The 50th Annual Grammy Awards might have gotten us star-obsessed people interested, but it left the rest of the world disinterested. So disinterested, in fact, that this year’s 50th Anniversary show was the third least-watched Grammys in history, with only 17.5 million viewers. 20 million people watched last year! What gives? Perhaps the Grammys made fools of themselves glorifying a drug-addicted 24-year old Amy Winehouse while parents forbade their children from watching.

This year’s Grammy Awards had some clear winners. Television ratings were not one of them. While Amy Winehouse and Kanye West should be feeling pretty good about their careers right now, the Grammy Awards are wondering what went wrong, and probably should start looking into their credibility as an organization. Granting 5 awards to a star who has been publicly battling hard drugs hardly makes the Grammys look like they know what they’re doing. Perhaps it’s all about the music, but isn’t it also about nurturing talent? Not to discredit Amy Winehouse, who is undoubtedly blessed with talent, but by showering her with accolades at the same time she’s been destroying her career with drugs, aren’t the Grammys sending a bad message to viewers?

Perhaps so, as if these preliminary numbers are true, Nielsen Media Research says this year’s Grammys were at an all-time low.

For more on how the stars felt about this year’s Grammy Awards, check out what Natalie Cole had to say:

“I'm going on record as an artist who is able to critique [Amy Winehouse]. I think she has a great talent, but I don't agree with the Grammys giving her those nods. I think it sends the wrong message, that even in the midst of her stupor of drugs she can get nominated for all these awards. It's a slap in the face to musicians and artists who work very hard that they turn around and give it to someone who really obviously doesn't have a grasp of what she has. I've been in this business over 25 years and I sacrificed five years of my own life on drugs and almost lost my life because of it. So I take great offense to almost see someone getting glory out of being in the position that they're in – she needs to get her life together and embrace her craft, she will lose it if she doesn't get it together.”

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