Like almost everything else last year, the 2021 Grammy Awards (opens in new tab) will look very different from past ceremonies. This time, host Trevor Noah (opens in new tab) will preside over a small audience of just the nominees, performers, and their loved ones from an undisclosed location in Los Angeles. Not only is the venue and audience obviously different in size, but the show will also miss some familiar faces. At least one of the world's biggest musicians will miss the event due to an ongoing rift with the Recording Academy: The Weeknd, who is completely off the nomination sheet this year (opens in new tab), will not only not attend the awards ceremony this year and every year in the future, but will not even be able to attend his announced that he will not even allow his music to be nominated for an award.

Meanwhile, other musicians will be absent from the evening's proceedings if they are not nominated for any awards or not used as performers this time due to social distance restrictions. Unfortunately, it is Rihanna who falls into this category (opens in new tab). Her decision not to attend the 2021 Grammy Awards does not appear to be part of an explicit boycott of the event. As Navy is no doubt aware, it has been more than half a decade since she released her last album, Anti, which was nominated for eight Grammy Awards in 2017 (although it missed out on the Best Album of the Year award).

And while Rihanna has barely mentioned the release of her ninth album (opens in new tab) in recent years, and one representative told the New York Post (opens in new tab) this past weekend that she had "heard nothing" about the new songs, she was not exactly twiddling her thumbs Not necessarily. Last year, Rie expanded her Fenty Beauty line, beloved by experts and fans alike, into skincare with the launch of Fenty Skin (opens in new tab). Fenty Skin Flashup eye cream, and most recently, the Valentine's Day-themed Savage X Fenty Drops (opens in new tab). Most.