Since Doja Cat walked away with the top R&B album award at the #BBMAs last-night, some fans social media have been speculating on whether or not the Planet Her singer deserved the award over GIVĒON, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak), Summer Walker and The Weeknd.
It is understandable that this came as a surprise for many as her album is classified as pop on iTunes and spawns several hip hop and experimental songs including five singles: “Kiss Me More“, “You Right“, “Need to Know“, “Woman“, and “Get Into It (Yuh)“. The first four songs all charted within the top 15 of both the Billboard Hot 100.
Planet Her released by the rapper and singer by Kemosabe and RCA Records is titled after a fictional planet created by Doja. She said her musical style’s shift in the record to traveling outside of Earth and into outer space.
The Generous singer stopped short of giving the award to someone else as she admitted in her speech that there are other great R&B singers who deserved it.
Overall she walked away with four Awards, winning two in person on the live telecast in Las Vegas.
One person on social media said, “And honestly I bet Doja is sick of these ppl calling her shit r&b just so they can cont to only acknowledge all white girls for the pop category. & YES, Doja raps but rap can also be pop. They want to award her for stuff but won’t acknowledge her for the kind of music she makes.”
Others wondered who categorized Planet Her as R&B.
The album was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, while “Need to Know” was nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance. The single “Kiss Me More” received nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
However, Planet Her is primarily a pop, hip hop, and to a lesser extent a R&B record. It incorporates musical elements from a wide range of genres, such as afrobeat, reggaeton,[38] hyperpop, pop-rap, urbano, disco, trap, funk, mumble rap, bubblegum, and even dancehall.
Now does an album with so much range deserve a top R&B award over the other full R&B albums from the other nominees?
