When the documented proof that Chris Brown bought a Grammy leaked and it became clear it's all about who you are and not your calibre of work to the Grammy Academy
My Humps has tragic lyrics but was amazingly produced.
Honestly, I've never really cared for the Grammys. They're mostly for industry professionals and obsessive stans. The GP might tune in to the highlights on Entertainment Tonight to see who won what and what the performances were, but for the most-part, they're forgotten by the GP the very next day, because all it comes down to is the opinions of a group of old people sitting in a room in Santa Monica, California. It's still an amazing achievement and a career highlight for musicians. All musicians want one. But they're not as lucrative or memorable as something like The Oscars, despite the fact that we arguably consume our music on a far more frequent basis than film.
When I studied music culture at university and we read all these scholarly articles and watched these interviews from music execs all explaining how the Grammys exist solely for promotional purposes and to bestow artists with the notion of "authenticity".
I don't think certain people getting undeserved awards should spoil it for others
I would say Macklemore and a few other wins were tragic but that doesn't mean that the Grammys no longer mean anything
Besides, they gave Beyoncé 17 awards so they must know what they're doing just a bit