Bo Burnham Ruled Ineligible for Comedy Category at Grammys

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Bo Burnham’s “Inside (The Songs)” has been nixed as a contender in the comedy album category for the 2022 Grammys

The album will still be put on the preliminary ballot going out to Recording Academy members, but in the category of best compilation soundtrack for visual media instead of comedy album,Thursday. The album is made up of musical material that appeared in Burnham’s hit Netflix special, “Inside.”

Since Burnham’s album went to No. 1 on the comedy chart — and has remained in that top spot for its 18 weeks of release — it’s not known what the Academy comedy screening committee’s rationale for disqualifying it is. The decision could instead reflect a desire to keep the category to spoken-word standup and disallow satirical music. That explanation doesn’t necessarily track, either, though, looking at past winners and nominees: There’s a history of nominated musical material dating back to the Chipmunks and Stan Freberg getting nods for comedy as far back as 1959, and as recent as “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Mandatory Fun” winning best comedy album as recently as 2015.

 

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