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Originally posted by Chemical X.
Frank isn't getting an AOTY nom. He screwed his label and released the album indie plus the hype died down FAST. This definitely gives her a good shot at Urban Contemporary, however it only slightly improves her chances at an AOTY spot.
25 and Lemonade are the only surefire nominees. It is that competitive this year.
Then you have:
David Bowie/Paul Simon... it's not even guaranteed that either of them will get a nom but usually the older rock crowd manages to make it.
Radiohead
A country album for diversity
Drake and maaaaybe Chance the Rapper
Then I think you get to ANTI, which is on-par with a lot of other albums. So you could say it's in  7th place but it's there with like ten other options  |
^This will happen for sure.
It's fine tho, ANTi is her first album that it's meant to build her reputation as a quality-music artist, at the first reviews that came out were extremely doubtful of this switch, for example some British publications giving Anti a low score because they felt they weren't hits etc
. However the album will make all the year-end lists despite a so-so 73 on Metacritic
edit: just checked and The Guardian gave ANTI a 60 but it made the mid-year best album of 2016, for example
