Author Topic: Grammys once again prove album sales trump all (Read 4142 times)

Phoenix Dark · « **on:** December 03, 2008, 10:08:55 PM »

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Album of the Year

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay

Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne

Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo

Raising Sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

In Rainbows
Radiohead

The Carter III, album of the year nominee

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Record of the Year

Chasing Pavements
Adele

Viva La Vida
Coldplay

Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis

Paper Planes
M.I.A

Please Read The Letter
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

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Song of the Year

# American Boy
William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)
Track from: Shine
[Atlantic/Homeschool; Publishers: Will.I.Am Music/Cherry River Music/Chrysalis Publishing/John Legend Publishing/Cherry River Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music/Larry Leron Music/Speir Music/Broke, Spoke and Gone Publishing]

# Chasing Pavements
Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)
Track from: 19
[XL Recordings/Columbia; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram Int.]

# I'm Yours
Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)
Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
[Atlantic; Publisher: Goo Eyed Music]

# Love Song
Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)
Track from: Little Voice
[Epic; Publisher: Tiny Bear Music]

# Viva La Vida
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
[Capitol Records; Publishers: Universal Music-MGB Songs]

American Boy?

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Best New ARTIST
Adele

Duffy

Jonas Brothers

Lady Antebellum

Jazmine Sullivan

Full list: http://content.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/51st_show/list.aspx

good lord

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Best Rap Album

American Gangster
Jay-Z
[Roc-A-Fella]

Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]

The Cool
Lupe Fiasco
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]

Nas
Nas
[Def Jam]

Paper Trail
T.I.
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

smh...but Lupe FTW

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:11:03 PM »

Radiohead better win to give an even bigger "fuck you" to that shitawful industry

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:11:55 PM »

not surprising, the grammys have been a waste for as long as i can remember. no reason to pay attention to them now.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:13:04 PM »

Who cares about the Grammys?

But, I'd love to see Radiohead win it after they got robbed back in 1997 for OK Computer.

littlemathletics · « **Reply #4 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:20:41 PM »

No one actually cares about the Grammys, you know.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #5 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:33:23 PM »

guaranteed win if they preform videotape with elton john on the keys, if not, fat chance.

Cheebs · « **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:39:08 PM »

Paper Planes

Positive Touch · « **Reply #7 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:48:33 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on December 03, 2008, 10:39:08 PM

Paper Planes

for real, that should totally win a grammy (even though it didn't come out in '08)

xnikki118x · « **Reply #8 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:58:29 PM »

If the Jonas Brothers win a fucking grammy I am going to be so pissed off.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #9 on:** December 03, 2008, 11:00:15 PM »

said the ardent hanson fan

Rman · « **Reply #10 on:** December 03, 2008, 11:02:54 PM »

What do you guys expect? They want ratings, so they are going nominate what's selling. They've been getting killed in the ratings for years by AMAs for not being mainstream. That's business 101.

BobbyRobby · « **Reply #11 on:** December 03, 2008, 11:08:49 PM »

i don't think i'd even go to the grammies if i was a nominated artist

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #12 on:** December 03, 2008, 11:10:02 PM »

wow, Robert Plant is still alive.

Robo · « **Reply #13 on:** December 03, 2008, 11:56:15 PM »

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Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

* Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
[Capitol Records]

* Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
[Atlantic]

* Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]

* Death Magnetic
Metallica
[Warner Bros.]

* Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

WHAT

Not Sure · « **Reply #14 on:** December 04, 2008, 12:00:02 AM »

haha

the grammys are the riaa's e3.

"hey this is our shit we worked on this year, buy it!"

c****** killed music as an art.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 04, 2008, 02:09:06 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 03, 2008, 11:10:02 PM

wow, Robert Plant is still alive.

Yeah, but that taco is holding up the Led Zeppelin reunion...

:'(

$:-\$

demi · « **Reply #16 on:** December 04, 2008, 06:08:47 AM »

Kings of Leon

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #17 on:** December 04, 2008, 08:01:55 AM »

Quote from: RoboJ on December 03, 2008, 11:56:15 PM

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Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

* Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
[Capitol Records]

* Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
[Atlantic]

* Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]

* Death Magnetic
Metallica
[Warner Bros.]

* Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

WHAT

Himu · « **Reply #18 on:** December 04, 2008, 09:12:02 AM »

lmao ahahahaha

THE CARTER III ALBUM OF THE YEAR

tiesto · « **Reply #19 on:** December 04, 2008, 09:22:07 AM »

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Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

* Harder Better Faster Stronger
Daft Punk
Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers
Track from: Alive 2007
[Virgin Records]

* Ready For The Floor
Hot Chip
Hot Chip, producers; Dan Carey, mixer
Track from: Made In The Dark
[Astralwerks/DFA]

* Just Dance
Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, mixer
[Streamline/Interscope/Kon Live]

* Give It 2 Me
Madonna
Madonna & The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Spike Stent, mixers
Track from: Hard Candy
[Warner Bros.]

* Disturbia
Rihanna
Brian Kennedy, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
[Def Jam]

* Black & Gold
Sam Sparro
Jesse Rogg & Sam Sparro, producers; Jeremy Wheatley, mixer
Track from: Sam Sparro
[Universal Republic Records]

WTF? Disturbia isn't even dance (it's R&B), and Harder Better Faster Stronger came out in 2000!

Out of all of those picks I like Black & Gold the best.

