The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Caras) has defended its decision to nominate frontman Arcade Fire. Win Butler was recently accused of sexual misconduct Winner of Group of the Year at this year’s Juno Awards.
“We regard Arcade Fire’s nomination for Group of the Year as a nomination for the band as a whole,” the Academy wrote. Statement to CBC Music“While we take the allegations very seriously, we also respect the success of the other members of the band in this situation. I hope not.”
Juno is Canada’s most prestigious music award, the Canadian equivalent of the Briton Award and the Grammy Awards. arcade fireAlso joining Butler’s wife Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gala has so far won 11 awards out of 25 nominations.
They have faced controversy in recent months due to a series of incidents. Research by music website Pitchfork Five people accused Butler of sexual misconduct. Three of the women cited allege that Butler used his celebrity status to pressure sexual situations, and one said that Butler kissed or touched her without consent. claimed to have done so. 1 in 5 claim His relationship with Butler has been “emotionally abusive, manipulative, toxic, and using his powers to take advantage of my body.”
At the time, Butler issued a statement through Crisis spokeswoman Lisa Heller, strongly denying that she had ever had a non-consensual relationship, saying: In my 30s, I started drinking to deal with the worst depression of my life after a family member had a miscarriage. I would like to share what happened in the life of
In the aftermath of the Pitchfork investigation, Feist canceled her set Supporting Arcade Fire throughout Europe and the UK, Beck withdrew from opening the band on a North American tour. An American radio station that had just released their sixth album recently began to pull the band. wefrom rotation.
In 2018, Canadian Academy chose to: cancel the show Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard said after sexual misconduct allegations were leveled against him at Junos in 2018. has decided that the band will not be performing at the 2018 Juno Awards.” it said at the time.
Bands or their labels must submit to be nominated at Junos, but nominations are tied to “50% consumption, 25% Academy representative voting, 12.5% social data, and 12.5% radio audience.” Based on It was nominated with minimal votes from the Academy itself.
