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Originally posted by Coklek92
Nobody said the acclaim comes down to AOTY only but it doesn't change the fact that it is the highest recognition in music industry. Every single artist perched for it even Kanye himself. I don't get it why the Hives are trying to discredit Taylor's AOTY?? 
You guys still can't move on and accept the reality that Bey lost AOTY to Beck which nothing to do with Taylor at all.  I'm pretty sure the story would be different if Bey wins AOTY.
And we all know that when we are talking about acclaim, Grammy will be the first one comes to our mind  |
I am NOT trying to discredit Taylor's AOTY and have said many times that her winning it twice was an impressive achievement. And I didn't say anything about Bey losing AOTY to Beck since I KNEW damn well that this would happen so miss me with that ********
The thing that you fail to understand is that an AOTY doesn't only take acclaim into account, otherwise Frank, Bey and Kendrick all would have won the year they were nominated. In fact, Frank's heavily acclaimed album lost to a critically panned one, what does that tell you about all of this ? Another example would be Celine Dion or Whitney Houston who won with albums that received mixed reviews while Prince and Madonna lost with acclaimed records (Purple Rain and Ray Of Light). Having an AOTY (or two) doesn't necessarily mean that you're the most acclaimed. What was taken into account and allowed Taylor to win last year was also the massive commercial success of her album and her overall media presence, otherwise we all know who would have won. When it comes to actual critical acclaim receipt
nowadays, Beyoncé is clearly above Taylor when it comes to ST and Lemonade. Sure, things were different until 2013 but Bey reached new highs since then
