Why the Grammys care if Kacey Musgraves is country (and why you’re too smart to)
Oh, you thought the anonymous committees were gone? This was a different anonymous committee.
The Recording Academy found itself in recognizably hot water this week when word got out that the industry group had barred Kacey Musgraves’ “Star-Crossed” from consideration in the country album category at the 64th Grammy Awards set for Jan. 31.
In a widely shared letter from Cindy Mabe, president of Musgraves’ record company Universal Music Group Nashville, to academy chief Harvey Mason Jr., Mabe argues that “Star-Crossed‘s” exclusion — ostensibly on account of its not being country enough — is unfair because the decision was made in part by people who stand to benefit from it.
The people she means? Country artists (and members of their teams) more likely to be nominated
