<a href="/profile/frankocean" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Frank Ocean</a>&#8217;s Channel ORANGE won the Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album back in 2013, but his follow-up, Blonde, will not even be nominated at the 2017 awards. <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7542122/frank-ocean-disqualified-grammy-awards-2017" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">According to Billboard</a>, the album, along with its companion piece, Endless, was never submitted for consideration, and upon missing the deadline, there is now no way it could be considered for this year&#8217;s awards.
Knowing Frank, this is likely an intentional move, but so far there has been no explanation as to why the album was not turned in. 
This is a very different approach to <a href="/profile/chance_the_rapper" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Chance The Rapper</a>, who has been <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/chance-the-rapper-takes-out-full-page-ad-asking-for-grammy-consideration-news.24698.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">actively campaigning</a> for the consideration of Coloring Book for awards this year.
Regardless of Grammy acknowledgement, Blonde is among the most critically adored projects of 2016. Read our review <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/frank-oceans-blonde-review-news.23664.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. <h2>Frank Ocean</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/94/81/1476748194_aa49e764e5d3b87fc18749cf287aa163.jpg" alt="Frank Ocean's &quot;Blonde&quot; Can't Win A Grammy"></figure>