Justin Bieber said it was "very strange" when his album Changes was nominated for three pop awards rather than R&B. He said, "I grew up admiring R&B music and wished to make a project that would embody that sound. For this not to be put in that category feels weird considering from the chords to the melodies to the vocal style all the way down to the hip hop drums that were chosen it is undeniably, unmistakably an R&B album!"
