{"id":1593,"date":"2016-10-26T17:55:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T21:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:59:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:59:44","slug":"no-grammys-for-frank-ocean-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/2016\/10\/no-grammys-for-frank-ocean-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"No Grammys For Frank Ocean This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/Frank_Ocean_Coachella_2012_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1594\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/Frank_Ocean_Coachella_2012_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"frank_ocean_coachella_2012_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/Frank_Ocean_Coachella_2012_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/Frank_Ocean_Coachella_2012_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/Frank_Ocean_Coachella_2012_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/Frank_Ocean_Coachella_2012_1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/7542122\/frank-ocean-disqualified-grammy-awards-2017?utm_source=twitter\">As reported by Billboard<\/a>, Frank Ocean will not be winning any Grammy Awards this year. Despite being released\u00a0prior to September 30, 2016, the 2017 Grammy eligibility cutoff date, neither <em>Blonde<\/em> nor the visual album version, <em>Endless<\/em>, were even submitted for consideration. Whether this was an intentional decision or an oversight is still unclear. One possibility is that, because the digital-only release was handled by Apple Music, there may have been confusion as to whose role it was to fulfill the traditional label function of submitting Ocean\u2019s work for consideration. Alternatively, a source close to Ocean\u2019s management claims it was Ocean himself who decided to miss the deadline, which could be in line with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/natalierobehmed\/2016\/08\/23\/frank-ocean-just-ignited-a-streaming-war-with-apple-and-universal-music\/#5b6712d2571a\">Ocean&#8217;s general anti-establishment attitude<\/a> towards the music industry.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Jennifer Marr is an Online Highlight Editor for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law and a current second year student at Harvard Law School (Class of 2018).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by Billboard, Frank Ocean will not be winning any Grammy Awards this year. Despite being released\u00a0prior to September 30, 2016, the 2017 Grammy eligibility cutoff date, neither Blonde nor the visual album version, Endless, were even submitted for consideration. Whether this was an intentional decision or an oversight is still unclear. One possibility 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