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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the recent public dissatisfaction of the Grammy\u2019s results, its President Neil Portnow has addressed the issue of race and has said that the Grammy Awards does not have a race problem. Furthermore, no steps will be taken to ensure diversity in the future. Mr Portnow explained that the award ceremony was a peer-voted award, not a corporate award and as such the 14,000 members of the Academy who do the voting will continue to decide the ultimate winners, not the bosses.<\/p>\n
Not everyone agrees though. Solange Knowles, amongst others spoke out after sister Beyonc\u00e9 failed to win album of the year, losing out to Adele. Even Adele claims that Beyonc\u00e9 should have won the award rather than herself. Did Adele take a step too far by breaking her award in half to share with Beyonc\u00e9? The down to earth superstar dedicated her win to Beyonc\u00e9 in the press room following events, she said \u2018I was completely rooting for her. I voted for her. I felt like it was her time to win. What does she have to do to win album of the year?\u2019 Quite simply, Adele, she needs to have the most votes. As we all know from recent events, it\u2019s not always the most popular individual who wins the race. Should Adele have just accepted the award gracefully or was there a method in this astute lady\u2019s madness?<\/p>\n
Hip-hop star Frank Ocean caused controversy prior to the Award Ceremony when he refused to submit his album \u2018Blonde.\u2019 Ocean said that the Grammy\u2019s does not represent the people who come from where he came from, but surely, he has to be in-it to win-it. Kanye West and Drake were also conspicuous in their absence(s). Do these boys have a valid point and more to the point, will boycotting the event make a difference in the future?<\/p>\n
Neil Portnow maintains, \u2018We don\u2019t, as musicians, in my humble opinion, listen to music based on gender or race or ethnicity. When you go to vote on a piece of music \u2014 at least the way that I approach it \u2014 is you almost put a blindfold on and you listen.\u2019 Has the Grammy\u2019s boss addressed the issue, or has just reignited the contentious flame? Let\u2019s see what the cards say.<\/p>\n
We have the Chariot, the Princess of Wands and the Nine of Wands.<\/p>\n
The Chariot <\/b>
\nThis represents the Grammy\u2019s. There will always be issues around who should be first and who\u2019s best. Mr Portman stated, in his \u2018humble\u2019 opinion that he doesn\u2019t make the rules, he just abides by them. As Grammy\u2019s boss he should be used to diva like behaviour. Had he asserted himself with a greater sense of strength and conviction rather than a half-hearted humble statement, then perhaps his words would have felt more credible and carried more weight.<\/p>\n
The Princess of Wands <\/b>
\nThis represents Adele. Wild and easily fired up. Adele is a successful fully-fledged artiste, but the ceremony appeared to reduce her to a fledgling having to prove her worth all over again. This card says that Adele is the winning adventuress who will be party to good news and inspiring information.<\/p>\n
The Nine of Wands <\/b>
\nThis represents Beyonc\u00e9. The confident goddess standing on everyman\u2019s pedestal. There is a barrier of protection around her but is she as much a prisoner of her own efforts in her bid to secure her position. Beyonc\u00e9 will work hard to secure her position with military-like discipline.<\/p>\n
Questions have been raised as to who is the real winner of the awards ceremony. Of course, the album of the year winner was Adele. Perhaps, if winning is too much of an issue for Adele, then she should not engage in \u2018competition\u2019 and go back to music for music\u2019s sake. Both ladies are wished the best on the next leg of their musical journey.<\/p>\n
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Grammy\u2019s boss Neil Portnow addresses Race-Relations? Following the recent public dissatisfaction of the Grammy\u2019s results, its President Neil Portnow has addressed the issue of race and has said that the Grammy Awards does not have a race problem. Furthermore, no steps will be taken to ensure diversity in the future. Mr Portnow explained that the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[897,917],"class_list":{"0":"post-5581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celeb-news","8":"tag-grammy","9":"tag-neil-portnow"},"yoast_head":"\n