Despite her work as music’s foremost performer and curator, Beyoncé has been almost completely shut out in the Grammys’ major categories
, but the Grammys passed her over for the Album Of The Year award both times. There’s an obvious and documented trend of the Grammys awarding white artists over anyone else, but beyond that, the committees have demonstrated their ignorance about what BeyoncéTo listen to Beyoncé’sis to walk through a museum. Prolific fine art curator Hans Ulrich Obrist described his archival work as “the protest against forgetting”—looking at Beyoncé’s work, it’s clear she shares the same mission.
Beyoncé only won Best Music Video and Best Urban Contemporary Album in 2017, losing Album Of The Year to a famously contrite Adele. The loss prompted a wide discussion about what kind of music the Grammys will vote for; not just the race of those behind it, but the methods used to make it. Writing for
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