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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Grammy Awards Spread the Wealth Between fun., Gotye, Kanye West, The Black Keys, and Mumford and Sons.


The Grammy Awards were a bit mellow this year with regard to there performances, while T-Swift tried to kick things off with an upbeat note her live performance of "We are Never Getting Back Together" just baffled, and was odd.
Of the performances the person who stole show was Justin Timberlake and his instagram like performance for his new song "Suit and Tie" with Jay-Z.  Along with JT many of the performances while mellow kept the spirit of music alive from Mumford and Sons enchanting "I will Wait" to Kelly Clarkson's powerful vocals.
While the performers often steal the show from the actual awards, this may be one of the years where the Grammy's did a great job spreading the wealth.  fun. took home two major Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best New Artist.  
While many not realize this but the big winners of the night were Gotye, and The Black Keys, Kanye West with three each.  Gotye won for Record of the Year, Best Performance by a Pop Duo or Group, and Best Alternative Album.  The Black Keys stole rock categories winning Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Performance.  Kanye won three awards in the rap categories Best Rap Song, Performance, and Performance by a Duo or Group.  Although Dan Auerbach won 4 trophies (lead vocalist an guitarist for The Black Keys) because he also won Producer of the Year (Non-Classical).  While these artists split most of the wins Mumford and Sons went on to win Album of the Year, after winning only one other award.
My favorite moment of the evening was Kelly Clarkson's genuinely shocked expression/hilarious speech as she won Best Pop Vocal Album, and while her win was a shock, she was hilarious and loved the way she did a shout out to Miguel.  I also loved to hate on Taylor Swift as the camera flashed to her knowing everyone's songs and singing and dancing awkwardly.
GRAMMY AWARDS SHOW WINNERS:
Album of the Year-Mumford and Sons-Babel
 Record of the Year: Gotye featuring Kimbra-Somebody that I used to Know
Best New Artist: fun.
Best Country Album: Uncaged, Zac Brown Band
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "No Church in the Wild," Jay-Z and Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean and The-Dream
Best Pop Vocal Album: Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
Best Rock Performance: "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
Song of the Year: "We Are Young," fun.
Best Country Solo Performance: "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood
Best Pop Solo Performance: "Set Fire to the Rain [Live]," Adele
PRE-GRAMMY AWARDS SHOW WINNERS:
Producer of the Year: Dan Auerbach
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Somebody That I Used To Know," Goyte feat. Kimbra
Best Alternative Music Album: Making Mirrors, Goyte
Best Rock Album: El Camino, The Black Keys
Best Rock Song: "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance: "Love Bites (So Do I)," Halestorm
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney
Best Country Song: "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "Poonton," Little Big Town
Best World Album: The Living Room Sessions Part 1, Ravi Shankar
Best R&B Song: "Adorn," Miguel
Best R&B Performance: "Climax," Usher
Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Love On Top," Beyonce
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Impressions, Chris Botti
Best Rap Album: Take Care, Drake
Best Rap Song: "N****s In Paris," Jay-Z and Kanye West
Best Rap Performace: "N****s In Paris," Jay-Z and Kanye West
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Best Song Written for Visual Media: "Safe and Sound," Taylor Swift for Hunger Games
Best R&B Album: Black Radio, Robert Glasper
Best Dance/Electronica Album: Bangarang, Skrillex
Best Dance Recording: "Bangarang," Skrillex featuring Sirah
Best Regional Roots Album: The Band Courtbouillon, Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy
Best Folk Album: The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
Best Bluegrass Album: Nobody Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers
Best Blues Album: Locked Down, Dr. John
Best Americana Album: Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt
Best Musical Theater Album: Once: A Musical, Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, principal soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe, producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, composers/lyricists)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album: Midnight In Paris
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Unity Band, Pat Metheny Unity Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You), Arturo Sandoval
Best Latin Jazz Album: ¡Ritmo!, The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spaulding
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Hot House," Gary Buron & Chick Corea
Best New Age Album: Echoes of Love, Oakram
Best Comedy Album: Blow Your Pants Off, Jimmy Fallon
Best Spoken Word Album: Society's Child: My Autobiography, Janis Ian
Best Children's Album: Can You Canoe?, The Okee Dokee Brothers
Best Reggae Album: Rebirth, Jimmy Cliff
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays," Stephen Hartke
Best Classical Compendium: "Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis," Antoni Wit
Best Choral Performance: "Life & Breath—Choral Works By Rene Clausen," Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Meanwhile," Eighth Blackbird
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: "Kurtag & Ligeti: Music For Viola," Kim Kashkashian
Best Classical Vocal Performance: "Poemes," Renee Fleming
Best Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance: "Adams Harmonielehre and Short Ride In A Fast Machine," Michael Tilson Thomas
Best Opera Recording: "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen,"James Levine and Fabio Luisi
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Life & Breath, Tom Caufield and John Newton
Best Tropical Latin Album: Retro, Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Pecados Y Milagros, Lila Downs
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Imaginaries, Quetzal
Best Latin Pop Album, Rock or Urban Album: MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition, Juanes
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Eye on It, TobyMac
Best Gospel Album: Gravity, Lecrae
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)," Matt Redman, & "Your Presence is Heaven," Israel and New Breed
Best Gospel Song: "Go Get It," Mary Mary
Best Gospel Contemporary Christian Musical Performance: "10,000 Reason (Bless the Lord)," Matt Redman
Best Surround Sound Album: Modern Cool, Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)
Best Remixed Recording, Non Classical: "Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)," Skrillex, remixer (Nero)
Best Engineered Album, Non Classical: The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Richard King, engineer, Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
Best Historical Album: The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set), Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)
Best Album Notes: Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles, Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection, Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)
Best Recording Package: "Biophilia," Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist: "City of Roses," Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: "How About You," Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)
Best Instrumental Composition: "Mozart Goes Dancing," Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Best Long Form Music Video: "Big Easy Express," Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show
Best Short Form Music Video: "We Found Love," Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris

