2021 Grammys made history and turned heads — but it still couldn’t win the ratings game. Sunday night’s annual music awards on CBS (see the winners here) saw everything from a record-breaking number of wins from Beyoncé, an NSFW performance from Cardi B and killer styles from a mostly-remote gaggle of celebs.
But all the pole twerking in the world couldn’t boost the numbers for the oft-maligned event, which regularly struggles with accusations of racism and rigged voting.
Early ratings from Nielsen have the awards drawing a measly 7.9 million total viewers, however the numbers are expected to climb a bit when adjustments are made for time zones.
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