What was up with the 2012 Grammy Submissions?

[27monster27 13,536]

39 minutes ago, Steve Nasty said:

I will never forgive them for not submitting her best song, The Edge of Glory 

The climate back then was really weird, people were getting sick of her. She was overexposed and I think she only had 1 nomination, and didn't expect to win over Adele.

 

I should also add that in the Oprah documentary she stated that she wanted to take a significant amount of time in early 2012 to focus on herself as well as her music, in this case ARTPOP.

[ImTired 3,955]

4 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

I should also add that in the Oprah documentary she stated that she wanted to take a significant amount of time in early 2012 to focus on herself as well as her music, in this case ARTPOP.

What ARTPOP would have been if she hadn't broke her hip... 

[James Gibson 3,519]

The label focused on Yoü and I to push through the pop categories and the general field (and it got nominated for best pop solo performance). I believe they did that cause Y&I is more of a mature sonf from Gaga that was written by herself and was really acclaimed at the time. However over the years it became less remembered than Born This Way (it should have been submitted and could have been nominated in SOTY) and even The Edge of Glory. It felt fair at the time, but doesn't seem too fit now.

Judas case is interesting, though. It was originally submitted in Best Dance Recording (so the label could reap as many nominations as possible). However the Grammys changed the rules for the Dance categories and excluded popstars from contending there so there could be more space to DJs and less known EDM artists. Then Judas was moved to the pop categorie and created this weird scenario where less successful singles were the submissions and the most famous and iconic ones weren't cited.

But in any case, that ceremony was a sad night for Little Monsters and I believe the first time Gaga wasn't the headline of a big thing. It was kinda her first big non-event since she also didn't perform nor walked through the red carpet.

[Thomas P 18,479]

Look at ARTPOP’s submissions, they clearly didn’t know what they were doing for years 

[ARTPOPRS 1,431]

1 hour ago, 27monster27 said:

The GP will definitely have a good perception of LG6. C2C, Joanne, and ASIB have done wonders for her career. LG6 will definitely get praise. Something tells me that we will get a #1 single off of LG6, and something else is telling me that I am not being very delusional this time.

Let’s just hope she doesn’t release when Beyoncé, Taylor, Rihanna, etc. are or we’ll get another BR situation at #2.

[Miel 15,009]

I always gawk at the lack of TEOG in any of the nominations.

Of all of her albums, BTW deserved at least  one Grammy. Pop masterpiece.

[Wet Fire 7,766]

There was a rumour that she won't submit TEOG or BTW because because she considered them to be above these competitions.

 

If these two songs were submitted they would obviously garner nominations lol. That year, she was too powerful. (Though it was Adele's year) Getting ROTY or/and SOTY was not that much of a difficult thing for BTW. It became an instant anthem.

[Wet Fire 7,766]

9 minutes ago, Miel said:

I always gawk at the lack of TEOG in any of the nominations.

Of all of her albums, BTW deserved at least  one Grammy. Pop masterpiece.

So true. It spoke to so many people who felt like freaks, misfits and outcasts. It had a pop-political relevance that is not found in many albums. Plus, the music was great.

[27monster27 13,536]

5 hours ago, Wet Fire said:

There was a rumour that she won't submit TEOG or BTW because because she considered them to be above these competitions.

 

If these two songs were submitted they would obviously garner nominations lol. That year, she was too powerful. (Though it was Adele's year) Getting ROTY or/and SOTY was not that much of a difficult thing for BTW. It became an instant anthem.

I heard a rumor once that Troy Carter purposefully submitted Y&I and Judas over TEOG and BTW as some way of getting back at Lady Gaga. For what exactly? The only thing that I could possibly think of was BTWs success waning because success and money are all that Troy Carter really cared about. 

[Miracle 14,068]

12 hours ago, KatieJudasGaga4 said:

Not many songs can do that...

And tbh, the production of Judas was better than any single from BTW imo, maybe TEOG would've been best to submit, but Judas has a great production.

It's a great song but yeah, in no way it's comparable to TEOG lol. And TEOG was a way bigger hit. Anyway, I don't get why she didn't sent Born This Way, one of the top 5 songs of 2011 but yeah. That was something

 

[KatieJudasGaga4 67,907]

Just now, Miracle said:

It's a great song but yeah, in no way it's comparable to TEOG lol. And TEOG was a way bigger hit. Anyway, I don't get why she didn't sent Born This Way, one of the top 5 songs of 2011 but yeah. That was something

 

I agree that she should've sent TEOG, but Judas did have a great production, but people always think they pick the most successful songs, which sometimes isn't the case. For example, "The Joke" was nominated for 2 of the MAJOR categories this year and many people don't know a lot about it. Even Joanne was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Song and it wasn't huge.

[Taide 5,789]

Thank god these messy times are over and she fired her sh*tty team for good. 

[zakariah 11,722]

troy carter rlly hated her that much huh

[Infinity Wave 7,635]

13 minutes ago, Aquarius said:

troy carter rlly hated her that much huh

But people still wine bout how Troy Carter was a better manager, mainly because she released TFM in those years and had hits and so ya know dark-ga was a product of Troy etc...

Yeah not much more to add