The Grammy Awards Haven’t Been This White Since the Early 80s Kevin Fleming February 14, 2016 Music News Vocativ has created a graph that shows Grammy nominations by race for best record, album, song, and new artist. There were three years where nominations for black artists exceeded those for white artists. Nominations for latino and other artists has consistently been very low. Nominations for white artists are currently headed toward record highs. The curved line is the trendline, the light jagged lines show the actual numbers: They love our culture and our music but they don’t love us. Related