The difference is that Lana was not refined either as a performer or a songwriter when she debuted to all of that backlash. She was terrible live and her lyrical content was mostly very shallow.

Billie owes a lot to Lana, but her overall sound is very different.

Why? She didn’t have the best album in the category, and she just won last year.

Vampire Weekend would have been a dull choice. It’s one of their weakest albums, is sonically adventurous but never particularly unique, isn’t an album I’ve seen anyone show passion for, and frankly, only appeals to a niche crowd of hipsters.

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Hard disagree. Lana, Billie, H.E.R., and Ariana all had better albums.

On what planet? “Bad Guy” is leagues better than “Shape of You.”

I don’t feel like there were any glaring shutouts this year. Ariana Grande and H.E.R. lost to (mostly) stronger material. Lil Nas X won 2 more Grammys than he deserved. Lizzo walked away with 3 wins.

I’d say Lana Del Rey deserved to win both of her nominations, but she wasn’t expected to win either.

Doubt it. Billie beat Ariana everywhere else, including in another pop category. And “Thank U, Next” was about as popular as “7 Rings,” and even less fresh.

If it was just because of Finneas, she would have lost Best New Artist as well. Billie lost her one award because it was a heavily competitive race in all of the categories she was in. I doubt it was some kind of statement vote against her.

Then quit saying Lil Nas X deserved to win just because he spent X number of weeks at #1. The Grammys are about the quality of the music. Unless you felt he had the best song in the category, but I haven’t seen you say that.

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It was. But it was probably just too new. The song/movie were only 2 months old at the time of voting. And it became a much bigger hit after the Grammys.

watching M pretend to care about racism because he doesn’t like Billie Eilish is exhausting

I was reading in an article last week that Dugan had never planned to speak during the telecast, so there was likely not time to squeeze Mason in. Mason spoke at the premiere ceremony.

They’re not the Billboard Awards. They aren’t obligated to give it to the biggest hit. If they thought “Bad Guy” was the better song then it should have won the Grammy. Besides, Lil Nas X won two awards. I don’t remember you ranting like this when “Despacito” went home empty handed.

HOES MAD

Also, if you paid attention, the room went silent when Billie said Ariana deserved AOTY, vs. the applause when Adele said Beyoncé deserved her win. It just wasn’t Ariana’s year.

Lizzo. Broader appeal (genre and demographic-wise) and more momentum throughout the year.

Nope. A group of people gets in a room and decides if it’s this genre or that genre.

Case in point – “Love Lies” got no urban airplay but was slotted in R&B Performance and Song.

The screening panel has made some questionable decisions when it comes to rap. I’ll never understand how “Fancy” gets relegated to the pop field while “Don’t Phunk With My Heart,” “Hotline Bling,” and Igor are considered rap. Weird.

Tyler, the Creator was obviously excited to win his very first Grammy on Sunday night, taking home best rap album for Igor and giving a jubilant acceptance speech flanked by his sobbing mom and his Odd Future compatriot Jasper Dolphin. But minutes later, he admitted to reporters backstage that he’d love to break out of those rap or urban…

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