Thoughts?

POW on the Beyonce/Melanie mention! I have said that since the beginning! It was clearly politics!

So on point. Thank you for the GIF!

@MISHKA how are the Grammys playing black artists when Kanye got the most noms (7) for next year, Drake got 4 and Rihanna got 4 (even Album of the year)???

The Grammys needs ratings. Miguel and Melanie Fiona do not equate. Beyonce won all of those Grammys last year for ratings. Chris Brown is nominated for ratings.

It’s unfortunate but pretty obvious

My thing is…Miguel announced earlier in the year he was writing music for Usher and many other artists. So, I don’t understand how he lacks in the peer connection area. Are the making him the male Kat Stacks? Getting what the want and then claiming they don’t know who Miguel is?!

This is unfair on SO many levels.

Miguel …hush up gurl….u are not a vocalist. The only man that was nominated was a old skool legend Charlie Wilson. The ladies with chops have taken over the downsized category. I don’t think Usher or Beyonce will ever win a best r/b vocal Grammy again. They put real SANGAS in the categories…BYE MIGUEL….enjoy your BET Nomination

Trent is right about that Beyonce/Melanie Fiona comment. That year Bey beat Melanie she was the Grammy Queen with like the most nominations and those 6 awards. Alot of them were waranted, but i fell like when they have these “Grammy Kings” and “Queens” with a gazillion nominations a year, they tend to give them more awards than they deserve.

Bey’s snub is off putting to me, when her stuff is really popular she gets all these nominations, but when she scales back and really focuses on the music she doesn’t get didily squat, how ironic. You have to play the music industry’s twisted little game to get some recognition. Also the fact they scaled down those categories, getting rid of best contemporary r&b album and the separate male and female categorizes, amoung others, has alot of ppl getting snubbed.

i tottally agree with v i knew bey was going to get snubbed with 4 with it not being as popualr as her last efforts and there not being any contempoary rnb catagories but im just confused as why party is being nominated and not love on top ,i was here,or 1+1 imo those are the most worthy of the nominations on 4 not party but i do agree with trent with the single ladies thing im kida lost here

The reason why beyonce Single ladies was in both categories was because it was a hit on both pop and urban airways.but if you listen to beyonces songs it’s mostly Drums with her Voice providing all other parts so she mixes her music styles. Correct me if im wrong but aren’t the grammys based mostly on numbers. based between oct 1 previous year to oct 1 following year. like this year Beyonce has one the Best selling R&B/soul album as of today this year but before OCT 1 her numbers didnt exceed most of the artist who were nominated. Same with Miguel he had a hit but several other artist did as well even if your #1 the list consist of single sales and air play so you can be number 10 on the list and still have more singles than #1 Due to the fact you may not have major air play. Miguel Just had Major air play. but being Nominated this year really means nothing none of the categories are a tight race you already know who will win.

4 was definitely snubbed. It received higher critical reception than both Born This Way and Loud. A shame.

i know, he should have been nominated for best new artist. hes like one of the best r&b artists, so sad he didn’t get nominated

No one is complainin, they have a right to say that they should have atleast been nominated which he and Jill should have been. Beyonce did so well with “SL”, because that song was a phenomenon across the board, it was/is r&b/pop/pop-culture. It had tons of impact. Also, it was produced very very well. The vocal categories are basically just songs with your voice on them. It has nothing to do with the notes, rather the way the song is produced and the artistry behind it.

Another thing, Chris Brown’s free mixtapes be better than some of the crap albums these artists put out now!
If some of them would stop rushing and putting album after album out then their creative juices can have time enough to kick in.

I love Chris Brown but I wouldn’t say F.A.M.E is better than 4. Those two albums can be compared because they both have totally different sounds. But I was surprised that at the least I Was Here and Love On Top weren’t nominated. Miguel’s album is great and he should’ve been nominated just like Jill Scott got snubbed and her album was great as well. All politics now today. Its no longer about the music cuz if it was, MBDTF would’ve been nominated for AOTY, not Loud