Much like the Chris Sale news yesterday, I was kind of busy when the news broke with the Grammy nominations so I'm a day late yet again. Of course today when I'm not subbing the internet sucks and there's nothing that major or important for me to blog. But that doesn't matter let's just dive in.
I love award shows, always have, always will. Even if I haven't kept up with the major nominees that much it's always cool to watch and see what's going on with celebs and what not. As a music guy the Grammy's are easily my favorite award show. They usually have some pretty good performances and moments. It's a lot more fun than the stuffy-ass Oscars. Lot of musicans together for night and stuff like this can happen, it's awesome. Yesterday the nominations were announced. If you still haven't seen them, don't worry you're in luck here at DOL I'm very good at copy and pasting from other websites and can give you the list and who I think is going to win.
Album Of The Year:
25 — Adele Lemonade — Beyoncé Purpose — Justin Bieber Views — Drake A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson
Absolutely loaded field here. The outcome of this will say a lot about the future of music in the eyes of the academy. I'd put my money on Adele's "25" to take home the gramaphone here.
Since it was released in late 2015 "25" was not eligible for last year's awards where I think it would've won depsite only being out for like 6 weeks at the time because it was that huge. This album is still very popular but just because it was much bigger when it first came out should not take away from the impact it had on music. I have like 12 CD's in my car right now. 9 are rock, 2 are rap and the one remaining is 25. Big Adele guy.
Record Of The Year:
"Hello" — Adele "Formation" — Beyoncé "7 Years" — Lukas Graham "Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots
People always ask what's the difference between record and song of the year. Record is for artist, producers and all other technical people that went into making a song. While song of the year is mainly about songwriter.
Again, if I know anything about the Grammys and how they work Adele will take home the award. Honestly cool with anybody except 21 Pilots because I fucking despise them.
Song Of The Year:
"Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé) "Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele) "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner) "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber) "7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham) I think a minor-upset happens here and the Biebs picks up his first major Grammy. The fact that Ed Sheeran helped write this song helps his case a lot. Everybody loves him. I really think it's a 3 song race here between Formation, Hello and Love Yourself. I think Bieber picks this up and this is the moment where he officially transcends nationally from not just a little kid anymore to a serious artist in the sense of major musical achievement.
Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini The Chainsmokers Chance The Rapper Maren Morris Anderson .Paa
I don't want to split hairs but The Chainsmokers had that "Selfie" song like 2 years ago I don't get how they can be considered new. It's not like that song was a minor hit, it made the billboard top 20. Maybe it's just because I'm out of touch with the youth these days but other than them and Chance The Rapper I've never heard of these people.
Because of that I'm going with Chance. Coloring Book was fucking huge this year.
For the rest of the awards that matter I'm just going to bold who I think will win. Not going to waste anybodies time with bluegrass or gospel.
Best Pop Vocal Album:
25 — Adele Purpose — Justin Bieber Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande Confident — Demi Lovato This Is Acting — Sia Best Pop Solo Performance: "Hello" — Adele "Hold Up" — Beyonce "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber "Piece By Piece (Idol Version)" — Kelly Clarkson "Dangerous Woman" — Ariana Grande Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Closer" — The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey "7 Years" — Lukas Graham "Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake "Cheap Thrills" — Sia Featuring Sean Paul "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots Best Rock Performance: "Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)" — Alabama Shakes "Don't Hurt Yourself" — Beyoncé Featuring Jack White "Blackstar" — David Bowie "The Sound Of Silence" — Disturbed "Heathens" — Twenty One Pilots (classic case of just giving it to the dead guy) Best Rock Song: "Blackstar" — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie) "Burn the Witch" —Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead) "Hardwired" — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica "Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots) "My Name Is Human" — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect) (boy I hope I'm wrong) Best Rock Album: California — Blink-182 Tell Me I'm Pretty — Cage The Elephant Magma — Gojira Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco Weezer — Weezer (Cage's best work yet) Best Alternative Music Album: 22, A Million — Bon Iver Blackstar — David Bowie The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead Best Rap Performance: "No Problem" — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz "Panda" —Desiigner "Pop Style" — Drake Featuring The Throne "All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared "That Part" — ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West Best Rap/Sung Performance: "Freedom" — Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar "Hotline Bling" — Drake "Broccoli" — D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty "Ultralight Beam" — Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream "Famous" — Kanye West Featuring Rihanna Best Rap Song: "All The Way Up" — Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared) "Famous" — Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Rihanna) "Hotline Bling" — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake) "No Problem" — Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz) "Ultralight Beam" — Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream) Best Rap Album: Coloring Book — Chance The Rapper And the Anonymous Nobody — De La Soul Major Key — DJ Khaled Views — Drake Blank Face LP — ScHoolboy Q The Life of Pablo — Kanye West
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