I was talking to a businessman who his hand in the music industry and he pretty much said: Its all corporate greed
Pop music=corporate greed. I tend to agree with the chap that told you this!
I feel sorry for Muse having to be associated with those crappy awards. If I was Muse I would ask them to take it back.
Not much to add you all have this one surrounded, been decades since I watched any awards shows period. The have all lost whatever meaning they used to have and don't reflect the music/movies I like anyway.
The ARIA awards (Australia's version of AMA awards) were on TV recently and like you LG, I never watch award shows of any kind. I heard the ARIA's were pretty disappointing too