[Aurora]

Originally posted by Squall

70 awards are not televised.

But Katy's will be.
13 awards are shown live.

wtf why didn't I know this? Honestly I've never really kept up with the Grammys so I didn't realise there were that many.

But yeah, Katy's definitely will. Pop Vocal album and Pop Duo / Group are pretty major, right?

[Ben.M.]

Originally posted by Nialler

I need a collab

Yessss i love Mika! My fave male singer

I would be here for it

[Ramcoro]

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Nominees:

Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus, Bangerz
Ariana Grande, My Everything
Katy Perry, PRISM
Ed Sheeran, x
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

Who Will Win: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
The Smith victory is assured. Besides having an innocuous-enough album to win over many of the Grammy Awards' older, stodgier voters — especially as contrasted with the youthful brashness of Miley Cyrus and (to a lesser extent) Ariana Grande — Smith has the polished pipes and cheery attitude that plays well to the show's masses. The fact that he's frequently played up the "my music is for everyone, not just gay people" angle certainly won't hurt his odds.

Who Should Win: Katy Perry, Prism
Though it's more than a year old, and was mostly overlooked by critics at the time of its release, Perry's third full-length shows the maturity and creativity befitting a third album from of one of the world's biggest pop stars. It's not a timeless classic by any means, but "Birthday" is cheese-pop at its winkingly dumbest; "Walking On Air" warps the '90s house formula around Perry's increasingly stronger vocals; and "This Is How We Do" might fall back on corny tropes and often un-PC moments (the gag-inducing "Getting our nails did all Japanese-y"), but it soars in its inclusive sound and head-smacking hooks.

http://www.spin.com/articles/grammys...sam-smith-sia/

Interesting they gave the album a 5/10 when it came out and Teenage Dream a 6/10 and OOTB a 3/10.

[Ben.M.]

Originally posted by Squall

If it had happened, they would be like "No one was here for her Superbowl " "Who wants to see Katy singing? "

And now she broke the record, they're like:

"People watched for the game "

Haha its typical ATRL

The double standards, is it so hard to be happy for someone an be nice

[Aurora]

PRISM winning the critics over in the long run. Shame it got such a lukewarm reception at first. She needs her first 70+ rated album next era tbh.

[katyperryismylife]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

http://www.spin.com/articles/grammys...sam-smith-sia/

Interesting they gave the album a 5/10 when it came out and Teenage Dream a 6/10 and OOTB a 3/10.

February 5 2015, 3:12 PM ET

Super Bowl its power.

[Aurora]

Also the BTGOG performance was only a thing AFTER the Super Bowl so anyone acting like they knew this "tea" last year is obviously just having a lucky guess, as she was never performing before her fabulous SB ratings.

[Ramcoro]

Originally posted by Blood Orange Sun

BTGOG will be apparently sent to radio following her performance. It may or not go to adds, it all depends on the initial reception the song gets. Katy reportedly was not planning on performing but the Grammy people were impressed by her Halftime ratings so they asked her to do so.

Also, she's supposedly winning “at least one“ award...

Source? I would be here for this being a single if she isn't planning on any new materiel this year.

[Aurora]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

Source? I would be here for this being a single if she isn't planning on any new materiel this year.

Blood Orange Sun IS the source.

...

Honestly I hope it blows up. That would be so cool. Katy deserves to get a hit for a song that she genuinely loves. Uncle was kinda robbed of a Top 10 position, at least.

[InLoveWithKaty]

Ready for the Queen of Pop to grab ha first Grammy.

[Nialler]

Uncle wasn't robbed of anything. It's just a very bad single.

[Aurora]

I agree it was a really bad single, I wish it wasn't picked. But it was, and I wish Katy's name was big enough to make it go Top 10 anyway.

[Benjamin]

Originally posted by Sam 

wtf why didn't I know this? Honestly I've never really kept up with the Grammys so I didn't realise there were that many.

But yeah, Katy's definitely will. Pop Vocal album and Pop Duo / Group are pretty major, right?

Pop Duo bounces back and forth depending on who is nominated and likely to win for the ratings. It was on the main show for Amy Winehouse after her death and last year for Daft Punk/Rihanna/P!nk but wasn't televised for Gotye.

Since Katy is being added for her ratings power I guess it's pretty much a lock her category will be aired. Though it could just be they've adopted a TV - Preshow - TV - Preshow pattern since the revamp....


Pop is still a pretty big genre so it's safe to assume the album category will make it to the main show -especially with Katy, Miley, Ariana and the likely sweeper Sam nominated.

[Aurora]

Thanks for the background info. That all makes sense. Katy definitely is a ratings draw so her categories should be shown.

[Starstruck.]

I still think she's not winning but whatever!

[Aurora]

Even if she doesn't, there's always another year. It's no big deal.

[Ramcoro]

It will be real boring if Sam sweeps the Grammys. Adele and Beyonce have deserved it in the past, but it was still boring. "__ artist wins AGAIN" Plus, Sam doesn't seem to have the same hype as Bey and Adele did.

[halcyonday]

Very bad singles = definition of Prism era. I mean Birthday, Unconditionally and TIHWD...

[Aurora]

He's super overrated so it'll be a real shame if he does win.

[halcyonday]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

It will be real boring if Sam sweeps the Grammys. Adele and Beyonce have deserved it in the past, but it was still boring. "__ artist wins AGAIN" Plus, Sam doesn't seem to have the same hype as Bey and Adele did.

I don't get this hype His album is at 62/100 on metacritic, it's just average Adele 2.0?