Top 10 Controversial Album of the Year Grammy Wins
Top 10 Controversial Album of the Year Grammy Wins
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There’s just no explaining why these albums took home the biggest prize in music. Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we’ll be taking a look at our picks for the top 10 most unexplainable album of the year Grammy wins. For this list, we look at artists like Blood Sweat and Tears, Taylor Swift, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock, Taylor Swift, Christopher Cross and Celine Dion and breakdown why albums by these stars were seen as odd picks for the “Album of the Year” award.
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#10: Tony Bennett
#9: Frank Sinatra
#8: Ray Charles
#7: Herbie Hancock
#6: Taylor Swift
#5: Steely Dan
#4: Blood, Sweat & Tears
#3, #2 & #1: ?
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A major fail of an award was back in 1988, when Jethro Tull won Best Hard Rock and Metal performance over Metallica's legendary And Justice For All, seriously what the fuck, the Grammys have always been bullshit but how do you fuck up something like that?!
The reason so many of these award shows choose the wrong person is because the people voting are composed of past winners, industry socialites, and academy consultants. These people are mostly white, male, wealthy, and old.
#1 Shouldve been Arcade Fire for "The Suburbs". Couldnt even win its own category(Alternative Album) but somehow beat Enimem in the big one.
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Whoa I like Grammy awards
This somehow reminds me of American Psycho
I mean, taylor swift just makes bad music in general
Aw I like Toto IV…
Sounds like they bribed him to say 1989 was a good album, suck my dick swifties, YOU AINT SHIT, I don’t like Kanye, but Taylor fucking deserved that shit, little cunt ain’t shit! FUCK THE SWIFTIES
OMG 1989 totally deservd it, both TPAB and 1989 is great but cmon, 1989 conquered the world more
I still hate how all of these hip hop albums continued to get robbed for Best Album. Damn should’ve easily won.
Anything involving the words "Taylor Swift" and "wins the Grammy Award" in the same sentence is upsetting cause she sucks as a musician
I usually agree with your top tens but this one I would say on most of these they chose the right albums in terms of this list. I think there maybe a generational gap with Watch Mojo in terms of those who gather information for these videos because I remember all of these except for 2 and I can tell you they made the right decision choosing these albums that they did with the award. Most of the alternative picks that Watch Mojo thought should get the award were niche classic albums that were not really all that popular during the time they came out. And for the record Kayne West is not as great as he thinks he is, and secondly I was in high school when the first Eminem album came out at the time we were all trying to figure out if this guy was serious or another Weird Al, he was not considered great by any stretch of the imagination he was seen as a joke. And in many ways still is.
Have the grammys ever had the pulse of music? I think not.
Taylor Swift is a THOT
As a Green Day fan, seeing them lose twice is heartbreaking. I'd love for them to win a Grammy for Album of the Year down the line, but have it based on the fact that it reflects the times and reaches larger audiences. I wold want that over a late gifted Grammy to make up for when they didn't get them. It is hard to think of an album in 2004 that spoke to the times, at least out of the albums nominated, while also reaching popularity at the same time.
How did Beyoncé lose to Adele last year? Yes both were great albums but Lemonade was better. 25 was just another pop album that will be forgotten. Lemonade was amazing and talked about important topics. But it just goes to show that the Grammys don’t define an artists legacy….
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The Beatles are fantastic.
Taylor winning with 1989 is pathetic! It's a pop album generic
Katy Perry's Teenage Dream lost big award is a shame.
The Grammys and the Oscars are too over rated
Fuck Taylor Swift
Fuck Taylor Swift
I’m glad they mentioned Springsteen and Prince in this list…cause the robbing is real
So, the Grammy's are not perfect? Explain please.
This just proves that the Grammys don’t mean jack shit
Whaddyoo expect? Awards shows are crooked af
Kid A should’ve won in 2001, it’s the greatest album of the 2000’s hands down
TPAB is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. I honestly don’t know how 1989 won the award
Damn should have won this year. Fuck the grammys and fuck anthony fantano
Good artists don’t need awards, LED zeppelin has 0 Grammys and Bowie only has 6, yet their albums will stand the test of time
These albums prove that whoever picked these winners are 50 year old guys who like soft shit or masturbate to album covers and pick the winner after they finish.
This just proves that The Grammys don't matter in any way and voters clearly lack any decent taste in music. I'm still annoyed that Steely Dan (an arguably unpopular band) won any grammys let alone AOTY.
I must be the only one that thought 1989 deserved it over TPOB. Yet knows for sure DAMN deserved over 24k Magic.
i do hate taylor swift whenever she is won awards, cuz her music is only talking about shady of someone else that makes her sort of perfection and also she have not boobs and ass
Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION is better than Taylor Swift's 1989. That's that.
Who the fuck is Steelie Dan? How did they beat The MMLP? I really doubt people voted back then.
Shocking win for me is 1991's winner Unforgettable: Natalie Cole. Elevator music winning in 1991? Reminded me the Grammy Academy is dopier than I thought. I have since trusted the VMAs to be more valid.
Awards aren't for the masses since most of what is popular is shit. If you truly want to add some musical objectivity in the grammys Rap would never win any awards and all the artists of the year would be modern classical music composers.
The Grammy's have NEVER gotten right! They're a joke!
What pisses me off is the fact that so many artists have made huge hits and have sold millions of records but they barely get nominated for an Grammy or even win! Shit be fucked up! The Grammy's seem more like a Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Adele award show. Although Adele is an phenomenal artist but other artists deserved to win too. Sometimes it seems like wins are based off popularity. Well, let's be honest, most award shows are based on popularity.
Dookie should've won
Most of them on this list were good, except Taylor Swift’s 1989 album, it’s the Kidz Bop of adult mainstream music.