Female artist with talent? huh?

Can I truly understand this world we live in? What does creativity mean now?I am listening to Adele's new cd and I don't understand the world we live in. Adele's new cd is called 21 and she is truly inspiring. She encapasulates all emotions within one song. Her voice is amazing, her producers are great, and the writing is beautiful. How is it that she is not a front-runner in the academy of music? She is not alone: Ledisi, Jazmine Sullivan, Liz Wright, etc. All of these amazing women who continually show the abnormal amounts of talents that exists in the world. Every now and then they are allowed to showcase talents on smaller award shows and events. Yet, they are bypassed when it comes to grammys (except Adele who has 2) and the like. I just don't understand why people are so enamored by women of sex and never concerned with women of true talent and confidence. I mean, I listen to 'set fire to the rain' or even 'he won't go' and I can genuinely hear the pain, love, and passion that lies within the words.

It seems that appearance is the only thing that matters. I understand that from the executive level, people have peripheral decision making skills. People take the short root in understanding the world around them. Instead of truly going after talent, inspiration, etc. it is much easier to follow attractiveness than it is to seek out real talented, beautiful artist. I would love to see recognition being given to Esperanza Spalding. She is an amazingly talented woman, who the academy recognized, not for record sales and hoopla, buy because she is a promising, insparational, and talented woman. I have both cds and alway wondered why she was not talked about. The academy took a chance and gave her a grammy, because she deserved it, and outrage instead of congratulations was the talk of the town. No, she is not Drake or Justin Bieber. But she is a black, jazz singer and she is phenomenal. Her ability to be different and her amazing difference should be celebrated.

In essence, talent should be rewarded not just when it is in a sexy, provocative package. It should be celebrated in strength, creativity, and difference.