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  • There Were Some Massive Snubs In The 2018 Grammy Award Nominations

    29 Nov 2017 by Jasmine Stone in Celebrities, Entertainment, Grammy Awards, Music
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    Taylor Swift seems to write a song about every breakup she goes through and celeb she beefs with, so maybe she’s penning an angry Grammy-themed song right now.

    By she I mean her writing team and PR specialists, because we all know she doesn’t write her own songs.

    Swift and Ed Sheeran are two of the more high-profile snubs from this year’s Grammy nominations. Ed did get a nod in the best pop vocal album category (alongside Coldplay, so you know they’re scraping the barrel), as well as best pop solo performance, but he usually fairs much better.

    Taylor’s lone nod came in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category.

    We’ll get to the full list of nominees soon enough, but for now here’s Rolling Stone with a few things we learned:

    Grammy voters finally paid attention to streaming numbers.

    The most prestigious Grammy categories (Song/Record/Album of the Year) were dominated by streaming success stories, whether it was Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” (over 4 billion views on YouTube) or Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” (338 million streams on Spotify).

    Pop suffered.

    Though Katy Perry has earned a Grammy nomination in at least one category for every album since One of the Boys, Witness received none. Jack Antonoff, who produced for Lorde, Pink, Swift, Fifth Harmony and more, was not nominated in the Producer of the Year category. Neither was Max Martin (2015 winner, 2017 nominee, credited this year on albums by Swift and Katy Perry) or Jeff Bhasker (2016 winner, 2013 nominee, credited this year on albums by Harry Styles and Perry).

    The Academy nominated four minority performers for Album of the Year, tying a record.

    The Album of the Year contenders this year include Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Bruno Mars and Childish Gambino…

    A big part of the shift this year is due to a change in the reception of R&B.

    Grammy voters still love Jay-Z.

    Jay-Z has 21 Grammys to date, a figure that ties him for seventh on the list of most Grammy wins of all time. He leads the field at the 2018 Grammys with eight nominations.

    So Grammy voters love him and Beyoncé loves him? Sheesh bud, give it a rest.

    Right, let’s get stuck into that list of nominees we promised earlier.

    This via the Guardian – come on, Portugal. The Man.

    Album of the year

    Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino
    4:44 – Jay-Z
    Damn – Kendrick Lamar
    Melodrama – Lorde
    24K Magic – Bruno Mars

    Record of the year

    Redbone – Childish Gambino
    Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
    The Story of OJ – Jay-Z
    Humble. – Kendrick Lamar
    24K Magic – Bruno Mars

    Song of the year

    Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
    4:44 – Jay-Z
    Issues – Julia Michaels
    1-800-273-8255 – Logic feat Alessia Cara and Khalid
    That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

    New artist

    Alessia Cara
    Khalid
    Lil Uzi Vert
    Julia Michaels
    SZA

    Pop solo performance

    Love So Soft – Kelly Clarkson
    Praying – Kesha
    Million Reasons – Lady Gaga
    What About Us – Pink
    Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

    Pop duo/group performance

    Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
    Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
    Thunder – Imagine Dragons
    Feel It Still – Portugal The Man
    Stay – Zedd & Alessia Cara

    Traditional pop vocal album

    Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version) – Michael Bublé
    Triplicate – Bob Dylan
    In Full Swing – Seth MacFarlane
    Wonderland – Sarah McLachlan
    Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 – Various Artists

    Pop vocal album

    Kaleidoscope EP – Coldplay
    Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey
    Evolve – Imagine Dragons
    Rainbow – Kesha
    Joanne – Lady Gaga
    ÷ (Divide) – Ed Sheeran

    Dance recording

    Bambro Koyo Ganda – Bonobo feat Innov Gnawa
    Cola – Camelphat and Elderbrook
    Andromeda – Gorillaz feat Dram
    Tonite – LCD Soundsystem
    Line of Sight – Odesza feat Wynne and Mansionair

