Spike Lee says Beyoncé not winning album of the year at the Grammys is 'straight-up shenanigans' and 'poppycock'

• Spike Lee said Beyoncé never winning album of the year at the Grammys is "straight-up bullshit."
• The "Crazy in Love" singer has been nominated for the award four times but has never won.

Spike Lee has said Beyoncé never winning album of the year at the Grammys is "straight-up bullshit."

The "Crazy in Love" singer has been nominated for the award on four separate occasions but has never won.

Beyoncé was beaten to the award by Taylor Swift in 2010, Beck in 2015, and Adele in 2017. This year, her seventh studio album "Renaissance" lost to Harry Styles' "Harry's House."

"I'm not the male president of the Bey Hive [Beyoncé's fanbase], but I love and support Beyoncé. Her album is amazing," Lee told The Guardian in an interview published Monday.

"I know she's won multiple Grammys, but four times nominated for album of the year and she's lost every time? No disrespect to those artists like Adele or Harry Styles who won. It's not their fault, but that's some straight-up bullshit."

Lee added that he believes the Grammys have a "history of great Black artists who come up for these awards and don't win."

"We all know their work is great because art speaks for itself. But then it always comes down to this tricky territory of validation," he said.

"Do Black artists say: 'Fuck it' — or seek white validation and chase awards? I just want to give a shout-out to my sister Beyoncé. We know what the deal is. It's straight-up shenanigans, skulduggery, subterfuge. Or as the British say: it's some poppycock!"

The Recording Academy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Lee isn't the only person who thinks Beyoncé should have won album of the year at this year's Grammys.

Her husband, Jay-Z, thinks so too.

"Look what it's done to the culture. Look how the energy of the world moved," Jay said in an interview with his streaming platform, Tidal, ahead of the awards.

"They play her whole album in the club. I don't know if I've ever seen that. The whole entire joint — like, everything?! Every remix is amazing. Everyone's inspired. It has inspired the world. Every remix is better than the other one."

"It's inspiring creativity," added the 53-year-old rapper. "When it just inspires creativity, that's an album. That has to be album of the year. It has to be."