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Was anyone else as shocked as I was the night Adele Announced “Babel” as the winners for Album of the Year? I remember watching the pre-telecast and The Black Keys we’re sweeping every category they were up for. They beat Mumford and Sons in every category the two bands were up against. I remember this forum went absolutely insane! I feel like that was the most surprising win of the last decade. As far as AOTY goes. What do you guys think contributed to Mumford and Sons upset? Also how would you rank the nominees that year and who do you think came in second and third, etc.
1. Babel – Mumford and Sons
2. El Camino – The Black Keys
3. Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
4. Blunderbuss – Jack White
5. Some Nights – fun.ReplyFYC: Taylor Swift
AOTY: folklore
ROTY: exile feat. Bon Iver
SOTY: cardigan
Pop Solo: cardigan
PD/G: exile feat. Bon Iver
PVA: folklore
Country Solo: betty
Country Song: betty
American Roots Performance: seven
American Roots Song: seven
Rock Performance: august
Rock Song: august
Traditional R&B: False God
R&B Song: False God
Song Visual Media: Only The Young
Song Visual Media: Beautiful Ghosts
Music Film: Miss Americana
Music Video: The ManEl Camino and Channel Orange are both fantastic albums. They would’ve been my No.1 and No.2. First Channel Orange, then El Camino. Either one would have been a great choice. Since I’m picking Channel Orange, I’d give The Black Keys ROTY, not only because “Lonely Boy” is a fantastic song, but also as a makeup award for missing out on the big one.
ReplyCopy URLCommercial success, familiarity and recency won. Babel was released right before cutoff.
Not really an upset.
I agree.
But the question is How did Babel beat 3 rock/alternative acts without split the votes in favor of Channel Orange.
I love Mumford and Sons but “El Camino” must have won that night.
ReplyCopy URLYou can say comercial success all you want but El Camino had impact and success of its own. That album was huge.
ReplyCopy URLFYC: Taylor Swift
AOTY: folklore
ROTY: exile feat. Bon Iver
SOTY: cardigan
Pop Solo: cardigan
PD/G: exile feat. Bon Iver
PVA: folklore
Country Solo: betty
Country Song: betty
American Roots Performance: seven
American Roots Song: seven
Rock Performance: august
Rock Song: august
Traditional R&B: False God
R&B Song: False God
Song Visual Media: Only The Young
Song Visual Media: Beautiful Ghosts
Music Film: Miss Americana
Music Video: The Man
This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.The real question is how did Babel win AOTY when it lost its genre category.
Well first of all, they lost Americana Album to an album that wasn’t nominated in AOTY, just like The Suburbs losing Alternative Album, so there’s the argument to be made that Bonnie Raitt (and the Black Keys 2 years earlier) could have been competitive for AOTY wins had they been nominated.
There’s also the possibility that people voting in the Americana categories felt that M&S didn’t belong there and should have been slotted in rock, and/or that they wanted to support an underdog instead of the commercial giants.
ReplyCopy URLThe album that has the most support from alternative voters is often too alternative to do well in the GF. El Camino is poppy and accessible but not to the same extent as Babel. Babel competed in Alternative, but it got most of its support from top 40/pop voters who didn’t vote in the alternative category.
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