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The Greatest Albums

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Over the years, there have been a number of times that the Grammy voters have gotten it right with their selections in the major categories. However, there are still a bunch of albums that have not taken home the gold statue. Some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest albums of all time</a>, you'd be surprised to learn, haven't been honored. While this might seem obvious, there are still a number of egregious snubs and top, acclaimed albums that weren't recognized. There are plenty of critical darlings, and even best selling albums on this list that weren't nominated for music's biggest award.A number of outstanding albums are on this list of Album of the Year snubs. After all, people generally consider albums like Jay Z's The Blueprint, Beastie Boys's&nbsp;Paul's Boutique, and The Rolling Stones's Exile on Main St. to be classics. Yet, these distinctly different albums - many of which are widely considered the artist's seminal album - didn't win a Grammy.So, it's up to you to pick the best album that didn't win Best Album at the Grammys. All of these albums should have won something, so you can't go wrong. It will be interesting to see what other great records don't take home the hardware in the years to come.

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The Best Albums That Didn't Win a Grammy

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Lists about the recording academy's biggest and most prestigious annual awards show.  Which talented artists will walk out with a gilded gramophone this year?

The Grammys

2020 Music

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are slated to take place in March of&nbsp;2021, with dozens of artists being nominated to receive the coveted golden record player, courtesy of the Recording Academy. Many in the music industry aspire their whole careers to receive such an honor while returning veterans, such as Beyonce&nbsp;and Taylor Swift, find themselves in the conversation again to be awarded major categories such as Album and Song of the Year. With music&#39;s biggest night right around the corner, there are many nominees to consider but ultimately a few will go down in Grammy history.&nbsp;

Vote for the artist&nbsp;you think deserves to win the Grammy for Song of the Year.&nbsp;

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Which Song Will Win Song Of The Year At The 2021 Grammys?

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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are slated to take place in March of&nbsp;2021, with dozens of artists being nominated to receive the coveted golden record player, courtesy of the Recording Academy. Many in the music industry aspire their whole careers to receive such an honor while returning veterans, such as Beyonce&nbsp;and Taylor Swift, find themselves in the conversation again to be awarded major categories such as Album and Song of the Year. With music&#39;s biggest night right around the corner, there are many nominees to consider but ultimately a few will go down in Grammy history.&nbsp;

Vote for the artist&nbsp;you think deserves to win the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.

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Which Song Will Win Best Pop Solo Performance At The 2021 Grammys?

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are slated to take place in March of&nbsp;2021, with dozens of artists being nominated to receive the coveted golden record player, courtesy of the Recording Academy. Many in the music industry aspire their whole careers to receive such an honor while returning veterans, such as Beyonce and Taylor Swift, find themselves in the conversation again to be awarded major categories such as Album and Song of the Year. With music&#39;s biggest night right around the corner, there are many nominees to consider but ultimately a few will go down in Grammy history.&nbsp;

Vote for the artist&nbsp;you think deserves to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.&nbsp;

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Who Will Win Album Of The Year At The 2021 Grammy Awards?

Jethro Tull was huge in the 1970s and still tours to packed arenas&nbsp;to play songs like &quot;Aqualung,&quot; &quot;Living in the Past,&quot; and &quot;Bungle in the Jungle.&quot;&nbsp;If you&#39;re a fan of classic rock, chances are you&#39;ve heard a Tull song, but most of us would agree&nbsp;Tull isn&#39;t&nbsp;a heavy metal band.&nbsp;

In 1989, members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) wanted to change things up at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-albums-that-didnt-win-grammys/ranker-music" target="_blank">Grammy Awards</a> and show audiences that&nbsp;they were hip to what was currently popular. In the late &#39;80s, heavy metal was all the rage, and the organization introduced an award for <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-hard-rock-bands-and-artists/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Best Hard Rock</a>/Heavy Metal Performance.&nbsp;When they announced the bands nominated for the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-artists-with-grammy-awards/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">first heavy metal Grammy</a>, Tull was the odd man out alongside rockers like Metallica and AC/DC.

