If the Recording Academy was attempting to appease naysayers by axing the anonymous review committees who, for years, have determined the nominees for major categories at the Grammys, it failed to win over one of its biggest critics: the Weeknd, who affirmed his boycott of the awards show on Monday.
The rule change was announced Friday, with the academy stating that the categories previously decided by the nominations review committees—consisting of "15-30 highly skilled music peers who represented and voted within their genre communities"—will now be determined on votes made by the academy’s 11,000-plus members.
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