Who was the favourite to win the AOTY back in 1985? (Lionel’s win)

[Madson Melo Joined: Jul 25th, 2011 Topics: 66 Posts: 3396 View Predictions]

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I’ve always knew that Lionel was not a favorite to win the award and recently saw a paper from Salt Lake City citing that ”he was surprised” to win.

As far as I know Tina Turner (comeback) and Prince (such a big era) were front-runners. Right? Am I missing something?

The nominees were:

Lionel Richie – Can’t Slow Down
Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
Prince & The Revolution – Purple Rain
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
Tina Turner – Private Dancer

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[ELIAS Joined: Nov 29th, 2017 Topics: 12 Posts: 2304 View Predictions]

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Purple Rain should have won. Born in the U.S.A. would be an amazing pick.

 

Lionel Richie winning is such a flop. Prince deserved it and would have been the best AOTY winner of the decade.

FYC:
AOTY: Fetch the Bolt Cutters or After Hours
ROTY & SOTY: Blinding Lights & Don’t Start Now
BNA: Megan Thee Stallion or Rina Sawayama
Rap Album: RTJ4
Pop Album: SAWAYAMA
Rock Album: The New Abnormal
R&B Performance: Do It

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[PoweR Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 81 Posts: 8367 View Predictions]

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I actually read pundit predictions from that year in the archives and I remember Paul Grein’s specifically, and Lionel Richie was predicted to win by several. He was the safe, most AC choice that appealed to country voters and also had a ton of commercial success and goodwill from his time with The Commodores. He might have been the worst pick that year, but I’m pretty sure his win was not surprising in the least.

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[Monsoon Joined: Jun 13th, 2020 Topics: 3 Posts: 253 View Predictions]

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One of the worst wins in GRAMMY history. Lionel is a legend. But compared to those other classic albums, it’s a pretty underwhelming victory.

Prince should’ve won.

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[janet. Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 3816 View Predictions]

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Honey, Lionel Richie was the favorite to win Album of the Year back in 1985.  Many pundits predicted him.  His album was a big seller, which helped.

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 2 Posts: 242 View Predictions]

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I dunno. Maybe Bruce Springsteen since his album sold so well and had seven top 10 hits and a ROTY nominee. Prince was still robbed, though.

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[Seven Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 8 Posts: 2803 View Predictions]

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Lionel’s win wasn’t surprising in retrospective. They just went with the mighty selling, safe album over actual masterpieces

The original 24K Magic. Prince or Tina deserved (especially Prince)

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 2 Posts: 242 View Predictions]

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ELIAS wrote:

Prince deserved it and would have been the best AOTY winner of the decade.

He totally would have deserved it. If he had won, he would have been in a tight race with The Joshua Tree and Graceland as the best winner of the decade.

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[Madson Melo Joined: Jul 25th, 2011 Topics: 66 Posts: 3396 View Predictions]

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I actually compared this victory to Bruno’s so I understand the fact that he was a fav back in time. I just reported based on the newspaper haha

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[Mr Brightside Joined: Sep 16th, 2017 Topics: 8 Posts: 745 View Predictions]

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Both Prince and Ritchie had POTY nominations. Richie had to accompanying SOTY nomination while Prince did not. I remember reading a few predicitons and both Richie and Prince were the most popular predictions.

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[janet. Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 3816 View Predictions]

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Honey, Prince should’ve won with Tina Turner in second.  However, I do like Lionel’s album.  No complaints.

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[PoweR Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 81 Posts: 8367 View Predictions]

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Had Lionel Richie not won AOTY, he would have been the only nominated artist to go home emptyhanded.

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[kingofrapmusic17 Joined: Aug 2nd, 2013 Topics: 107 Posts: 957 View Predictions]

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I like Purple Rain. I really do. But it’s not better than Thriller and that’s a fact. I think it’s up there with Can’t Slow Down and Born in the USA. A month before at the AMAs, Lionel won 6 awards. Prince won 3 so I figured that Lionel most likely would’ve won, which he did. Music is subjective. The academy voted and they chose Lionel.

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[PoweR Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 81 Posts: 8367 View Predictions]

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Purple Rain is definitely on par with Thriller.

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[Deemy Joined: Feb 20th, 2015 Topics: 3 Posts: 1549 View Predictions]

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The worst album won lol. This should have went to Bruce Springsteen or Prince. But I personally wouldve gave it to Tina. Not enough Black females have won AOTY for me.

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