He instituted the 10-3 initiative - which allows the academy’s more than 11,000 members to vote for up to 10 categories in three genres. Mason said he was pleased with the new peer-driven voting system after seeing the list of nominees. “With that in mind, I think they’re voting for things that they are acknowledging as excellence.” “The voters are truly evaluating music and not getting caught up in the reputations of any other outside noise or any history of artists,” he continued. He said voters focused on the “excellence of music” while considering nominees like Batiste and Kacey Musgraves, whose work also crosses over into different categories. “What I like is the fact that no one is thinking about what happened before, what was the controversy, what was the noise, or where was this artist making music last year,” said Harvey Mason jr., the Recording Academy’s CEO. Earlier this year, he angrily slammed the Grammys, calling them “corrupt” after he received zero nominations despite 2020’s biggest single, “Blinding Lights.”Įven though The Weeknd said he would boycott future Grammys, he still became a nominee for his work on album of the year projects, including Doja Cat’s deluxe edition “Planet Her” and Kanye West’s “Donda.” His third nomination was for his appearance on West’s single “Hurricane,” which also features Lil Baby. Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo both had seven nods.Īlong with Batiste’s surprise domination, another shock was The Weeknd nabbing three nominations after the pop star claimed he would not allow his label to submit his music.
each came away with the second-most nominations with eight by the time the Recording Academy was done announcing its nominees for its Jan. “I’m just really happy that we were able to make something in complete artistic integrity and have it be recognized.” I’m still in a state of astonishment and shock,” Batiste told The Associated Press moments after learning of the nominations. His nominations span several genres including R&B, jazz, American roots music, classical and music video. Jon Batiste might be the Grammys biggest surprise: The multi-genre performer and recent Oscar winner made such an impression on voters that he scored the most nominations with 11 on Tuesday.īatiste earned an album of the year nod for “We Are” along with record of the year with “Freedom,” a feel-good ode to the city of New Orleans.
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