"F--- the grammys and everyone associated," he wrote. "Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there's no nomination considerations. Next year I'll send you a basket of confectionary."
"Unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists. But as the only peer-voted music award, we will continue to recognize and celebrate excellence in music while shining a light on the many amazing artists that make up our global community," Harvey Mason Jr., Recording Academy chair and interim president, told Insider at the time.
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However, none of Malik's albums were eligible for consideration for the 2021 Grammy Awards.
The singer released his sophomore album "Icarus Falls" in December 2018, which would have made it eligible for last year's ceremony. He released his third album "Nobody Is Listening" in January 2021, making it eligible for next year's ceremony.
Malik's song "Better," the lead single for "Nobody Is Listening," was released on September 25, 2020 and also falls outside of the eligibility period, which ended on August 31, 2020.
Malik was previously nominated for a Grammy in 2018. His "Fifty Shades" collaboration with Taylor Swift, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," was up for best song written for visual media; it lost to Lin-Manuel Miranda's "How Far I'll Go."
Malik's former group One Direction was never nominated for a Grammy, although his tweet may have accidentally insulted his former bandmate, Harry Styles.
A representative for Malik did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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