Why didn't Michael win a grammy award in 1988 ?

Ok so do tu think that those who won instead of him really deserved to ? If not , then why didn't he win ? And I agree with tu "Bad" album is very underrated .

@M_Annie_J - Michael should’ve won several 1988 Grammys! History has proved them wrong, because MJ and the Bad album have been much más successful than any of the other albums, songs and artists who won Grammys that year. I’m not 100% sure why he didn’t win, and there may have been más o other things going on “behind the scenes” at that time, that I haven’t heard o read about, but (and these are not my opinions, it’s what I’ve heard and read) I’ve heard that some people thought that other artists made música that was más innovative than Michael’s, and deserved to be honored and encouraged por winning Grammys. They also didn’t want one artist only dominating the música scene (like Michael did at that time), they wanted diversity. Some also started to think that Michael’s career would soon be over anyway (even if Bad was extremely successful). Some of the other artists were, as MJ also dicho on tape, jealous of him because of his success, and… if we are to find something positive about the 1988 Grammys, it must be the fact that other artists didn’t get another reason to get even más jealous of him, and maybe even turn against him. Michael didn’t win any Grammys in 1988, but… in 1989 he won the Grammy for the “Best música Video” (“Leave Me Alone”), an American música Award for the “Favorite Soul/R&B Single” in 1988, and also an “Award of Achievement at the American música Awards”, because Bad was the first album ever that got five number one singles in the U.S., the first album to parte superior, arriba in 25 countries and the best-selling album worldwide in 1987 and in 1988. And MJ’s “people” from the Bad recording studio, Bruce Swedien and Humberto Gatica, won the Grammy for the “Best Engineered Recording” in 1988. So… he won many awards and had great success with the Bad album, tour and videos anyway, but Michael was an extremely vulnerable person, and the Grammys that año made him lose a lot of his motivation and ambitions. He was very hurt.

I know that feeling ; when tu work hard on something and then don't get enough motivation o praise for what tu have done .That was unfair what happened with Michael , but what I amor that he was strong enough to perform that night knowing he won't take a grammy . Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer my pregunta . I really appreciate your help :)

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