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In anticipation of the AOTY winner 2021, each day the AOTY line-up from 1984 will be posted here for discussion etc.
1984 line-up, Album Of The Year
The nominees were:
Michael Jackson – Thriller (WINNER)
Billy Joel – An Innocent Man
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
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The Police – Sychronicity
The 1984 Grammys are remembered as the award show where Michael Jackson took home 8 Grammy awards, sweeping cross-genre nominations from rock to RnB to Album of the year. A moment in modern pop culture. 51 million people watched the show(record).
ReplyOne of the best AOTY line-ups.
But Def Leppard’s Pyromania should have been nominated instead Billy Joel.
This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.Michael Jackson was only the SECOND black artist to ever win AOTY. Thriller was truly undeniable and Michael Joseph Jackson was the King of Kings. The greatest of all time…
Honey, AOTY 1984 is one of the few times Grammys got it right!
MJ’s sweep is still unmatched.
👑Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
👑Mary Wilson (1944-2021)1984 had phenomenal winners:
aoty- thriller
roty- beat it
soty- every breathe you take
bna- culture club
while I do praise the work, I have not listened to thrilled in years. while we might not know if MJ assaulted those kids, it was morally wrong to have young children sleep in his bed in his mansion
but eurythmics should have won BNA against culture club
Best Albums 2022
Dawn FM
CAPRISONGS
Ants From Up Here
Dragon New Mountain I Believe in You
Forget Your Own Face
Once Twice Melody
MOTOMAMI
Crest
Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Diaspora Problems
Bronco
It’s Almost Dry
Preacher’s Daughter
A Light for Attracting Attention
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Hypnos
Big TimeCrazy that the Michael’s songs probably split, avoiding a 9th win that night.
1985 line-up, Album Of The Year
The nominees were:
Lionel Richie – Cant Slow Down (WINNER)
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
Tina Turner – Private Dancer
In retrospective, the 1985 AOTY looks like the clash of the titans, the winning Album was the hit-packed Diamond certified sophomore album of Lionel Richie, against the titanic albums Born in the USA, She is so Unusual and Purple Rain. BITUSA is certified x15 Platinum and Purple Rain x13 Platinum and She is so unusual x6 Platinum. Cyndi became a pop culture phenomenon, setting new highs for female artists with all-time classic anthems Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time. Bruce was at the highest hights of his career with that album and Prince became a legend with Purple Rain. The album spent 24 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 from August 4, 1984 to January 18, 1985, and more than 32 weeks in the top 10, becoming one of the most successful soundtracks ever. It traded the number-one position on the chart with Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. twice, during 1984 and 1985.
Lionel Richie accepting AOTY from the Grammys archive:
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/videos/lionel-richie-wins-album-yearPrince perfomed Baby I Am a Star
Cyndi won BNA and perfomed Time After Time:
Tina perfomed Whats Love got to do with this:
Lionel is a legend but his win in this line up is straight booty.
Prince obviously should’ve won. Hell even Bruce Springsteen would’ve been an OK, if not safe, choice.
Private Dancer & She’s So Unusual are more iconic & better albums than Can’t Slow Down too.
Probably one of the most underwhelming winners ever.
👑Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
👑Mary Wilson (1944-2021)Honey; it’s Can’t Slow Down, NOT Can’t Slow Us Down.
The Icon Prince was robbed!
Some photos from that year
Richie win is much underserving. Dame Tina Turner and Prince were robbed. Still, a solid line up and I love Springsteen’s album too.
This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.1985 line-up, Album Of The Year The nominees were: Lionel Richie – Cant Slow Down (WINNER)
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain Tina Turner – Private Dancer In retrospective, the 1985 AOTY looks like the clash of the titans, the winning Album was the hit-packed Diamond certified sophomore album of Lionel Richie, against the titanic albums Born in the USA, She is so Unusual and Purple Rain. BITUSA is certified x15 Platinum and Purple Rain x13 Platinum and She is so unusual x6 Platinum. Cyndi became a pop culture phenomenon, setting new highs for female artists with all-time classic anthems Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time. Bruce was at the highest hights of his career with that album and Prince became a legend with Purple Rain. The album spent 24 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 from August 4, 1984 to January 18, 1985, and more than 32 weeks in the top 10, becoming one of the most successful soundtracks ever. It traded the number-one position on the chart with Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. twice, during 1984 and 1985. Lionel Richie accepting AOTY from the Grammys archive: https://www.grammy.com/grammys/videos/lionel-richie-wins-album-year Prince perfomed Baby I Am a Star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kBIvj8mBqQ Cyndi won BNA and perfomed Time After Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvAhAJmceWY Tina perfomed Whats Love got to do with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCsmcLf79mw Prince should have won. PERIOD.
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