67th GRAMMY Awards

Look, as much as I adore Beyoncé and appreciate that the Grammys finally gave her an Album of the Year after years of snubs, this win feels more like a long-overdue “legacy correction”.
I get that there’s a lot of pressure on the Grammys to “get it right” but that’s exactly what bothers me. When it hands out an Album of the Year award as a kind of corrective gesture, it undermines the award’s credibility. It comes off as if they’re more concerned with balancing the narrative and appeasing public outcry than with honestly assessing the art on its own terms.
 
Look, as much as I adore Beyoncé and appreciate that the Grammys finally gave her an Album of the Year after years of snubs, this win feels more like a long-overdue “legacy correction”.
I get that there’s a lot of pressure on the Grammys to “get it right” but that’s exactly what bothers me. When it hands out an Album of the Year award as a kind of corrective gesture, it undermines the award’s credibility. It comes off as if they’re more concerned with balancing the narrative and appeasing public outcry than with honestly assessing the art on its own terms.
No you’re wrong and what you think isn’t correct.
 
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Look, as much as I adore Beyoncé and appreciate that the Grammys finally gave her an Album of the Year after years of snubs, this win feels more like a long-overdue “legacy correction”.
I get that there’s a lot of pressure on the Grammys to “get it right” but that’s exactly what bothers me. When it hands out an Album of the Year award as a kind of corrective gesture, it undermines the award’s credibility. It comes off as if they’re more concerned with balancing the narrative and appeasing public outcry than with honestly assessing the art on its own terms.

Who is the "they" and "it" you're talking about? Do you think there's a board room of people who decided to give her their biggest award as a PR move? I highly doubt the majority of the 13,000 voting body held their nose and voted for Cowboy Carter. As others have said, it's more than deserving based on its artistic merits, even if it's not her strongest body of work.
 
Who is the "they" and "it" you're talking about? Do you think there's a board room of people who decided to give her their biggest award as a PR move? I highly doubt the majority of the 13,000 voting body held their nose and voted for Cowboy Carter. As others have said, it's more than deserving based on its artistic merits, even if it's not her strongest body of work.
If it's not her strongest body of work, why did she win now? Sorry, but I think you're naive, in the voting blocs these people know each other... "They" talk shop at industry events.

In any case, I love Beyonce. I understand it's a controversial take but I stand by it.
 
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If it's not her strongest body of work, why did she win now? Sorry, but I think you're naive, in the voting blocs these people know each other... "They" talk shop at industry events.

In any case, I love Beyonce. I understand it's a controversial take but I stand by it.

Because people voted for her this year. That's why she won. And honestly who cares who talked with who? Voting blocks of thousands of people? She won the majority of votes. That's how people win Grammys. Sorry, but I think you're being contrarian for the sake of it.
 
What always bothers me about Grammy narratives is that we never now by how much an artist can win or lose any award. Maybe Renaissance lost against Harry Styles by only five votes for all we know. The same dynamics are always at play and it's mostly about what the competition is that given year.

Obviously the fact that Beyoncé released a country album, in a context in which the academy membership gets younger and more diverse, helped Cowboy Carter get over the line.
 
She won this time because she created a body of work that appeals to the Grammy voter more. Maybe the other times the album was too personal, too girlie, too 'gay'. This one is more of what a straight white man likes maybe? More rock, more raw, Beatles cover, Dolly cover, real instruments, live band feel, grassroots, gospel, americana, big bands, old legends, new darlings... these are all things a Grammy voter would absolutely be into.
 

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