Songs used to last less in the Hot 100 before Spotify though. Billboard had to come up with a stricter recurrent rule because songs now chart for a very long time
That Imagine Dragons song that charted for 80 weeks 2 years ago
That's also why songs are more likely to break Mariah's record now (Uptown Funk) which results in a much smaller amount of #1s in a year.
I was looking at another forum, and there is precedent for Alicia's nom being for her less acclaimed perf - in 1991 Kate Nelligan won Bafta and NBR for Frankie and Johnny, but ended up with an Oscar nom for Prince of Tides instead.
B/c Prince of Tides like Danish Girl is much more Obviously Oscar-y than Frankie and Johnny or Ex Machina.