Thursday, September 6, 2012

VMA Predictions

Video of the Year
Drake (featuring Rihanna)-Take Care
Gotye-Somebody That I Used to Know
M.I.A.-Bad Girls
Katy Perry-Wide Awake 
Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris)-We Found Love 

Like the past couple of years the person who wins this award may not win other perspective categories.  Katy Perry and Rihanna have one each already, and I am not sure MTV is ready to give this to Katy back to back, although Rihanna has a shot, but I think it's part of Drake's video.  I think this comes down to the guys for the first time in a while.  Gotye vs. Drake.  My hunch tells me they will give this award to Drake, more commercial feature Rihanna, and is a top nominee.  The award should go to Gotye, of the nominees this is the best.  While people are not predicting Drake as much I think this underdog has a shot.

Prediction/Should Win: Gotye-Somebody that I use to Know
Spoiler: Drake featuring Rihanna-Take Care



Best Male Video
Justin Bieber-Girlfriend
Chris Brown-Turn Up the Music
Drake (featuring Rihanna)-Take Care
Frank Ocean-Swim Good
Usher-Climax 

Bieber fever will probably strike again; he won this award last year, and will most likely win again.  The biggest threat is Drake who is one of the most nominated artists this year.  Frank Ocean would be a cool win and I think his video is pretty damn good, but this award is not his to win yet.

Prediction: Justin Bieber-Girlfriend
Spoiler Drake featuring Rihanna-Take Care



Best Female Video 
Beyonce-Love on Top
Katy Perry-Part of Me
Nicki Minaj-Starships
Rihanna-We Found Love 
Selena Gomez and the Starships-Love you Like a Love Song

Four of the women in this category have never won.  Beyonce has won twice.  This award comes down to Katy Perry and Rihanna, and my money is that folks will want to finally award Rihanna in this category.

Prediction: Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris We Found Love
Spoiler-Katy Perry-Part of Me


Best New Artist
Fun featuring Janelle Monae-We Are Young
 Carly Rae Jepsen-Call Me Maybe 
Frank Ocean-Swim Good
One Direction-What Makes You Beautiful
The Wanted-Glad You Came

Lots of pop going on here!  Jepsen could win on mass appeal, but I think people are tired of calling, maybe? One Direction has that dreamy boy band thing going, which young girls swoon for.  All of these songs, but Swim Good were massive hits.  This is a tough pick, but boy bands win out!

