Taylor Swift’s latest album, Lover, was eligible for all of the Grammy nominations this cycle. Taylor usually gets nominated across the board, although her album before Lover, Reputation, was “snubbed” when it was Grammy-eligible, meaning it only received one nomination for Pop Album. Well, Lover did better than Reputation, but the Snake Fam is still crying foul. Taylor got three Grammy nominations this morning, for Song of the Year (for “Lover”), Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance (for “You Need to Calm Down”). No Album of the Year or Record of the Year nominations. Still, as I said… better than Reputation. You can see the full list of 2020 Grammy nominations here. Besides the arguable “snubs” of Taylor, the big stories are “Bon Iver, coming through” and “the Grammys love Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X.”
Album of the Year:
I, I — Bon Iver
Norman F***ing Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?— Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
I Used To Know Her — H.E.R.
7 — Lil Nas X
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)— Lizzo
Father Of The Bride — Vampire WeekendRecord of the Year
“Hey, Ma” — Bon Iver
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Hard Place” — H.E.R.
“Talk” — Khalid
“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
“Sunflower” — Post Malone & Swae LeeBest New Artist
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía
Tank And The Bangas
YolaBest Pop Solo Performance
“Spirit” — Beyoncé
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
“You Need To Calm Down” — Taylor SwiftBest Pop Vocal Album
The Lion King: The Gift — Beyoncé
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
No. 6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran
Lover — Taylor SwiftSong of the Year:
“Always Remember Us This Way” — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
“Hard Place” — Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris. H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“Lover” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
“Norman F***ing Rockwell” — Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
“Someone You Loved” — Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi)
“Truth Hurts” — Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)
Ten bucks says Best Pop Vocal Album will go to damn Ed Sheeran, the only man in that group. That’s what I keep thinking about as I see all of these female artists coming through: they’ll lose to men, and the Grammys won’t even let them showcase their nominated songs properly. Still, congrats to all of the nominated peeps, especially Billie, Lana and Ari.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Taylor’s social media, WENN.
Well, I know it’s not popular here, but Swift should have gotten a nom over Thank u, next. Sorry, that album stank, tho I guess I just don’t like Grande’s singing. I like her, I just don’t like her music. I loved Taylor’s album. A lot.
That said, let’s just give them all to Lizzo, because TRUTH HURTS is amazing, and an athem for our time. WHY MEN GREAT TILL THEY GOT TO BE GREAT. Truly the question of the trump era, (and I strongly include the 16 campaign in this) and Lizzo knows it.
You are so right LOL. “Truly the question of the trump era”
WHY MEN GREAT TILL THEY GOT TO BE GREAT – that line alone deserves all the grammys, a people’s choice, a nobel and a little league participation trophy.
See, I thought Lover was Taylor’s worst album. I like way more tracks off of Reputation than Lover. I’m glad she wasn’t nominated for AOTY, it’s time for others to shine. How she ever got as many Grammys or nominations in the first place will forever remain a mystery to me.
Me too Gingerbread. Lover
Is suboptimal
Thank you, next is an amazing album and I am not even an Ariana fan!
Yes, well I did mention my personal musical tastes and opinions won’t be popular here. TDS. It’s always a “whoa” moment for me, reading the comments about her here.
I think 7 Rings is such a lazy, crap song. I can’t believe it was nominated multiple times.
The Grammys have lowered the bar so low, and that’s contributed to their irrelevance.
I totally agree that Lizzo should get all of the awards. Love her entire album.
No way, Jose. I listened to Lover for about two days, then went back to other stuff including TU;N. Still jamming to it to this day. I hope Ari wins!
Yay for Lizzo!! Love love love her. Her NPR Tiny Desk Concert + Glasto performance are everything! So many clever Lizzo lines, but the best are definitely:
-WHY MEN GREAT TILL THEY GOT TO BE GREAT?
