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Makes the Grammys more challenging.

Good. Better late than never. Now if they can just quit nominating crap that doesn't deserve it, they'd really be on a roll.

I wonder if they're going to leave the number of nominations per category the same?

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Maybe they can get rid of country altogether.

Very definitely a "Who gives a shit?" event.

PFunkjazz said:

Very definitely a "Who gives a shit?" event.

Pretty much.

I don't think it's fair to get rid of the Male and Female categories. A lot of potential nominees won't have a chance. Unless they are going to nominate 10 people in one category.

kitbradley said:

I don't think it's fair to get rid of the Male and Female categories. A lot of potential nominees won't have a chance. Unless they are going to nominate 10 people in one category.

I could care less anymore. Like really do anyone give a funk about a Grammy unless it was a nominee that was valid to have a nod?

kitbradley said:

I don't think it's fair to get rid of the Male and Female categories. A lot of potential nominees won't have a chance. Unless they are going to nominate 10 people in one category.

Since there are thousands of albums released each year, and there's only 4 or 5 nominees in a category, most didn't have a chance anyway. I don't watch awards programs, so I don't care either way.

MickyDolenz said:

kitbradley said:

I don't think it's fair to get rid of the Male and Female categories. A lot of potential nominees won't have a chance. Unless they are going to nominate 10 people in one category.

Since there are thousands of albums released each year, and there's only 4 or 5 nominees in a category, most didn't have a chance anyway. I don't watch awards programs, so I don't care either way.

Graycap23 said:

Maybe they can get rid of country altogether.

I think country has 2 different award shows that are shown on network TV, so it won't make a difference.

They're so f--kin stupid. They're eliminating the wrote stuff.

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They also had best R&B Album and then best Contemporary R&B Album.

I wonder if those will merge.

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Nick715 said:

They also had best R&B Album and then best Contemporary R&B Album.

I wonder if those will merge.

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Nick715 said:

They also had best R&B Album and then best Contemporary R&B Album.

I wonder if those will merge.

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There's no longer a Contemporary R&B album award.

^Thanks.

I remember for the 2010 Grammys (honoring 2009) the winners were:

Best R&B Album: Maxwell

Best Contemporary Album: Beyonce

I think Letterman brought this up in his top 10 once.

What's the difference between 'Song of the Year' and 'Record of the Year'??

Emancipation89 said:

I think Letterman brought this up in his top 10 once.

What's the difference between 'Song of the Year' and 'Record of the Year'??

Song of the year = mainly who people THINK wrote the best song of that year. It's mainly just on a creative basis.

Record of the year = who people THINK was the best RECORD. Meaning artistic and commercial wise. So those factors are combined.

Dumbest thing ever, they didnt even go near their real issues, the one issue is catering to the crowd instead of going with the best for real. When choosing an Album of the Year nominee they purposely choose 1 from each genre, you get your token rap one your token "critics" choice one, the country one, the one that sold the most, and then usually a wild card you didnt expect, like a Herbie Hancock or Alison Krauss type thing. This system needs to go, stop catering to genres, if all 5 albums that year that are getting the most feedback and they are all country, shit nominate them, who cares what people think, teenagers dont watch this shit, so why nominate Lil Wayne just to get that teen crowd to watch.

Next thing, why the double standard? We def bitched on threads about how the grammy's and music lacked choices in ROCK FEMALES and now we want all the male female shit merged? that wasnt the issue here, the issue is 25 performances on the show and 8 awards given out in 3 hours? give me a break already, its not needed this is not a telethon or some hurricane relief aid concert. In that respect the Grammys totally fucked this up royally, it would be like them looking at Major League Baseball and saying, lets make the playoffs longer but not shorten the season? excuse me? do you want them playing baseball in the snow, sounds like the comissioner of baseball runs the grammys too

Timmy84 said:

Song of the year = mainly who people THINK wrote the best song of that year. It's mainly just on a creative basis.

Record of the year = who people THINK was the best RECORD. Meaning artistic and commercial wise. So those factors are combined.

Ah, ok Thank you!!

Here's a random thought.....how many members are on the acamdemy that actually work in the business, if they don't, WHY ARE THEY STILL ON THE BOARD!!??

You would think if the members had enough clout to vote, they can also influence the lablels to release better albums!!!!

Bulldog said:

Here's a random thought.....how many members are on the acamdemy that actually work in the business, if they don't, WHY ARE THEY STILL ON THE BOARD!!??

You would think if the members had enough clout to vote, they can also influence the lablels to release better albums!!!!

You know what I love about this? They totally screwed further chances to improve on how they do their show. I just wish only one million watch it next year just to see what their response will be.

Ya know Jimmy Jam is part of the Academy.

MickyDolenz said:

Ya know Jimmy Jam is part of the Academy.

That we know.

And the nominees for the album that sucked the least are:

Adisa said:

And the nominees for the album that sucked the least are:

To be honest, it'll be silly to get upset about this. This is the same award who gave Milli Vanilli Best New Artist and Jethro Tull the best heavy metal recording award.

Besides this is a popularity contest anyways. Once you know of their intentions, shit like this shouldn't get you riled up. I've stopped thinking the Grammys were all that about a few years ago.

Timmy84 said:

Bulldog said:

Timmy84 said:

That we know.

What has he done for me lately?!

That's a good question.

I don't think it's right because this is going to make it easier for one artist to sweep an entire category (i.e., Beyonce).