Chapter 1750 1750 Head-to-head confrontation
The country music style has always been the pillar of the American music market. It was like this thirty years ago and still this thirty years later. Even though the world changes, the countryside has always occupied an irreplaceable place in North America. The once popular jazz, folk songs, disco, rock, rap, dance music, etc. have more or less experienced peaks and troughs, and even gradually withdrew from the mainstream market in the course of history, but the countryside has never declined. It has always been consistent.
In previous years, Grammys had always habitually placed the rural department in the second half of the awards ceremony because this would be a guarantee of ratings. The main audience group was kept as stable as possible in the second half of the awards ceremony. But this year it was a little different. Grammys had put the rural department in advance early, and seemed to be not worried about the loss of the audience group at all.
There are many reasons, but to sum up: the countryside is weak and the rock has risen strongly!
Facts have proved that all awards in the country department lack suspense and sparks. The 14-year-old girl Li'an Remus completed her domination of the entire department with her debut album "Blue (Blue)", winning two heavyweight awards for Best Country Female Singer and Best Country Song. This not only made her the youngest winner in Grammy history, but also made people feel the extraordinary atmosphere of this year's Grammy.
The jazz department and rap department were unable to bring further surprises. After halfway through the award ceremony, the rhythm and blues department that opened was the most lively. However, the next popular department was enough to cheer up all the audience.
The Best Pop Band Award, which was the first to appear, became the focus of the topic as soon as the waitlist came out. The shortlist of the three Glory To Death, the Beatles and the Broken Pumpkin Band made the "pop" style show signs of "rock". The three rock bands that have achieved outstanding achievements in their respective fields were all shortlisted for the Best Pop Band Award, which is really ridiculous.
If we add one of the most successful commercial bands in American rock history, Journey, then the department will have four rock bands. This scene is indeed a great wonder of the Grammy this year. The only real pop band, the Neville Brothers, is the least competitive of the award.
In the end, in the competition for this unknown award, the Beatles laughed to the end. They won the award with the "Free Like a Bird" in the selected collection. When Paul McCartney came on stage to receive the award, the audience stood up for the first time, giving high respect to this greatest rock group in music history.
When people cheered for the Beatles, they suddenly discovered something: during the nomination stage, they were glorious and glorious until death, and they were currently participating in the two award competitions, but they were unable to laugh to the end.
Of course, neither of these two awards are the main awards of glory to death. Rock is the main battlefield of "storm". But in the nomination stage, glory to death can be said to be a call for the wind and rain, and the twelve nominations even surpassed the "trembling" that was shocking back then. Almost everyone thought that glory to death would carry such momentum, sweeping the Grammy because the success of the album "storm to death" was not only commercial, but also won unanimous praise from picky music critics. This album even compared with works by the Beatles, Queens, and Pink Floyd that have passed time to prove that they are among the classic halls, and has become the decisive force that has changed the entire music market.
It's like the "trembling" of the past.
It can be said that the "storm" sweep is unsurprising and is something that everyone deserves. But now, neither award belongs to Glory until death, even if one loses to Whitney and the other loses to the Beatles, it is definitely not unfair, but it still makes people feel a little regretful. There is a question mark on the prospects for Glory until death at the award ceremony.
Subsequently, various awards from the popular department found their respective responsibilities.
The Best Pop Chorus Award was won by Natalie Cole and her famous jazz singer's father, Nat.king.cole; the Best Traditional Pop Performance Album belongs to Tony Bennett; the Best Pop Male Singer was won by Eric Clapton, whose theme song for the movie "Different Ben. Can" became very popular, and eventually defeated powerful opponents such as Brian Adams, Sting, and Tony Ritchie Enterprises, to win the award.
In the competition for the best pop album, Celine Dion's "Falling in Love" broke through the siege and won the award; and the competition for the best pop female singer was once again laughed to the end.
Such a result is undoubtedly intriguing. With the album "Butterfly", Maria defeated powerful opponents such as Donny Blyston, Celine Dion, Jewel, Shawn Caven (shawn.colvin), and naturally won the Best Pop Female Singer Prize, which once again proved Maria's current status as a queen.
