Justin Bieber’s CD Changes was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album today, but he disagrees with their decision.
To the Grammys
I am flattered to be acknowledged and appreciated for my artistry. I am very meticulous and intentional about my music. With that being said I set out to make an R&B album. Changes was and is an R&B album. It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me. I grew up admiring R&B music and wished to make a project that would embody that sound. For this not to be put into that category feels weird considering from the chords to the melodies to the vocal style all the way down to the hip hop drums that were chosen it is undeniably, unmistakably an R&B Album! To be clear I absolutely love Pop music it just wasn’t what I set out to make this time around. My gratitude for feeling respected for my work remains and I am honored to be nominated either way.
The Beebs says he is not ungrateful, but these are “his thoughts.” The members of the Recording Academy should understand because they are also artists and know that musicians are serious about their art.
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