Music industry insiders predict what we can expect at the 2017 Grammy Awards:
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Adele, Beyoncé and David Bowie are locks for album of the year nominations, but Adele and Beyoncé could cancel each other out." -- Diane Warren, songwriter
3/5 AOTY slots are already filled according to Diane! Who could fill the other 2 slots?
The insiders make assumptions:
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"It will be interesting to see how voters treat Kanye, Chance the Rapper and Drake. Will they finally grasp that hip-hop is the most fearlessly experimental category of popular music, bar none?" -- Mike Caren, creative officer, Warner Music Group
Or will the Grammy committee, aka the whole music industry, ignore them in favour of artists like Paul Simon?
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"Paul Simon's Stranger to Stranger and Sturgill Simpson's A Sailor's Guide to Earth have real shots at getting lots of nominations." -- Danny Strick, co-president, Sony/ATV U.S. Music Publishing
If the GRAMMYS don't acknowledge her work, it'll be their loss and their credibility in question.