Prediction is One Direction.
Spoiler Carly Rae Jepsen



Pop Video-Justin Bieber-Girlfriend
Rock Video-Black Keys-Lonely Boy
Best Hip Hop Video-Nicki Minaj (featuring 2 Chainz)-Bees in the Trap
Best Electronic Dance Video-Skrillex-First of the Year (Equinox)
Best Video with a Message-Demi Lovato-Skyscraper
Best Direction-Frank Ocean-Swim Good
Best Art Direction-Katy Perry-Wide Awake
Best Choreography-Rihanna-Where Have You Been
Best Cinematography-Adele-Someone Like You
Best Editing-Gotye-Someone that I Used to Know
Best Visual Effects-Skrillex-First of the Year (Equinox)


Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Billboards Top 25 Selling Albums in the the last Ten Years-with Norah Jones, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Taylor Swift netting the top Sales

Neilson Soundscan brings you the top 25 albums of the last year.  The list is below, but some commentary on the cultural relevance of this list.


I forgot how popular Norah Jones first album was, and just how much of an impact she had.  Selling 11 million albums is pretty impressive, and she is also more an adult contemporary artist as opposed to the typical machine churned out Rihanna or Britney Spears.


Eminem has two albums on this list 2002's The Eminem Show which is at number 2 and 2004's Encore which comes in at 22.  Eminem is a great rapper, artist, and has helped to define this genre this decade.
Combining the two albums proves that out of this list Eminem is the highest selling artist of the decade.  Eminem is one of three artists who appears on this list twice.  The other two artists are 50 Cent, and Taylor Swift. 


Usher's Confessions takes the number 3 spot.  This album churned out hit after hit, and was one of the most fun/best albums of the decade.  Usher did a lot vocally and performance wise to set himself apart with this album.  This album may be his pinnacle, but what an achievement!


2011's Best Album winner 21 by Adele is already is in the number four spot.  Like Jones Adele breaks the mold with amazing vocals that transcend what is typically popular.  Adele's beautifully written and sung album is one of the best of the decade.  Adele's album is one of four Best Album Grammy winners on this list the other two albums that won are Norah Jones Come Away with Me,Taylor Swifts Fearless, and Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.


The fifth spot on the list goes to 50 Cent's first major studio album Get Rich or Die Tryin'.  50 Cent has seen a lull in his music career lately, but this album was truly a great, and was a made us want to sip Bacardi like it was our birthday.  50's second major studio album The Massacre surpassed one of his mentor's Eminem's albums on this list, dropping at the number 21 spot.  50 has sold about 13 million albums this decade.




Some more fun facts:


-Two of the artists from the list are from American Idol.  Carrie Underwood is at the number 8 spot with her first album Some Hearts, and Kelly Clarkson is at the number 12 spot with her sophomore album Breakaway.


-10 of the 25 albums are Album of the Year nominees at the Grammy Awards.


-6 of the 25 albums would be considered in the Country Genre.6 would be considered rap/hip hop.  This is about half of the list.


1. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me, 10,797,000. Top 200 rank: #11.
2. Eminem, The Eminem Show, 10,049,000. Top 200 rank: #18.
3. Usher, Confessions, 9,968,000. Top 200 rank: #19.
4. Adele, 21, 8,090,000. Top 200 rank: #39.
5. 50 Cent, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 8,086,000. Top 200 rank: #41.
6. Evanescence, Fallen, 7,619,000. Top 200 rank: #51.
7. Nickelback, All The Right Reasons, 7,582,000. Top 200 rank: #53.
8. Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts, 7,177,000. Top 200 rank: #62.
9. Avril Lavigne, Let Go, 6,782,000. Top 200 rank: #71.
10. Taylor Swift, Fearless, 6,514,000. Top 200 rank: #76.
11. Nelly, Nellyville, 6,488,000. Top 200 rank: #78.
12. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway, 6,219,000. Top 200 rank: #85.
13. Green Day, American Idiot, 6,056,000. Top 200 rank: #93.
14. Dixie Chicks, Home, 6,041,000. Top 200 rank: #94.
15. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation Of Mimi, 5,964,000. Top 200 rank: #101.
16. Josh Groban, Closer, 5,960,000. Top 200 rank: #102.
17. Linkin Park, Meteora, 5,913,000. Top 200 rank: #103.
18. OutKast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, 5,702,000. Top 200 rank: #110.
19. Josh Groban, Noel, 5,446,000. Top 200 rank: #127.
20. Shania Twain, Up!, 5,409,000. Top 200 rank: #129.
21. 50 Cent, The Massacre, 5,286,000. Top 200 rank: #136.
22. Eminem, Encore, 5,282,000. Top 200 rank: #137.
23. Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today, 5,230,000. Top 200 rank: #140.
24. Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, 5,175,000. Top 200 rank: #143.
25. Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits, 5,161,000. Top 200 rank: #144.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Grammy Awards: Adele Sweeps while Most of the Performances Made Me Sleep

