Well it seems fitting to write my final ode to the music of 2016-2017 on the day of music's biggest night. Yes the Grammy Awards are tonight and I'm hoping that Lorde and Kendrick Lamar win a whole bunch. Anyway this was a great year in music with heavy hitters like Lorde and Kendrick Lamar releasing truly great albums of music that the fact they came during the same year is beyond me because they are arguable the greatest achievements by each of the artists. Below is a quick review of my winners and nominees from this year.
14TH "AN IRISH BOY" MUSIC AWARDS:
OUTSTANDING ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Kendrick Lamar, "DAMN." (Produced by Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, Dr. Dre, 9th Wonder, The Alchemist, Bēkon, BadBadNotGood, Cardo DJ Dahi, Greg Kurstin, James Blake, Kuk Harrell, Mike Will Made It, Pluss, Ricci Riera, Sounwave, Steve Lacy, Terrace Martin, Tae Beast, Teddy Walton & Yung Exclusive)
Lorde, "Melodrama" (Produced by Lorde, Jack Antonoff,Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Flume, Frank Dukes, Kuk Harrell, Joel Little, Malay, S1 & Andrew Wyatt)
A Tribe Called Quest, "We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service" (Produced by A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip & Blair Wells)
The Weekend, "Starboy" (Produced by Abel Tesfayem, Doc McKinney, Ali Payami, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Ben Billions, Benny Blanco ,Bobby Raps, Cashmere Cat, Cirkut, Daft Punk, Diplo, Frank Dukes, Jake One, Labrinth, Max Martin, Mano, Metro Boomin, Prince 85 & Swish)
The xx, "I See You" (Produced by Jamie Smith, Rodaidh McDonald & Romy Madley Croft)
OUTSTANDING RECORD OF THE YEAR:
Kesha, "Praying" (Producered by Ryan Lewis)
Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid, “1-800-273-8255” (Produced by Logic & 6ix)
Lorde, "Green Light" (Produced by Lorde, Jack Antonoff, Frank Dukes & Kuk Harrell)
Pink, “What About Us” (Produced by Steve Mac)
The Weekend ft. Daft Punk, "I Feel It Coming" (Produced by Daft Punk, Doc McKinney, Cirkut & The Weeknd)
OUTSTANDING SONG OF THE YEAR:
Kendrick Lamar, "Humble" (Written by Kendrick Duckworth, Michael Williams II & Asheton Hogan)
Kesha, "Praying" (Written by Kesha Sebert, Ryan Lewis, Ben Abraham & Andrew Joslyn)
Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid, “1-800-273-8255” (Written by Sir Robert Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Alessia Caracciolo, Khalid Robinson & Drew Taggart)
Lorde, "Perfect Places" (Written by Ella Yelich-O'Connor & Jack Antonoff)
The Weekend ft. Daft Punk, "I Feel It Coming" (Written by Abel Tesfaye, Thomas Bangalter. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Martin McKinney, Henry Walter & Eric Chedeville)
OUTSTANDING NEW ARTIST:
Julia Michaels
Khalid
SZA
OUTSTANDING POP PERFORMANCE:
Ed Sheeran, "Shape of You"
Kesha, "Praying"
Lana Del Rey, "Love"
Lorde, "Green Light"
Pink, “What About Us”
OUTSTANDING POP ALBUM:
Ed Sheeran, "Divide"
Kesha, "Rainbow"
Lana Del Rey, "Lust for Life"
Lorde, "Melodrama"
Michael Buble, “Nothing But Me”
OUTSTANDING R&B PERFORMANCE:
Bruno Mars, "24k Magic"
Childish Gambino, “Redbone”
SZA, “The Weekend”
Trey Songz, “Nobody Else But You”
The Weekend ft. Daft Punk, "I Feel It Coming"
OUTSTANDING R&B ALBUM:
Childish Gambino, “Awaken, My Love!”
JoJo, "Mad Love."
Tinashe, "Nightride"
Trey Songz, “Tremaine the Album”
The Weekend, "Starboy"
OUTSTANDING COUNTRY PERFORMANCE:
Chris Stapleton, “Either Way”
Kenny Chesney, “All the Pretty Girls”
Lady Antebellum, “You Look Good”
Little Big Men, “Better Man”
Miranda Lambert, "We Should Be Friends"
OUTSTANDING COUNTRY ALBUM:
Alison Krauss, "Windy City"
Chris Stapleton, “From A Room: Volume 2”
Kenny Chesney, “Cosmic Hallelujah”
Lady Antebellum, “Heart Break”
Miranda Lambert, "The Weight of These Wings"
OUTSTANDING RAP PERFORMANCE:
Drake, "Fake Love"
J. Cole, "Neighbours"
Kendrick Lamar, "Humble"
Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid, “1-800-273-8255”
A Tribe Called Quest, "We the People...."
OUTSTANDING RAP ALBUM:
Drake, "More Life"
J. Cole, "4 Your Eyez Only"
Kendrick Lamar, "DAMN."
Logic, “Everybody”
A Tribe Called Quest, "We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service"
OUTSTANDING MUSIC VIDEO:
Kendrick Lamar, “Humble” (Directed by Dave Meyers & The Little Homies)
Kesha, "Praying" (Directed by Jonas Åkerlund)
Lorde, "Perfect Places" (Directed by Grant Singer)
Taylor Swift, "Look What You Just Made Me Do" (Directed by Joseph Kahn)
The Weekend, "Starboy" (Directed Grant Singer)
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE (FILM, STAGE, TV):
Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk
Daniel Hart for A Ghost Story
Mica Levi for Jackie
Max Richter for The Leftovers
Nicholas Britell for Moonlight
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG (FILM, STAGE, TV):
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, “Remember That We Suffered” (Written by Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen, Dan Gregor and Jerome Kurtenbach)
Fifty Shades Darker, “I Don’t Want to Live Forever” (Written by Taylor Swift, Sam Dew & Jack Antonoff)
The Flash, “Runnin’ Home To You” (Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)
Leap!, “Cut to the Feeling” (Written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Simon Wilcox & Nolan Lambroza)
Moana, "How Far I'll Go" (Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PERFORMER (FILM, STAGE, TV):
Denée Benton as Natasha Rostova in “NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812”
Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Nora Bunch in “CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND”
Donna Lynn Champlin as Paula Proctor in “CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND”
Auli’i Cravalho as Moana in “MOANA”
Bette Midler as Dolly Gallagher Levi in “HELLO, DOLLY!”
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