Forward of Music’s Largest Evening, the Grammys, Billboard staffers sat down and chatted all about their predictions, performances, snubs and extra!
Tetris Kelly:
It’s Grammy Sunday! I’m Tetris Kelly, right here at Soho Warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. We have now an important present for you right this moment with behind-the-scenes entry, unique interviews with nominees like Dom Dolla and Scott Hoying of Pentatonix, and a few sizzling performances. Plus, we’ll discuss to Billboard’s specialists masking all issues it’s good to know, the largest snubs, hottest genres and their picks within the Large 4 classes, together with the extremely aggressive greatest new artist. Oh, and by the best way, we’ll introduce you to all eight greatest new artist nominees, so let’s run it down! Welcome to Billboard Celebrates Music’s Hottest Evening!
First up are two of Billboard’s most in-the-know contributors Katie Atkinson and Rania Aniftos to speak about a number of the greatest moments in music this yr and what everyone seems to be speaking about going into the Grammys. Hey, girls, how’s it going?
Katie Atkinson:
Hello, Tetris!
Rania Aniftos:
Hello, Tetris!
Tetris Kelly:
I like that you simply received the inexperienced memo with me, Katie.
Katie Atkinson:
That’s proper! Sorry, Rania!
Tetris Kelly:
Sorry, Rania!
Rania Aniftos:
Nobody knowledgeable me!
Tetris Kelly:
You we’re not knowledgeable, however you guys are probably the most knowledgeable in music. So let’s discuss this yr. Can’t discuss it with out the largest excursions — Beyonce, Taylor’s Eras tour, Renaissance tour, how did that form music this yr?
Rania Aniftos:
I imply, you had been at each the excursions this yr.
Katie Atkinson:
I did. I went to each. I feel Tetris did too.
Tetris Kelly:
I had fun!
Katie Atkinson:
Principally, two of our greatest superstars had their career-defining excursions this yr and I feel that sort of goes into the Grammys as a result of it’s like who’s going to be subsequent? Whoever will get coronated as the large star after Sunday night time, possibly they’re gonna have the large career-defining tour subsequent yr, proper?
Tetris Kelly:
Completely and I imply, Taylor can be having an enormous yr in nominations as nicely, appropriate?
Rania Aniftos:
Oh, yeah, I imply, she’s nominated for album of the yr for ‘Midnights,’ and he or she mainly dominates the Grammys as soon as once more, as she does with each single album cycle. One thing that I actually preferred about her tour, and I’m hoping that extra artists do it and it looks as if with Madonna and the Jonas Brothers, there are already artists who’re enjoying on this “Eras factor,” you realize, the place they need to have fun their discography and the music that made them who they’re. And I hope that extra artists look in direction of the longer term to do one thing like that.
Tetris Kelly:
And we are able to’t discuss girls having an enormous yr with out speaking concerning the ‘Barbie’ soundtrack I imply Lizzo, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, that soundtrack had bops on bops.
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