After Harry Styles' controversial Grammy win, music fans criticized his relationships with Ben Winston.
At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, Harry Styles triumphed over Adele, Beyonce, and Lizzo to take home the top prize of the evening.
Many social media users were perplexed by the singer of As It Was' significant victory, wondering how he managed to win the Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year awards.
Several music fans have accused the Grammys of being 'rigged' after Styles's long-time connection the awards ceremony's producer Ben Winston.
According to Daily Mail, Styles has a great relationship with Grammy producer Winston. Soon after, the Watermelon Sugar singer performed As It Was, Grammy's Twitter handle tweeted, "'Fun fact: The voice at the beginning of "As It Was" is the daughter of our very own #GRAMMYs producer, @BenWinston!."
The tweet was referring to the five-year-old child of Winston, Ruby, who also had a cameo appearance at the beginning of the song, and she can be heard saying, "Come on, Harry, we want to say goodnight to you!."
Winston had also been the producer of The Kardashians for Hulu, and Carpool Karaoke for Apple TV. He was the executive producer and director of the recent Friends: The Reunion special.
Fans quickly reacted to this new update, writing, "He shouldn’t have been nomed for this reason alone."
Harry Styles' significant Grammys victory in 2023 causes controversy; supporters claim 'it was rigged'
"So thats how he got the grammy," said one while another posted, "Guess we already know whose winning AOTY."
A user called the awards show "rigged" while one tweet said, "That nepotism is bananas." Another added, "Harry styles being buddies with ben winston who runs the grammys and irving azoff who runs ticketmasters/livenation and more shows why he won."
