#adele grammy

[sundayayay]

If you don't find Beyoncé's lyricism moving or impactful, maybe consider that they're not for people like you and I to understand

Beyoncé's albums have always been love letters for the black community. Hence why when Adele won aoty in 2017, she dedicated her speech to thanking Beyoncé because of the way 'Lemonade' helped so many of her black friends. Cowboy Carter is no different

She has done her research on the roots of African-American contribution to the country genre and made an album celebrating the forgotten pioneers of the genre as well as paving a new path for future black country artists

Cowboy Carter is not just an album.

It's a beacon of light for her people who want to thrive in the genre, like they always should have since the beginning of country. It is truly life changing for the black community.

The academy was not going to disregard Beyoncé's impact for an album that is repetitive and didn't have any impact other than getting #1 on the charts.

[youreonyourown-kid]

I love that Beyoncé finally has an album of the year but she should have two already

[popclture]

Adele backstage at the Grammy Awards (2009)

[bradenkleinstudio]

“Never lose sight of why, you are who you are; the reason people are into you, it’s because of something you have in you, don’t even let go of that, ever!”

— Adele (BRIT Awards, 2022)

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[music-moon]

My most played albums released in the year 2015:

Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness

Adele - 25

Tame Impala - Currents

Lin Manuel Miranda - Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Selena Gomez - Revival

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Carly Rae Jepsen - E·MO·TION

Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby

Data from last.fm + fmbot.

2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024 / 2025

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[strawberrynoir]

You should definitely read the Broken Earth if "Anders except he's black" is something you are interested in lol. there's a lot going on in those books, but that is certainly one of them

Nice nice nice nice nice nice nice~☆

It certainly is!

I'll put it back on top of my book stack and get back to it, I promise.

I'm just always reading / listening to a bunch of books at once, so some things get lost in the shuffle, I fear.

[stylestream]

Adele | Valentino Spring 2013 Couture dress | Grammy Awards | 2013

[justinsentertainmentcorner]

Li Zhou at Vox:

There’s long been outrage over the Grammys’ Beyoncé snubs for the awards show’s highest honor — omissions that have infuriated fans and prominent celebrities alike.

At the 2024 awards on February 4, Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z, became the latest to call them out, castigating the show for its history of overlooking Black artists, including his superstar wife. “We want y’all to get it right — at least get it close to right,” Jay-Z said. “I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won Album of the Year. So even by your own metrics that doesn’t work.” He became the latest of many prominent figures who’ve raised this point in some fashion, including the likes of Adele and, famously, Kanye West in the past. Increasingly, the references to Beyoncé being overlooked by institutions like the Grammys and the MTV Video Music Awards have become more common both because of how egregious they feel on the merits and also because of what they represent. Beyond serving as an insult to her undeniable talent, Beyoncé’s treatment and the specific awards she has and hasn’t won have become emblematic of the exclusion of Black art by the music establishment. They are often cited as some of the most prominent examples that capture this problem.

Why some awards matter more than others

As Jay-Z noted, Beyoncé has the most Grammys of any musical artist — 32 — but she hasn’t ever won the coveted Album of the Year award. AOTY is widely considered the most prestigious honor of the show, much like Best Directing or Best Picture is for the Oscars, and it’s often treated like the greatest recognition that the program has on offer. Beyoncé has been nominated for AOTY four times as a solo artist but has lost out each time. In 2010, she was nominated for I Am … Sasha Fierce, which lost to Taylor Swift’s Fearless. In 2015, she was nominated for Beyoncé, which lost to Beck’s Morning Phase. In 2017, she was nominated for Lemonade, which lost to Adele’s 25. And in 2023, she was nominated for Renaissance, which lost to Harry Styles’s Harry’s House.

In 2017, the year that Lemonade lost, Adele spoke about it explicitly in her AOTY acceptance speech and emphasized the cultural impact that Beyoncé’s record had had. “I can’t possibly accept this award. And I’m very humbled and I’m very grateful and gracious. But my artist of my life is Beyoncé. And this album to me, the Lemonade album, is just so monumental,” Adele said. As the most important honor of the show, AOTY sends a powerful signal regarding the cultural impact that an artist has had, making Beyoncé’s longstanding exclusion from a win in that category especially significant. Notably, despite winning 32 Grammys, she has only won one of what are known as the “Big Four” awards of the show: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. In 2010, she won Song of the Year for her hit song “Single Ladies.”

What the Beyoncé snubs represent

This history is ultimately indicative of the Grammys’ and other organizations’ much deeper problems with race. In addition to the Grammys, both the Oscars and the Golden Globes have been scrutinized for excluding Black artists. Beyoncé’s losses (and, in some cases, lack of recognition outright) in key categories underscore how Black artists have been overlooked for the most prestigious awards at the Grammys. Per a 2021 study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, Black artists constituted 38 percent of all artists on Billboard’s Top 100 between 2012 to 2020 but just 26.7 percent of Grammy nominees for the Big Four awards in that timeframe. [...]

There are other reasons the Grammys have long had a credibility issue with the hip-hop community, as A.D. Carson, a professor of hip-hop at the University of Virginia, wrote for the Washington Post in 2022. Jay-Z alluded to some examples of this exclusion in his Sunday remarks, describing how DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith boycotted the Grammy Awards in 1989 when they won the first Grammy for best rap performance because the show wouldn’t televise the presentation of the new award. The Grammys’ history of confining Black artist nominations to certain categories, such as rap and hip-hop, has also drawn scrutiny, Carson writes. And there have been concerns that the list of Black artists the show has chosen to elevate underscores, in his words, a “trend of respected rap artists being overlooked in favor of those who crossed over into pop music and gained the most White fans.”

Jay-Z is right: Beyoncé has been unfairly snubbed at the Grammys for the highest honor awards like Album Of The Year.

[fancyschmancyopinions]

ADELE at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards on February 5th 2023 wearing custom LOUIS VUITTON

Adele looked amazing at the Grammy Awards. I really love the top half of this dress. The whimsical sleeves are just really cool and make the dress not boring. I wasn’t super impressed with the skirt, it felt overwhelming. I also wish she didn’t match the carpet and chairs, how ever I’m sure that’s not something she planned.

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choose your favorite:

[musicmattersmedia]

On February 5th, the 65th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. In our discussion, we provide our reactions to the nominations and winners in the main categories, reflect on the tribute to 50 years of hip-hop, and highlight our top performances of the night. Additionally, we delve into whether the Grammys continue to stay out-of-touch or if they are making strides towards truly understanding the current landscape of music.

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FRIENDS

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[grammymumzy]

I LOVE ADELE

During the 2023 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Adele was nominated for 7 trophies. Both she and The Rock were present at the ceremony, however, she had no idea he would be there and got caught off guard when the host, Trevor Noah, introduced the 2.Adele was sitting beside her boyfriend, Rich Paul, when Noah approached her. He said, “The person Adele has always wanted to meet but never has is Dwayne Johnson. And then I found out he’s a huge fan of yours too. I don’t have Dwayne Johnson here tonight, but I do have someone called The Rock.”During Noah’s impactful words, the audience began to buzz in the arena, and The Rock approached Adele’s table to give her a big hug. That moment of delight was so uplifting that people began to tweet about their encounter. “The best moment so far,” one person wrote. “Aww, he is just the most sweetest kindest hearted guy you can meet and like,” tweeted another.