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February 6, 2023 at 7:03 pm #1205295095
It’s way too early for me to even start thinking about these nominations, but Midnights doesn’t stand a chance next year. It may get an AOTY nom if it’s a slow year for big, commercial albums, but “anti-hero” is going to be it’s only strength. It’s her first real hit in years, and I don’t see any of the remaining songs on Midnights doing better than it as a single.
Hopefully it’s a slow year in pop and Ava Max manages something. Diamonds and Dancefloors is so fun. If she squeaks out 1 huge hit and maybe a moderate hit or two from it, it’s not impossible.
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February 6, 2023 at 10:14 am #1205294340Biggest takeaways:
- The definition of a “grammy darling” is becoming less and less relevant. Adele (and to a lesser extent in recent memory, Billie) were both deemed Grammy Darlings, unbeatable, etc., and the last two years saw them both severely underperform. I got called delusional/etc. for saying that Adele needed an undeniable album to win again this year, but clearly that was the case.
- After the last two years, I’m ready to confidently proclaim that trends/voting history/patterns/etc. are also becoming less relevant. If someone here had predicted a ROTY/SOTY split, a Pop Solo/ROTY split, Harry winning AOTY w/ nothing for As It Was, etc. they would have been genuinely ran off this site and called delusional. Now that results are being decided without a committee, we’re seeing a lot more left-field, unpredictable wins, because in reality voters are not sitting with their ballots for hours dwelling on the politics of it all, and are likely simply just voting for the songs/albums/artists/etc. that they’d like to see win.
- AOTY as a category is just getting safer and safer. It’s insane, but Billie’s win will probably be the most “scandalous” album (lol) that we’ll see win for a while. Harry, Jon Batiste, Kacey, and even Folklore were all extremely safe, extremely palatable, extremely
whitewinners that appealed to voters on a wide scale. (I know Jon Batiste isn’t white, but that album was, lol.) Bey’s album was clearly the most well-made of this bunch, but I clearly had too much faith in voters for thinking that they’d have the patience to sit through an album that was so openly celebrating Black, queer culture.
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February 5, 2023 at 6:32 pm #1205290774there is no way this man beat Adele in a VOCAL category, heeeelp
It is not and has never been a category about vocals. They really need to rename it bc this take is regurgitated every year.
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February 5, 2023 at 5:35 pm #1205290168Let’s not be hasty. Adele could still pull a folklore.
Let’s not be hasty. Adele could still pull a folklore.
30 is a much different animal than Folklore. If she was gonna win AOTY, she’d be winning at least Pop Vocal Album. The Pop voters have always supported Adele, but they’ve been lukewarm to Taylor.
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February 3, 2023 at 4:04 pm #1205283049The swifties wouldn’t stand for an Adele win, blah blah blah blah. The swifties: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0tGLg8ZQ7aL4XTfj4oQRHArqhzkp9sJXQPHNYC5KZUYCQTMDJwubgHyf5zGzBTHpJl&id=100044235053549&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=RUbZ1f
Literally. Swifties are notoriously problematic when it comes to supporting other artists, but especially Black artists, so I don’t know where this narrative that Swifties are dick-riding for Beyoncé just so Adele loses is coming from.
Who tf cares if Adele ties Taylor’s record, she can just win another one like what 😭
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February 3, 2023 at 4:02 pm #1205283043Yeah next year they won’t care when a black female (SZA) loses AOTY with a more acclaimed album (SOS) and they will push for a 4th AOTY win for Taylor Swift.
If you’re talking about me (assuming you are), I can promise you now that S.O.S should absolutely wipe Midnights with ease next year. The quality of those 2 albums isn’t even comparable. Shocking to most of you here, but you can ride for an artist and also be objective when they make work that doesn’t meet the standard they’ve set for themselves. (Hence why Renaissance, which is Beyoncé operating at an insanely high caliber, should take this over 30, which at best is Adele regurgitating the same album she already won twice for.)
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February 3, 2023 at 11:12 am #1205282594Are we gonna keep pretending Folklore didn’t win AOTY cuz it was set up to or are we finally gonna admit the truth? Taylor’s lucky the BRP erased Fiona, Harry, Gaga etc from the category getting her those votes, and they could have easily got Abel nominated in the GF despite no pop support but they decided to nominate a bunch of white non factors to fill the category and get her that easy win, otherwise she would have probably ended up losing that category like she did with all of her other categories As for Beyoncé, she should have won in 2015 and specially in 2017, but not this year, but this is just my opion if she wins that would be nice despite deserving it more in other years
The Gaga sneak GOODBYE 😭
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February 3, 2023 at 11:08 am #1205282586Swifties being snobs doesn’t surprise me, but them fake-stanning Beyoncé and Renaissance does.
