StrawberryBlond 14,862 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Choices were really random this year, much more so than usual. A lot of choices I'd never heard of either. But snubs are so predictable at this point that I'm not even shocked. But it does astound me how Justin has been accepted by the academy so much recently despite never being a Grammy darling previously. He sold great back in the day, so it's not like his current popularity is the reason why he's getting nominated when he wasn't before. His music has hardly improved enough to warrant anything. 3 hours ago, Anastasia said: Led Zeppelin has never even won a Grammy, terrible award show tbh. I find every year its like they have no clue what music was actually released and are just picking at random I've said for a while now that the nominations appear to be based on what's the most popular but the actual winners are decided on artistic merit. I remember reading an article all about how the nominations are decided and how it was basically confirmed that a lot of the voters just go for the one they've heard of, which is especially true for not-so-popular genres. You'd struggle to hear of any name you recognise there, so if you see a name you do, go for it. There have been rumours for years that the majority of voters don't even listen to all the albums that are nominated, just picking the one that they listened to, good or bad. Membership is for life, so there's a lot of much older voters who really aren't up to speed with modern music, so if someone young is very popular, they'll have heard of them and think: "If the public like them, they must be good, so I'll just go for them because I sure haven't heard of any of the other names so don't have a verdict on how good they are." There are younger ones coming up to replace the ones who are dying off but I still don't know if it's making much of a dent, judging by the weird selection we continue to get that represent someone throwing darts at a dartboard of song covers blindfolded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0ne 13,105 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 8 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said: Choices were really random this year, much more so than usual. A lot of choices I'd never heard of either. But snubs are so predictable at this point that I'm not even shocked. But it does astound me how Justin has been accepted by the academy so much recently despite never being a Grammy darling previously. He sold great back in the day, so it's not like his current popularity is the reason why he's getting nominated when he wasn't before. His music has hardly improved enough to warrant anything. I'm surprised many users on here were shocked by his nominations. I mean Baby and Love Yourself, don't sound like the same artist. His music has improved greatly. I'm a casual Justin Bieber fan at best, but production on Purpose is very great and his vocals have gotten better. He's hardly the most overrated Artist nominated this year, especially when it comes to AOTY. "My people… need to let our bitchiness out. Otherwise, it turns to bile and poisons us" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GANJA 167 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 13 minutes ago, lilmonster93 said: I'm surprised many users on here were shocked by his nominations. I mean Baby and Love Yourself, don't sound like the same artist. His music has improved greatly. I'm a casual Justin Bieber fan at best, but production on Purpose is very great and his vocals have gotten better. He's hardly the most overrated Artist nominated this year, especially when it comes to AOTY. Of course he is. Blackstar and A Moon Shaped Pool not getting an AOTY nomination is sacrilege, especially when Drake, Adele, and specially Justin Bieber got one. Also, Vulnicura by Bjork. The Grammys are ****. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0ne 13,105 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 1 minute ago, GANJA said: Of course he is. Blackstar and A Moon Shaped Pool not getting an AOTY nomination is sacrilege, especially when Drake, Adele, and specially Justin Bieber got one. Also, Vulnicura by Bjork. The Grammys are ****. Yeah they are ****. Can't say anything about those 3 albums, because I haven't listened to them. Though Vulnicura was eligible for this year's Grammys, not 2017. But again, out of everything that got nominated this year, especially in the AOTY, Purpose/Justin Bieber is far from being the most overrated. "My people… need to let our bitchiness out. Otherwise, it turns to bile and poisons us" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
donutellha 13,819 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The choices seemed like they looked at the charts for 5 minutes There's some good ones and the rest are misc and odd choices for something prestigious It's not the VMAs Walk down the runway but don't puke, it's okay. You just had 10 donuts today. Without frosting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumblr 1,846 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Ariana deserved more. Let Me Love You ft. Lil Wayne could've should've been submitted for Best duo/group. Shawn deserved SOMETHING. Even a minuscule award like music video. ANTi deserved an AOTY award over Purpose and Views Mariah - Ariana - Rihanna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeka 12,372 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I can't really stand the Grammy's anymore. Not only have the performances and themes been a little lackluster, inbetween the hosts making awful banter and jokes they try to shove every charity and good will humanity program into your face. I'm a good person, but I honestly cannot watch the grammy's because i kind of get sick of all the charity crap that's thrown in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzo 9,639 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I really hope they don't snub Joanne next year she musT win AOTY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenli 826 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 36 minutes ago, donutellha said: The choices seemed like they looked at the charts for 5 minutes There's some good ones and the rest are misc and odd choices for something prestigious It's not the VMAs True, but it becomes more and more of a joke every year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDGA 1,260 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The Grammys for me have just become as relevant as the Kids Choice Award. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nono 3,576 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I wish adele takes it all from queen B livin for that moment tbh slay 25 >>>>>> Lemonade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwings 12,885 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 One thing that has always annoyed me about the Grammys (which I've been keeping up with since Madonna's Ray of Light) is that there always seems to be a few huge random snubs every year -- and more than usual in recent years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexanderLevi2 5,849 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 When will people learn that the Grammys are nothing more than rich people praising rich people Don't take them too seriously. Currently listening to Joanne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artpoprebellion 325 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Well, Perfect Illusion should've snagged a nomination. Also, The 1975. Like wtf, their album was one of my favorites. Also, why are The Chainsmokers and Chance the Rapper considered "new" artists? At least TØP got 5 nominations. The ones for Stressed Out don't make sense though, that song was released in 2015. Messy, messy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggyZiggs 30,062 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 14 hours ago, TropicOfCANCER said: probably wasn't eligible for this year. didn't it only come out a few weeks ago? It was released on 30th September and is eligible, I mean was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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