Things Couldn't Have Gone More Wrong in this Pop Category at the GRAMMYs

There were a lot of mistakes made last night at the GRAMMYs, mostly when it came to which songs and albums won which trophies, but there is one injustice that feels especially egregious. Ed Sheeran won the Best Pop Solo Performance category for his single “Shape of You.” In doing so, he beat out fellow pop superstars Lady Gaga (“Million Reasons”), Kesha (“Praying”), Pink (“What About Us”) and Kelly Clarkson (“Love So Soft”).

While we respect the process and history of the GRAMMYs, the Recording Academy got this one wrong by almost every measure of how golden gramophones are typically awarded. Here’s how.