If a conspiracy theorist was to point to a potential (yet, unsubstantiated) case this year, they could look no further than Jacob Collier’s “Djesse Vol. Yes. Collier has quite an industry connection. Now that 2020's wave of major releases by the likes of Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, BTS, Post Malone and Dua Lipa have hit shelves, Billboard wants to know which early contender you want to win album of the year at the upcoming Grammys. | Billboard News. Click to copy. I was personally surprised that he was not nominated.”. … (Jan 22, 2021) From BTS to Cardi B, fans are voting for who they think should perform at the upcoming 2020 Billboard Music Awards. Browse more videos. AdChoices Looking at the album of the year field from the 61st Grammys, seven of the eight nominees made the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Created by J. Dalvy On Nov 21, 2019 Help Translate This Item. Privacy Policy By Glenn Rowley. It's that time again! Vote! Music Media. It’s possible those discussions took place before the nominations were solidified. With the 2020 Latin Grammys just around the corner, Billboard wants to know which album should nab the coveted album of the year award. Sources tell TMZ the Grammys gave The Weeknd an ultimatum: Perform at The Grammys on Jan. 31 or the Super Bowl a week later on Feb. 7. Site also contains reviews, ratings & more. While we'll have to wait until the 62nd GRAMMY Awards air on CBS on Jan. 26 to find out who will win, let's take a look at which albums have been nominated for one of the most anticipated GRAMMY Awards each year. A retrospective on Billboard’s coverage of Grammy growing pains, generational shifts and golden moments since the annual awards show launched in 1959. Are you rooting for a country contender like Miranda Lambert's Wildcard or supergroup The Highwomen's harmony-filled self-titled debut album? 1:58 . FBI tracking chatter extremists could infiltrate National Guard, report says . For the major categories – Album, Record and Song of the Year (as well as Best New Artist) – the members of the Recording Academy’s large voter base submit their choices. Now, is it possible Mason or someone (perhaps several people) at the Recording Academy and CBS, the network airing both shows, knew ahead of time The Weeknd was performing at the Super Bowl? Vote The 2020 GRAMMY AWARDS: Who Do YOU Want To Win? So what happened? The top 20 vote-getters are then narrowed down to the final eight by a committee of 20 unnamed industry professionals. last year | 151 views. Billboard - Grammys 2020: A Look at Contenders for Album of the Year | Billboard News | Facebook. Machine Gun Kelly tackles a new pop-punk sound (with the help of Travis Barker) … Who won YOU over in 2019? The Weekend, whose album “After Hours” and single “Blinding Lights” were the odds on favorites to potentially sweep next year’s ceremony, was left out of the main categories. 1:58. The Weeknd’s Super Bowl performance a week later would water down a promotion for The Grammys (or perhaps both shows), considering he’d be a marquee artist. (Her eighth studio album also came in as Billboard staffers’ No. Nominations for the 2021 Grammys are officially being announced on Tuesday, and Billboard has some big bets for who could be up for album of the year. Follow. Grammys 2018: What Should Win Album of the Year? the 2021 GRAMMYs.Airing Sunday, March 14, 2021, on CBS, the 63rd GRAMMY Awards recognize excellence in music released in late 2019 and 2020. With the 2020 Latin Grammys just around the corner, Billboard wants to know which album should nab the coveted album of the year award. Updated Jan. 5, 2021. With the 62nd annual Grammy Awards coming up at the beginning of next year, Billboard is seriously looking at the top contenders for the top award: album of the year. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. All Rights Reserved. California Privacy Rights Year-End Billboard 200 Albums; 2020 Year-End Boxscore; Google's Top Hummed Songs 2020; All Year-End Charts; DECADE-END . “I try to empathize with where that came from, but it was difficult to hear. As we wrap up the extraordinary 2020, Billboard has chosen the best Latin albums of 2020. The Grammys have a serious PR problem here. Glenn Rowley 1/27/2020. Janet Jackson was. Yet, TMZ’s “sources” would have you think otherwise. Watch fullscreen. Justin Timberlake performed at the Super Bowl a week after being nominated in two major categories in 2004. I can understand he’s disappointed [at being shut out]. However, JT was not billed as the headliner at the Super Bowl that year. For the major categories – Album, Record and Song of the Year (as well as Best New Artist) – the members of the Recording Academy’s large voter base submit their choices. Perhaps more damning, The Weeknd himself tweeted out on Tuesday: “The Grammys remain corrupt. Vote! It's GRAMMY Time! Nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, and Billboard has some big bets for who could be up for record of the year.. Terms of Use On one hand, it’s hard to imagine even the Grammys pulling off such a huge conspiracy. Getty Images. TWITTER The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Do Not Sell My Personal Information See more about. But why would they care? Search. Latin Grammys 2017: Who Will Win Album of the Year … For those unfamiliar with the Grammy voting process (which is all of us), it’s hard to imagine Collier got more votes than The Weeknd from the Recording Academy’s general voter base. Subscribe to