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Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
(A Remixer's Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)

* Closer (StoneBridge Radio Edit)
StoneBridge, remixer (Ne-Yo)
[Def Jam]

* Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
Justice, remixers (MGMT)
Track from: Oracular Spectacular
[Columbia]

* 4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix)
Junkie XL, remixer (Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake)
[Warner Bros.]

* Just Fine (Moto Blanco Remix)
Moto Blanco, remixers (Mary J. Blige)
Track from: Growing Pains
[Geffen]

* The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)
Deadmau5, remixer (Morgan Page Featuring Lissie)
Track from: Elevate
[Nettwerk]

The Longest Road is a great song though...

Tauntaun · « **Reply #20 on:** December 04, 2008, 09:30:52 AM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on December 04, 2008, 12:11:52 AM

Well, Death Magnetic and Consolers of the Lonely are both fantastic albums, so that's good. Is In Rainbows not considered rock?

Does not compute.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #21 on:** December 04, 2008, 09:54:08 AM »

The Grammys are already shit. Don't expect Radiohead to win shit.

And you heard it hear first: I know there are several categories where both Death Cab and Radiohead are nominated. Radiohead should win every category. They had the better album this past year. Narrow Stairs is somewhat good (by that I mean only three or four tracks) but

IN RAINBOWS

Honestly, every year Radiohead doesn't win is just more proof to me that Radiohead is an amazing band. I mean, for a band to not sell out shitloads of albums and continue to be nominated for Album of the Year is an achievement in itself, considering that the Grammys are a fucking shithole of mediocrity.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #22 on:** December 04, 2008, 10:35:25 AM »

An awards show for mediocre to poor music. smh

Best album of the year should be renamed to "Least Shittiest".

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #23 on:** December 04, 2008, 10:37:59 AM »

But In Rainbows is not shitty

Also, I'm pretty sure the Beatles and Dylan never won proper Grammys until later in their careers. Fuck, I tink the only thing the Beatles won for was Love, which was a remix album.

demi · « **Reply #24 on:** December 04, 2008, 10:50:57 AM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on December 04, 2008, 10:35:25 AM

An awards show for mediocre to poor music. smh

Best album of the year should be renamed to "Least Shittiest".

Kings of Leon

Brehvolution · « **Reply #25 on:** December 04, 2008, 11:09:06 AM »

And the grammy for best metal album goes to...........

Jethro Tull

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #26 on:** December 04, 2008, 11:43:55 AM »

If Tha Carter III wins either best album or best rap album, I will cry myself to sleep and probably never buy an album again, ever.

hyp · « **Reply #27 on:** December 04, 2008, 12:24:38 PM »

it's a good grammys when kanye's name doesn't show up. still terrible though. needs more ODB

hyp · « **Reply #28 on:** December 04, 2008, 12:25:37 PM »

Quote from: ch1nchilla on December 04, 2008, 11:43:55 AM

If Tha Carter III wins either best album or best rap album, I will cry myself to sleep and probably never buy an album again, ever.

foreal.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #29 on:** February 02, 2009, 11:08:32 PM »

Had to bump this. Rolling Stone had some "experts" pick who should win the various big awards and...yea

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PATRICK STUMP In 20 years, Lil Wayne is one of those people we'll remember. If there was any album that defined the year, it was his.

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PATRICK STUMP "Viva la Vida" should win because you know you've struck a nerve when you make Joe Satriani accuse you of stealing his song. Coldplay naturally has melodies you recognize immediately.

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GIRL TALK Tha Carter III is going to be considered a classic from this decade, and Lil Wayne cultivated something else outside of music with it by being such a rock star.

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NICK JONAS There are so many singles on Paper Trail — it's one of those albums where every song is great. And I like how T.I.'s captured being able to put meaningful things into his lyrics.

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PATRICK STUMP Will.i.am doesn't get enough credit, but he's a sophisticated producer. The chord changes on "American Boy" are pure class.

(chosen over fucking Danger Mouse)
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25569018/and_the_winner_is_grammy_faceoff_09

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #30 on:** February 02, 2009, 11:10:51 PM »

The Grammys have become totally irrelevant. Watch out, though - the Oscars are not too far behind!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #31 on:** February 02, 2009, 11:39:11 PM »

I know in 20 years I'm still going to be talking about Lil Wayne.

tiesto · « **Reply #32 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:31:42 AM »

I've always thought common consensus was that Lil Wayne was a mediocre rapper with an annoying voice, and that the only reason he's popular nowadays is because the rest of rap is in such a dire state.

Bacchus7 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 03, 2009, 11:21:01 AM »

How the fuck is Santogold not up for Best New Artist?

Third · « **Reply #34 on:** February 03, 2009, 10:23:28 PM »

Is the Kings of Leon album worth listening? Sex on fire and Use somebody are pretty good imo.

Lil wayne is just trash.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #35 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:03:38 AM »

Quote from: First on February 03, 2009, 10:23:28 PM

Is the Kings of Leon album worth listening? Sex on fire and Use somebody are pretty good imo.

Lil wayne is just trash.

Kings of Leon bored me, I'm afraid. Only listened to it once, didn't hear anything unique enough to make me want to go back. Generic shouty choruses

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #36 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:05:02 AM »

Nuke the music industry completely and start over fresh

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #37 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:09:49 AM »

Quote from: T EXP on February 04, 2009, 01:05:02 AM

Nuke the mainstream music industry completely and start over fresh

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Author Topic: Grammys once again prove album sales trump all (Read 4142 times)