The Weeknd (Ian West/PA)
And on Thursday, The Weeknd announced his intention to boycott the awards, saying to the New York Times in a statement: “Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys.”
Manchester-raised Semtex, real name John Fairbanks, told the PA news agency: “When I saw the post I was like, ‘Wow, this is actually game-changing’. If Rihanna, Kanye, Jay-Z, Beyonce and everybody else does the same thing, you have got no show.
“If you go to the other side and it is Justin Bieber, you’ve got no show.