mcfan wrote:
But India's point is clearly about the Grammys NOT being a popularity contest. What you're saying is that Justin's win is justifiable because he was the most popular nominee. So the Grammys are about popularity? Well they have been for some time, but that was not the point of the award in the first place.
About R&B not being popular, this shouldn't matter to them. Why not rotate the categories they display? If they didn't show the Pop Vocal category one year, nobody would die. If the Grammys wanted to be fair to everyone they'd find a way to be inclusive, regardless of the popularity of the genre.
Why should the Pop artists benefit from that exposure more than the R&B acts who are relegated to the pre-show? What makes them more special?
They bring in more ratings. Mariah always said the grammys are very political so I don't take it as seriously anymore, especially since her snubs in 2006.