cleveland.com. However, the deluxe version made the duo eligible again this year. But we're so thankful for the music that made it a little more bearable and provided an eclectic soundtrack to our quarantine. He’s signed to Quincy Jones’ management company. It's the only album of the year candidate that is nominated for that award. Whether you're rooting for Billie or Lizzo or both - Let your voice be heard and place your votes for Album of the Year, Best New Artist, and more for the music industry's biggest night! To simplify subscriber access, we have temporarily disabled the password requirement. EU Privacy Preferences, BILLBOARD is a registered trademark of Billboard IP Holdings, LLC. However, this year, during a screening process, “After Hours” was moved ( to the Best Pop Vocal Album category, where he did not make the top 20. The main one involves an alleged heated exchange between the pop star and the Grammys over The Weeknd’s Super Bowl performance. GENRES . … © 2021 Billboard Media, LLC. last year | 151 views. EMAIL ME But the bigger shock came with The Weeknd not receiving a single nomination in any category. With 2020 rapidly drawing to a close, That Grape Juice will be … Sales aren’t everything and those aforementioned albums are solid works. On the other hand, just this year, the Grammys were wrapped in controversy after firing Deborah Dugan. 1 solo album Rare? By Glenn Rowley. The 2021 Grammy Awards may be nearly a year away, but it's never too early to start speculating about who could win the big prizes at music's biggest night! This poll has been updated to include Taylor Swift's Folklore. Perhaps you want a rap album like Lil Uzi Vert's Eternal Atake or Latin project such as Bad Bunny's YHLQMDLG to take home the big prize. The snub was so egregious that Recording Academy chair and interim president/CEO Harvey Mason Jr. has had to do multiple interviews fielding questions about The Weeknd being left out off the nomination list. A list of the top albums of the year from Billboard (First Half). Are you loving Lipa's disco-infused sophomore LP Future Nostalgia or the vulnerable pop opus of Gomez's third No. Grammys 2020: A Look at Contenders for Album of the Year | Billboard News. Everybody at the academy understands that he’s disappointed. But not receiving a single nomination for an album with such critical and commercial success is unheard of. Copied to clipboard. Did the Weeknd submit his music for nomination? All Rights Reserved. No matter which album is defining your early 2020, vote in Billboard's poll below! Do the Grammys deserve the benefit of the doubt? She would be the youngest album of the year winner in Grammy history, easily topping Taylor Swift, who was 20 when she won a decade ago for Fearless. Billboard is a subsidiary of Valence Media, LLC. Among the accusations were voting irregularities: “There are incidents of conflict of interest that taint the results.”. Even in normal times, predicting the Grammys’ album of the year category can feel like trying to guess where lightning will strike. 1:14. FACEBOOK Billboard picked out our 25 best rock albums of 2020, but we want to know: Which rock album from this year was your favorite? Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. Vote in our poll! Now that the race is officially on, Billboard … Billboard examines potential candidates for album of the year at the 2020 Grammy Awards. The Weeknd’s omission from all categories is, perhaps, the biggest snub in the history of the Grammys. Buzzing Livestream Artists; Rising Livestream Artists; Top Livestream Artists; News. Conspiracy theories have emerged. The latter didn’t even release a proper studio album this year and earned the most nominations. Given how this year has gone, perhaps you're ready to fast-forward to 2021 (we're almost there!). The 62nd GRAMMY Awards air on Jan. 26, 2020 … 2020 GRAMMY … CLEVELAND, Ohio – There was a lot to unpack with Tuesday’s Grammy Nominations. Welcome to the 13th annual That Grape Juice: End of Year Awards! Grammys 2020: A Look at Contenders for Album of the Year | Billboard News. “Black Pumas” peaked at No. Please support high-quality local journalism. by Subscribe for more 2020 Grammys Song of the Year Poll This week will end on a solid note when the 62nd annual Grammy Awards will be held in … Of course, Taylor Swift and Beyonce still earned major nominations. Decade-End Top Artists; Decade-End Top Artists - Interactive ; Decade-End Hot 100 Songs; Decade-End Billboard 200 Albums; All Decade-End Charts; BANDSINTOWN X BILLBOARD . The same goes for the deluxe version of Black Pumas’ debut album. Vote now for who you think should win Album of the Year at the 2020 GRAMMY Awards, and be sure to tune in to see all the action on Sunday January 26 at 8PM ET on CBS. Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2020 (So Far). In July 2020, multi-GRAMMY winner and pop titan Taylor Swift surprise-dropped her eighth studio album, folklore. Music Media. Playing next. Billboard. Then he earned an Album of the Year bid at the Grammys and won Best Country Album and Best Country Solo Performance for the title song. Folklore by Taylor Swift was the best-selling album of 2020, and the longest-running number-one album of the year, spending eight weeks atop the chart. Glenn Rowley This year’s Grammy nominations were solidified on Oct. 28. Great albums released early during the eligibility window can fade from memory, and the recently increased field of eight nominees means plenty of dark horse entries can shake things up. Mason would not say if The Weeknd made the top 20 in any of the major categories. Eilish's album is also nominated for best engineered recording, non-classical. As Billboard awards editor Paul Grein has previously reported, the Nominations Review Committee is looking for big hits with critical acclaim -- and major sales definitely help boost a project's credibility. Mason has said the voters shifted their focus to new, up-and-coming artists. He submitted “After Hours” for Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album Non-Classical. 