What Did the Grammys Get Wrong? A Snapshot of the Last 10 Years
grammy extra Take a look back and see what the Grammys got right and where they went wrong over the past 10 years. Let the great debates begin. –j.h.
1999
Album of the Year: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill Ray of Light – Madonna Come On Over – Shania Twain Version 2.0 – Garbage The Globe Sessions – Sheryl Crow Winner: Lauryn Hill Who Should’ve Won: Lauryn Hill
Best Rap Album: Capital Punishment – Big Pun Life in 1472 – Jermaine Dupri Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z Harlem World – Mase The Love Movement – A Tribe Called Quest Winner: Jay-Z Who Should’ve Won: A Tribe Called Quest
2000
Album of the Year Nominees: Millennium – Backstreet Boys Fly – Dixie Chicks When I Look in Your Eyes – Diana Krall Supernatural – Santana Fanmail – TLC Who Won: Santana Who Should’ve Won: Santana
Best New Artist: Christina Aguilera Macy Gray Kid Rock Britney Spears Susan Tedeschi Who Won: Christina Aguilera Who Should’ve Won: Christina Aguilera
2001
Album of the Year Nominees: Kida – Radiohead You’re the One – Paul Simon Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem Two Against Nature – Steely Dan Midnite Vultures – Beck Winner: Steely Dan Who Should’ve Won: Eminem
Best Rap Album: Then There Was X – DMX Chronic 2001 – Dr. Dre Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem Life & Times of S. Carter Vol. 3 – Jay-Z Winner: Eminem Who Should’ve Won: Dr. Dre
2002
Album of the Year: Love & Theft – Bob Dylan Stankonia – OutKast All That You Can’t Leave Behind – U2 O Brother Where Art Thou – Soundtrack Acoustic Soul – India.Arie Winner: O Brother Where Art Thou Who Should’ve Won: U2
Best R&B Album: Survivor- Destiny’s Child Aaliyah – Aaliyah Songs in A Minor – Alicia Keys Acoustic Soul – India.Arie No More Drama – Mary J. Blige Winner: Alicia Keys Who Should’ve Won: India.Arie
2003
Album of the Year: Eminem Show – Eminem Come Away With Me – Norah Jones Nellyville – Nelly Rising – Bruce Springsteen Home – Dixie Chicks Winner: Norah Jones Who Should’ve Won: Norah
Best R&B Album: Voyage to India – India.Arie Juslisen – Musiq Instant Vintage – Raphael Saadiq Way I Feel – Remy Shand Better Days – Joe Winner: India.Arie Who Should’ve Won: Raphael Saadiq
2004
Album of the Year: Under Construction – Missy Fallen – Evanescence Speakerboxx/the Love Below – OutKast Justified – Justin Timberlake Elephant – the White Stripes Winner: OutKast Who Should’ve Won: OutKast
Best New Artist: 50 Cent Evanescence Fountains of Wayne Heather Headley Sean Paul Winner: Evanescence Who Should’ve Won: 50 Cent
2005
Record of the Year: “Let’s Get It Started”– Black Eyed Peas “Yeah” – Usher “American Idiot” – Green Day “Heaven” – Los Lonely Boys “Here We Go Again” – Ray Charles & Norah Jones Winner: Ray Charles & Norah Jones Who Should’ve Won: Usher
Best New Artist: Gretchen Wilson Kanye West Los Lonely Boys Maroon 5 Joss Stone Winner: Maroon 5 Who Should’ve Won: Kanye West
2006
Album of the Year: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 Late Registration – Kanye West the Emancipation of Mimi – Mariah Carey Chaos and Creation in the Backyard – Paul McCartney Love, Angel, Music, Baby – Gwen Stefani Winner: U2 Who Should’ve Won: Kanye West
Best New Artist: John Legend Ciara Keane Fall Out Boy Sugarland Winner: John Legend Who Should’ve Won: John Legend
2007
Album of the Year: Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake Continuum – John Mayer Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks Winner: Dixie Chicks Who Should’ve Won: John Mayer
Best Rap Album: Food & Liquor – Lupe Fiasco Release Therapy – Ludacris In My Mind – Pharrell Game Theory – The Roots King – T.I. Winner: Ludacris Who Should’ve Won: Lupe Fiasco
2008
Album of the Year: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – the Foo Fighters These Days – Vince Gill River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock Graduation – Kanye West Back to Black – Amy Winehouse Winner: Herbie Hancock Who Should’ve Won: Amy Winehouse
Rap Album: Graduation – Kanye West Finding Forever – Common Hip Hop Is Dead – Nas T.I. vs. Tip – T.I. Kingdom Come – Jay-Z Winner: Kanye West Who Should’ve Won: Kanye West
2009
Album of the Year: The Carter III – Lil Wayne Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay Year of the Gentleman – Ne-Yo Raising Sand – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant In Rainbow – Radiohead Who Should Win: Coldplay
Best New Artist: Adele Jazmine Sullivan Duffy Lady Antebellum Who Should Win: Jazmine Sullivan
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