The Grammy Awards focus more on the performances than the actual awards presented.  I will however cover the big winners of the night, and those were Adele and The Foo Fighters.  Adele is the second female performing artist to win 6 Grammy Awards, the other artist was Beyonce.  Adele won the three top prizes Album, Song and Record of the Year; she also won Pop Vocal Performance, Pop Vocal Album, and Short Form Video.  The Foo Fighters won five Grammy Awards all in the rock genre category.  Bon Iver took home the other major award Best New Artist.

Best Performances of the Night

Beach Boys Tribute

Maroon 5 and Foster the People captured the the essence of the Beach Boys.  I was pleased with both of their renditions of the Beach Boys music.  Then the Beach Boys came on stage and while many of don't look that great, they did a great job for their age capturing the beautifully fun element of their music.

Adele

A simple, classic, and beautiful return to the stage after the surgery on her throat.  While her voice seemed a little different I was still pleased get to hear beautiful voice.

Glenn Campbell Tribute

The Band Perry and Blake Shelton rocked it in the tribute to this country music icon.  These artists knew this legend and were able to put on a show that sold his musical experience.  Campbell then came on to sing his iconic song "Like A Rhinestone Cowboy, and the audience was totally into it!  Not my type of music, but I like what they did.

Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt's Tribute to Etta James

These two have great voices, and I am glad they picked these women to pay tribute to her instead of Christina Aguilera.  While I love Aguilera these two women captured James soul like no other could.

The Civil Wars

I would have much rather heard more from this country duo than from Taylor Swift, they had me wondering and asking who are these two people, and made me want more, that was something that did not happen much tonight.

The Boring 

Two times the Foo Fighters

While the Foo Fighters were not bad they were boring. What was the point of these them performing twice.  The first Foo Fighters performance was alright, and the second one was decent, and they proved they are a solid rock band, but their performances did not do anything earth shattering.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

While I love the energy that Bruce Springsteen has with the E Street Band their opening performance was a big yawn and set the tone for the night

Two times the Paul McCartney

I love Sir Paul, but both his performances had me wishing I started the show late, and could fast forward through him; he was just boring tonight.

Bruno Mars

Not much to say he's a good performer, but continued the pattern after the boss which just a lackluster boring performance that had some good dancing.

Bad Performances

Coldplay and Rihanna

Rihanna was so stiff and wooden; she did not command the stage and her performance with Chris Martin was terrible.  When Martin joined his band for their single "Paradise" I grew optimistic, but their performance fell flat.

Two times Chris Brown

I am not going to say much about Chris Brown because i have many strong personal feelings about how much I strongly dislike the fact that the music industry promotes him so regularly, and he has such a violent past and promoting him often seems to promote rape culture....there I go I need to stop.  Beyond seeing his penis through his tight pants there was not much exciting about seeing him perform.

Nicki Minaj

I like her and I often do mind when artists use their shtick and do some off the wall things, but out of context this was a big mess.  Roman is her alternate bad boy personality, and while she started with one of her best songs Roman's Revenge she went too off the wall and too much for the show rather than allowing the song to speak for itself.

Taylor Swift

Swift's album Speak Now is much better than her second album which won for album of the year, and "Mean" is a good song, and this performance was more boring than bad, but I just could not get into her at all, and she made me long to change the channel.

Katy Perry

Stop asking her to perform; she is not good live, and her stuff is all about the production.  Her new single is an attempt or seems to be an attempt to show the emotional side from Russell Brand, but it lacks the emotional context with her "live" performance.


