The Weeknd After Hours shutout, Beyoncé Lemonade losses, and Kendrick DAMN defeats define the biggest Grammy snubs of all time in the streaming and social-media era.
The Weeknd received zero 2021 Grammy nominations despite After Hours dominance — among the biggest Grammy snubs of all time and it forced Recording Academy rule reforms afterward.
Adele 25 beat Beyoncé Lemonade for Album of the Year at the 2017 Grammys — widely debated as one of the biggest Grammy snubs of all time in the General Field.
Kendrick Lamar DAMN lost Album of the Year to Bruno Mars 24K Magic in 2018 — a genre-bias case study on every list of the biggest Grammy snubs of all time today.
Beck Morning Phase won Album of the Year over Beyoncé self-titled in 2015 — a shock that still anchors biggest Grammy snubs of all time discourse across social media every February.