Two years after the head of the Grammys said ladies need to “step up” on the that they needed to be perceived, female artists are ruling the 2020 assignments.
Five of the eight collection of the year chosen people are ladies, Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey among the leaders.
Then, Lizzo and Billie Eilish are shortlisted in the events “huge four” classes: Best New Artist, Best Song, Best Album and Best Record.
Just a solo artist, Christopher Cross, has won every one of the four awards in a single year.
Scottish vocalist musician Lewis Capaldi has likewise been perceived, with Someone You Loved grabbing a designation for tune of the year; while English artist Yola got an unexpected notice in the Best New Artist.
What’s more, Lil Nas X got various nomimations for his rap hybrid Old Town Road, which spent a record-breaking 19 weeks at number one in the US prior this year.
The nominees for the main awards are:
Album of the year
- I, I – Bon Iver
- Norman Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
- Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande
- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
- Cuz I Love You – Lizzo
- I Used To Know Her – HER
- 7 – Lil Nas X
- Father Of The Bride – Vampire Weekend
Song of the year
- Always Remember Us This Way – Lady Gaga
- Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
- Bring My Flowers Now – Tanya Tucker
- Hard Place – HER
- Lover – Taylor Swift
- Norman Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
- Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
- Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Record of the year
- Hey Ma – Bon Iver
- Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
- 7 Rings – Ariana Grande
- Hard Place – HER
- Talk – Khalid
- Old Town Road – Lil Nas X ft Billy Ray Cyrus
- Truth Hurts – Lizzo
- Sunflower – Post Malone and Swae Lee
Best new artist
- Black Pumas
- Billie Eilish
- Lizzo
- Lil Nas X
- Maggie Rogers
- Rosalia
- Tank and the Bangas
- Yola
Venturing up
The Grammys were buried in contention in 2018, after just a single lady, Alessia Cara, won an honor during the broadcast service.
Solicited to react to the need from female portrayal, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said ladies required “to step up on the grounds that I figure they would be welcome.
“I don’t have individual experience of those sorts of block dividers that you face yet I believe it’s upon us – us as an industry – to make the doormat extremely self-evident.”
His remarks started shock, and the current year’s service rang the changes, with Kacey Musgraves‘ space-age down home collection Golden Hour bringing home the fundamental prize, introduced by another female host, Alicia Keys.
As she got the best new craftsman trophy, British star Dua Lipa drove home the point, saying: “I surmise this year we truly ventured up.”
Honestly, the 2020 candidates all earned their place on merit. There’s no quantity framework set up. Rather, specialists like Billie Eilish and electro-flamenco star Rosalía, have kept in touch with the absolute most ground breaking, head-turning records of the most recent a year.
The Recording Academy’s new president, Deborah Dugan, remarked on the wonder as she reported the waitlist for best pop in Los Angeles.
“Stunning, that is a great deal of ladies,” she jested. “Just sayin.'”
We’ll find who wins when the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards occur on Sunday, January 26 2020, facilitated again by Alicia Keys.
The occasion happens a month sooner than ordinary, after the Oscars pushed their service ahead, taking the Grammys customary opening.
That implies the 2020 distinctions depend on an abbreviated, 11-month qualification period.
