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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
I don't see how that category was weak at all. Drake and Justin Bieber were highly successful. Florence + The Machine garnered a lot of critical success and exposure from her showstopping performance at the VMAs and Mumford & Sons became popular through word-of-mouth. That was a strong lineup. I think Esperanza was able to win because there was no clear frontrunner. Drake and Justin most likely split votes and Flo and Mumford most likely split votes. Anyone of them had reasons to win the award, and the fact that Esperanza won over stronger competition just shows how strong it was rather than weak. That category was much better than the previous year, where the only known artists at the time was Zac Brown Band and Keri Hilson.
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****, I completely forgot Drake was nominated. Of course, he's a rapper, so you have to automatically discount him...
Anyways, the lack of frontrunner was all that I meant. Bieber was an unlikely winner, simply because of the stigma attached to his teen idol status. Florence had only one nomination, signifying a lack of widespread support for her. Mumford & Sons weren't big enough to break out of the "alternative" ghetto. The category didn't feel preordained like it has been in some years past.
) thing. And on top of that...it's looking like her album will outsell Kanye's. 21's reviews are also good enough to bring home the trophy.