Why are the Grammys trying to make ROTY their “big” award of the night?

[Brayden Fitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 108 Posts: 6899 View Predictions]

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Ever since 2015, the Grammy’s have actively tried to make ROTY the “big” award of the night by placing at the very end of the ceremony.

It’s also listed as category 1 (AOTY is category 2) on their official website.

Does anyone know why they’ve been doing this? I can only guess it’s to take a bad look of AOTY if it’s a bad winner while ROTY is usually agreed upon as a good winner.

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[Miss Americana Joined: Jul 28th, 2020 Topics: 10 Posts: 2877 View Predictions]

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The Record of the year is considered the most competitive category of the award show, since it is collision of the biggest hits from different genres. To me AOTY  and ROTY are the top tier Grammy awards and SOTY and BNA tier 2 of the GF.

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[joesilver Joined: Oct 1st, 2011 Topics: 28 Posts: 1093 View Predictions]

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Record of the Year always has been ranked 1st on their website

The same goes to the Latin Grammys. But they usually present AOTY last.

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[Sean Phillips Joined: Apr 4th, 2017 Topics: 6 Posts: 552 View Predictions]

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No one buys albums anymore duh.

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[Brayden Fitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 108 Posts: 6899 View Predictions]

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Sean_Phillips wrote:

No one buys albums anymore duh.

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[Ghost Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 81 Posts: 9630 View Predictions]

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It was like that in the ‘80s. Look at the old videos on YouTube.

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[Lemon Joined: Nov 24th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 901 View Predictions]

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Sean_Phillips wrote:

No one buys albums anymore duh.

huh

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[Wanda Joined: Feb 16th, 2019 Topics: 41 Posts: 3481 View Predictions]

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The general public listen to singles more than full bodies of work so it makes sense. Not a lot of albums define a year like Thriller or 21, for example. Singles have more cultural impact and are more remembered.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 353 Posts: 21560 View Predictions]

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People don’t consume and value full albums like they used to, and the prestige/perception of AOTY has gone down in recent years. There’s greater emphasis placed on the single, and streaming has amplified that. It makes ROTY more populist and noticeable. I wish they would go back to AOTY being the final award of the night.

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[daniel Joined: Sep 3rd, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 650 View Predictions]

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AOTY will always feel like “the bit one” to me but:
1. most viewers will have heard more than half of the ROTY nominees each year, whereas most likely have only heard a handful albums or sometimes none (this year…)
2. i assume there’s usually more submissions to ROTY than AOTY hence it’s harder to win?

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[Steve johnson Joined: Nov 30th, 2019 Topics: 8 Posts: 3664 View Predictions]

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AOTY is/was/will be the most prestigious.

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[LawC Joined: Jan 15th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 2608 View Predictions]

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I feel like the importance of albums has actually grown in recent years. Or at least the number of people who listen to albums, even if they only do it once to check it out.

Streaming has made it very easy for even the most neutral and indifferent music consumer to check out new and hyped albums.

During the digital era, a medium successful album during its entire run would sell like what? 4M copies? That’s only 4M people who have (legally) listened to your album. Nowadays, successful artists can have over 4M unique listeners checking out their album on its first day alone . And that’s just on one streaming platform.

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[Jerry Joined: Sep 25th, 2017 Topics: 15 Posts: 613 View Predictions]

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Grammys can’t do much to change the stigma of AOTY being the biggest award of the night. They likely are doing it because ROTY is always a clearer more agreed upon winner but nope. AOTY is still THE category.

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[Prada Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 9419 View Predictions]

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Get real!  Album of the Year is NOT prestigious anymore as evidenced by Taylor Swift’s undeserved wins, Bruno Mars and Beck winning among others.

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[gold rush Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 50 Posts: 3790 View Predictions]

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I feel like both are just as prestigious. One is rewarded for the excellence of one song in particular and the other to a collection. They are both like the equivalent of a Best Picture Oscar. Producer of the year is basically best director. Song of the year is Best Screenplay. The performance Grammys are equal to best actor and actress.

Congratulations Taylor Swift on 6 Grammy Nominations
Album of the Year: folklore
Song of the Year: cardigan
Pop Solo Performance: cardigan
Pop Duo/Group Performance: exile feat. Bon Iver
Pop Vocal Album: folklore
Song Written for Visual Media: Beautiful Ghosts

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