It doesn’t take a genius to know that Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Adele’s 25 are headed for Grammy nominations for Album of the Year. Two of Beyoncé’s last three albums—I Am… Sasha Fierce and Beyoncé—were nominated in the category. Adele won the award with her previous album, 21. But who will these megastars face in the finals?
Beyoncé has amassed 20 Grammys, but just one of those awards came in one of the Big Four categories. That was when “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” took Song of the Year. This may lead to a sense that she’s due for another big win. Lemonade is the critics’ choice as the best album of the year so far at three key outlets—Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and Metacritic.com.
It’s too early to know if 25 will win the Grammy for Album of the Year on Feb. 12. But just being nominated would defy the odds. This would be the first time that an artist’s follow-up to an Album of the Year winner has been nominated in the category since Bob Dylan’s Love and Theft (the follow-up to Time Out of Mind) was a 2001 finalist. (How to explain this? It’s hard to follow an Album of the Year winner. Greatness is expected. Anything less than that is viewed as a disappointment.)
AOTY 25 (Adele) Lemonade (Beyoncé) Coloring Book (Chance The Rapper) Stranger to Stranger (Paul Simon) A Moon Shaped Pool (Radiohead)
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Blackstar
The Life of Pablo
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
untitled. unmastered.
ANTI
Purporse
blackSUMMERS’night
I Like it When You Sleep
Dig In Deep
Full Circle
The Getaway
And I request all the Beyhive to do the same. We have been deceived far too many times. If you don't want to be disappointed again, please don't get your hopes up too much.