It’s that time of year when generally-crappy music is saluted because there’s hardly a way to differentiate between good music and bad music when we live in a world where Paris Hilton is considered a DJ: the Grammys!
Here it is!
Album of the Year
El Camino, The Black Keys
Some Nights, fun.
Babel, Mumford & Sons
Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss, Jack White
Record of the Year
“Lonely Boy,” The Black Keys
“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” Kelly Clarkson
“We Are Young,” fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
“Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye featuring Kimbra
“Thinkin’ Bout You,” Frank Ocean
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
“The A Team,” Ed Sheeran (Writer: Ed Sheeran)
“Adorn,” Miguel (Writers: Miguel Pimentel)
“Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen (Writers: Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen and Josh Ramsay)
“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” Kelly Clarkson (Writer: Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin and Ali Tamposi)
“We Are Young,” fun. featuring Janelle Monáe (Writers: Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost and Nate Ruess)
Best New Artist
Alabama Shakes
fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Set Fire to the Rain (Live),” Adele
“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” Kelly Clarkson
“Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen
“Wide Awake,” Katy Perry
“Where Have You Been,” Rihanna
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Shake It Out,” Florence + the Machine
“We Are Young,” fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
“Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye featuring Kimbra
“Sexy and I Know It,” LMFAO
“Payphone,” Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa
Best Pop Vocal Album
Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
Ceremonials, Florence + the Machine
Some Nights, fun.
Overexposed, Maroon 5
The Truth About Love, Pink
Best Rock Performance
“Hold On,” Alabama Shakes
“Lonely Boy,” The Black Keys
“Charlie Brown,” Coldplay
“I Will Wait,” Mumford & Sons
“We Take Care of Our Own,” Bruce Springsteen
Best Rap Performance
“HYFR (Hell Yeah F–king Right),” Drake featuring Lil Wayne
“N—-s in Paris,” Kanye West and Jay-Z
“Daughters,” Nas
“Mercy,” Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz
“I Do,” Young Jeezy featuring Jay-Z and André 3000
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Wild Ones,” Flo Rida featuring Sia
“No Church in the Wild,” Kanye West and Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream
“Tonight (Best You Ever Had),” John Legend featuring Ludacris
“Cherry Wine,” Nas featuring Amy Winehouse
“Talk That Talk,” Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
Also, folks, the list is positively extensive, so I’m only going to give you the things you really care about. The fullness is all right here, should you choose to peruse.
It’s not all crappy. Maiden are nominated as well as Halestorm. Not in the important categories – they are reserved for generally-crappy music – but if you look closely, then you can find some pearls in the 80 categories…
Zzzzzzzzz…
What’s interesting is who isn’t on there…Chris Brown. But RiRi is on there… Bitch is just asking for another beat down.
What ever happend to good old hard rock n roll where it feels like the bass is inside your chest about ready to explode and your ears are vibrating?? Mumford and Sons rock…..really????