Parachutes

not a good day for Texas politics

Maybe this will be released alongside the physicals shipping to push for #1 Nvm it's just a viral tiktok audio a fan made

Agreed, I guess I can see why they would want continuity but Country Album was more inclusive than Contemporary Country. I don't think retrofitting previous winners into the new category really makes sense or is necessary. It's different than Dance/Electronic Album (for example) which has the exact same criteria just with an updated name

You are correct. For example, Kacey Musgraves' wins in 2014 and 2019 are now both listed as Contemporary Country Album, no longer Country Album. Same with Chris Stapleton's wins in 2022, 2018, and 2016. The category's page shows that this is a universal change for all Country Album winners, not just Beyoncé. Contemporary Country is a "replacement" for the old category, while Traditional is entirely "new." Doesn't change the fact that the category being split up in the first place was pretty obviously a response to Bey winning. But, this specific maneuver is not targeted towards her specifically.

Oh no, hope she'll be okay

IKI,IKY is no lock, even if they go all out for its campaign

For some reason it feels like much longer ago. Their group being half the size already

So much respect for her

One of the defining musicians of my life

Fishback FLOP (10% is still too high)

None above 4 they're strict over there! #1 doesn't surprise me

It's giving paid endorsement because why would she care about a FL primary

I wish they had an incentive to make better songs but now they clearly won't I don't care that their music is writing camp'd (if anything that'd make you expect higher quality) but the girls are very talented and I wish their songs took advantage of that. I guess their eclectic electronic sound is their signature at this point, but I feel they could still explore that while tapping into their artistic potential more. But again, no need to listen to me bc numbers show they are successful regardless

I see possibilities in Pop Vocal Album, Alternative Performance, SOTY, and maybe Music Video and Album Cover. She isn't the runaway favorite in any single category, HMHAS is a very good comparison. Phoebe's acclaim bodes poorly for her AOTY chances. I imagine there's a lot of goodwill surrounding Olivia (I feel that Daisy Chain Fields will be a big deal) and that she'll be campaigning, though.

I'm not sure how relevant genre vote splitting would be for first round voting though, since you make multiple choices in each category. An alternative voter could easily vote for both to get noms. They're both broadly popular too and would be getting support from Pop, Folk (Phoebe), Dance (Tame Impala - he has 2 Dance Grammys) etc as well. I feel it's pretty likely at least one of the two gets nominated, especially when the field isn't super strong Still wouldn't say the race is over at all though

Yeah, Phoebe shares a lot of Olivia's appeal (alternative-leaning female singer-songwriter) and I imagine would become the first choice of many of the alt/rock voters Olivia would've otherwise benefitted from. With the already massive acclaim, Phoebe being a 4x winner (in multiple genres) and previous AotY nominee, and an arena tour that starts during voting, I do think she'll get in.

Nice to see that Durbin, Peters, and Smith retiring made way for progressives

I want the "purple" sad version lyrics with the happy version instrumentation

new SZA album beforehand please

Afterthought next

No more August primaries please certainly not in swing states. Wrap it up by May

Glad AES pulled it out but that margin is spooking me. He really has his work cut out for him, hopefully his team hits the ground running. I wonder what his coalition indicates about his current appeal with independents.

Morgan's a commercial monster

This is my favorite run on the album