'2016 Grammy Awards' Nominations Snubs: No Show For Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj; Popular Singles, Record-Breaking Music And Hit Videos
The list of nominees for 58th annual "The Grammy Awards" was recently released, but it left out many of the deserving nominations for popular albums and music artists, according to Bustle.
Many of the deserving musicians and singers have been snubbed out of the highest rank for musicians, The Grammy Awards list this year even after their wonderful contribution in the music arena.
USA Today reported that Florence + the Machine released a super hit album this year, "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful," which was full of great and immaculate pop melodies and yet haven't got a single nomination for this year's awards.
The next snub for the year comes as a super surprise, Nicki Minaj. Nicki hasn't received any nomination in the main categories like Album of the Year, Song of the Year or Record of The Year. She has just received a nomination in Best Rap Performance and Best Rap album category for "Only" and "The Pinkprint," reported E Online.
The popular hit song, What Do You Mean? singer, Justin Bieber, has also been snubbed out of this year nominations list. Similarly, the popular band, One Direction, has been totally out of this year's competition for The Grammy Awards. They have not received even a single nomination, even after a hit single "Drag Me Down."
Billboard reported that this year's Grammy Awards have a no show from Rihanna's "Four Five Seconds" and Courtney Barnett, Australian singer's album, "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit."
Rihanna's single, Four Five Seconds, with collaboration from Kanye West and Paul McCartney, which was reportedly the fastest-ever song to reach 100m Spotify streams in just 53 days hasn't received any nominations, reported Los Angeles Times.
Rapper Drake's "Hotline Bling" is another sensational song which has been snubbed this year. His song made the internet go crazy with its lyrics and rhythm but still couldn't find a place in the nominations.
"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars received One billion YouTube views this year but has no nomination in any category.
Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd's albums and singles are leading this year's Grammy Nominations.