    Dance/electronic album

    Migration – Bonobo
    3-D the Catalogue – Kraftwerk
    Mura Masa – Mura Masa
    A Moment Apart – Odesza
    What Now – Sylvan Esso

    Rock performance

    You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen
    The Promise – Chris Cornell
    Run – Foo Fighters
    No Good – Kaleo
    Go to War – Nothing More

    Rock song

    Atlas, Rise! – Metallica
    Blood in the Cut – K.Flay
    Go to War – Nothing More
    Run – Foo Fighters
    The Stage – Avenged Sevenfold

    Rock album

    Emperor of Sand – Mastodon
    Hardwired … to Self-Destruct – Metallica
    The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Nothing More
    Villains – Queens of the Stone Age
    A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs

    R&B performance

    Get You – Daniel Caesar feat Kali Uchis
    Distraction – Kehlani
    High – Ledisi
    That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
    The Weekend – SZA

    Traditional R&B performance

    Laugh and Move on – the Baylor Project
    Redbone – Childish Gambino
    What I’m Feelin’ – Anthony Hamilton feat the Hamiltones
    All the Way – Ledisi
    Still – Mali Music

    R&B song

    First Began – PJ Morton
    Location – Khalid
    Redbone – Childish Gambino
    Supermodel – SZA
    That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

    Urban contemporary album

    Free 6lack – 6lack
    Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino
    American Teen – Khalid
    Ctrl – SZA
    Starboy – the Weeknd

    R&B album

    Freudian – Daniel Caesar
    Let Love Rule – Ledisi

    24K Magic – Bruno Mars

    Gumbo – PJ Morton

    Feel the Real – Musiq Soulchild

    Rap performance

    Bounce Back – Big Sean
    Bodak Yellow – Cardi B
    4:44 – Jay-Z
    Humble – Kendrick Lamar
    Bad and Boujee – Migos feat Lil Uzi Vert

    Rap/sung performance

    Prblms – 6lack
    Crew – Goldlink feat Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy
    Family Feud – Jay-Z feat Beyoncé
    Loyalty. – Kendrick Lamar feat Rihanna
    Love Galore – SZA feat Travis Scott

    Rap song

    Bodak Yellow – Cardi B
    Chase Me – Danger Mouse feat Run the Jewels and Big Boi
    Humble – Kendrick Lamar
    Sassy – Rapsody
    The Story of OJ – Jay-Z

    Rap album

    4:44 – Jay-Z
    Damn – Kendrick Lamar
    Culture – Migos
    Laila’s Wisdom – Rapsody
    Flower Boy – Tyler, the Creator

    Country solo performance

    Body Like a Back Road – Sam Hunt
    Losing You – Alison Krauss
    Tin Man – Miranda Lambert
    I Could Use a Love Song – Maren Morris
    Either Way – Chris Stapleton

    Country album

    Cosmic Hallelujah – Kenny Chesney
    Heart Break – Lady Antebellum
    The Breaker – Little Big Town
    Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
    From a Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton

    Jazz vocal album

    The Journey – The Baylor Project
    A Social Call – Jazzmeia Horn
    Bad Ass and Blind – Raul Midón
    Porter Plays Porter – Randy Porter Trio with Nancy King
    Dreams and Daggers – Cécile McLorin Salvant

    World music album

    Memoria de los Sentidos – Vicente Amigo
    Para Mi – Buika
    Rosa Dos Ventos – Anat Cohen and Trio Brasileiro
    Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    Elwan – Tinariwen

    Producer of the year, non-classical

    Calvin Harris
    Greg Kurstin
    Blake Mills
    No ID
    The Stereotypes

    Folk album

    Mental Illness – Aimee Mann
    Semper Femina – Laura Marling
    The Queen of Hearts – Offa Rex
    You Don’t Own Me Anymore – the Secret Sisters
    The Laughing Apple – Yusuf/Cat Stevens

    [sources:rollingstone&guardian]

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