Grammy: The Ups And Downs of Music's Biggest Night

To say that I didn't enjoy the show, would be a lie. I gotta say performance wise it was one of the best I have watch in my short life and it shows as it was the most watched grammys since 2000 with 26.66 millions viewers. The list of the people that performed is long but my favorites was of course Lady GaGa's simple (for her) performance of her soon to be no. 1 single, Born This Way, Rihanna (with Drake) and Eminem, Dr. Dre and Skylar Grey was a great mashup. Katy Perry's Teenage Dream and montage of her wedding and performance of Not Like The Movies, Lady Antebellum, Cee-Lo (a.k.a Big Bird) with Gwneyth Paltrow, Mumfords & Sons, Bruno Mars, B.O.B. with Janelle Monae and Miranda Lambert. And the others did quite well.

And now to the awards.....Record And Song Of The Year are fine with me but Best New Artist and Album Of The Year is where I think some people got snubbed. Like i said before, the people that deserve Album of The Year is either Eminem or Lady GaGa, Arcade of Fire is the second last artist I would choose for the winner (ahead of Katy Perry) as they didn't have that much commercial success with their album though it was high praised by the critics. And The Best New Artist category. Everyone thought Justin Bieber would win this or (like I guess) Drake should win. Then Esperanza Spalding wins and funny enough some Believers when a little overboard with the situation by editing Esperanze's wiki page with "Justin Bieber deserved it go die in a hole. Who the heck are you anyway?" and "Biber 4 Lyfe." Bieber himself shared in his fans' frustration, telling MTV News on Sunday night, "I'm not going to lie — I was disappointed. But, you know, I'm gonna come back [next year] and we'll take a few home." Unlike the Wikipedia hackers, however, the "Baby" singer showed no bitterness whatsoever when he ran into Spalding backstage at the Staples Center. The two artists shook hands and Bieber congratulated Spalding on the victory.

Other than that congrats to Lady Antebellum that leads this year wins with five wins and Lady GaGa for her three awards and also other winners.

Best Performances of The Night

1. Lady GaGa - Born This Way

2. Eminem, Rihanna, Dr. Dre and Skylar Grey. - Love The Way You Lie/I Need A Doctor

3. Cee-Lo (with Gwneyth Paltrow) - Forget You

4. Bruno Mars, B.O.B. with Janelle Monae - Medley

5. Lady Antebellum - Medley

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News: Welcome To Grammy Week 2011

This week is probably the most important week of the year for music. The Grammy Awards will be live on Sunday night. And we here in Pop Flares want to celebrate that. First we put up the special AOTM/Grammy Week Banner and starting tomorrow I will post my expectation of who should and will win the Grammy for the four biggest awards of the night. And also I will post a special 'Flashback' of past Grammy performances and what performances you will be expecting this year. I hope you guys enjoy this special. Let's together celebrate Music's Biggest Night.

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53rd Grammy Awards Nominations

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 13, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It will be broadcasted on CBS. A total of 109 awards will be presented.  The eligibility period is September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. Here's the nominees:

Song of The Year:

Cee Lo Green - F**k You

Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me :)

Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie :)

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now :)

Ray Lamontagne - Beg Steal or Borrow

Best New Artist:

Justin Bieber :)

Drake

Florence & The Machine :)

Mumford & Sons

Esperanda Danza

Album of The Year:


Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster :):):)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream :)
Eminem - Recovery
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now :)


Record of The Year: :) All
Jay Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind
Lady Antebellun - Need You Now
Cee Lo Green - F**k You
Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
b.o.b. feat. Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You


Full List Here

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Special: 2010 American Music Awards

The 2010 American Music Awards started with a bang with the opening performance by Rihanna. She sang a medley of songs off her latest album, Loud. The show then continue with more performances by the more darker Miley Cyrus, red glittering Katy Perry, the piano playing Justin Bieber, Straight Hair Taylor Swift, the pregnant P!nk, the Pussycat Wannabe Christina Aguilera, the dancing Usher and finishes with a mash-up between New Kids of The Block & Backstreet Boys. But the true winner of the night is Justin Bieber winning 4 awards including the top award of the night, Favorite Artist. Bieber also won Favourite Pop/Rock album, Favourite Pop/Rock Male, and the show's Breakthrough Artist award.

Here's the list of the winners:

Soul/R&B Album: Usher, Raymond v. Raymond

Soul/R&B Female Artist: Rihanna

Soul/R&B Male Artist: Usher

Pop/Rock Album: Justin Bieber (right), My World 2.0

Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group: The Black Eyed Peas

Pop/Rock Female Artist: Lady Gaga

Pop/Rock Male Artist: Justin Bieber

Rap/Hip-Hop Album: Eminem, Recovery

Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist: Eminem

Country Band, Duo or Group: Lady Antebellum.

Country Album: Carrie Underwood, Play On

Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift

Country Male Artist: Brad Paisley

Contemporary Inspirational Artist: MercyMe

Soundtrack: Glee: The Music, Volume 3 - Showstoppers

Latin Music Artist: Shakira

Alternative Rock Artist: Muse

Adult Contemporary Artist: Michael Buble

Breakthrough Artist: Justin Bieber

Artist of the Year: Justin Bieber

And the performances.....

Rihanna - Medley

Miley Cyrus - Forgiveness & Love

Katy Perry - Fireworks

Justin Bieber - Pray

P!nk - Raise Your Glass

Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit)

Taylor Swift - Back To December

Ke$ha - Take It Of/We R Who We R

Usher - DJ Got Us Falling On Love

New Kids On The Block & The Backstreet Boys

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