However, the best pop album was not awarded to "Butterfly", but rewarded Celine Dion, which was a wake-up call for Maria, who is determined to win the four comprehensive awards. Although the music critics gave Maria a lot of affirmations, in fact, the quality of the entire album of "Butterfly" is inferior to Maria's previous two albums, and is one level worse than "Storm".
The Battle of the Century and the ultimate showdown almost everyone ignored this fact. The huge victory of "Butterfly" in commercial achievements made people mistakenly think that "Butterfly" is Maria's best album. But now above the Grammy, they clearly gave their answer: Maria is an excellent singer, but this is not her best album.
This also means that Maria has lost the initiative in the competition for the four major comprehensive awards. Because the awards of the rock department have not been awarded before, all her nominations outside the four major comprehensive awards have been announced. She can only passively wait for the announcement of the rock department awards, and then restlessly expecting both Glory to die and Oasis to lose both sides, which will allow her to gain a little advantage in the final competition.
In the end, Maria received two phonographs for Best Pop Singer and Best R&B Female Singer. This is undoubtedly a huge reward for her singing skills and singing skills, but the praise for the album "Butterfly" was almost zero. The Best R&B Song lost to Whitney, and the Best Pop Album lost to Celine. Maria's Grammy journey was only halfway through, which had already changed the direction of the wind.
Objectively speaking, the two phonograph trophysics has been the dream result for countless singers, but it is not enough for Maria, far from enough.
Sitting in her own position, Maria seemed a little absent-minded. She originally thought that tonight would be even more brilliant. She originally thought that this night would belong to her. She originally thought that she had absolute confidence and glory to death and started a head-on confrontation... But now, the two phonograph trophysics gave her qualifications, but did not give her confidence.
Maria couldn't help but hold the armrest of the seat. Only in this way could she control her emotions and prevent herself from fully releasing her anger during live broadcasts. Even the ongoing performances on the stage could not attract her attention. Hidden in the shadows under the light, Maria's face became very bad, and she was almost unable to breathe. The gorgeous costumes on her body were like cages, tightly bound her in it, and a ball of burning flames gathered on her chest, which could not be extinguished at all.
Looking back, Maria only saw a darkness. At this time, Mary Blige was performing on the stage, so she couldn't see where the Oasis Band or Glory was, but Maria looked in the direction of her memory, as if she could see the familiar faces in the darkness.
For half a year, she was fighting against the Oasis Band, Glory to death, fighting to the death. She spent countless efforts to get to this point today. The peak is within reach. You can touch the hot light with a little tiptoe. Therefore, she will never let the Oasis Band, Glory to death destroy this wonderful moment. She will step on their bodies to the peak and then open up a new world that belongs to her.
Thinking of this, Maria's anxiety finally calmed down because she knew that at least she had two trophys in hand, but Glory to Death and Oasis Band are now at zero starting point. In the next rock department, they will start a head-on battle, without any room for postponement, only one winner! It is possible that both sides will suffer losses, and the other candidate will eventually win.
So, she didn't need to be nervous at all now. Because they were the beasts fighting life and death in the Colosseum, and she was the VIP who sat in the audience and watched the battle. The only thing she had to do was relax and wait for the winner of this "war". She could believe that even if she wanted to completely defeat the Oasis Band to death, it would not be easy, because this is the Grammy, not the music market. She had just experienced it herself, and the market sales volume could not represent anything here.
Maria looked at the darkness in front of her eyes, and slowly outlined a smile of the winner at the corner of her mouth. Finally, she withdrew her gaze and finally could enjoy the performance on the stage calmly.
Mary Blige's performance ended. When the host introduced that the awards from the rock department will be awarded next, the dull atmosphere at the scene was like a sunny ocean after rain. It became active in an instant. Golden light scattered on the sea, and the misty water vapor began to surging. Because everyone knew that the rock department, which had been ignored by Grammy for many years, had become the highlight tonight without knowing it. The rock department was the last music classification department before the four major comprehensive awards were awarded.
Chapter completed!