Taylor Swift has four albums that have each sold over a million copies in their first tracking week – no other artist in history has ever had more than two.
With such strange selection choices by the Academy, it only felt right to take a closer look at whether the supposedly snubbed artists this year deserved more nominations than they received.Ĭurrent Nominations: Best Pop Vocal Album But The Grammys’ loose rules on cutoff dates led to qualification despite a portion being released in 2016, including “Focus,” which picked up a nomination. Though officially released in October 2017, “H.E.R.” compiles songs from two EPs, with only six new tracks featured in the LP. (Jennifer Lin/Daily Bruin)Īnother compelling case is that of H.E.R., who’s nominated for five Grammys. Instead, artists such as Brandi Carlile – who? – earned perhaps more than they deserved, with Carlile bagging the most out of any female artist this year. The expanded number of nominees in General Field categories – Best New Artist, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Album Of The Year – makes it shocking that artists like Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Carrie Underwood, whose recent projects have garnered much attention, did not earn a single nod. The Recording Academy always receives some amount of criticism for excluding certain artists, but this year’s nominations for the Sunday show in particular begs reevaluation. In their places sat the names of others nominated for too many awards. Some Grammy Award categories increased from the traditional five nominees to eight, yet many deserving artists still didn’t make the cut. Daily Bruin staffers predicted who would take home some of the main awards (see graphics) and columnist Eli Countryman discussed the rumored snubs. The 61st Annual Grammy Awards show features many controversial nominations.
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