💿 Opinion | Ten artists will compete for album of the year at the #Grammys on Sunday.
@callieahlgrim breaks down each album’s highlights and downfalls and ranks each nominee to determine who should win. 👇
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🎧 You can also listen to @thisisinsider’s essential Grammys playlist before Sunday, which includes our favorite nominated singles and the best songs from nominated albums.
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🔟 "Donda" by @kanyewest
"Separating the art from the artist" requires willful ignorance of how an artist's views bleed into their art.
Ye's "Donda" is no exception, particularly when it comes to his choice of collaborators.
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9️⃣ "Justice" by @justinbieber
This is a standard pop showing for the streaming era: lots of songs, lots of cameos, and lots of easy-to-memorize choruses.
It's got every right to compete in pop categories, but it has no business competing for AOTY.
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8️⃣ "Love for Sale" by @itstonybennett and @ladygaga
"Love for Sale" is most significant for being Tony Bennett's 61st and last album.
It makes sense to give Bennett's swan song a respectful nod, but it wouldn't make any sense for him to win.
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7️⃣ "Happier Than Ever" by @billieeilish
The Grammy darling's record is low-hanging fruit for an AOTY nom.
The tracklist is far too uneven to rank among the year's best releases. While its highs are very high, there are nearly as many forgettable lows.
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6️⃣ "Back of My Mind" by @HERMusicx
The singer-songwriter and instrumentalist is known for folding timely messages into a blend of R&B and classic rock — and some critics have praised this album as her most commanding, multi-faceted project to date.
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5️⃣ "We Are" by @JonBatiste
Batiste is an industry stalwart, racking up 11 Grammy nods this year alone.
His bright fusion of pop, blues, hip-hop, and New Orleans soul is buoyed by a strong undercurrent of ancestral respect and artistic solidarity.
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4️⃣ “Evermore" by @taylorswift13
Although it contains more weak spots than its predecessor, Swift's lyrical mastery and stores of empathy have rarely been more potent.
But she did just win AOTY for "Folklore," which inevitably detracts from her chances.
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3️⃣ "Montero" by @LilNasX
The pop star's first full-length project is everything his Grammy-nominated EP "7" wasn't: energetic, honest, deeply charming, and true album of the year material.
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2️⃣ "Planet Her" by @DojaCat
The rapper-slash-singer is a natural entertainer, able to shift her flow at a moment's notice and adapt to any terrain, from Afrobeat-inspired funk and glitchy trap to smoldering R&B and dreamy '90s pop.
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1️⃣ "Sour" by @oliviarodrigo
"Sour" was met with a knockout combination of acclaim: absolute fan devotion, commercial success, and critical consensus.
Not only is it the most deserving victor this year, but it also feels like the most likely.
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