Overall the show was pretty boring, and did not give me much to talk about at work the next day except the beauty that is Adele, and more continued talk about the loss of the wonderful Whitney Houston.  on a side not I enjoyed Jennifer Hudson's performance, and thought it was wonderfully emotional.  There was no cohesion to the actual show, and I thought having a host took away from this award show.  Go back to your old format and structure the show better next year, pick a theme and stick to it!

Grammy Predictions: Adele is Queen of the Night!

Tonight Adele could make history being one of the few artists to sweep the general field categories, but I think she is up to the challenge and will win a lot of awards tonight! Here is an analysis of the four major categories, and my predictions in the other categories.

Album of the year
Adele-21
Bruno Mars-Doo Wops and Hooligans
Foo Fighters-Wasting Light
Lady Gaga-Born This Way
Rihanna-Loud

Bruno and Rihanna are out, this is not their category to win, and I think the Grammy's would be eternally mocked is Rihanna beat Adele or Lady Gaga.  This is Gaga's third nomination in 3 years, a great accomplishment, and she could steal this prize away, but I can't think this album will help her, it was so divisive.  Then there is the pop factor.  4 of the five of these albums are all pop albums while the Foo Fighters is a rock album.  I do not think this is enough to help them win.  Adele had the highest selling (this means nothing, but helps) album of the year, and it was one of if not the most critically acclaimed album of the year.

Will and Should win: Adele-21
Spoiler-Lady Gaga

Record of the Year
Adele-"Rolling in the Deep"
Bon Iver-"Holocene"
Bruno Mars-"Grenade"
Mumford and Sons-"The Cave"
Katy Pery-"Firework"

Actually a pretty solid category this year.  Firework is my favorite Katy Perry song, but nope she is not going to win here.  Bon Iver and Mumford will win their field categories.  Bruno Mars may steal one trophy from Adele, but I think he will end up going home like India.Arie in her first Grammy Awards, going home empty handed.  I think this is Adele's to lose.

Will and Should win: Adele-Rolling in the Deep
Spoiler: Bruno Mars

Song of the Year (a songwriters award)
All of the Lights-Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
The Cave-Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
Grenade-Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
Holocene-Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
Rolling in the Deep-Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)


Another time for Adele to win? Yep, most likely.  All of the Lights is Kanye's only nomination in this field, which is a shame.  I think the only challenge could come from Mumford and Sons, this song and group had a lot of support this year.


Will and Should win: Adele
Spoiler: Mumford and Sons

Best New Artist
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex

The more and more I think about this category the more my head hurts.  Esperanza Sapulding's win last year put everyone in a tail spin; she came out of nowhere to win this award! This year's winner could be anyone again.  I am going to first cut J. Cole while he is talented if they are going to award a rapper I would imagine they would go with Nicki, but I do not think she is going to win here either.  There is a clear bias against rap/hip-hop in the general field. Skrillex is great, but I do not see him winning either.  This leaves The Band Perry vs. Bon Iver.  Bon Iver is great and should win (in my opinion), but they had some bad Grammy press recently, where they stated they did not want to perform on the show.  While i agree with their reasoning I do think could effect them.  The Band Perry is bland enough to appeal to appeal to the large country and pop voting block.

Predicition: The Band Perry
Should Win: Bon Iver or Skrillex
Spoiler: Anyone in this category

Other categories
Pop Vocal Performance-Adele-Someone Like You
Pop Vocal Album-Adele-21
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group-Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse-Body and Soul
Best Dance/Electronic Album-Robyn-Body Talk Part 3
Best Rock Song-The Cave-Mumford and Sons
Best Rock Album-Foo Fighters-Wasting Light
Best Alternative Music Album-Bon Iver-Bon Iver
Best R&B Song-Cee Lo Green-Fool For You
Best R&B Album-Chris Brown-F.A.M.E.
Best Rap Performance-Kanye West and Jay-Z
Best Rap Song-All of the Lights-Kanye, Fergie, Rihanna, Kid Cuddi
Best Rap Album-Nicki Minaj-Pink Friday
Best Country Solo Performance-Taylor Swift-Mean
Best Country Song-Mean-Taylor Swift
Best Country Album-Taylor Swift-Speak Now
Best Spoken Word Album-Tina Fey-Bossypants
Best Short Form Music Video-Adele-Rolling in the Deep