The final of the big 4 categories, Album of the Year contains some of the best music of the last 12 months, as well as a Post Malone album. Who deserves to win? Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2019: Who Should Win Record/Song of the Year?
The categories that seemed to ‘benefit’ the least from the expansions of nominees from 5 to 8 this year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year remain, for the most part, quite predictable. All but one of the nominees were top 10 hits on the Hot 100, but there were still a few … Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2019: Who Should Win Best New Artist?
I take a look at the artists who are nominated for Best New Artist at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Jorja Smith, H.E.R., Luke Combs and Dua Lipa feature. Continue reading
Best of 2018: Top 25 Albums
Another year gone, another list of albums that I loved. The likes of Christine and the Queens, Robyn, Years & Years and Kacey Musgraves feature in the list. Continue reading
Best of 2018: Top 40 Singles
It’s that time of the year agin when I look back on the songs that made my year. Appearances from the usual suspects Drake, Florence and the Machine and Lady Gaga sit side by side with some brand new artists like Maggie Rogers and Cardi B. Continue reading
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Grammys 2019: Nomination Predictions – Album of the Year
There’s less than a month to go until the nominations for the 2019 Grammys are revealed and I have just one more of the general field categories to cover. While the expansion of nominees to 8 means a lot for the likes of Best New Artist, for Album of the Year it could mean even … Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2019: Nomination Predictions – Song of the Year
Side by side with Record of the Year as always, the expansion of the Song of the Year category could mean big things for some outsiders here. There’s plenty of artists and writers vying for their first nomination in the big 4 categories here, with no clear winner making this one of the most interesting … Continue reading
Grammy Awards 2019: Nomination Predictions – Record of the Year
Probably the Grammy category most closely associated with the Billboard Hot 100 chart; there have only been a handful of nominees and even fewer winners to fail to make the higher echelons of the chart. You’d think this might make predicting potential nominees easier, but with 8 songs now set to make the cut the … Continue reading
Grammy Awards 2019: Nomination Predictions – Country
A year ago I said ‘If The Weight of These Wings doesn’t win Best Country Album in February, I will absolutely baffled’. I’m still baffled that Miranda Lambert’s masterpiece and one of the best country albums of the decade missed out on even a nomination last year, and so my predictions this year have been thrown out … Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2019: Nomination Predictions – Best New Artist
Of the four General field categories at the Grammy Awards, Best New Artist is arguably the most unpredictable when it comes to selecting potential nominees. Eligibility criteria is so much more complicated in one of just a few ‘Individual’ awards that the show gives out (the other obvious one being Producer of the Year) and … Continue reading
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