Two songs that are totally his, from his album, and should an artist release two albums in the same year, can these albums square up against one other in categories?
Actually, it COULD happen… but to date, it has not and I doubt if it will ever.
1) Members of the Recording Academy and record labels (*cough* conspiracy *cough*) submit their entries.
2) Entries are reviewed for eligibility and classified by genre.
The genre part is self-explanatory. I don’t know what the eligibility requirements are other than the song/album being released during a certain time frame. I CAN tell you that SALES VOLUME is not a factor in the nomination process. It may appear that way, but only because maybe the persons voting on the nominees may be more familiar with projects they have heard on the radio or read reviews as opposed to, say, an indie artist who hasn’t gotten any airplay. I have seen plenty nominations that were NOT platinum or even gold.
For example: Kirk Frankin’s Nu Nation Project won a Grammy in 1999. The nomination process closes in the beginning of November and nominees are announced around the beginning of December. November 1998, that project had not even gone gold yet. It went platinum in January 1999, about 6 weeks after the nominees were announced (*hmmmm*).
I’m not bashing KF at all, just using this as an example to make my point of how everything appears to be linked.
3) Nominations are put on a ballot and sent out to industry professionals in all genres.
4) These professionals vote (*cough* politics *cough*) on these preliminary (first-round) nominees (they have to stick to their own genre) and send their ballots to a third party.
5) The votes are tabulated, and a final ballot is sent out. This time, industry professionals AND Academy members vote on the winners.
6) Votes are tabulated, sealed and delivered for presentation during the Grammy Awards live.
So…. TECHNICALLY it’s possible, but REALISTICALLY, it will never happen, which is fair, because it offers more opportunities for someone to earn the coveted award.
So, you can have 2 ice-cold Cokes in the fridge, but the chances of you sticking both bottles in your mouth at the same time and drinking them is not likely. It CAN happen, but not likely.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Actually, it COULD happen… but to date, it has not and I doubt if it will ever.
1) Members of the Recording Academy and record labels (*cough* conspiracy *cough*) submit their entries.
2) Entries are reviewed for eligibility and classified by genre.
The genre part is self-explanatory. I don’t know what the eligibility requirements are other than the song/album being released during a certain time frame. I CAN tell you that SALES VOLUME is not a factor in the nomination process. It may appear that way, but only because maybe the persons voting on the nominees may be more familiar with projects they have heard on the radio or read reviews as opposed to, say, an indie artist who hasn’t gotten any airplay. I have seen plenty nominations that were NOT platinum or even gold.
For example: Kirk Frankin’s Nu Nation Project won a Grammy in 1999. The nomination process closes in the beginning of November and nominees are announced around the beginning of December. November 1998, that project had not even gone gold yet. It went platinum in January 1999, about 6 weeks after the nominees were announced (*hmmmm*).
I’m not bashing KF at all, just using this as an example to make my point of how everything appears to be linked.
3) Nominations are put on a ballot and sent out to industry professionals in all genres.
4) These professionals vote (*cough* politics *cough*) on these preliminary (first-round) nominees (they have to stick to their own genre) and send their ballots to a third party.
5) The votes are tabulated, and a final ballot is sent out. This time, industry professionals AND Academy members vote on the winners.
6) Votes are tabulated, sealed and delivered for presentation during the Grammy Awards live.
So…. TECHNICALLY it’s possible, but REALISTICALLY, it will never happen, which is fair, because it offers more opportunities for someone to earn the coveted award.
So, you can have 2 ice-cold Cokes in the fridge, but the chances of you sticking both bottles in your mouth at the same time and drinking them is not likely. It CAN happen, but not likely.
References :
Personal experience as a Grammy-nod (w/Az Yet 1998)
http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Voting/
December 31st, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Dion is VERY much right, and whether it’s artists we like or not, MOST of the artists who experience a RESURGENCE of success in the business are literally HAND-PICKED at that point in time to be pushed to the moon, and promoted EXTENSIVELY by the labels, radio, etc.
The business hand-selected Kirk Franklin to be the business’s "gospel music boy", and made sure that any and EVERYTHING relating to gospel be traced back to him, even IF there are dozens upon DOZENS of gospel artists and gospel groups who have not even seen the light of day, and who’s only exposure has been on Bobby Jones Gospel on BET, if even that much.
This is the same with other genres as well, and is one of the many reasons why I HATE the way the business treat artists, especially PAST artists, since they only push and promote a HANDFUL of artists who release songs/albums that have today’s "popular sound", and RARELY RARELY push and promote artists who are different, whether it’s new artists or past artists. Heck, they make sure that today’s simple-minded music fans don’t even gain exposure to the more talented, diverse breed of artists! And mechanisms like the Grammy Awards only award nowadays on popularity and business politics, based on the top-selling artists (since it’s the TOP-SELLING ARTISTS who only seem to be PUSHED DOWN OUR THROATS on radio and video, hence making people buy their records…since they believe "it’s hot")…and the Billboard Charts also reflect this disturbing trend…so the Grammy and the charts have NO credibility whatsoever when it comes to actually being an active reflection of the public embracing REAL TALENT at a mass rate, and being properly awarded based on their work!
I know this is off topic, but MOST people on EVERY music-based forum NEEDS to know this right now, and not continue to get sucked into the misleading thought process that the Grammys and the charts reflect an artist’s talent, especially when the artist really ISN’T the best, compared to other, more diverse, skilled, and creatively talented artists in the business in EVERY genre, breaking their backs and struggling to not only get THEIR music out their to the masses (WITHOUT the right support), but also struggling to make a living doing what they love to do, which is NOT right in any sense.
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