Miguel Angry Over Grammy Awards Snub: 6 Other Famous Grammy Snubs

9:29 AM EDT
12/2/2011 by Nicholas Robinson

On Nov. 29, the nominees for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards were revealed at the Grammy Nominations Concert and as expected, many of the today’s leading artists were honored with nominations. But, like with every awards season, some artists were seemingly snubbed. One such artist to call “snub” was R&B newcomer Miguel, who, shortly after the nominees were revealed, announced that he was “pissed” about his Grammy Awards neglect.

The singer was apparently pissed about his album, All I Want Is You, being neglected by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The album was released last fall and spawned the moderate chart hits “All I Want Is You” featuring J. Cole and “Sure Thing.” Unfortunately for Miguel, neither his album or its singles received any nominations.

Of course, Miguel wasn’t too pleased about that fact and decided to share his anger over Twitter.

“D***, this really hurts. Congrats to all the nominees,” tweeted Miguel, before letting loose his anger on the Twitterverse. “I’m f****** pissed, Yo. I don’t think I’m God’s gift to music, but I know the album or at least ‘Sure Thing’ should have been nominated,”

However, Miguel quickly calmed down and tweeted, “All G. I’ll work harder the,. BET,” and later congratulated J. Cole on his “Best New Artist” nomination. “Had an Emo moment and Almost forgot… MAJOR Congrats to my Bro @JColeNC. I’m rooting for you,” he tweeted.

Do you think Miguel was snubbed? Let us know in the comments section below and also check out our list of six famous Grammy snubs from the past to the present. – nicholas robinson

 

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  • Vandellish

    Ok these complaining azz people are obviously very silly or
    need to brush up on their Grammy award history. Kanye, Jill Scott, Miguel or
    anybody complaining about their lack of nominations or not winning a Grammy
    need to either chill or boycott that sh!t altogether. Everyone that knows
    Grammy history knows very well that the Grammys have ALWAYS gotten things wrong
    when it comes to awarding black artists. One of Public Enemy’s most famous
    lines is ‘Who give a fk about a GD Grammy?’ way back in 1988.

    Why do artists need the Grammy’s (or any award show) validation
    at all? Jill Scott has had a 10+ year career already in music. She’s got some
    of the most dedicated fans out there. Sure she’s talented and hard-working but
    there are hundreds of other talented folks out there that didn’t get the
    opportunity to do music for a career and be profitable with it. She’s very
    blessed to still be churning out good music. Shouldn’t that be enough? Miguel
    just started and he didn’t get nominated. Oh well, I guess he’ll just have to
    settle for constant radio rotation, great album sales and numerous tv
    appearances.

    Artists need to understand that if they didn’t get the BS
    Grammy nod or nomination that it only means that they are probably doing
    something right because the Grammy’s process for selecting winners in R&B
    and hip hop categories is usually flawed anyway.

  • Anonymous

    Of course he was snubbed! I mean seriously, we all know the poli-trics of the music biz. Perhaps he’s not rubbing someone the “right way!” Or maybe a “quickie” just wasn’t long enough! Who knows! Whatever the case is, securing a nomination was not a “sure thing!”

    Anyway, why was J Cole nominated? What has he done again? Is it because he’s Jay-Z’s artist? I mean come’on, we’ve seen it all before with India Arie and Alicia Keyes. The story never changes only the artist do! Face it, if you want the nominations and the awards, you gotta lay, oops I mean pay, the piper…

    I love your songs Miguel! Better luck next time!