2008:
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Radiohead - In Rainbows
2007:
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace
Vince Gill - These Days
Kanye West - Graduation
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters
2006:
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
John Mayer - Continuum
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex / LoveSounds
Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
2004:
Green Day - American Idiot
Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Usher - Confessions
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company
These are recent examples of only one woman or group of women being nominated for album of the year, and 2007 was dominated by females (Amy, Rihanna, Nelly, Fergie, so on and so forth). It's not unreasonable to think the males will fill up 4/5 spots in AOTY.
I don't think any of those years rivaled the female domination we're seeing now, though I guess I won't be surprised if only one female (Adele) is nominated.
And I'm glad someone else mentioned Cee Lo. I think people are sleeping on him, and I wouldn't at all be surprised if he picked up a AOTY nom.
"Rolling in the Deep" will be represented in the general field. They rarely ever snub the biggest hit of the year. The surprises will come from elsewhere.
"Rolling in the Deep" will be represented in the general field. They rarely ever snub the biggest hit of the year. The surprises will come from elsewhere.
Now now Acey u two pop albums in one category? Tsk tsk how can u forget a country slot? I would replace GaGa wit Alison.
If any country act is going to get a nomination in this field it's Gillian Welch. Don't sleep on her album.
But this is going to be such a heated race to even get a nomination this year! There are a lot of strong nominees. It says a lot that RHCP, Foo Fighters, Coldplay and Radiohead could (and very well may) get snubbed in the AOTY category.
They won't nominate 4 for AOTY. It got good reviews, but nothing amazing and the commercial success is lacking.
Moreover, there is so much competition this year. ADELE is a shoe-in, Kanye's album was insanely acclaimed, Coldplay are favorites, Radiohead, Allison Krause, Bon Iver, and Taylor Swift's album was acclaimed and HUGE commercially. Oh and GaGa might too just because of all the hype she's had this year, but I see her missing out too.
It seems like everyone chose to release an album this year. There will be tons of snubs. I can't wait.
and if that EP is any indication, 
at Jill in Album of the Year. Deemy, you stay sippin on that sick ****. Put it down!
