Grammy Nominations 2018 - Listening Lists and Arguments

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2018 Complete Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist
^ surprisingly complete; missing only Jay-Z, Antonio Sanchez, Baylor Project, Sara Caswell, Randy Porter Trio, Julión Álvarez, Doug Beavers, Ruben Blades, Blind Boys of Alabama, Bobby Osborne, Rhonda Vincent, Lisa Loeb, Dave Chapelle, Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Silverman, and about six classical pieces...

2018 Pop, Folk and Alternative Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Electronic and Remix Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Instrumental, New Age and Jazz Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Rock and Metal Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 R&B Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Hip Hop Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Country Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Gospel Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Latin Music Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Americana, Roots, Blues, Bluegrass and Historical Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 'World' and Reggae Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Children's Music Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Comedy Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Musical Theater and Film & Television Soundtrack Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

2018 Classical and Opera Grammy Nominees Spotify Playlist

the grammys and spotify, two more things that should be burned to the ground

thank you for providing the arguments

The "folk" category (inc. Aimee Mann and Laura Marling) was the only thing that looked good to me this year.

I skimmed through some of the top nominees and mostly shrugged: if I'd heard "Despacito" or "Redbone" or "1-8000-867-5309" out in the wild at all this year, they obviously left no impression on me.

Como, Mississippi's RL Boyce got nominated in that blues/roots category. His MS blues guitar sound is worth listening to. Will probably lose to some big name blues-rock act though.

I like "Redbone" and "Despacito" too.

New Age and Jazz

Fuck me

https://www.facebook.com/desusandmero/videos/1501319613316919/

New Age and Jazz
Fuck me

btw tho, look at the nominees for best new age album: India.Arie and Brian Eno!

haha no it's ok i thought that was an actual grammy category!

nope. here's the list of nominations:
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/2018-grammy-nominations-list-nominees-1202623881/

Wow, no one cares about the grammys eh?

can't say as i blame you as these are some depressing returns here

Album of the Year: “24K Magic” — Bruno Mars

Song of the Year: “That’s What I Like” — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip (Bruno Mars)

Best New Artist: Alessia Cara

Best Pop Solo Performance: “Shape of You” — Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Feel It Still” — Portugal. The Man

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90” — Various Artists; Dae Bennett, producer

Best Pop Vocal Album: “÷” — Ed Sheeran

Best Dance Recording: “Tonite” — LCD Soundsystem

Best R&B Performance: “That’s What I Like” — Bruno Mars

Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Redbone” — Childish Gambino

Best R&B Song: “That’s What I Like” — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Best Urban Contemporary Album: “Starboy” — The Weeknd

Best R&B Album: “24K Magic” — Bruno Mars

Items of slightly better news: best rap everything to kendrick, Cécile McLorin Salvant for best vocal jazz, Jason Isbell for best americana song (if were were vampires) and album, Aimee Mann for best "folk"(?) album

man, idk what a rap album has to do to win album of the year. it's getting ridiculous.

It has to be half not-a-rap-album, judging by the only two that ever won

surely no artist had their finger on the pulse of america in 2017 like bruno mars

for me mars enduring popularity is the triumph of forget-your-troubles-come-on-get-happy music at the fall of the empire

I'm still very confused as to how Alessia Cara is Best New Artist when she had her commercial breakthrough in 2015

portugal the man? lol. i saw them a long time ago, they didn't seem like a band capable of making a commercial pivot

they truly out-grammied themselves with those winners

I generally enjoy awards shows, but this was Bleak. It's like the entire show was In Memoriam. Agree with Bruno Mars asking for his own record to play again because there were too many ballads. Why did everything have to be so dour and "important"?

http://variety.com/2018/music/news/grammys-so-male-women-recording-academy-president-neil-portnow-1202679902/

Those evasive answers! Fuck that guy!

really a shame women didn't make music this year. work harder in 2018 ladies, we're hoping for ya!

I can't help but wonder if Lorde was being quietly punished for her BDS stance

so if she agreed to perform, she would have been the third wheel in the Chris Stapleton/Emmylou Harris Petty tribute? Or did they have something else planned that fell through when she said no? I mean, I like Lorde, but she's not quite on the same level vocally with those two.

the forces of shitness are unwavering

So U2 and Lady Gaga got to sing their own songs, but Lorde only got asked to take part in that tribute performance (despite having a top album nomination)...

Rolling Stones won best traditional blues artists! Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters won something...

Same as it ever was.

Every other Best Album nominee was asked to do their own songs, but not Lorde. It doesn't have to be BDS though, there's this one other thing that sets her apart from Bruno Mars, Childish Gambino, Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar...

lol I can think of at least two things

http://www.onlythebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/south-park-lorde-the-cissy-pic-edit.jpg

lol I can think of at least two things

― President Keyes, 29. januar 2018 17:18 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yup :) And it is a bit funny, after the Grammys pointedly snubbed black artists in favor of white women the last couple of years, that they've now managed to make it seem as if they're snubbing Lorde for sexist reasons. But they always want rappers to perform, they just don't give them awards, and hey, they stayed in character...

I get that sexism is an obvious form of potential discrimination, just saying the BDS thing is a possibility I haven't seen people mention much.

It's not as though they've never had solo female performers before.

ugh bout 2 step up on 2 ur face.. women are making AMAZING music right now wtf is this dude talking about ????? https://t.co/EkijTA33QW

— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) January 29, 2018

Ugh why do people still care and get mad over the Grammys? What year is this?

Aw, c'mon, Moka, it can't all be caring and getting mad about Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions.

You have a valid point and I apologize for getting frustrated at people still paying attention to the grammys. I wont express my hatred for the whole thing anymore in this thread. Carry on.

I'll read the results of the Grammys after the fact most years. I do occasionally wonder what 60-something-white-major-label-executives-who-subscribe-to-bob-lefsetz thinks is "happening". And then I see that The War on Drugs -- a band I freaking adore -- wins a Grammy, and I'm like, "YES!" lol