Justin Bieber Complains About Changes Being Nominated In The Grammys Pop Categories

Justin Bieber walked away with four Grammy nominations today, including three for his 2020 album, Changes, but the pop star isn’t happy about his placements. Shortly after the nomination announcements this morning, he posted a note on his Instagram page complaining that his music was nominated in the Pop categories instead of the R&B ones. “Changes was and is an R&B album. It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me,” he wrote.

He earned a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album for the project, as well as Best Pop Solo Performance for “Yummy” and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the Quavo-featuring “Intentions.” His Dan + Shay collaboration, “10,000 Hours,” was also nominated in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category.

“To be clear I absolutely love pop music, it just wasn’t what I set out to make this time around,” his note continued. The caption also noted that he didn’t want it to be taken the wrong way. “Please don’t mistake this as me being ungrateful, these are just my thoughts take em or leave em,” he wrote. “Thank you to the people who fought for me to even have any noms.”

It’s worth noting that Bieber billed Changes as an R&B album from the start, and it was considered one on the Billboard charts. The project became his first No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and features R&B artists like Kehlani and Summer Walker.

Bieber has one Grammy win to his name: Best Dance Recording for 2016’s “Where Are Ü Now” with Jack Ü. His nominations date back to his Best New Artist nod in 2011, and he’s previously competed for Record and Song of the Year alongside Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee with “Despacito” in 2018. He has 14 total nominations to his name, including this year’s awards.