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Snub: Harry Styles was ruled out for the record, album and song of the year, although Styles received a few consolation awards, his first three Grammy Awards (solo or with One Direction) for best solo pop performance (“Watermelon Sugar”), best pop vocal albumThin line) and best music video (“Adore You”). Would Styles have had better luck if his group had entered “Watermelon Sugar” as album and song of the year instead of “Adore You”? We will never know.
Surprise: Fourth album by Jacob Collier Djesse Vol. 3 was nominated for album of the year even though it has yet to hit the Billboard 200. Collier was also nominated for best R&B performance for “All I Need” (featuring Mahalia and Ty Dolla $ ign) and an arrangement award. (Collier has won four Grammy Awards for arrangement in recent years.)
Snub: Second album by Luke Combs What you see is what you get it was the first country album to chart multiple weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in five years. Still, it was overlooked for an album of the year. The country was almost completely excluded in the Big Four categories. Maren Morris’s “The Bones” was overlooked for both album and song of the year. Gabby Barrett and Morgan Wallen were passed over for best new artist. Ingrid Andress, whose sweet “More Hearts Than Mine” was a crossover hit, is the country’s only representative in the Big Four categories. She is ready for best new artist.
Surprise: Noah Cyrus was nominated for Best New Artist 28 years after his father, Billy Ray Cyrus, was nominated in that category. Miley Cyrus, the family’s most successful star, was overlooked in that category, though she was nominated for best pop vocal album six years ago by Bangerz.
Snub: BTS’s “Dynamite”, the group’s first number one hit on the Hot 100, was overlooked for a record of the year, although it was nominated for best pop duo / group performance. The Grammys have an aversion to bright commercial pop music in the album of the year category, no matter how well done it is. In recent years, One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful”, “Can’t Fight the Feeling!” Justin Timberlake and Jonas Brothers “Sucker” were also overlooked in that category. K-pop fans had a second disappointment when Blackpink was ignored for a nod to the best new artist.
Surprise: Kaytranada, a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer, is nominated for Best New Artist. Kaytranada’s second album as an artist, Bubba, was released in this eligibility year. It peaked at # 56 on the Billboard 200. Kaytranada is also nominated for two awards in the field of dance / electronic music.
Snub: Pop Smoke fell short in their bid to become the first artist to receive a posthumous nomination for best new artist. His first full-length album, Shoot for the stars, aim for the moon, has spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, but this category has always been focused on the future.
Surprise: The other rapper with Smoke in his name, D Smoke, was nominated for best new artist. His second studio album, Black habits, was also nominated for best rap album.
Snub: From Fiona Apple Look for the bolt cutters It has a very high rating of 98 on Metacritic.com, the review aggregation site. That’s higher than any other 2020 release. The album is nominated for best alternative music album, but was overlooked for an album of the year.
Surprise: Coldplay received their second album of the year Everyday life 12 years after landing for the first time in Long live life or death and all your friends. It’s unusual for an act to regain their album mojo of the year after a long hiatus.
Snub: Travis Scott’s “Highest in the Room” was passed over for a record of the year, just as “Sicko Mode” (a collaboration with Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee) was approved more than two years ago. Scott Big Four’s only nod to date came four years ago as a featured artist at Bieber’s. Purpose.