Renaissance was my most streamed album of last year, ahead of Midnights which deserves the 0 Grammys it will win next year bc it was one of Taylor’s worst. You’re all such losers, sometimes!
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February 3, 2023 at 11:05 am #1205282580Well the critics disagree with you because 30 has the same metacritic score of Folklore. So now 88 is lukewarm? Swifties are something else.
Did I say lukewarm compared to folklore? You’re lying to yourself if you’re gonna sit here and pretend that 30 was anything close to the cultural phenomenon that 21 and 25 were. If you wanna bring up Taylor, that would be like pretending that Lover was gonna sweep because 1989 did.
Adele is lovely and talented. I’m sure she will eventually win another AOTY plus many many more Grammys…. but not for this album, which compared to her previous work, did not have the same impact.
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February 3, 2023 at 9:01 am #1205282330The Grammys have a pattern of going for singer-songwriter records compared to dance club music. You could argue Bruno swept with a dance record with 24k magic but that has a much more classic throwback sound they love, the same with Adele. And a lot of them really do care about credits. As much as everyone keeps harping on about how they need to stop being snobby that is not the reality.
I wouldn’t call it a pattern, especially considering Billie’s first album (experimental dark-pop), 1989 (blockbuster pop record) and Random Access memories (electronic funk disco etc.) have all won in the last decade.
It’s not like Renaissance is inaccessible; Sure, it has elements of dance/house music, but it’s very much house music that’s palatable to the average listener who knows nothing about house music.
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February 3, 2023 at 8:49 am #1205282299If Brandi wins, it’s just one more underwhelming prize for an album that didn’t make any kind of impact whatsoever and no one talked about it or even will remember a year from now. And we’ll keep thinking: what would Beyoncé have to do to win? She has the sales, she has the buzz, she has the narrative, she has the hits, she has the acclaim… It looks really bad giving the award to anyone else.
Anyone but Beyoncé would be an insane, out of touch win. Renaissance was the defining album of the last year, and there’s absolutely no reason to give this award to anyone else. I remember in 2021, people here were predicting that voters would go with that obscure Jacob Collier album over Folklore, which is what this is reminiscent of. Hopefully we (people with class and good taste) come out on top again.
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February 3, 2023 at 8:00 am #1205282221Jazz – Adele Classical – Adele Rap – Kendrick R&B – Beyonce or Mary J. Country – Brandi Rock – Brandi Latin – Bad Bunny Dance/ Electronic – Beyonce Pop – Adele or Harry Americana – Brandi Its a battle between Adele & Brandi.
Breaking down which genre voters will vote for whom seems pointless always, but especially this year. It’s not like you have to vote for the artist “representing” your field. Particularly, I’m almost confident Beyoncé will take the Pop vote. (It’s not like Renaissance wouldn’t have been nominated there had it been considered a Pop album, and there are plenty of songs there that appeal to Pop sensibilities.)
Plus, Beyoncé isn’t a new or underground artist who these voters need to seek out. Just because you’re a member of the Rock/Jazz/Classical/Rap/etc. branch doesn’t mean you haven’t heard of Beyoncé, and it’s more than likely that you’ve heard Renaissance.
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February 3, 2023 at 7:57 am #1205282215Kudos to those not predicting an Adele sweep. I think we may get a repeat of 2021 (sharing the wealth)
I think anyone going into Sunday with the mindset that Adele is sweeping with a lukewarm album just because she’s Adele is being overzealous. Last time she won against Beyoncé, she practically told voters they made a mistake — and that was with a much bigger, better album than 30.
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January 29, 2023 at 5:58 am #1205273315You said “real world,” as if this is some major topic amongst friends and family, when you know damn well that it isn’t. It’s stan fodder no one cares about. Don’t act dense. And I’m not reading or responding to the rest of your essay because you’re transparent like the rest of the Swifties.
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January 28, 2023 at 7:39 pm #1205273074And you’re right. They don’t care about Beyoncé, they just don’t want Adele to tie Taylor’s 3 AOTY wins. They will celebrate even if Brandi wins.
I mean in all fairness, I think Brandi is great, her album was great, and it would make a much better AOTY winner than 30. But you guys won’t like that take, lol.
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