Can the Grammys survive a new music era?

OMPLAINTS ABOUT THE GRAMMYS ARE ABOUT AS OLD as the Grammys themselves. Over the decades, Little Richard, Sinéad O’Connor, Frank Ocean and many others have ripped the awards show for being self-serving and for being exclusionary, especially to women and artists of color. But these criticisms have reached a fever pitch over the past two years. Executives turned defectors have claimed widespread internal corruption, music stars have questioned the show’s voting processes, and streaming platforms have