publicly boycotting the GRAMMYs last year and vowing not to submit his music for consideration, The Weeknd was honored with yet another GRAMMY Award on Sunday.The singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, won the award for Best Melodic Rap Performance — shared with Lil Baby and Kanye «Ye» West, for their vocals on West's song «Hurricane,» off his album, The trio beat out fellow nominees J.
Cole, Doja Cat, Lil Nas X and Tyler, the Creator. The award was presented during a pre-broadcast ceremony Sunday afternoon.The win also marks another win for West — who has already earned 22 GRAMMYs over the course of his career.
West is nominated for five awards at Sunday's show, yet was banned from performing at the event due to his online behavior earlier this year.As for The Weeknd, the artist said last March that he would be boycotting the annual awards ceremony in the future.
The decision came months after his album,, and critically acclaimed chart-topping song, «Blinding Lights,» were snubbed.«Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label [Republic Records] to submit my music to the GRAMMYs,» the artist told the in a statement at the time.Subsequently, last May, the Recording Academy announced it would no longer use anonymous review committees to determine its nominees.
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