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tomveiltomveil t1_j7fyf7h wrote

I can only assume that 906,444,360 different people listened to "abcdefu" exactly once. That is the worst song to crack the top 40 in years.

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Shdqkc t1_j7g2qoy wrote

I'm pleased to report that I contributed exactly 0 of those listens

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PcNewbieee t1_j7gdo8f wrote

Harry it’s gonna win, then Kanye gonna Kanye Harry because Lizzo got “snubbed”.

And all because he didn’t look at this chart. Lol

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PcNewbieee t1_j7gdz70 wrote

Replying to tomveiltomveil (#1,735,718)

Nah it’s catchy, just not for your generation/demographic.

There’s a lot of data out there that proves it’s mostly kids who sway the Music industry’s best interest. It’s really interesting and fkn scary.

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phalarope1618 t1_j7gs8vd wrote

Just looked up that Bonnie Raitt song out of interest, truly beautiful

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Maguncia t1_j7gwue7 wrote

Replying to tomveiltomveil (#1,735,718)

Weird take. I'd never heard the song, and I've never heard of the artist, but after listening to it, it sounds standard to the point of being derivative. Weird to single it out for song of the year, also, but I don't get how it could be "worst" when it sounds exactly like 100 other top 40 songs, and there are so many totally grating, unpleasant songs (including some of the other nominations, probably).

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katsumojo t1_j7hfmrt wrote

The Bonnie Rait sign is true artwork. Not saying any of the other songs aren’t. I listened to Just Like That for the first time last night and it was emotionally captivating. Great subject matter, great story telling, emotionally connects…makes for a great song.

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LikChalko t1_j7hslw4 wrote

The heart part 5 is a great track. The music video is sublime

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abraun68 t1_j7i3y3b wrote

I'd be more interested in streams per day to account for how long each song has been out.

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Shdqkc t1_j7idvph wrote

Replying to gumol (#1,735,910)

Because the grammys are dumb. "Best record" and all that is highly subjective and there are many artists out there making music who are far more talented than most of these people. Artists who, for starters, write their own music...play instruments...don't lip sync.

Have the award show and recognize whoever but let's call it what it is. "Best selling album of the year.""Most streamed song of the year."

At least those things aren't so subjective.

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Shanoskia t1_j7iihge wrote

The realization that I'm old and out of touch.

I have no idea what any of these songs are.

I know the artists names cause I don't liv e under a rock, but I can say I've actively never heard any of these.

It could be my taste in music, but I dunno.

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Shdqkc t1_j7ijbqv wrote

Replying to No-Yak5173 (#1,740,038)

Ok, that's fair. Those things should not prevent a song from winning but the artist should not be in the running for artist of the year.

And also, again, the "best" song is so subjective. Maybe a song that a singer wrote themselves, based on their own life experiences, that they have a real emotional connection with, is "better" to me than one that a song writer wrote and the actual performer saw for the first time 5 minutes before it was time to lay it down on the record.

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trappednjohnlockhell t1_j7irjcs wrote

This isn’t how they determine song of the year. Song of the year is the award for excellence in songwriting, not how popular a song was.

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zoinkability t1_j7j9t6a wrote

Replying to Shanoskia (#1,740,068)

I can understand not knowing some of these but it takes a special degree of out of touch to have never heard Adele, Taylor Swift, or Beyonce. I mean, I don't go out of my way to hear pretty much any top 40 type popular musician but I guarantee you have heard at least one of them even if you weren't paying attention.

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UglyPrettyBoy t1_j7jakcy wrote

Replying to Shanoskia (#1,740,068)

Same...with this caveat:

I still will peek in at Saturday Night Live at times, and Kendrick Lamar and Steve Lacy performed within the past few months. So it is likely I heard their songs - but I couldn’t name those tunes if you played them in front of me.

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Bex2659 t1_j7jgnc4 wrote

The people who generally listen to Bonnie Raitt probably aren’t using Spotify.

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LikChalko t1_j7jlg9s wrote

Replying to LikChalko (#1,738,718)

The original heart is even better though. Kendrick is this generations greatest poet. Many of us don’t even realize how good at poetry he really is. If you were to ask Edgar Allen Poe to rap on rhythm he would likely struggle. As would Robert frost or Walt Whitman. We often don’t give credit to just how talented the great rappers like Kendrick, cole, or JID really are.

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Glaive13 t1_j7jlou4 wrote

Dj Khalid putting all his money together to hire some people with actual talent to write and sing a song together made me laugh a little.

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spidereater t1_j7k929j wrote

Replying to trappednjohnlockhell (#1,740,576)

But one might expect that people would want to listen to an excellent song. The fact that the winning song had about 1% of the listens of the next most popular song in the list and the most popular song had almost 2000x more listens suggests there might be a disconnect between the people voting and the general public. Especially on Spotify where everyone had access to every song. You don’t need to buy an album or listen to a certain station.

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hairbo t1_j7kfyvu wrote

Just because a lot of people listen to it doesn’t make it good.

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trappednjohnlockhell t1_j7kwklp wrote

Replying to spidereater (#1,742,916)

But the people voting are forced to listen to the song because they have to evaluate it, the public isn’t. People tend to listen to the artists they know and love on repeat. Bonnie Raitt, while a legend, is mainly going to be popular with an older crowd, many of whom probably do not use Spotify or if they do they listen to playlists that they’re children or grandchildren helped them put together, so they may not have even been aware that she put out a new song. And I mean, there’s plenty of beautifully written songs out there that fly under the public’s radar everyday. It just so happens that this time, one of them managed to win a major award despite that.

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