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Unless there’s another big collab coming out in the next few months, I can actually see BTS maybe win Pop Duo/Group Performance next year.
It’s guaranteed to become a hit and the field has been incredibly weak this year so far.

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Alryberg wrote:

When it comes to alphabetical order, are all categories sorted by the first letter of last name? Or is it only the album categories?

The song categories are sorted alphabetically by the name of the song.

Every other category is sorted alphabetically by the name of the artist.
If you have an “ordinary” name like Tony Bennett, you’ll appear under B.
If you have an artist name like Lady Gaga, then you’ll appear under L.

 

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cah wrote:

What are the contenders for BPVA for now? 1. Adele – 30 2. Harry Styles – Harry’s House 3. Camila Cabello – Familia 4. ? 5. ? Any upcoming release?

There’s also Ed Sheeran’s album.

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I liked Jennifer Lawrence’s nomination for Joy and don’t think that she shouldn’t have been nominated for it.
In fact, it’s probably my favorite performance of hers in the three David O. Russell movies she did.

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10 nominees is too much. Being nominated in GF loses its meaning and prestige.

In my opinion, only 5 nominations (with all chosen by popular vote) or 8 nominees (5 chosen by popular vote, 3 by BRP) would be a better option.
Giving the BRP power over all 5/8 nominees was unnecessary, yes, but more often than not, they still managed to highlight some really special albums/songs that otherwise would’ve never managed to show up, so I wouldn’t be opposed to having them back in a limited function.

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Anthagiox wrote:

I wonder if Taylor is going to change her sound yet again so she can try to win more Grammys

I’m sure that as a fan of Lady Gaga, who jumped from EDM to Jazz to rock-/country-ish pop to Dance-Pop to Jazz again, you’d have first hand experience with someone changing up their sound “to win more Grammys” (since that’s the reason you think anyone changes up their sound).

Anthagiox wrote:

She’s the true “desperate for Grammys” popstar.

Sure, Taylor Swift wants to win Grammys, but are we going to pretend now that Lady Gaga is any less desperate for Grammys?

In 2020, wasn’t she the one who covered Billboard’s Grammys Preview Issue that was mailed to every. single. voter. and had a CBS interview shortly before first round voting opened?
Or just last year, weren’t the cassettes for Love For Sale strategically released one day before the album’s scheduled release, with the sole intention of making the album eligible for this year’s Grammys, because she had a massive campaign (CBS special, MTV Unplugged, constant HDD ads during voting) prepared?

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One step closer to Lady Gaga becoming an AOTY winner.

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Pop Album is in the main telecast apparently.

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I wish we had gotten more secret ballots like at the Oscars. Those are always entertaining.

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M wrote:

If BPDGP is televised and Best Pop Album is not = Olivia probably sweeping

Or BNA is the only televised speech Olivia Rodrigo gives during the live show, since she locked to win that one (and if she doesn’t it’ll be the biggest upset moment ever)

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Fiona Apple deserved to be nominated for AOTY.

It or Future Nostalgia also should have won.

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Alternative voters can also go for Billie, so evermore wouldn’t be their only choice.

As for country voters, sure evermore could get their votes, but country voters haven’t liked Taylor for some years now and their size and prominence is probably overestimated, seeing as how Chris Stapleton, country music’s big horse this year, couldn’t get any nominations in AOTY/ROTY/SOTY on a straight vote.

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I agree with the sentiment that 10 nominees are far too many. If we only had 1 top category akin to Best Picture at the Oscars, then sure, have 10 nominees.
But with 4 top categories and 10 nominees for each, it adds up to a whopping 40 nominations, and by that point being nominated in the GF really loses any of its prestige. And instead of an actually competitive race, you end up with half the categories being clear filler.

What I’d really want the Grammys to change however is that alphabetical ranking of the first round voting based on the artists names. It’s so obvious based on this years nominees that artists appearing on the top of the ballots have an immense benefit over those at the bottom. And it’s always the same artists benefiting from it year after year.

I don’t know why it’s so hard for them to simply just rank the ballots in alphabetical order based on the name of the actually competing work (outside of the few person-specific categories like BNA or POTY).
Just compare ROTY and SOTY. 6 of the 10 ROTY nominees appeared on the ballots under a, b or c, while SOTY is more spread out across the entire alphabet.

Of course with so many submissions every year, it’ll never be completely fair, but I’d say a dynamic ballot focusing on the songs/albums and changes annually would be a better solution than a stagnant ballot highlighting the same artists every year.

Also I’d bring back the 33% (or some sort of minimum involvement rule) for AOTY, because in my opinion it’s kinda ridiculous that you can win a Grammy for AOTY just by being a 30 seconds feature on one song.

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Joyce has uploaded her predictions and she’s also predicting AOTY and ROTY for Gaga and Tony.

Tomorrow will be their big day

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Feeling pretty confident that this will be Lady Gaga’s big night.

I see her serving the look of the night, serve an outstanding performance with the best vocals of the night and ultimately winning 4 Grammys, including ROTY & AOTY.