TwiliteKid said:

Nominations are in: zero for Prince. I hate to say I told ya so...

Not entirely true. Hit N Run Phase 2 is nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

The USA TODAY article I read about this nomination said 4EVER sold 8,000 units in two days. That's it. I don't know about streaming or other sources, but only 8,000.

Bowie got snubbed too

http://ultimateclassicroc...e-snubbed/

GustavoRibas said:

Bowie got snubbed too

http://ultimateclassicroc...e-snubbed/

Proves the Grammys are meaningless now and should never be talked about again.

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It's still my favorite album of the year.

Yes it was nominated for Best Engineered Album.

GustavoRibas said:

Bowie got snubbed too

http://ultimateclassicroc...e-snubbed/

Bowie got nominated several times.

It appears the USA Today agrees with some of us. While Prince was here we would compare him to himself, so when he put out an album like Phase 2 I think the consensus was that it was a very solid album, but not in his Top 5, which is fair. But, Prince is not here any more and there is no question that anything that he did is better than Beyonce, Bieber, Drake, etc. I mean seriously.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/12/06/have-grammys-already-forgotten-prince/95031968/

GustavoRibas said:

Bowie got snubbed too

http://ultimateclassicroc...e-snubbed/

Bowie - Blackstar

Best engineered Album

Best Recording Package

Best Rock Performance

Best Rock Song

Best Alternative Music Album.

ARock said:

TwiliteKid said:

Nominations are in: zero for Prince. I hate to say I told ya so...

Not entirely true. Hit N Run Phase 2 is nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

A technical award. Not what the dreamers here were hoping for.

PennyPurple said:

GustavoRibas said:

Bowie got snubbed too

http://ultimateclassicroc...e-snubbed/

Bowie got nominated several times.

I'm sure Gustavo is talking about the Album of the year category only. Bieber over Bowie really?

Album Of The Year: Metacrictic score

25 — Adele 75
Lemonade — Beyoncé -92
Purpose — Justin Bieber - 63
Views — Drake -69
A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson -86

Not even listed for album of the year

Bowie Blackstar- 87

Prince Phase 2 -63

So explain the reason for Bowie's album not making it?

Blackstar rates higher than 4 of those albums, so proves grammys is BS.

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Phase 1 was better than Phase 2, honestly and imho......

I was one of the harshest critics of Phase 1, but even Phase 1 is better than anything out there now. No one can make a song like Hardrock Lover, June or 1000 hugs and kisses.

endiadj said:

Face it, Prince was never beloved, probably barely respected by the industry, it seems despite his outrageous talent.

True. I think the artist and music fans loved him but not the industry.

TwiliteKid said:

TwiliteKid said:

ARock said:

Not entirely true. Hit N Run Phase 2 is nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

A technical award. Not what the dreamers here were hoping for.

True. Fair enough.

Guitarhero said:

PennyPurple said:

The most you will see of Prince at the Grammys is either in the "In Memoriam" segment or a dedicated tribute. Other than that, zilch unless some performer gets up there and talks about him.

1Sasha said:

The most you will see of Prince at the Grammys is either in the "In Memoriam" segment or a dedicated tribute. Other than that, zilch unless some performer gets up there and talks about him.

I'll bet he gets this year's lifetime achievement award, which is usually announced closer to the ceremony.

1Sasha said:

I hate to say it but I think Beyonce will sweep everything with "Lemonade." Rolling Stone named it the best album of the year, the Grammys will follow. Makes me sick, but that's the way it is.

I know, I've had about enough of Queen Bey.

donnyenglish said:

gandorb said:

Yes, it should b. I believe the cutoff date is November of the prior year, so Prince released HnR2 in December (2015) should qualify.

Okay. Then no way he doesnt win album of the yeae. Black Muse, Stare, Revelation, Baltimore, etc. Nothing else comes close.

I am in total aggreement. Screwdriver, Groovy Potential, 2 young 2 Dare? I even went out of my way to buy the album on vinyl because I love it so much. I can play it all the way through without stopping. As well, I feel the critics were looking for something more "up to date" like Art Offcial Age without actually listening to this album as an organic album with all around good tunes with not only catchy choruses but solid foundations. Albeit some have been released already to the hardcore fans but to someone who didnt know before it was a very good release imo. One of the best releases of the 2010 + era. Id put it right under Art Official Age actually even though I listen to this album more than that one.

TrivialPursuit said:

rogifan said:

Toofunkyinhere said: I doubt either of them will win much of anything.

★ is so perfectly Bowie. Progressive, yet familiar, and equally weird and off beat.

Sia, The 1975, Iggy Pop, Gwen Stefani, Esperanza Spalding, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, Bob Mould, Pet Shop Boys, Mayer Hawthorne, Beyonce, Sixx A.M., Cyndi Lauper, Ariana Grande, Fitz and the Tantrums, Garbage, Maxwell, Frank Ocean, De La Soul, Green Day, Loretta Lynn, Sting, A Tribe Called Quest, Bruno Mars, DNCE, Garth Brooks, Rumer, and more have released great and/or notable albums this year. And a vast majority out weight Phase 2.

Those were some good albums that had more of a public view and promotion gotta admit. Bruno Mars and Bowie especially.

Prince didnt have any promo really of Hit N Run 1 or 2, there should have been some type of videos for either one but still.