Every year in February, many families and friends come together.
Spouses, uncles and aunts, siblings, and best friends hover around the
TV. Excitement explodes through their fingertips as they reach for the
nearest snack. Support of different teams screams through the favorite
jerseys they wear. This is the Super Bowl.
This post, however, is not about your typical Super Bowl. It involves
no football at all. In this post, I want to share my version of
the Super Bowl—the night I feel the most excited, and eager to know who
will win. The night my heart sings as sweet melodies of artists'
performances swim through my ears. My version of the Super Bowl
is the Grammys! Although, don't worry—there won't be any beer-breathed
screams of anger or split-colored face paint involved.
On Sunday, February 2nd, 2025, the 67th Annual Grammys Awards will be
held. The Recording Academy has been presenting the Grammy awards since
1959. The Recording Academy aims to recognize different music artists'
excellence and achievements during the previous year. Many music
creators have greatly impacted modern art and culture, especially with
the heightened effect of social media trends, content creation, and
different outlets of emotional expression. According to Grammy.com, the
awards ceremony takes the time to celebrate these achievements and
“inspire a new generation of musicians.”
With about 20,000 submissions each year, Grammy nominations are
judged by their peers. This is unlike other music awards, such as the
MTV Video Music Awards, where fans vote for which artist they think
should win. The Grammy award ceremony includes all music genres, from
pop and dance to country, R&B, classical, and more. Many categories
come down to only five finalists; Academy voting members determine which
artist is worthy of a trophy.
Many people, including myself, are most excited about “Album of the
Year.” With eight artists in the running, it is intriguing to see which
artist the Recording Academy feels deserves the honor of having his or
her album named Album of the Year.
Didn’t get to listen to any of the albums nominated? No problem! The
Mercer County Library System has a wide selection of CDs that you can
choose from, including recent albums found in the Album of the Year
category!
New
Blue Sun
"-- represents a continuation of adventure and discovery for me. Even
inherent in the meaning of my name Andre 3000, there is a wonder or
looking forward to the new or what is next. This discovery has happened
many times in my life and career and it's very exciting to witness. I
say 'witness' because I am also watching it happen along with you all
and I never really know what will come or how I will respond or
interpret the inspiration. We all have aspirations, ideas or plans but
isn't it the most awesome when life surprises us in a way that becomes
greater than anything we could have imagined? 'This album' and the
process in which it was recorded is that discovery and witnessing being
played out in real time, alive, breathing and improvised. It's much more
than 'Andre's flute album'. Ha." — Andre 3000
Cowboy
Carter
Two years after conquering the dancefloor with
Renaissance,
Beyoncé continued her three-act crusade to reclaim genres no longer
associated with the Black artistic tradition that invented them. Having
put her stamp on house music, she's lassoed country -- and folk, gospel,
Americana, and more -- on
Act II, Cowboy Carter. A direct claim
to her own Southern roots, this isn't the first time Beyoncé has tried
her hand at the genre: Lemonade's "Daddy Lessons" more than proved her
ability to make any genre her own. Yet the controversy surrounding her
2016 CMA performance with the Chicks was a reminder that there was still
a long way to go.
Short
n' Sweet
A showcase of the scintillating spirit of Sabrina Carpenter, the
pocket-sized popstar with a larger than life artistic presence. One gold
album & multiple platinum singles later, it's no wonder that
"Espresso," the debut single from the forthcoming album, has it all:
lyrics that make you giggle and blush and songwriting that makes you
wish you'd thought of it first.
Brat
In Charli's words, “It's confrontational. It's confident. It's
conversational. The lyrics are texts I would send to my friends. It's
funny. It's fun. It's a club record so play it loud.” This is a
dance/electronic album (Charli has worked with the likes of
Gesaffelstein, Hudson Mohawke, etc. on the music) that will reinforce
Charli as the most important British pop star out there.
Hit
Me Hard and Soft
In between albums, Billie Eilish won two Oscars, a pair of Golden
Globes, and a handful of Grammy Awards. What would typically be huge
feats for regular folks has become the norm for the dynamic duo of
Eilish and her brother, Finneas, but could they extend that success for
another album cycle? For their third effort,
Hit Me Hard and
Soft, she didn't offer an advance single or major promotion, a move
that might have been construed as getting ahead of any negative critical
evaluation. And yet, it simply signaled a quiet confidence in the
project, which is another home run. This pair can really do anything. A
brisk ten songs, this is a "no skips" gem that is ideal for leaving on
repeat and getting lost in the hazy, yearning snapshots of lust,
longing, and heartbreak. Surprises reveal themselves around every turn
-- orchestral backing, electronic breaks, sudden crescendos -- as songs
transition seamlessly from one to another.
The
Tortured Poets Department
“Fresh off her historic Award Album of the Year Grammy win for
“Midnights,” Taylor Swift has unveiled her new studio album. It features
collaborations with Post Malone and Florence + the Machine.”
Chloe, Ewing Branch
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