I wouldn’t like to thank the Academy, Grammys, Globes, and Oscars

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Who won record of the year and how did Harry Styles win Album of the Year? No disrespect to either artist because their work was great and they deserved the nomination, but there are better options for both of these awards. This isn’t a stand-alone case, though. These award shows, especially the Grammys, have a history of making controversial and in my opinion wrong decisions on winners.

Voting:

First, it is important to recognize how the winners are chosen. In regards to the Grammys, winners are chosen by members of the Recording Academy. To ensure fairness, Academy members (fellow artists, producers, and more) are tied to a category in which they participate and vote in. In theory, this does make sense; who very year award season comes around and embarrasses itself. From the Golden Globes in the beginning of January to the Academy Awards (commonly known as the Oscars) which usually takes place in March, there is a new scandal. This year’s Grammys takes the cake for me, though.Masters even uses similar logic in the concept of Community Council; peers recommending appropriate consequences for fellow peers. Currently the Oscars follow a voting structure almost exactly the same as that of the Grammys. So why is it so faulty? There is no exact reason. The only reason that can be possibly attributed to this is personal bias or lack of knowledge on there section. Nevertheless, something needs to be done to revamp this system. Only 12.4 million viewed the Grammys this year compared to 2012’s 39 million people, and for the Oscars 15.3 million watched in 2022. This is a 24 million drop in viewership compared to the 39 million in 2012.

Famous Mistakes: What truly demolishes my view of these awards are the snubs and notable losses. One perfect example of this is Macklemore beating Kendrick Lamar for Best Rap album in 2014. Macklemore’s album “The Heist” won five Grammys that year and deserves its flowers, but Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, Mad City” is known as a generational storytelling album about Kendrick Lamar’s life growing up in Compton, California. Even Macklemore agreed that Lamar should have won the Grammy. “You got robbed… It’s weird and sucks that they robbed you.” These are the exact words Macklemore sent over text.

On the Oscar side, one perfect example is one win in 11 nominations for legendary director

Stanley Kubrick. He was nominated for four movies including “Clockwork Orange,”Doctor Strangelove or: How I Stopped “Worrying and Love the Bomb,” Barry Lydon, Full Metal Jacket and lastly “Space Odyssey.”His only win was “Space Odyssey,” for

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Lastly, the Golden Globes didn’t nominate the 2019 film Roma for Best Picture because there was a rule that non-English films couldn’t receive nominations in that category.

In comparison, “Roma”was nominated for 10 awards and won three at the Oscars. They received a nomination for Best Picture at the Oscars but fell short. Thankfully they change this rule in 2022. This rule is a disgrace to all non-English language movies in the past and it is appalling to see how long it took for such a prominent body as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to change this rule.

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What can these awards do better in the future? Well, the goal is to return to the glory days when viewership was the highest. Some controversy is all right, but only scenarios that don’t harm the reputation. What they should do is review the winners and oversee who can vote. After horrible voting, those people shouldn’t be able to vote again. Also, the glitz and glamor of iconic hosts and tributes made these events more special. I look forward to hopefully seeing the glory days return.

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