In his column, The Download, THR’s senior music editor Mesfin Fekadu delves into the ways in which the chart-busting music genre’s lack of key categories at music’s main awards ceremony might be depriving Latin artists of their proper recognition.
Instead, Bad Bunny garnered a measly three nominations. Yes, he made history by having the first-ever Latin album compete for the show’s top prize — album of the year — but if he were an R&B singer like Beyoncé, a rapper like Kendrick Lamar or a pop star like Taylor Swift, he would have earned even more nominations. In the years those acts dominated music, they earned eight to 11 nominations each.
And that’s just it — though Latin music is a global phenomenon and one of music’s most streamed genres, Latin songs don’t have a major platform at the traditional
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