The top honors at Sunday night’s Grammys did not go to the album most were anticipating. Here are five reasons the surprise victory may be less shocking than you think.
. Pop singer-songwriters have triumphed in album of the year for each of the past two years, with Taylor Swift’sWhen We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
doing so in 2020. Both of those artists were nominated again in 2022 , as of course was Rodrigo, who in many ways could be considered the artistic progeny of those two megastars. Whether the three artists ended up siphoning votes from one another this year, or whether their general dominance over the past few Grammys just left voters craving something a little different, the presence of all of them may have been a minor hinderance to any one of their individual chances..
It’s hardly unprecedented in Grammy history — even in this century, where veteran non-pop performers like Herbie HancockO Brother, Where Art Thou? have all emerged victorious in album of the year. However, with winners the past decade generally coming from more contemporary mainstream artists, it might’ve taken a combination of a crowded year and the recently expanded Big Four categories for the timing to be right for another unexpected winner from totally outside of the top 40 sphere.. Even if you’re not necessarily the biggest pop star, it always helps to be an artist everyone knows and everyone likes, for one reason or another.
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