3” becoming the first album in Grammy history to earn a spot in Album of the Year after failing to chart on the Billboard 200. Jones has won 28 Grammys in his lifetime. Pop; … The Weeknd was announced as the Super Bowl headliner on Nov. 12. Yes and no. The Weeknd’s Juice WRLD collaboration “Smile” was also submitted in the Best Melodic Rap Performance category. Coming in close second was Folklore, Taylor Swift’s first surprise set of 2020, with 29.28% of the vote. Haim's Women in Music Pt.III tackles romance, depression and sexism in the music industry and was our top pick; their third studio set scored a major Grammy nod for album of the year. The 2020 Grammy Award nominations arrived on Wednesday (Nov. 20) and eight of the year's most acclaimed LPs are up for album of the year. The Biz premium subscriber content has moved to Billboard.com/business. The psychedelic soul group’s self-titled effort originally came out in June 2019. That in itself was surprising. It’s a bit complicated. Billboard - Grammys 2020: A Look at Contenders for Album of the Year | Billboard News | Facebook. Here’s what Mason told Billboard: “To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before The Weeknd’s performance at the Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process.”. What’s more interesting, however, is that Mason confirmed the Grammys were in discussions with The Weeknd to perform at the Grammys. © 2021 Advance Local Media LLC. Library. Billboard examines potential candidates for album of the year at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Luke Combs won the accolade at both the ACM and CMA Awards this year for What You See Is What You Get and Roddy Ricch won album of the year at this year's BET Awards for Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. Does the Super Bowl conspiracy make sense? 7/27/2020 . But the biggest story had nothing to do with who was nominated. Grammy Award. Not both. Advertising Sign up. The announcement came with no advance singles or prior news around a 2020 album, in contrast to the four-month teasers and singles in … However, he did reveal “After Hours” was first submitted in the best progressive R&B category (the new name for Best Urban Contemporary Album). Vote in our poll! We get it -- it wasn't an easy year. The ousted president and CEO accused the Recording Academy of harassment and corruption. He also submitted “Blinding Lights” for Record and Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Music Video. With the 2020 Latin Grammys just around the corner, Billboard wants to know which album should nab the coveted album of the year award. All rights reserved (About Us). Dua Lipa, BTS, Post Malone & More: Who Do You Want to Win Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammys? It seems odd the Recording Academy would engage in seemingly such lengthy debates with an artist to perform knowing they weren’t nominated for a single award. 7/27/2020 With the 62nd annual Grammy Awards coming up at the beginning of next year, Billboard is seriously looking at the top contenders for the top award: album of the year. Beyond it no longer being 2020, next year has some other big things going for it, including Music's Biggest Night, a.k.a. Of course. The Weekend has won two Grammys in that category previously. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (each updated 1/1/21). Nominations for the 2021 Grammys are officially being announced tomorrow (Nov. 24), and Billboard has some big bets for who could be up for album of the year. And while The Weeknd isn’t the Grammy juggernaut those two artists are, his previous two studio albums both won awards. Perhaps you want a rap album like Lil Uzi Vert's Eternal Atake or Latin project such as Bad Bunny's YHLQMDLG to take home the big prize. The band opened the Grammy telecast in February 2002 by performing this … No matter which album is defining your early 2020, vote … You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…”, In response, Mason told Billboard he was “saddened” by The Weeknd’s statement. Eilish would make history if she won. From Bad Bunny's epic year to Chiquis winning her first Latin Grammy, vote for the Latin artist you think dominated 2020. Report. The album won a Grammy for best rock album and was nominated for album of the year. The 2020 GRAMMYs are just around the corner, and now the nominations are in for the coveted honor of Album Of The Year. Log in. Both “In Your Eyes (Remix)” and “Over Now” were submitted in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category. © 2019 Billboard Media, LLC. In fact, 2015′s “Beauty Behind the Madness” earned nominations for Album and Record of the Year. Despite having one of the most successful and critically acclaimed albums of 2020, The Weeknd receiver zero Grammy nominations. 200 on the Billboard 200. It’s one thing to miss out on the general categories like Album, Record and Song of the Year. 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