Record of the Year is often the most obvious award to predict at the Grammys. The likes of Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift are in contention for 2018, but are there outsiders who might sneak into this category? Continue reading
Always the most frustrating genre to predict for the Grammy Awards thanks to the bafflingly long build up time most Country records have on radio. There’s a song that has only just reached #1 on the Country Airplay chart, but was released BEFORE the eligibility period for the 2018 Grammy Awards. Despite this, there are … Continue reading
Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga make up just some of the previous nominees who could be in for another Song of the Year nomination in 2018. There are a lot of potential tracks here, but I attempt to break down the chances of each, while throwing in a few curve-balls who could sneak in when nominations are announced in November. Continue reading
The question in the Pop categories at the Grammy Awards is always one of eligibility. Which songs and albums will be submitted into genre specific categories when you have the likes of The Weeknd, DJ Khaled and Calvin Harris edging the lines into the pop categories, a factor that’s even more prevalent in 2017 with a … Continue reading
Another year, another set of Grammy Award nominees to predict and just days after the eligibility period ended, the 2018 show is looking increasingly wide open for potential nominees. I’m taking a look at the toughest category first, for Best New Artist. Continue reading
Confessions – Usher – 2004 Claimed Sales: 20m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music/CD It’s a surprise even to me that I had never listened to Usher’s career defining album Confessions, especially given that I was a huge fan of the albums that followed. It stands alone in the 00s as a huge selling RnB release, where its … Continue reading
Hybrid Theory – Linkin Park – 2000 Claimed Sales: 27m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music I was really looking forward to my first full listen of Linkin Park’s much celebrated debut album, I have always been a casual fan of the group, their singles making up the soundtrack to so many of my nights out growing up … Continue reading
Oops!…I Did It Again – Britney Spears – 2000 Claimed Sales: 20m First listen?: No Format Listened?: CD Oops!… Britney did it again and managed to produce a second album that nearly became as popular as her debut. Opening with sales over 1 million copies in her home territory, the anticipation for the follow up to …Baby … Continue reading
Supernatural – Santana – 1999 Claimed Sales: 30m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: CD Unlike seemingly every other household in at the turn of the millennium, we didn’t have a copy of Santana’s career best seller Supernatural. It’s one of the decade’s most iconic album ‘releases’ and stands out next to just about everything else I’ve covered … Continue reading
Millennium – Backstreet Boys – 1999 Claimed Sales: 24m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: CD To say that the follow up to Backstreet’s Back was highly anticipated is a massive understatement and nearly 2 years after the various versions of that album took over the world Millennium was released. It sold 1.134 million copies in its debut week, breaking … Continue reading
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