I know it’s going to come as a shock for many of the Beyhives to learn that Queen Beyoncé has never won album of the year, but it’s true. This year, despite the massive weight “Renaissance” pulled, she wasn’t even nominated in the category.
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Of course Jay Z, who was honored with the Global Impact Award at the Recording Academy, had to use that chance to call it out. Now the ladies of “The View” have weighed in and this is what they think.
Sara Haines – Says Jay-Z Had A “Powerful Point” But Whoopi Goldberg Disagrees
On Monday’s episode of “The View,” Goldberg revealed that she isn’t hurting like Jay-Z and Beyonce’s fans for the latter not winning any award in the album of the year category.
Sara Haines, on the other hand, is perfectly convinced that Jay-Z had a point and he conveyed it in a reasonable way.
“I thought he did the perfect thing because this was a year where Beyonce wasn’t up for Best Album. So what he’s saying is from the outside, be aware,” Haines said. “Because progress has happened in a lot of ways.”
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She added, “He’s accepting a Global Impact Award. That is the time to say things have changed. They don’t always get it right, but let’s keep our eyes open. Like, that’s where progress is made. And I thought it was so powerful and beautiful.”
Host Sunny Horstin Applauded Jay-Z’s Courage
While host Sunny Horstin applauded Jay-Z’s courage in calling it out, she did defer to Goldberg, the only one of them to have won a Grammy, to share her opinions on the whole thing.
In Goldberg’s opinion, Beyoncé shouldn’t despair, especially since she has 32 other Grammys to keep her comfy.
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“So I kind of appreciate all of that. And they’re not for just one thing,” Whoopi said. “So, for me, she is — it doesn’t matter if they give her that album. I mean, and listen, it’s subjective. People are voting. You can’t determine who’s doing it, unless you’re the person voting. So, I think [32] is kind of not a terrible number!”
Speaking more broadly, she shared her joy that women are making waves in the music industry, whereas sometime ago it wasn’t always so.
“They are these superhuman women who do this extraordinary thing,” she said of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. “So I’m not mad at anybody for anything that’s happening, because we’re taking these women — we’re not hiding them. We’re saying here’s what women are doing. And they’re black, and they’re white, and they’re Asian, they’re Spanish. They’re all kinds of stuff. So, I’m grateful. I know what it takes to do what you got to do.”
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