtain. It is hosted annually in the United States (usually Los Angeles) by the National Academy of Recording Arts

People have made accusations of the Grammys of robbing African-American artists of awards forever. Within their long 65 years of running, only 11 black artists have won album of the year. Furthermore, many artists who have had an unfathomable impact on the music industry do not possess a Grammy to show for it. Incredibly influential rappers like The Notorious B.I.G, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Nas, Ice Cube, and even Nicki Minaj have been nominated and robbed on many occasions. None of these artists (whom many consider part of the greatest rappers of all time) has walked away from the show with the famous gold-plated gramophone

Being based in Asia hasn’t stopped them from becoming global superstars, and they have gained an immense and loyal following, notorious for defending the members no matter what it takes. BTS got nominated for their first Grammy in 2020 for the song ‘Dynamite’- their first song in only English. As it got released in the heat of the pandemic, its purpose was to cheer people up as they sang about the little things that make life worth living. Many music critics had only good things to say about it and talked about how the happy lyrics and upbeat energy from the song made it so good. Dynamite went on to break many records, much like the rest of their music. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 100, making it the band’s first number-one single in the United States, not to mention the first all South-Korean group to dominate the charts to that extent. It beat the record for most downloads in its first week (265,000), previously held by Famous pop star Taylor Swifts Look What You Made Me Do. It debuted on Spotify with 7.778M streams, making it the biggest opening day for a song in all of 2020. The song also went within the Top 10 in 25 countries. At their first Grammys (2020), they performed Seoul Town Road (a remix of the recording-breaking hit Old Town Road) with Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus. Some fans began to get upset. After having three consecutive albums