Today i read an article about R&B singer The Dream and how his album was not nominated for a Grammy award. The Dream decided to use his twitter page to vent his frustration about the incident. Now the album did recieve very favorable ratings and sold a fair amount of units. Now im not a big fan of The Dream i dont really listen to too much R&B music however i have listened to a few tracks off of his latest album Love vs. Money and i was fairly impressed with it. It had good features like ironically another guy who loves to be a baby when doesnt win an award Kanye West. Should the album win a grammy? i dont know about that but the fact that it was even nominated is very interesting to me. I never really thought that much about The Grammys and this really makes me think whoever does the nomination really isnt that in touch with the music industry. To me the fans should vote for all awards why should they leave music awards up to a group of 5 or 6 people or whoever does the nominations. Why not leave it up to the people that are actually going out and buying the records. It seems like twitter is continueing to do what it does best. And to me that is stir up stories and attention. Artists love to use twitter as a way of venting and why not? It causes controversy and stories and is a good way of generating news. If i had thousand of followers like most of these artists do i think i would do the same thing.Above is one of my favorite songs off of the aforementioned album Love vs. Money.
I think that the people who choose those nominated in the Grammys should be in touch with what is popular among a wide range of people. As far as the use of twitter by various artists to stir up attention this is agreat advertising gimmick to make people talk and keep their names the topic of conversation.
ReplyDeleteI agree! The fans should be in charge of nominating artist. I believe whoever is in charge of Grammy winnings, shows favortisim toward artist based on their record label affiliations.
ReplyDeleteEveryone should just relax, Empire State of Mind is an awesome song (and my ringtone!)And of course they post stuff to get attention on Twitter. I mean, so do I, truth comes out.
ReplyDeleteI've heard some songs of the Dream's album and personally I don't think that it is Grammy worthy. I agree with you about how these awards should be based on what the people think though.
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