Lionel Richie poses backstage at the 45th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP …Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee was one of the year’s best-selling albums and could also receive a nomination. But I wouldn’t bet on it. The album consists of Richie teaming with current country stars to perform his best-known pop and R&B hits from the 1970s and 1980s. The genre-bridging aspect will probably appeal to some of the panelists. But others will argue that the nominations should go to the best music of 2012, not songs that are decades old. Ray Charles’ 2004 duets album, Genius Loves Company, won Album of the Year, but Tony Bennett’s subsequent Duets albums weren’t nominated for the top award, probably for just that reason. Richie won Album of the Year for 1984 with Can’t Slow Down, but the songs then were new.
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By Paul Grein | Stop The Presses! – Tue, Nov 13, 2012 10:18 PM ESTLionel Richie poses backstage at the 45th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP …Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee was one of the year’s best-selling albums and could also receive a nomination. But I wouldn’t bet on it. The album consists of Richie teaming with current country stars to perform his best-known pop and R&B hits from the 1970s and 1980s. The genre-bridging aspect will probably appeal to some of the panelists. But others will argue that the nominations should go to the best music of 2012, not songs that are decades old. Ray Charles’ 2004 duets album, Genius Loves Company, won Album of the Year, but Tony Bennett’s subsequent Duets albums weren’t nominated for the top award, probably for just that reason. Richie won Album of the Year for 1984 with Can’t Slow Down, but the songs then were new.
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