I know this show is old news at this point and everyone’s focused on the Grammys and Latin Grammys… But I was reading an article about the Shmemmys Creative Arts Emmys, and apparently the Academy asked ALL nominees (for nights 1-4) to pre-record acceptance speeches and apparently 96% did it:…[Read more]

Me sorprende que un canal de Univision no tenga que dar los Latin Grammy — no tanto por el rating sino porque pensaba que el contrato de exclusividad que tienen los Latin Grammy con Univision sería más fuerte…

Que no fue el primer disco de Kevin Johansen (The nada) el que sacó en el 2000? Que yo recuerde, Sur o no sur fue lanzado en el 2002 en Argentina (que de todos modos quiere decir que no se consideró esa fecha de lanzamiento, ya que debería de haber competido en el 2003, no 2004).

“Graceland,” “Higher Love,” and “Don’t Worry Be Happy” are my top 3 in terms of what this category looks for.

I saw a couple of mentions of the Dave Matthews Band earlier in this thread, and it reminded me of this: How is it possible that “Don’t Drink the Water” — their best song IMO — didn’t get ANY nominations in 1999??

It at least deserved to get into Best Rock Song, and I would’ve been satisfied with just a nomination there (since competition was…[Read more]

I believe the Grammys have some weasely wording in the definition of the category, whereby a song is eligible if it “achieves prominence” for the first time during the eligibility period. This is basically how “From a Distance” was eligible, since the original Nanci Griffiths version only charted in Ireland, according to Wiki.

Having said…[Read more]

Song-wise (i.e., in terms of songwriting), my top 3 are easily “Tears in Heaven,” “Streets of Philadelphia,” and “Kiss from a Rose.” Though I gotta admit that “Smooth” is the one I’ve jammed to the most.

As for the sleeper of this group, I’d say it’s “Change the World,” which is surprisingly forgotten these days, despite being a pretty fine…[Read more]

“Viva la Vida,” “Beautiful Day,” and “Not Ready to Make Nice” are easily my top 3 from this list.

“Fallin’,” “Don’t Know Why,” “Rehab,” and “Single Ladies” are great, too, but there are other songs by those artists I like better. (I’d have put John Mayer’s song on this list, too, but I honestly still can’t forgive him for that AWFUL cover of…[Read more]

Exacto, y es precisamente por lo que cambian las reglas oficiales cada cierto tiempo que cité el caso de Mon Laferte, ya que al ser relativamente reciente, se asemeja más a la forma en la que la Academia está aplicando las reglas (y aún así no sabemos si las cosas han cambiado en los últimos 5 años). Por ejemplo, si mal no estoy, la defini…[Read more]

I just found out that Kendrick Lamar is also part of “The Little Homies,” who directed “HUMBLE.” with Dave Meyers. That said, I don’t think any artist has won this award as the sole video director.

A couple of facts and figures from the VMAs this year (in case people are curious):

* Gaga finally broke her 3-way tie with Eminem and Peter Gabriel for 3rd place in all-time VMAs. She’s only 2 wins away from Madonna and 7 away from Beyoncé.

* Taylor is now tied with Green Day and JT in total wins (11), and she’s become the third artist (first…[Read more]

Pues hay un precedente bien reciente con Mon Laferte, que fue nominada a Mejor Nuevo Artista por Vol. 1 (2015) a pesar de ser su cuarto álbum (aunque el primero fue como “Monserrat Bustamante”).

De todos modos, me parece que si la Academia quería hacer eso con Danna Paola, debió hacerlo cuando sacó “Ruleta” o quizá hasta “Agüita”. Sé que es…[Read more]

Isn’t that like on par with most CW shows though (lol)? The only ones that got clowned were CBS, with ABC totally ruining their viewership for Big Brother and Love Island. (Still, it’s a terrible look that the VMAs were edged out in the ratings by a Simpsons rerun. But again, Fox still reaches more markets than the CW, no?)

Is it even reality shows anymore? I still watch The Challenge, and if you miss the live premiere of an episode, good luck catching it on MTV ever again (not even later that same night).

If you look at the MTV schedule these days, it’s basically reruns of Ridiculousness the whole day, interrupted briefly by first-run episodes of reality shows.…[Read more]

Oof, I did terrible in the predictions! A far cry from when I topped the leaderboard back in 2013 (humblebrag) lol

But then again, I was unfamiliar with a bunch of the nominees, so it’s clear my time has passed. At this point I only make an effort to watch the show live because I’ve been watching it live for 20 years…

Oh, you mean like when they randomly pair up some up-and-coming country act with some pop singer with nothing to promote and have have them cover a song by some veteran who recently passed away — and it turns out it’s all just a lead-in for, like, Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group or Duo?? Fair.

The Alicia medley just sticks out to me…[Read more]

As pre-shows go, I actually think this one was more enjoyable than in recent years (but not essential viewing)! It helped that they spaced out the five performances across 1.5 hours and there weren’t a lot of obnoxious red-carpet interviews with people who are just there to get air time.

I mean, I like Vinny from Jersey Shore, but I really…[Read more]

What, you didn’t like Alicia Keys doing a 10-minute medley of songs she wishes she’d written? XD

There’s always a pre-show, but they never air it on the networks where they simulcast the VMAs, just on MTV (and this year they also streamed it on the VMA website, with some filler segments during commercials). Anyway, you didn’t miss much:

* Tate McRae and Chloe x Halle had good performances
* Machine Gun Kelly (feat. Blackbear & blink-182’s…[Read more]

WINNER: SONG OF SUMMER
* BLACKPINK, “How You Like That”

Apparently this was announced on Twitter like 2.5-3 hours ago. Did they seriously forget to mention it on the show?

Anyway, we saw a total of THIRTEEN awards being given out on the main show (fourteen if you include that first responders…[Read more]