-I JUST TOOK A DNA TEST, TURNS OUT I’M 100% THAT B*TCH.**
**yes, I know she didn’t write this one, but I still love it!
Well Im happy. Billie got tons of noms – as she should have. Lizzo got nominated and H.E.R. – who is an amazing singer songwriter who J listen to literally everyday. I hope she wins at least one award. As for Taylor…whatever. I hope she doesn’t win a damn thing. In fact – in every category she is nominated in she’s up against Billie. Lol. This is going to be good. I may actually watch this year.
Me too.
Bon Iver’s album is very, very good.
I was expecting BTS to get a nomination -even in the most meaningless category – but the competition is quite tough this year.
Yeah, I am quite sad they didn’t get anything. They deserve it, they write their own music and outsold most of the others.
I’m happy for Lizzo.
“Cuz I Love U” is a good album and “Truth Hurts” gave me that line as stated above “Why men great, til they got to be great”, that’s perfect and true.
It’s impossible for Billie Eillish not to win Album of the Year or best new artist. Girlfriend is EVERYWHERE and EVERYONE loves her.
I don’t like her but credit must go for the ones who deserve: she’s a very good artist.
Lover is a really strong album, I think it’s understandable Taylor/her fans would feel disappointed. Personally I’m just happy Lana got an AOTY nomination (I think her first?) because Norman F***ing Rockwell! is a masterpiece IMO. But then again the Grammys have seemed increasingly meaningless in recent years so…maybe none of this matters!
I got the Norman F***ing Rockwell album on recommendations here, and I LOVE it. Some really beautiful music there.
Also thrilled to see Maggie Rogers get recognized, I love her work.
I’m excited for Lana, too! It’s her best since Born to Die.
I’m happy to see Lizzo and Billie up there.
Song of the year will probably go to her, Lizzo, or Taylor Swift.
Lover deserved an AOTY nod in my opinion, but the terrible You Need To Calm Down getting nominated counteracts that so…meh.
Maggie Rogers and Rosalia deserved more.
Very happy for Rosalia, she deserved AOTY too but I guess an album in spanish can’t get nominated or is almost impossible.
Taylor got more than she deserved but at leats not the biggest one. Don’t understand the Lizzo hype. Lana was a nice surprise.
Billie Ellish continues to be one of those artists whose hype I really just don’t “get,” but she seems like a nice enough kid. I would love to see Lizzo win something, though. Great voice.
I just find her downright unpleasant. I’m sure that she’s a nice person, but I like covers of her songs more than I like the actual recording. I’m muting the “Bad Guy” performance if Miss Juicy isn’t performing it.
Super excited for Lana. Her latest album is straight fire.
I’m happy for Lizzo, Ari, and Lil Nas X. My guess is that either Lizzo sweeps or we get a split year w/ everyone getting a piece of the prize and Lizzo taking 2-3. “Truth Hurts” was huge this year so drama aside, I wouldn’t mind seeing Lizzo take just about everything. Maybe not Best New Artist though. Let’s that cursed thing rot. Remember Alessia Cara? She flopped hard after winning that. It’s a pity. I liked the lead single off of the second album that bombed. Give it to Billie Eilish so Lorde can reclaim her dark teen pop queen throne.
I’d love to see Vampire Weekend get album of the year, but it’s SUCH a long shot. I’m kind of expecting Billie to get it? Though honestly, I think there are a decent amount of deserving options there. I’d love Lizzo to get something as well.
I love Father of the Bride and would be thrilled to see them win over Billie. Big fans of theirs. Also a fan of Lizzo so I hope she wins all the awards.
Ed Sheeran is a treasure. Period.
Woof. Agree to disagree. If he wins, I’m going to eat my shoe.
Sorry but 2015 passed long ago, so no.
Oh god, no. He’s lame.
@Melody calder
I agree with you. He’s very talented in my eyes. I really like his newest album.
What is the difference in Record of the Year and Song of the Year? Real question……..
Song of the year award goes to the songwriter. Record of the year goes to the singer (and/or producer/engineers, etc.).
