Ariana Grande Withdraws From Grammys After Disagreement With Producers

Due to a disagreement with Grammy producers over which songs she would perform, Ariana Grande, who has been plastered on billboards promoting the show all over Los Angeles, not only won’t be performing at the Feb. 10 show, but she won’t even be attending.

An insider told Variety that Grande felt “insulted” after producers initially refused to allow her to perform “7 Rings,” the latest single from her forthcoming album “Thank U, Next.” However, “a compromise was reached whereby ‘7 Rings’ would be part of a medley,” but Grande still opted out after “producers insisted that the second song be of their choosing,” the sources added.

The situation is reminiscent to last year’s situation where the Grammys declined to let Lorde perform a song from her “Melodrama” album — one of the five Album of the Year nominees — and instead offered her a spot during the show’s Tom Petty tribute, which she declined.

Although Grande may not be attending anymore, she is nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance (for “God Is a Woman”) and Best Pop Vocal Album (for 2018’s “Sweetener”).

“Sweetener” and the songs “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings” all broke Spotify records, with “7 Rings” breaking the streaming service’s record for most plays within a 24-hour period with nearly 15 million.

By: Maytinee Kramer