Rihanna SLAYED. Loved the performance, her energy, her vocals and the clothes. Drake was looking edible as always and SZA served on the best ANTI song.
Of major pop gurls, how well their last 3 albums did on Pazz and Jop's round-up of critics and such's Best of the Year lists:
Goddess Swift: 26th, 17th, 7th = avg 17
Gaga: 27th combining with the next year, 30th, 78th = avg 45. Though one could argue Cheek to Cheek as her last album esp given certain people liking to call it Grammy #1 Grammy; it was 391st and would make her avg 166. Adele: 108th, 6th, 35th = avg 50 Bey: 200somethingth combining 2008/2009 points, 26th, 4th and arguably 3rd combining next year's points = average 76+ Rih: 265, 191st, around 313th = average around 265th Talentless Puppet: 0 points so below 1500th, 320th, 1194th = average 1005+
Dr. Luke's puppet is impressive actually. Of her 3 albums, one couldn't get a single critic's support, and another wasn't even one of the thousand most liked albums of the year. It takes a special level of awfulness to accomplish this.
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