Editing Grammy Awards (section)

===Commercialism===
When [[Pearl Jam]] won a Grammy for the [[Best Hard Rock Performance]] in 1996, the band's lead singer [[Eddie Vedder]] commented on stage, "I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/grammy-the-movies-20080208 |title=Grammy & The Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611053024/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/grammy-the-movies-20080208 |archive-date=June 11, 2017 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 8, 2008}}</ref> In 2008, [[Glen Hansard]], leader of the Irish rock group [[the Frames]], stated that the Grammys represent something outside of the real world of music "that's fully industry based". He said he was not particularly interested in attending that year's ceremony, even though he had been nominated for two awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/columnists/contenderqa/env-en-songs6feb06,0,4879961.story |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Todd |last=Martens |title=Glen Hansard, Eddie Vedder crash Grammy Awards |date=February 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221000127/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/columnists/contenderqa/env-en-songs6feb06%2C0%2C4879961.story |archive-date=February 21, 2013 }}</ref> [[Maynard James Keenan]], lead singer of [[progressive rock]] band [[Tool (band)|Tool]], did not attend the Grammy Awards ceremony to receive one of the band's awards, explaining that:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2002/tool_int.asp |title=Interview with Maynard James Keenan of Tool |author=Gabriella |publisher=NY Rock |date=July 2002  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125082736/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2002/tool_int.asp |archive-date=January 25, 2007 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself. That's basically what it's all about.}}

The Grammys have also been criticized for generally awarding or nominating more commercially successful albums rather than critically successful ones.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dietz |first1=Jason |title=2011 Grammy Awards: A Closer Look at Key Nominees |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/nominees-for-53rd-grammy-awards |website=Metacritic |access-date=April 7, 2022 |date=February 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214100732/http://features.metacritic.com/features/2011/nominees-for-53rd-grammy-awards/|archive-date=February 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Daniel |first1=Josh |title=Yes, But Why Are the Grammys So Awful? |url=https://slate.com/culture/2001/02/yes-but-why-are-the-grammys-so-awful.html |website=Slate Magazine |access-date=April 7, 2022 |date=February 23, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131173955/http://www.slate.com/id/101306/ |archive-date=January 31, 2011 }}</ref> In 1991, [[Sinéad O'Connor]] became the first musician to refuse a Grammy, boycotting the ceremony after being nominated for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]], and [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance]]. O'Connor would go on to win the latter award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grammys-terrible_n_56a8f4fee4b0f6b7d544765c|title=The Grammys Are Even More Terrible Than You Thought|last=Van Luling|first=Todd|date=February 15, 2016|work=HuffPost|access-date=April 7, 2022|archive-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215235137/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/grammys-terrible_us_56a8f4fee4b0f6b7d544765c|url-status=live}}</ref> She said her reasoning came from the Grammys' extreme commercialism.<ref>{{cite web |last=Firecloud |first=Johnny |title=The Grammys Top 10 Bashers & Boycotters |url=https://www.mandatory.com/culture/129524-the-grammys-top-10-bashers-boycotters |website=Mandatory |access-date=April 7, 2022 |date=February 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203052823/http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/129524-the-grammys-top-10-bashers-boycotters |archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> In 2024, [[Rhiannon Giddens]] described the financial strain of attending the ceremony for middle and working class musicians. She criticized the Recording Academy for introducing a policy of charging nominees $1200 for a plus one, saying the policy "makes it ever more obvious who is valued, and more specifically what (that would be lots of money, for the folks in the back)." A ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' article clarified that the new policy was a tiered system, ranging from $375 to $2000 for a ticket to attend the pre-telecast ceremony.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=January 23, 2024 |title=Recording Academy Now Gives Only 1 Free Ticket to Members Who Land Grammy Nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/recording-academy-policy-change-1-free-grammy-ticket-1235586883/ |access-date=January 26, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>