Are the Grammy Awards Racist?

There were many who claimed that the main prizes of the recent Grammy awards must be for Lemonade Beyoncé, an album that received better reviews than 25 Adele, who a week ago five gramophones took while Beyonce won only two .

While a number of adverse triumph of the British singer at the gala reactions focused on the comparison between the two albums, others accused of racist National Academy of Arts and Sciences Recording United States.

Now let's look at some numbers that can help better glimpse of what happens to one of the most important awards in the American music industry.

When the list of winners is reviewed for best album since 1980, they appear as winners Michael Jackson (1984), Lionel Richie (1985), Quincy Jones (1991), Natalie Cole (1992), Whitney Houston (1994), Lauryn Hill (1999 ), Outkast (2004), Ray Charles (2005) and Herbie Hancock (2008).

On the other hand, to check on the same page of the organization to the 21 artists with more Grammys include Quincy Jones (27), Stevie Wonder (25), Jay Z (21), Kanye West (21), Beyoncé (20 ) and Aretha Franklin (18).

It is difficult to draw a conclusion, but seems to prevail a racial motive in this case, much more than in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that delivers the Oscar, questioned last year by having a white majority in the major categories, but has shown greater diversity in this regard.