Originally posted by Patrick

Regardless of the quality of Ke$ha's work, she's not likely to receive many Grammy nominations or wins simply because of the reputation she earned at the start of her career. In the eyes of the Grammy voters there's a stigma hanging over everything Ke$ha does because she is so readily identified as this trashy, crude, drunken pop star. It's impossible for certain voters to maintain an objective view of the work of a girl like Ke$ha. Utimately, the fear that honoring her with a nomination will somehow affect the respectability of the Grammys, or the idea that her irreverent persona negates the quality of her work, will win out over brilliant pop singles like "Tik Tok". In this sense, the tracks and albums she releases will be held to a different standard than say, Katy Perry, who's work is arguably around the same level as Ke$ha's (if not worse) but somehow more "respectable" because her image is a little bit more cleaned up and not nearly as polarizing. With "Teenage Dream" Katy Perry gave us sexy, trashy, pop music done in a way that didn't offend too many people and was just popular (because popularity is a HUGE aspect in the pop-focused awards and sometimes in categories like ROTY/AOTY) enough that they knew she had to be nominated.

I think the same thing that plagues Ke$ha, also applies to the general view of Britney in the Grammy world, though in a slightly different way. Britney's work is forever seen as lo-brow bubblegum because she's the sexy, blonde, pop princess. Despite the fact that a lot of her work has been consistently better than that of her peers and has been just as well-recieved critically (if not better received), she's still not likely to get nominated for the "big name awards" because there's still that underlying feeling that her work is somehow inferior. They have no qualms throwing her a bone in the dance category cause nobody pays attention to it. Why bother to nominate her elsewhere when they can play it safe and not have to worry about their credibility by giving Beyonce her 27th Grammy for a mediocre album/single. I think Britney's people realize this, and to me, that sort of explains why they've never been that concerned about submitting her for certain categories or campaigning for her. The sad thing is, I think if Britney did ever win an ROTY Grammy or anything of that nature, the backlash would be insane. People hold onto this silly notion that the Grammys are an exercise in awarding quality, and that Britney is incapable of producing quality work. Neither of these things are true, but the skepticism surrounding her is rich and prevents many people from recognizing her greatness.

Originally posted by HollywoodForever

Even your english is better then many of the members here.

Originally posted by Patrick

Regardless of the quality of Ke$ha's work, she's not likely to receive many Grammy nominations or wins simply because of the reputation she earned at the start of her career. In the eyes of the Grammy voters there's a stigma hanging over everything Ke$ha does because she is so readily identified as this trashy, crude, drunken pop star. It's impossible for certain voters to maintain an objective view of the work of a girl like Ke$ha. Utimately, the fear that honoring her with a nomination will somehow affect the respectability of the Grammys, or the idea that her irreverent persona negates the quality of her work, will win out over brilliant pop singles like "Tik Tok". In this sense, the tracks and albums she releases will be held to a different standard than say, Katy Perry, who's work is arguably around the same level as Ke$ha's (if not worse) but somehow more "respectable" because her image is a little bit more cleaned up and not nearly as polarizing. With "Teenage Dream" Katy Perry gave us sexy, trashy, pop music done in a way that didn't offend too many people and was just popular (because popularity is a HUGE aspect in the pop-focused awards and sometimes in categories like ROTY/AOTY) enough that they knew she had to be nominated.

I think the same thing that plagues Ke$ha, also applies to the general view of Britney in the Grammy world, though in a slightly different way. Britney's work is forever seen as lo-brow bubblegum because she's the sexy, blonde, pop princess. Despite the fact that a lot of her work has been consistently better than that of her peers and has been just as well-recieved critically (if not better received), she's still not likely to get nominated for the "big name awards" because there's still that underlying feeling that her work is somehow inferior. They have no qualms throwing her a bone in the dance category cause nobody pays attention to it. Why bother to nominate her elsewhere when they can play it safe and not have to worry about their credibility by giving Beyonce her 27th Grammy for a mediocre album/single. I think Britney's people realize this, and to me, that sort of explains why they've never been that concerned about submitting her for certain categories or campaigning for her. The sad thing is, I think if Britney did ever win an ROTY Grammy or anything of that nature, the backlash would be insane. People hold onto this silly notion that the Grammys are an exercise in awarding quality, and that Britney is incapable of producing quality work. Neither of these things are true, but the skepticism surrounding her is rich and prevents many people from recognizing her greatness.

Originally posted by Cahleb

Originally posted by Vini

Well said. But after all, Britney helped create the image the voting mummies have of her.

Anyway, Britney joins legends like Madonna and Mariah Carey who the Grammys snub.

Originally posted by Louie

Thanks.

This might seem a little corny to say but Britney Spears helped my English. . When I was 7 the only English words I spoke were "Hello. I am fine. I am from Yemen." And then I remember Baby One More Time came on TV, which was a rare thing 10 years ago in the Middle East, and my mom told me that's Britney News. She thought her name was Britney News because when she was in Lebanon there was Britney News on TV and she thought that was her name. Then I bought Baby One More Time and started mumbling the words, I didn't know any single word, except for Baby one more time, and give me, I didn't know what sign was or any ****. It was the first English CD I bought, then my mother bought me Backstreet Boys and many more, and I started learning basic words, by that time I asked my mom to send me to an English school, and I proceeded with my English. Only 0.5% of the whole Yemeni population speaks fluent English.

Teachney.

Originally posted by Chemist

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