21 is, in my opinion, the only time in the 2010s they gave it to what was clearly the best album nominated, but Golden Hour is my favorite of the decade’s winners, although you could make a strong case for Dirty Computer being deserving.

I’ll go with Kacey though because at least that wasn’t as glaringly obvious as Adele winning.

For the millionth time, Roddy is not eligible for Best New Artist. He’s already a Grammy winner.

Melodic. The chorus and Roddy’s verse are basically sung.

Pop Solo Performance
Someone Like You
Hello
Truth Hurts
Thinking Out Loud
Joanne
Set Fire to the Rain (Live)
Royals
Shape of You
Happy (Live)

(Happy and SFTTR would be ranked higher for their original versions)

Pop Duo/Group Performance
Shallow
Get Lucky
Feel It Still
Stressed Out
Uptown Funk
Somebody That I Used to Know
Body and Soul
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“Numb/Encore” and “Yeah”, sweeties…

Yeah!
Umbrella
Empire State of Mind
Numb/Encore
All of the Lights
Let Me Blow Ya Mind
These Walls
Crazy in Love
Dilemma
Run This Town
Hotline Bling
Holy Grail
My Love
Higher
The Monster
LOYALTY.
No Church in the Wild
American Boy
This Is America

Yes, but Babel was bigger. It also had a pop crossover hit unlike El Camino.

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.

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Mumford & Sons’ first album was a sleeper smash and Babel was an instant blockbuster. They were huge in the early 2010s. It really wasn’t a surprise win at all.

“Old Town Road” was nominated in 3 tech categories at the VMAs including Best Direction, which it won. Let’s see what this year’s nominations in those categories look like before we start throwing around ideas for mainstream candidates. The Grammys like to look at actual technical achievements for music video nominees, not just rubber-stamp the…[Read more]

No, it doesn’t prove your point, because his past nominations in those mainline categories shows they don’t have a problem with ex-boy band members. Obviously they shut Justin out for other reasons – they wouldn’t randomly decide to shut him out for being a former boy bander when they had already given him nominations in those categories.

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Prior to that year, Justin had 2 AOTY nominations and 3 ROTY nominations, one of which was with NSYNC, so that’s a really bad example.

She has the potential to receive 6+ nominations between “The Bones” and the Highwomen album, and they might want to make it up to her after last year’s snub. I feel like she’s being very underestimated.

This category recognizes excellence in albums of progressive vocal tracks derivative of R&B. This category is intended for artists whose music includes the more progressive elements of R&B and may include samples and elements of hip-hop, rap, dance, and electronic music. It may also incorporate production elements found in pop, euro-pop, country,…

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The Dixie Chicks are no more, so count them out of this year’s Grammys.

A new group called The Chicks could be in the cards for nominations, though.

He may have, but he clearly was ruled ineligible because he didn’t make the ballot.

No he wasn’t

So… she didn’t have the biggest album? Common sense is severely lacking.

I don’t believe anyone ever called him the frontrunner to win.

Nevertheless, it’s odd that you would consider the artist with the biggest album of the eligibility window “filler.”