Bo Burnham's Inside Deemed Ineligible for Best Comedy Album At The Grammys

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Bo Burnham’s 'Inside (The Songs),' the biggest hit of the year on Billboard’s #ComedyAlbums chart, will not be competing for best comedy album at next year’s #GRAMMYshttps://t.co/VLCaR6inh8
- billboard (@billboard) October 14, 2021

Bo Burnham’s comedy special Inside was a major hit this year for Netflix, and features tracks such as “All Eyes On Me,” “That Funny Feeling,” and “Welcome To The Internet.” However, the accompanying album, Inside (The Songs), was deemed ineligible for Best Comedy Album at next year’s Grammys ceremony.

This is the second puzzling decision made by the Grammy committee this week, following the outcry over Kacey Musgraves’ star-crossed being bumped from the country album category.

According to Billboard, the Recording Academy ruled the accompanying album does not meet the criteria for the comedy album category for unspecified reasons. Burnham’s album landed at No. 1 on the comedy chart and has remained in that top spot for its 18 weeks of release.

The album will still be put on the preliminary ballot going out to Recording Academy members, but in the category of best compilation soundtrack for visual media instead of comedy album.

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