The 60th슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Annual Grammy Awards, 2018, where the focus was on sexual harassment and gender equality hosted just one woman winner.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Alssiea Cara was the only female winning a major award on Sunday슬롯사이트s show. The 21-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter bagged Grammys for 'Best New Artist', one of four top categories. American musician Bruno Mars picked up the Song, Record and Album of the Year - completing the major four categories.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Social media users called out 2018 Grammys, the biggest music award ceremony for its lack of gender diversity. In no time, the netizens started trending슬롯 머신 사이트 추천#GrammysSoMale to express their dissatisfaction슬롯 머신 사이트 추천for putting up a슬롯 머신 사이트 추천male-dominated show.

Not just the big four awards but 2018 Grammys failed to acknowledge female musicians in other segments as well.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 American singer Kesha gave an impressive performance on슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Praying, her first single슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 after years of long legal battle with music producer Dr. Luke, who she accused of sexual assault. The emotional performance was applauded and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천was called by many the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천highlight of the night as well as a significant contributor to the powerful #MeToo movement (worldwide campaign against sexual harassment and assault). However, the song lost out to Ed Sheeran슬롯사이트s Shape of You슬롯 머신 사이트 추천in the Best Pop Solo Performance category.

The most awaited award ceremony this year chose to the honour the song about a woman슬롯사이트s body by Ed Sheeran over Kesha슬롯사이트s song on overcoming sexual abuse Praying, Lady Gaga슬롯사이트s Million Reasons, Kelly Clarkson슬롯사이트s Love So Soft and Pink슬롯사이트s What About Us.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Ironical, is it not?

 

If pseudo 'women-empowering' claims of Grammys 2018 was not clear enough by their nominations and results, it definitely did by슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Recording Academy President Neil Portnow's response which he presented to female musicians as an advice. A Time report quotes him saying, 슬롯사이트It has to begin with슬롯사이트� women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level슬롯사이트� [They need] to step up because I think they would be welcome. I don슬롯사이트t have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that you face but I think it슬롯사이트s upon us 슬롯사이트� us as an industry 슬롯사이트� to make the welcome mat very obvious, breeding opportunities for all people who want to be creative and paying it forward and creating that next generation of artists.슬롯사이트�

Pink, who was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance took to social media and slammed his comments, "Women in music don't need to 'step up' - women have been stepping since the beginning of time. Stepping up, and also stepping aside. Women OWNED music this year. They've been KILLING IT. And every year before this".

American singer-songwriter SZA who was most-nominated woman슬롯 머신 사이트 추천in this year슬롯사이트s Grammys in in five different categories sadly had to go home empty handed. 21-year-old New Zealander, Lorde, the only female musician nominated for the Album of the Year, lost to Bruno Mars who bagged the Grammys for 24K Magic.

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