Morgan Wallen, arguably the most well-liked nation artist on the planet, won’t be submitting himself or any songs from his chart-topping newest album, “I’m the Downside,” for Grammy Awards, his group confirms to Selection. The huge 37-track album has been on the high of the Billboard 200 for some 11 weeks.
The information was beforehand reported by Hits and Billboard citing “sources,” however the affirmation is new. Billboard reported that Wallen and his group won’t ask songwriters who contributed to the album from submitting their works for Grammys. The album has already launched 4 No. 1s on Billboard’s Nation Airplay chart and three chart-toppers on the Sizzling Nation Songs chart, in addition to a the Sizzling 100-topping duet with Tate McRae, “What I Need.”
For causes that stretch past the purview of this text however are probably associated to his at-times controversial statements and conduct, Wallen has been snubbed by each the nation and music-industry institutions, whilst his gargantuan gross sales and streaming numbers create an unlimited quantity of these companies’ income. He’s often nominated for however not often wins nation awards, and the one Grammy nod has has acquired was for his work on Put up Malone’s “F1 Trillion” album.
Over the previous 15 years, the Grammys have been boycotted by a number of main artists who really feel they’ve been handled unfairly by its voting physique or administration, however the Recording Academy has labored exhausting to rebuild these relationships and has largely succeeded, with Jay-Z, Beyonce, the Weeknd and others returning to the fold lately. Nonetheless, Wallen’s points seem like extra primarily based in Nashville than with the Recording Academy’s nationwide base.
