And there's a tweak to the Rap field as well, as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration is amended to Best Rap/Sung Performance, a change intended to make the category more inclusive and allow for not just collaborations, but also for solo tracks that blur the line between singing and rapping.
"The artist that I hear most often in reference to this is Drake," Freimuth said. "He does a lot of singing and rapping together as a single artist, and if we required it to be a collaboration, well, it can't be Drake featuring Drake. They would have to listen closely as to whether it was predominantly singing or predominantly rapping as to whether it would go into the R&B or Rap [fields]. And now it's a much more comfortable fit."
And people keep saying Drake isn't influential/trendsetting. They literally adjusted the category because of his prominence/style.
Here's my prediction for AOTY. Lemonade, 25 and black star are definitely on lock for the nomination. The other two spots I'm not sure. It's between Anti, life of Pablo, coloring book and moon shaped pool
The Best Rap/Sung Performance category just got super competitive now
I was about to say, it's going to be a bloodbath. Idek if the traditional Rap/Sung collab songs will be submitted? Maybe they'll nominate a mix of both?
So Jordin could qualify for best new artist since she have three albums now
No, 3 or more albums and you don't qualify.
In order to qualify for Best New Artist, now, you must have released 1 album or at least have released 5 singles. You're eligible until you hit 3 albums released or have released 30 singles.
Lemonade, 25 and black star are definitely on lock for the nomination. The other two spots I'm not sure. It's between Anti, life of Pablo, coloring book and moon shaped pool
I would put Paul Simon and Bieber ahead of a few of your latter picks.
So work has a chance on winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ?
She will submit it to Pop/Duo Group and it will probably win there. As you can see Drake clearly has Rap/Sung on lock. The category change is basically saying this is Drake's win.
They literally adjusted the category because of his prominence/style.
it has a 90+ metacritic score
