Prince has a nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the upcoming Grammy Awards for N.E.W.S. [NPG Records]

Here's his competition:

• Peace
Jim Brickman
[Windham Hill]

• Mambo Sinuendo
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
[Nonesuch Records]

• Wishes
Kenny G
[Arista Records]

• Night Divides The Day -The Music Of The Doors
George Winston
[RCA Victor]

Excellent Smithers, excellent! NEWS was quite good, especially track #3!

At first, I was thinking that it was nice just for Prince to get nominated. But, with this competition, Prince could actually win! Wouldn't that be something.

Where my naysayers at???

Tracks 1 and 4 are my favorites 'cause they be funkeee. Sorry haters, but this album is great, and it gets better every time I listen to it. Prince should win this category hands down...but the fools will probably give it to George Winston, even though he was playing someone else's music. Lord, please don't let Kenny G win it. That would be a slap.

Now the question is, does Prince even care? Or is he just going to chalk it up to the Digital Garden and blow off the awards? He better recognize, 'cause 2004 has the potential to be Prince's greatest victory lap EVER. Grammy Awards in February, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March, Hendrix Tribute CD in May, Purple Rain Anniversary Tour during the summer...

Everyone is lining up to bow down. If Prince doesn't make 2004 his biggest, most successful year in the public eye, he will only have himself to blame.

I'm really suprised yet proud that Prince has gotten recognized for this project. Prince is well deserving of a Grammy. You go boy!

Prince makes all haters bow down once more...when will they learn?

Wow, that's suprising. It's been eons scince he was in the running for one of those.

selena said:

no doubt. and the grammies don't really like him for some reason.

I mean, didn't Alicia Keys win more Grammies for her one mediocre pop album than Prince has won in his entire career?

sad.

On the one hand

On the other hand - will he care? Does it matter? Keep him from the masses!!

Yeah, but look at the catagory!!

He OLD y'all...

Wow! True musicianship resurfaces... Thank God, I've waited so long.

Blue

no doubt. and the grammies don't really like him for some reason.

I mean, didn't Alicia Keys win more Grammies for her one mediocre pop album than Prince has won in his entire career?

sad.[/quote]
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Well isn't that indicative of how unimportant the Grammys are? The ratings for these shows are at all time lows. Gone are the days when artists would kick over their mike stand in the middle of a wicked guitar solo because they were so into it... or run through the crowd with a necklace on etc:)

I hope Prince wins just so it gets him some recognition... also, I think NEWS is awsome. Another fearless release.

brooklyn said:

WORD!!! Finally I find someone who finds this track as funky as I. I can't begin to tell you how many times I have played this track. But what is really cool is when I play it for people who don't know that it is Prince they go crazy cause it is sooo funky then I tell them it is Prince and they have a genuine look of joy on their face like "Damn he still has it!"
Peace

I'm happy that NEWS got nominated -- I personally enjoy XPectation a little more as an instrumental album, but I suppose since it was a members-only release, it's not even eligible for nomination.

Ronny said:

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Well isn't that indicative of how unimportant the Grammys are? The ratings for these shows are at all time lows. Gone are the days when artists would kick over their mike stand in the middle of a wicked guitar solo because they were so into it... or run through the crowd with a necklace on etc:)

I hope Prince wins just so it gets him some recognition... also, I think NEWS is awsome. Another fearless release.[/quote]
Oh yeah my friend and have you heard the latest news? For some unknown reason the Oscars has decided to move to February instead of March making the Grammy's seem even more insignificant. Still I have always respected the Grammy's and I think most artist do because they aren't as music ignorant as BilBoard, and the AMA's which are completely sales, sales, sales.
Peace

The best part will be when the audience members start scratching their heads cuz they never heard of that piece of shit record.

It's about time!!! I hope Prince shows up. It would make it worthwhile watching the telecast.

I always thought these awards were bought and paid for?

EvilWhiteMale said:

What audience? Is this category even part of the main show?

bert9645 said:

I don't think Prince will show. He "don't care to win awards". But maybe he'll show up in case he wins and gets the chance to make a speech and act afool!

I really work love for prince to win...also they should bring his madhouse 8 and madhouse 16 and put these on compact disc...can anyone tell me where I can retrieve these on compact disc...highly appreciated...

JugHead said:

This category is not part of the televised grammy's so it really won't matter if he shows up unless you have a ticket.

I'M just glad Prince got nominated. News is a pretty good cd.

4th Grammy on 2004 year... that would B nice!

really hope Prince wins, want him to be recgonized by the old and the new once again. He is a musical genuis and deserves this, even though he probably won't care. 4 2004 would also like it (being such a big year 4 him) if he could release a album that battles against Purple Rain and makes him the greatest artist of all time! Hopefully dreams come true.

Alrighty then... This is his first (?) Grammy nomination for an NPG Recording.

I don`t like the N.E.W.S. album; however I am glad that he did get a Grammy nomination. If he wins then maybe it will make people say "Is that the same Prince that was in that Purple Rain movie? What is he doing an Instrumental album for? Maybe I should expand my horizons and check it out." However since the public is pretty much mindless and easily led then they will probably pick up a copy of Brittney Spears Totally Topless XXX-Mas album.

I'm not a huge fan of News still but if its better than the other nominated albums then he definitely deserves another grammy , besides he shouldve been nominated for this category in the 1980s with his Madhouse work (which I enjoy much more than News or Xpectations actually)

Prince has got to be a little miffed he's competing against Kenny G.

How do you know it's not a televised category? Usually they pick one award from various categories to televise, and give the rest out beforehand. It probably isn't going to be televised, but do you know for SURE?

The Grammies do have a pretty bad history with respect to being "hip" to what's current but they HAVE respected Prince as far as nominations go. He hasn't won as many as he deserves, however.

The best publicity for him (not that he cares about it) would be if it were televised and he won, and people would say, "Hmmm... I guess he IS still out there making music." (that is, most of the public who thinks his last CD was Sign O'The Times).

Another Grammy problem is that they pick certain artists and favor them like crazy over the years. Sheryl Crow is one - and I love Sheryl Crow, don't get me wrong - but at this point she could fart and win a Grammy for it.