celeb news Sabrina Qualifies For BNA @ This Years Grammy's + Beyonce To Compete For Best Country

[Kristie Kuwa]

36 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Beyoncé should've submitted to Americana categories. Especially for songs like YA YA and 16 CARRIAGES. The album should've just been submitted for the sole Album

of the Year category to make a statement, not in country. 

 

But if Cowboy Carter gets the Best Country Album nom there'll def be some pressure for voters after her snub at the CMAs. Could work in her favor

Its giving "she's getting the genre award like Rennie did for best Dance Album, but not AOTY"

[RatGod]

mind you sabrina has a discography larger than most pop girls

[SoJro101]

I actually love the audacity of Bey submitting her work to country categories. Like stand behind your work! For all the "She should've submitted to ____ category..." conversations, even if she loses all her nominations - contrary to what others have said I don't think the purpose is garnering awards, but more-so about the precedent it sets for black representation in the country music category in general. This important conversation moves forward because Bey isn't afraid to "take that sh*! on the chin". It'll be a tough year regardless, but Cowboy Carter remains one of the best and acclaimed country albums of the year so it's a worthy contender. 

 

 

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[Khal]

The "breakthrough" rule for BNA is idiotic, and if they're going to stick with it, it should at least have a time limit. So, like you can get BNA on your 2nd or 3rd album breakthrough if it was released within 5 years of your first.

 

It's ridiculous that someone whose 1st album will be 10 years old by the 2025 ceremony is competing for "BNA"  

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[halcyonday]

I love my "new" artist that I started listening to in 2018.  

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[Tusk]

Why didn't Gaga win BNA when she switched to jazz?

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[Assassin]

They should just rename the BNA category as Breakthrough Artist. It's ridiculous that someone who has released six albums in the past decade is gonna be nominated as Best New Artist.

[anastaciabby]

49 minutes ago, on the line said:

But to the general public, she is still a brand new artist. Same for Chappell even though I was listening to Pink Pony Club nonstop in 2020. I'm sure she's eligible this year too, no?

Chappell didn't have a debut album yet until 2023 , Sabrina has had 5/6 studio albums

[Onyxmage]

Shes released SIX albums.

[monologueNacafe]

1 hour ago, NewStanner said:

Girl, that's been happening for a while now. Last year, Victoria Monét (deservedly so ) won BNA, but she has been releasing her own music since 2014

everything before Jaguar II was an EP though

[Tm4074]

She really shouldn't qualify. She has the same number of studio albums as Katy Perry. Tate McRae didn't qualify for BNA this year because she submitted the maximum amount of times but released only 2 albums and her first EP was released in 2020 while Sabrina has 6 albums and debuted in 2014 - a whole decade ago. Makes no sense, the rules need to be changed to reduce category fraud. Reminds me of when Finneas got nominated for BNA after he and Billie swept AOTY, ROTY, and SOTY at the GRAMMYs the year before. The award is losing its meaning with all these fraud-y nominations in the category. 

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[Walk_Away21]

I would say this isn't good news for Chappell but luckily she claims to not want success so she probably isn't submitting right?

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[anastaciabby]

2 minutes ago, Walk_Away21 said:

I would say this isn't good news for Chappell but luckily she claims to not want success so she probably isn't submitting right?

she already admitted to submitting while trying to seem cool and saying she didn't want to win in her usual no side way she said something like "I'm submitting so when we dont win I can say hey guys see we tried! Now we can stop" 

so if she wins she'll keep going but if she doesn't get her way she'll "stop submitting" like girl come on 

[X~MoviePoP]

Why did she submit to country instead of americana or pop field

[shinyshimmery]

It's honestly kinda degrading for Sabrina to be in the BNA category when her music this year has had a ton of success. 

 

It feels like the BNA grammy is a consolation prize for artists who may (or not) win another grammy in the future. 

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[Draper.]

2 hours ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Beyoncé should've submitted to Americana categories. Especially for songs like YA YA and 16 CARRIAGES. The album should've just been submitted for the sole Album

of the Year category to make a statement, not in country. 

 

But if Cowboy Carter gets the Best Country Album nom there'll def be some pressure for voters after her snub at the CMAs. Could work in her favor

 

2 hours ago, Bey'Knight said:

So Beyonce won't even get nominated at all. Hopefully she submits album tracks to other categories. CC might be the first album of hers since 4 to miss out on the genre album category 

 

1 hour ago, CaptainMusic said:

Sabrina is not a new artist, that is absolutely ridiculous.

 

Beyoncé will be snubbed from the country categories, they didn't even nominate Kacey's last album and Beyoncé herself made a dumb move saying that it's not a country album so why would they vote for her. 
 

She should've submitted to the Americana category. 

 

10 minutes ago, X~MoviePoP said:

Why did she submit to country instead of americana or pop field

They just stated she submitted the album for the Country category, the album tracks will be very in different genre categories like she did for her previous albums: Lemonade (rnb, pop, rock, country), Renaissance (dance/electronic, pop, rnb), The Gift, I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé (pop/rnb).

 

We'll probably have something like:

Country Solo/Song Texas Hold Em/16 Carriages

Country Duo/Group: II Most Wanted/Blackbiird

Americana Song/Performance: Ameriican Requiiem/16 Carriages

Pop Solo: Texas Hold Em/Bodyguard

Pop Duo: II Most Wanted/Levii's Jeans

Melodic Rap: My House? Sweet Honey Buckiin?

RnB Song/Performance: My House? Tyrant? II Hands II Heaven? Ya Ya? 

 

It could go in many ways, maybe even rock song or performance if she stretches it a bit. 

 

 

[sunbathinganimal]

[yonsé]

2 hours ago, Mezik said:

The country community at the Grammys almost always vote differently than the CMAs and ACMs.

baby they still refused to nominate daddy lessons 

[schnetzka]

I love Sabrina but she should not be nominated for BNA. She's already had that chance. She broke through with emails i can't send so even if you don't count her first few albums, Short n' Sweet is her second era with more success.

[SinnerCity]

I love Sabrina, but this is messy, homegirl has been in the industry for over a decade, be for real 

[Mezik]

12 minutes ago, yonsé said:

baby they still refused to nominate daddy lessons 

That doesn't change the fact that they still often vote opposite of the CMAs/ACMs.

 

Texas Hold'Em was an actually country hit, I'd be shocked if it wasn't nominated on the Grammys stage. Cowboy Carter, although not my fav Beyoncé album, deserves a nomination.

[anastaciabby]

26 minutes ago, schnetzka said:

I love Sabrina but she should not be nominated for BNA. She's already had that chance. She broke through with emails i can't send so even if you don't count her first few albums, Short n' Sweet is her second era with more success.

 

17 minutes ago, SinnerCity said:

I love Sabrina, but this is messy, homegirl has been in the industry for over a decade, be for real 

agree it's dumb AF for her to be nominated but lbr as to what other white girl is going to win it, it's set up perfectly for Chappell to win 

[jdanton2]

i think they should have two separate categories one for new artist and one for breakthrough artist .

[RoseBud]

50 minutes ago, SinnerCity said:

I love Sabrina, but this is messy, homegirl has been in the industry for over a decade, be for real 

 

Congratulations Sabrina on your BNA Grammy !  Now her campaign will begin saying how she didn't have any real control or input until recently so she really is a new artist... 

[UnusualBoy]

I like Sabrina but the fact that she can be eligible to BNA with 6 albums under her arm