Beck’s new music is good, but I don’t see him being an AOTY player for a while. Morning Phase won because it was a very accessible, but mature and folk-y album and he didn’t win AOTY yet. Colors very well could have been blocked from AOTY, the voting pool still really loves him with two wins last year. Based on the first three songs released off…[Read more]

Some big critical successes so far.

Angel Olsen
Post Malone
Brittany Howard
Sturgill Simpson
Danny Brown
Charli XCX
Wilco
The Highwomen
Korn

If I picked… I’d bend the rules and have 15 nominees. It’s a great year for BNA.

Tyler Childers
City Girls
Clairo
Billie Eilish
Joji
Ari Lennox
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Megan Thee Stallion
Rosalía
Shura
Summer Walker
Weyes Blood
Tierra Whack
Jamila Woods

My choices… with the close calls below.

Lewis Capaldi
Tyler Childers
Billie Eilish
Lizzo
Megan Thee Stallion
Rosalía
Morgan Wallen
Weyes Blood

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Jimmie Allen
Blackpink
City Girls
Clairo
Joji
Juice Wrld
Ari Lennox
Carly Pearce
Maggie Rogers
Shura
Summer Walker
Tierra Whack
Jamila Woods

Based on the list, with the notable names below, I’d say:

Lewis Capaldi
Tyler Childers
Billie Eilish
Lizzo
Megan Thee Stallion
Rosalía
Morgan Wallen
Weyes Blood

Jimmie Allen
Blackpink
Jonas Blue
Blueface
Bishop Briggs
Blanco Brown
Lewis Capaldi
Tyler Childers
City Girls
Clairo
Jordan Davis
Billie Eilish
Joji
Juice Wrld
Kash…[Read more]

Maren Morris based on HDD FYC:

ROTY, SOTY, MV, Country Solo Performance and Song
GIRL

Country Album, Engineered, Record Packaging and AOTY
GIRL

Country Duo/Group
Common feat. Brandi Carlile

Also, I saw Luke Combs and forget if he split Beautiful Crazy and Beer Never Broke My Heart in ROTY and SOTY but BC was in SOTY

Country Solo…[Read more]

OK soooo…

ELIGIBLE:
Jimmie Allen
Badflower
Jade Bird
Blackpink
Blueface
Bishop Briggs
Blanco Brown
Calboy
Lewis Capaldi
City Girls
Clairo
YBN Cordae
Jordan Davis
Billie Eilish
Juice WRLD
Lauv
Dean Lewis
Lil Nas X
Lil…[Read more]

I’m not talking about VMA wins correlating with the Grammys, I’m talking about general buzz and popularity which does often relate to the Grammys. To pretend Ariana or ASIB have any buzz right now is just ignoring the music scene. The VMAs are a good gauge for that. I think they both are contenders at the Grammys, but by no means are they the…[Read more]

After the VMAs…

Jonas Brother vs. Camila/Shawn for Pop Duo or Group and I’d go with Jonas Brothers based on the energetic performance and staying power of the song.

Billie vs. Lizzo for BNA and I’d say Lizzo is in the lead even though losing here.

Taylor was always going to win here just for going, but it certainly is helping her cause now…[Read more]

I’m on the LAST episode of OITNB and can there be any justice for Danielle Brookes. This show isn’t what it was, but each season she just gets better and better.

I do think the streaming services should be submitting to the Emmy’s but I think Disney+ will do the same as Netflix and go with the Oscars.

Also, Camila / Shawn going number one is good for their Pop Duo or Group Performance nomination and maybe even Record or Song. Lizzo should hopefully take the crown if Señorita doesn’t build more than Truth Hurts is likely to this week. Taylor will also get higher on the charts with both Calm Down and Lover.

I’m surprised Lizzo didn’t get on SNL in the first few weeks too, but Billie and Taylor being the first two is great for SNL ratings, but perfect timing for nominations. Billie will push her latest single, All the Good Girls… and probably push Bad Guy as well. Taylor will ensure she’s not a one to two week era and push her latest single.

There’s not a lot of TV movies being released. This time last year we knew about My Dinner with Hervé, King Lear and Brexit. We knew Deadwood was likely and Bandersnatch was the only surprise. This year we have Transparent The Musical Finale if it’s long enough, I read it’s feature length, so I’m assuming it’s over 75 minutes. There was an HBO…[Read more]

What a great year for pop. Taylor, Ariana, Billie, Jonas Bros, Maggie. I’d love to see those as the pop album nominees.

I love Juice, but Truth Hurts is her best chance right now for general fields. If it’s Juice, I don’t see her winning anything. It’ll be tough for Truth Hurts to win in Record (it’s most likely category), where it’s hip-hop, but people love that song. She’ll submit Juice somewhere, but Truth Hurts should be for general.

Lizzo is doing everything right and now even Good as Hell cracked the top 10 on iTunes with Juice in the top 20 and Truth Hurts at number 1. I’d love to see Good as Hell climb the charts and Juice get a new peak. Good as Hell will have to crack the top 50 on Billboard to be added to the chart though. With the Today Show appearance, remixes and…[Read more]

We’re getting some great music videos in the last couple of weeks.

Missy Elliott – Throw it Back
Normani – Motivation
Taylor Swift – Lover
Lana Del Rey – **** it I Love You…The Greatest

For new music Friday:

I said enough about Taylor and I’m mostly a fan of the album.

Missy’s new EP isn’t going to be a game changer, but the Throw it Back…[Read more]

Lover
I Think He Knows
The Man
Cruel Summer
Paper Rings

Those would be my top five after a few listens.

If she edited 3-5 songs out in the back half, Lover would be her best for me. I love an album the comes in at around 13 tracks. There are some great pop gems on there. It’s mature without losing its playfulness. I’m not loving ME! can Calm Down’s inclusion. There’s a few too many sleepier tracks at the end too, so maybe remove tracks 12-16. The…[Read more]