GRAMMY WEEK!!!!! And we will certainly get to those. But first, allow me to recap the biggest stories of the week leading up to the 53rd edition of “who will the Academy snub this year?” that is, none other than The Grammys.
In hind sight of two less-than-stellar Super Bowl performances, Fergie was heard defending Christina Aguilera’s forgetfulness on Dan Patrick’s radio show Monday, saying:
"It's such a huge venue, your nerves take a hold of you," said Fergie. "I completely understand. She's one of the best singers of our time. Nobody can take that away from you. ... But you get nervous at these things. We're human."
Moving on, Big Sean finally has everything set up to release his debut album Finally Famous: The Album, on Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. MUSIC/Def Jam label. Big Sean has been on the radar for about 2 years now through his “Finally Famous” series, and most recently as a consistent contributor to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Friday tracks.
Beyonce announced that she would be a headliner at the Glastonbury Festival this June. She will perform a 90-minute set on the last day of the festival, closing it out. Congratulations to Mrs. Knowles, who watched her husband in England last year when he became the first Hip-Hop artist to perform at Glastonbury. Now it’s her turn.
"This really is the biggest festival in the world and I cannot wait to perform there. I'm pumped just thinking about that huge audience and soaking up their energy."
While Beyonce was announcing her Glastonbury plans, a judge announced 10 yards as the amount of distance that Chris Brown would have to keep from Rihanna, following a court order stemming from the incident in 2009 when he admitted to beating Rihanna. Keeping 10 feet apart…………He should have just avoided her in the first place, no????
Billboard.com relased their annual “Top 40 Money Makers”, chronicling the highest-earning artists of the year, all things considered. The top 5 were as follows:
5. Justin Beiber $22,492,565
4. Dave Matthews Band $23,942,353
3. Roger Waters $24,489,675
2. Bon Jovi $30,441,776
1. Lady Gaga $30,556,342
I’m not sure who Roger Waters is, and I’m jealous of Justin Beiber. I feel like a lot of people can relate to the preceding sentence.
THE GRAMMYS
And now, the Grammys. Last night at 8 o’clock, the Grammy’s began with a tribute to the wonderful Aretha Franklin, with Christina Aguilera more than making up for her Super Bowl performance. Alongside Martina McBride, Yolanda Adams, Jennifer Hudson and Florence Welch, Christina helped sing beautifully a medley of Franklin's biggest hits, such as "Respect"
Lady Gaga, arrived in an egg and performed "Born this Way". Enough of her.
B.O.B. gave, as usual, a great performance with Bruno Mars playing the piano while the two performed their hit “Nothing on You”. Janelle Monae then came out and joined B.O.B. and they performed "Tightrope"
Here are a few of the top awards:
· Best Rock Album: Muse, The Resistance
· Best Pop Vocal: Lady Gaga,
· Best Country Album: Lady Antebellum, Lady Antebellum
· Best New Artist: Esperanza Spalding
· Best Rap Album: Eminem, Recovery
· Record of the Year: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
· Album of the Year: Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
I personally thought that Hip-Hop got snubbed in the “Record of the Year” and “Album of the Year” categories. Eminem definitely should have won BOTH awards. The first for Love The Way You Lie, and the second for Recovery.
Someone please tell me how a song that was number one in 23 countries and was number 1 on Billboard charts in America for 7 weeks does NOT win Record of the Year? RIDICULOUS.
All in all, the grammys were a disappointment, as a number of the performances were mediocre at best, and I still don’t understand why 30 minutes of the show were devoted to country music.
See you next week!!!
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