GRAMMY CONTENDERS BY THE NUMBERS: AOTY

The focus shifts to Album of the Year, as we continue to discuss the Big Four categories and the impact their total activity figures may or may not have on earning Grammy gold. Wonderers continue to wonder: Do sales and streams alone lead to victory?

In Album of the Year, Bon Iver’s i,i (94k), Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride (314k) and Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! (367k) are the obvious “underdogs,” standing out as the only sets to not top 1m, let alone 500k (or 100k in Bon Iver’s case). But this category is notoriously anyone’s game. Last year, in competition with Drake’s mega-selling Scorpion, Post Malone smash beerbongs & bentleys and Cardi B’s game-changing Invasion of Privacy, Kacey Musgraves walked away as the critically acclaimed queen, even though her own format wouldn’t even play the set’s offerings at radio.






















A GENERATIONAL HITS LIST
They got a name for the winners in the world. (10/8a)
A TASTE OF RAINMAKERS 2024: AARON BAY-SCHUCK & TOM CORSON
Won't be long now. (10/8a)
JACK ANTONOFF ON HIS “F&*#%@ CRAZY YEAR”
The view from the Bleachers (10/10a)
GRAMMY CHEW:
CHEWING ON COUNTRY
Will this be the year of the outlier? (10/8a)
NO AGENT, NO PROBLEM FOR MASSIVE OASIS REUNION TOUR
Who said rock is dead? (10/8a)
THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
 Email

 First Name

 Last Name

 Company

 Country