Record is the recording/production of a song. AOTY is the whole thing.
Best Song goes to the songwriter(s).
Happy for Maggie Rogers and SAD re no mentioning of BANKS’ III, Carly’s Dedicated and Tove Lo’s Sunshine Kitty… These 3 albums are my top – pop music this year.
Oh dear, no AOTY nom for Taylor again? That’s definitely going to piss her off. She was so upset about Red losing that she changed her whole sound, and now she’s been completely shut out of the category twice…I wonder if she’ll go for another switch up.
I’m also not surprised Lana got a nom spot. The critics have never praised her so much, and this is the exact type of sound that they like in the first place.
Billie, Lizzo and Taylor all look PHENOMENAL. I like all their music, too. It took me awhile, but I now like Taylor’s music. She’s progressed a lot, but she did start when she was, like, 15.
So happy for Lana, Vampire Weekend and Lizzo. And no, Taylor didn’t deserve an AOTY nomination. If anyone was snubbed it was Tool. Hopefully Old Town Road will win ROTY, it has the record of most weeks as the #1, so anything else would be unfair. And tbh I think Lewis Capaldi may get that SOTY, the academy loves those kind of songs.
Pleasantly surprised to see Yola pop up in best new artist. Not sure she has enough momentum to win but hopefully the nom gets her some publicity, she’s incredibly talented. “Walk Through Fire” is a great album, feels like a 70s throwback with a twist.
Congrats to Vampire Weekend, although FOTB wasn’t as good as their third album, it’s still very solid. Sad Rosalia didn’t got album of the year, or even BTS, sometimes I wish the Grammy’s nominated others beyond only english speaking singers, the same w the Oscars, we need more diversity in the main categories
The Recording Academy wooed BTS and their fandom the whole year. Articles, invitations, even have their tuxes in their museum. All to squeeze as much clicks and museum ticket money as possible.
There are tons of articles declaring how BTS’ fandom is upset or irate. Guys don’t be fooled, they were prepared and hopeful while cynical. Very few are exclaiming their distaste but most headlines focus ONLY on them. Why 🧐?
Many fans blocked entertainment media so their posts wouldn’t be used for article fodder. There’s a huge amount of calm and knowledgeable part of the fandom that are unseen by the general public.
Ed had a great album. I don’t mind if he wins. If he earned it, so what if he’s a man?
Its a board full of feminists. What’s wrong with him being a man, is in fact, just that he is a man…at least here lol
What is the difference between record of the year and album of the year? I never understand this but people always get mad about one
Record of the year is an award for a song (one ‘recorded’ track). The award is judged based on the song, production and performance of the artist.
Song of the year is based on the actual song itself therefore is awarded to the writers as well as the singer.
Album of the year is awarded for an entire album.
🙂
I’m just here for Lewis Capaldi. Lewis for the win!
I am here for Lizzo winning every category where she received a nomination. Her album was straight fire – PERIODT! It is filled with catchy lyrics, awesome vocals and tunes which transcend music genres. To be honest, I have never understood the appeal of Taylor Swift. Her music is bland and vocals always leave a lot to be desired.
Congratulations to FKA Twigs nomination for Best Music Video Cellophane… yeah!!
I, I by Bon Iver is one of the best albums out there. Man Like U is sooooooo beautiful and the rest is just magic.
Lover (the album) deserves to be recognised, I listen to it a lot – plenty of great tracks. My fave is Death By a Thousand Cuts.
Soon You’ll Get Better is also lovely – “Holy orange bottles, each night I pray to you. Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too.” . Oof.
Billie and Lizzo have probably been the biggest breakthrough artists this year so I wouldnt be surprised if they both get a decent amount of wins.
The biggest snub was in the Rap category. In a year when women dominated rap, not a single female artist nominated.
I’m thrilled for Billie and Lizzo! I don’t get the Lover hype. There were a few good songs on it, but it’s mostly forgettable. How the heck did Lil Nas X get a album of the year nod??