2012 Grammy nominations Surprises & Snubs: Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Bon Iver
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SNUB: Kanye West
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To lead the Grammy Award nominations with seven nods is no snub, but the biggest shock is that his "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" didn't earn an Album of the Year. As a matter of fact, he showed up in only one major general category (Song of the Year, "All of the Lights"), with five other nominations relegated to rap categories (and one to packaging). The Academy obviously thought West the belle of the ball, but overlooked this critically and commercially admired album in favor of singles artists like Rihanna and Bruno Mars.-KH
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December 1, 2011 at 1:52PM EST Reply to CommentI can't stand Kanye but it's almost impossible to admit that BDTF is the best, mort ambitious album of the year. To not even nominate is utterly absurd. Hate the man, not his work. And good for Bon Iver. That album is incredible
Crow3711 Wow, screwed that up. Impossible to admit BDTF is NOT the best album of the year. Because, unfortunately, it really really is.
December 1, 2011 at 1:53PM ESTWL
December 1, 2011 at 7:10PM EST Reply to CommentSeriously, you consider Beyonce and Gaga to have been snubbed? Both their albums were awful, especially "4" which failed to deliver any hits. Gaga got lucky - she only got her nominations because the Grammys know they MUST nominate the "most" popular artist(s) for the big prizes to get good ratings (including giving Gaga herself a reason to show up at the event and probably perform). Kanye, Taylor, and hell even Robyn are more deserving of Album of the Year than Lady G and Rihanna.
Daggor
December 2, 2011 at 1:16AM EST Reply to CommentKanye is a terrible rapper and cannot sing. He is an excellent producer that decided he could sell himself, so anything he gets cannot be a snub.
Brendan
December 2, 2011 at 1:38AM EST Reply to CommentWhat about the most obvious snub: Paul Simon?
Ryan
December 2, 2011 at 11:26PM EST Reply to CommentCrazy Susan Boyle was nominated... But this isn't the nomination that made her a Grammy nominee. "I Dreamed a Dream was nominated last year.