"I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself. That's basically what it's all about."
-Maynard James Keenan
Lamest Grammy Nomination?
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2011/12/01 15:39:27
SLIDESHOW: Lamest Grammy Nomination?
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Rihanna, Album of the Year, "Loud"
We love dancing and working out to the songs from "Loud," but is it really Album of the Year material?
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Rihanna, Album of the Year, "Loud"
We love dancing and working out to the songs from "Loud," but is it really Album of the Year material?
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Bruno Mars, Song of the Year, "Grenade"
Cute pop song, but song of the year? Doesn't matter: Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" will win anyway ...
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Katy Perry, Record of the Year, "Firework"
We "kind" of like this song, but sometimes it gets stuck in our head and drives us crazy. Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh" … make 'em stop!
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Adele, Best Pop Solo Performance, "Someone Like You"
Does this song make you want to throw yourself off a bridge? Us, too.
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Pink, Best Pop Solo Performance, "F**kin' Perfect"
Should songs that contain the F-word really be winning Grammy Awards?
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Cee Lo Green, Best Pop Vocal Album, "The Lady Killer"
We're being a little picky with this one, but shouldn't "Forget You" win the Grammy for Most Played Out Song of the Year? That goes for the dirty version, too.
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Taylor Swift, Best Country Song, "Mean"
Seems a little juvenile for Best Country Song, doesn't it? Plus, she's competing against Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Thompson Square, Trace Adkins and Vince Gill.
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"Weird Al" Yankovic, Best Short Form Music Video, "Perform This Way"
It's a pretty hilarious parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (check it out on YouTube), but was "Weird Al" Yankovic seriously nominated for a Grammy?
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The biggest shock to come out of this year's Grammy nominations was that both Taylor Swift and Kanye West were snubbed for Album of the Year (horrors!). But we're a little more surprised by who WAS nominated.
Take Rihanna, nominated for Album of the Year for "Loud." We love dancing and working out to the songs from "Loud," but is it really Album of the Year material? Then there's her BFF Katy Perry, who was nominated for Record of the Year for "Firework."
We "kind" of like this song, but sometimes it gets stuck in our head and drives us crazy. Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh" … make 'em stop!
Adele is going to win everything this year, but we can't get behind her nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Someone Like You." Does this song make you want to throw yourself off a bridge? Us, too.
Not one but two artists were rewarded for spewing the F-Word -- Pink, for "F**kin' Perfect," and Cee Lo Green for "The Lady Killer" (which contains "Forget You"). And even WEIRD AL YANKOVIC got a nod.
The 54th Grammy Awards will air on CBS on Feb. 12, 2012. In the meantime, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who was the lamest Grammy nominee?
Take Rihanna, nominated for Album of the Year for "Loud." We love dancing and working out to the songs from "Loud," but is it really Album of the Year material? Then there's her BFF Katy Perry, who was nominated for Record of the Year for "Firework."
We "kind" of like this song, but sometimes it gets stuck in our head and drives us crazy. Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh" … make 'em stop!
Adele is going to win everything this year, but we can't get behind her nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Someone Like You." Does this song make you want to throw yourself off a bridge? Us, too.
Not one but two artists were rewarded for spewing the F-Word -- Pink, for "F**kin' Perfect," and Cee Lo Green for "The Lady Killer" (which contains "Forget You"). And even WEIRD AL YANKOVIC got a nod.
The 54th Grammy Awards will air on CBS on Feb. 12, 2012. In the meantime, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who was the lamest Grammy nominee?
Top Opinion
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Aerosol Diamonds 2011/12/01 20:47:05
You're awesome Bruno Mars
Keep on singing as well as ever sang
I love you
To even consider putting it at the caliber of record of the year, where Tina Turner, Micheal Jackson, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra and Roberta Flack have all won, is unspeakable. Horrendous. Might as well just have Death touch the music industry.
Whiny, over rated, a bad live singer, and she promotes Bieber. Need I say more?
I'm not bothered who he is anyway :/