Traditionally, the Grammys is an award ceremony where the music industry comes together to celebrate the year’s best music and artists. It is also a platform for artists to convey their feelings and opinions about the world.

This February, during the 59th Grammys, the music world was on edge wondering whether artists’ political views would come into play. In previous years artists like Kendrick Lamar and Madonna had spoken out about issues that matter to them – Lamar’s performance about racial discrimination and Madonna’s speech about Trump’s election.

However, this year the controversy centered around Beyoncé lost to Adele for Album of the Year.

Instead Beyoncé had won Contemporary Urban Album of the year, for her album Lemonade.

Some of the nominees for the Contemporary Urban Album included Rihanna, Gallant, and  Anderson.Paak. All of which are either African American or from another minority group.

Since the ceremony, many spectators and celebrities stated that the genre seemed a little out of the ordinary. According to the Grammys, Urban Contemporary is defined as subgenre of R&B “for albums containing at least 51 percent playing time of newly recorded contemporary vocal tracks derivative of R&B. This category is intended for artists whose music includes the more contemporary elements of R&B and may incorporate production elements found in urban pop, urban Euro-pop, urban rock, and urban alternative.” What the Grammys qualify as “urban” is unclear. This category was not even created until 2013 when Frank Ocean won for his album Channel Orange.

In an interview with Billboard, Adele stated and expressed “I felt like it was her time to win, What does she have to do to win Album of the Year?”

Plus in previous years the announcement of Contemporary Album of the year has not been televised on television.

Music critic Brian Josephs writing for SPIN, a music magazine, stated that the Grammys are structurally unsound, and that “they are trying to create a black space with a predominately white tableau.”

It’s possible the Grammys is trying to recognize and include all sub-genres as the music industry progresses. However, the title of this particular award is raising some eyebrows.

Despite the controversy, while accepting the award, Beyoncé stated that her work seeks, “to confront issues that make us uncomfortable.”

For many people this category makes them uncomfortable. The  word “urban” can be perceived as innately racist due to the traditional use of the word pertaining to the intercity and should not be used to name a category that is trying to separate the black artists from the white ones.

If the Grammy’s wanted to include of all types of genres, they should do it and name the sub-genres after their musical influence.