In 2020, Canadian artist Abel Tesfaye, known by his stage name The Weeknd, was completely shut out from the Grammys when his fourth studio album, "After Hours", received zero nominations at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. This came to a complete shock to critics, fans, and Tesfaye himself, who had a successful run in 2020 with the success of both his album and the single "Blinding Lights". Tesfaye responded via social media calling the Grammys "corrupt". Speculation arose that the recent announcement of his upcoming Super Bowl performance, as well as the discrepancy of being nominated as pop music versus R&B, contributed to the snubs. Harvey Mason Jr. responded by saying: