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MUSIC PEOPLE
NEWS
NOVEMBER 2021 Volume 52 Number 11 Issue 621
KACEY MUSGRAVES ’ GRAMMY SNUB
Editor Duncan Warwick
Contributors David Allan , Janet Aspley , Donnie Ayers , Craig Baguley , Tony Byworth , Larry Delaney , Don Cusic , Julie Flaskett , Michael Hingston , Stan Hitchcock , Tony Ives , Spencer Leigh , John Lomax III , Adrian Peel , Paul Riley , Alex Rossi , Chris Smith , Tom Travis , Walt Trott , Jack Watkins New release consultant : Steve Tidbury
Assistant editor Kelly Gregory
Photographers Patricia Presley , Barry Dixon
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T he latest album from Kacey
Musgraves will not be eligible for
Best Country Album at next year ’ s Grammys following a decision by members of The Recording Academy who have the power to veto recordings they don ’ t feel fits into a particular genre .
Instead , Star-Crossed will be eligible in the Pop Vocal category , much to the chagrin of UMG Nashville president Cindy Mabe . Mabe took the Academy to task with a lengthy letter to the Recording Academy ’ s President and CEO Harvey Mason Jr , published by trade publication Variety , saying , “ This decision from the country committee to not accept
Star-Crossed into the country albums category is very inconsistent and calls into question the other agendas that were part of this decision .”
Musgraves ’ previous release , Golden Hour , which saw the singer move towards a more pop / EDM sound , triumphed at the Grammys , winning Album Of The Year and Best Country Album as well its songs Butterflies and Space Cowboy scooping Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song , something addressed by Mabe , who suggested that sonically Star-Crossed has got , “ more country instrumentation than Golden Hour which won Country Album of the Year in 2019 .”
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