Grammys 2013 Nominations: Snubs and Surprises

fun. and Frank Ocean swept. Coldplay, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, and Justin Bieber were snubbed. Lionel Richie and Scotty McCreery were passed over, but were they really snubbed? Let’s look at the just-announced Grammy nominations and sort it all out. Winners will be announced on Feb. 10. -- By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Music

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No Snub: Lionel Richie’s surprise chart-topper Tuskegee was passed over for a nomination for Album of the Year. But it wasn’t really a snub. Some of the panelists probably figured that the nominations should go to the best music of 2012, not songs that are decades old. Ray Charles’s 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 ... more
No Snub: Lionel Richie’s surprise chart-topper Tuskegee was passed over for a nomination for Album of the Year. But it wasn’t really a snub. Some of the panelists probably figured that the nominations should go to the best music of 2012, not songs that are decades old. Ray Charles’s 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. less