The nominees for the 2019 Grammy awards have been announced.
Grammy 2019 Nominees
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The Grammys Are Out of Touch
Hazel Cills, writing for The Muse:
Out of 899 people nominated for the last six Grammy Awards, a new report from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California found that only nine percent of those people were women. And we still don’t know the race, gender, and age breakdown of the 24,000 member Recording Academy itself, which leads to an Academy that can only conceive of excellent women artists in the form of Adele and Taylor Swift. It’s this out-of-touch mindset that is partly destroying the Grammys’ ratings, with the ceremony hitting an all-time low this year. And who would blame anyone for not tuning in, considering Best Album winner Adele disputed her own win last year?
Grammy President Apologizes
Neil Portnow, the president of the Grammys has apologized for his previous comments about women needing to “step up:”
Last night, I was asked a question about the lack of female artist representation in certain categories of this year’s GRAMMY Awards. Regrettably, I used two words, “step up,” that, when taken out of context, do not convey my beliefs and the point I was trying to make.
Our industry must recognize that women who dream of careers in music face barriers that men have never faced. We must actively work to eliminate these barriers and encourage women to live their dreams and express their passion and creativity through music. We must welcome, mentor, and empower them. Our community will be richer for it. I regret that I wasn’t as articulate as I should have been in conveying this thought. I remain committed to doing everything I can to make our music community a better, safer, and more representative place for everyone.
Justin Vernon Still Not a Fan of the Grammys
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver took to Twitter to offer some thoughts on the Grammys:
I have to say Ken Ehlrich is a dick producer. I’m with Lorde on this, hard. Ken told us Holocene (roty, soty nominee in 2011 (?)) was “too long and slow and that we’d lose 4-6 million viewers cause of that” – and that he’s broken a lot of careers on the show, so I should listen.
Why Didn’t Lorde Perform at the Grammys?
Jem Aswad, writing for Variety:
Sources close to the situation tell Variety that the Grammys approached Lorde about performing with other artists but not solo; one source says it was part of a tribute to the late Tom Petty involving his song “American Girl” (which would have been an odd fit for the New Zealand-born singer). Lorde declined.
That source added that the other Album of the Year contenders — all of whom are male — were offered solo spots performing songs from their respective nominated albums.
‘Women Need to Step Up,’ Says Recording Academy President
Michele Amabile Angermiller, writing at Variety:
The only woman presented a solo Grammy during the awards telecast on Sunday night? Alessia Cara, who took home best new artist. Recording Academy president Neil Portnow was asked by Variety about #GrammysSoMale and had this to say:
“It has to begin with… women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level… [They need] to step up because I think they would be welcome. I don’t have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that you face but I think it’s upon us — us as an industry — to make the welcome mat very obvious, breeding opportunities for all people who want to be creative and paying it forward and creating that next generation of artists.”
Gee, I wonder why no one watches this boring, too long, and completely out of touch show.
Ratings for Grammy Awards Drop 24 Percent
Dominic Patten, writing at Deadline:
James Corden’s second kick at the Grammy host can last night saw 19.81 million tune into watch music’s supposedly biggest night. That’s down 24% from the final viewership of the February 12, 2107 Grammys and the worst the CBS aired ceremony has done since 2009.
2018 Grammy Winners
The 2018 Grammys were last night and Billboard has a list of all of the winners. The top line is Bruno Mars won album, record, and song of the year. Ed Sheeran won best pop song and album of the year and Portugal. The Man won best pop song for a duo/group.
2018 Grammy Nominees
The 2018 Grammy nominees have been announced. You can find the announced categories below.
The Grammys Announce Changes
The Grammys are making a few changes to their awards. Billboard reports:
Moving forward, all music creators (songwriters, producers, engineers, mixers, mastering engineers, featured artists) credited with at least 33 percent or more playing time on the winning album will be eligible to receive a Grammy in the Album Of The Year category. Previously, songwriters were not recognized in this category.
Open Thread: The Grammy Awards
The Grammy’s are tonight and we’ve got an open thread in our forums for the award show. Everything starts at 5:00 PM PT on CBS.
Adele to Perform at Grammys
Adele will be performing at the Grammy awards.
First Performers Announced for 59th Grammys
Metallica, John Legend, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban have been announced to perform at the Grammys.
Taking place at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Additional performers will be announced shortly.
2017 Grammy Nominees Announced
The full list of 2017 Grammy nominees has been announced. Some notable nominees: Blink-182, Panic! at the Disco, and Weezer are up for “best rock album,” Twenty One Pilots were nominated for quite a bit, and Bon Iver, Radiohead, and David Bowie are all nominated for “best alternative album.”
Streaming Only Now Eligible For Grammys
The Grammys have announced that streaming only projects will now be eligible for the awards ceremony.
Works must be released via general distribution, defined as the nationwide release of a recording via brick and mortar, third-party online retailers, and/or applicable digital streaming services. Applicable streaming services are paid subscription, full catalogue, on-demand streaming/limited download platforms that have existed as such within the United States for at least one full year as of the submission deadline.