The Grammys are a bought and sold scam product of Payola - Always has been always will be and have nothing to do with what is really going on in the world of music.

There is a much, much bigger world of musicians, venues, recordings and promoters out there creating and playing music for a vastly larger audience than that of the Grammy artists.




Examples of NARAS bias:

• In the 1950s, when Elvis was the biggest pop culture icon in the world they ignored him and gave awards to singers like Domenico Modugno and Percy Faith.
  

• In the 1960’s when the Beatles were an even bigger pop culture phenomenon Grammys were given to Henry Mancini and Herb Alpert while the Fab Four were hung out to dry.
  

• In the 70’s they dug their heels in further and refused to acknowledge Punk, New Wave and Metal and gave awards to artists like The Starland Vocal Band and Debby Boone.

• In the 80’s as the grass-roots phenomena of Punk Rock swept across the world awards were given to artists like The Doobie Brothers and Kenny Loggins.

• In the 90’s they famously ignored Grunge and the massive impact of Curt Cobain and Nirvana to give awards to Whitney Houston and Eric Clapton. After that I lost interest in the Grammys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL9224402M/Contemporary_Music_Almanac