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As you may have surmised, this is a deeply objective exercise.
Maybe Blood, Sweat & Tears 1970 album reallyisbetter than the BeatlesAbbey Road.
Nevertheless, presented here in chronological order, is our list of the Greatest Grammys Snubs.
Spoiler alert: Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce got snubbed a lot.
stalkers anthem beat out two (two!)
Meanwhile, the other remains one of the biggest songs in the history of music.
Song of the Year is preposterous, though.
A cursory glance through the nominees of this year paints a bleak pop landscape for the year 2000.
Is Smooth better than Livin la Vida Loca?
But that doesnt mean that the cornball singer-songwriter hasnt made a genuinely good song in his time.
Regretfully, Daughters is not one of those good songs.
1 on the Adult Top 40 (who knows, it might even have helped).
Maybe, if they were paying attention.
They blew it, and Kanye never let them forget it.
Kanye and Jon Brion put trombones and flugelhorns on a rap record!
Somewhere, right this second, its being sung (badly) at karaoke.
U2 hasnt performed Sometimes on their last few tours.
So what Grammys algorithm then led to Spalding pushing past all of them to win?
Thats the thing about the Grammys: They make sense only to the people voting for them.
They found their lane, and they are not going to exit it maybe ever.
Which album better reflects the state of the world as we currently understand it?
over Frank OceanCurrently on indefinite hiatus, Fun.
People will listen to it for years to come.
But 2016 was the year ofTo Pimp a Butterfly, an album that was more than fun.
Kendrick Lamars sophomore effort is the sort of creation that doesnt just raise heart rates, but purifies souls.
TheLemonadealbum was so monumental and so well thought out and so beautiful and soul-baring.
We all got to see another side to you that we dont always see.
Despacito wasultimately shut out.
We know now what Despacito has meant to themusica-urbanaboom; the Grammys shouldve known better then.
Will the Recording Academy ever learn?DL