Everyone thought the award&nbsp;belonged to Metallica, whose ...And Justice for All LP defined metal in the &#39;80s&nbsp;-&nbsp;but that&#39;s not what happened. A band who has its roots in prog, Jethro Tull, beat Metallica for the prize, and the Jethro Tull Grammy is now considered a&nbsp;historical fallacy that did not impede&nbsp;on the career of either band.&nbsp;

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The Night Jethro Tull Beat Metallica For The First Heavy Metal Grammy

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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are slated to take place in March of&nbsp;2021, with dozens of artists being nominated to receive the coveted golden record player, courtesy of the Recording Academy. Many in the music industry aspire their whole careers to receive such an honor while returning veterans, such as Beyonce&nbsp;and Taylor Swift, find themselves in the conversation again to be awarded major categories such as Album and Song of the Year. With music&#39;s biggest night right around the corner, there are many nominees to consider but ultimately a few will go down in Grammy history.&nbsp;

Vote for the artists you think deserves to win the Grammy for Best Pop Duo or Group Performance.

Which Song Will Win Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at The 2021 Grammys?

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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are slated to take place in March of&nbsp;2021, with dozens of artists being nominated to receive the coveted golden record player, courtesy of the Recording Academy. Many in the music industry aspire their whole careers to receive such an honor while returning veterans, such as The Weeknd and Taylor Swift, find themselves in the conversation again to be awarded major categories such as Album and Song of the Year. With music&#39;s biggest night right around the corner, there are many nominees to consider but ultimately a few will go down in Grammy history.&nbsp;

Vote for the artist&nbsp;you think deserves to win the Grammy for <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-hip-hop-albums?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Best Rap Album</a>.

Who Will Win Best Rap Album At The 2021 Grammy Awards?

Lists that celebrate the film and TV industry’s biggest and brightest. Who will win in 2021, who will lose, and who deserves an honorary award?

The Golden Globes

2020

From famous portrayals to powerhouse roles, here are the talented&nbsp;actors considered&nbsp;for Best Drama&nbsp;Film Actor at the 2021 Golden Globes. In a diverse collection of seasoned veterans and young up incoming stars, this year&#39;s potential nominees displayed lasting performances.&nbsp;

From the dismal reality Anthony Hopkins depicts in&nbsp;The Father, to the historical portrayal&nbsp;of infamous screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz by&nbsp;Gary Oldman in Mank,&nbsp;these are the roles that add to a long list of legacy performances. While Riz Ahmed&nbsp;adds to his catalog of eclectic performances as&nbsp;Ruben Stone in Sound of Metal.&nbsp;Other strong contenders for the award include&nbsp;Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey&#39;s Black Bottom&nbsp;and Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian.&nbsp;

Make your 2021 Golden Globes predictions&nbsp;by voting up the nominees you think will win, and don&#39;t miss the 78th <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/2021-golden-globe-predictions-best-drama-series/molly-gander?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Golden Globe Awards</a> on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

Who Will Win Best Drama Film Actor At The 2021 Golden Globes?

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2021 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Drama Film Actor Nominees

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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are slated to take place in March of&nbsp;2021, with dozens of artists being nominated to receive the coveted golden record player, courtesy of the Recording Academy. Many in the music industry aspire their whole careers to receive such an honor while returning veterans, such as The Weeknd and Taylor Swift, find themselves in the conversation again to be awarded major categories such as Album and Song of the Year. With music&#39;s biggest night right around the corner, there are many nominees to consider but ultimately a few will go down in Grammy history.&nbsp;

Vote for the artist&nbsp;you think deserves to win the Grammy for Best New Artist.&nbsp;

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Who Will Win the 2021 Grammy for Best New Artist?

Band/Musician

Along with Album of the Year and Song of the Year, Record of the Year is one of the best awards a musician or band can achieve during a particular calendar year. Record of the Year is not to be confused with Song of the Year or Album of the Year. The Record of the Year goes is awarded for a single or for one track from an album, which will explain why you'll see some of the best and most memorable records of a year on this Ultimate List. Some of these songs have stood the test of time and are still popular today. Michael Jackson's "Beat It," Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It," The Eagles' "Hotel California," and Coldplay's "Clocks" are prime examples of best records that still live on. Whitney Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" ended up becoming the signature song of her career and is one of the best Record of the Year winners. Simon and Garfunkel along with Eric Clapton and U2 are three examples of musicians who have won the Grammy for Best Record the Year twice.Vote for the song you think deserves is the Grammy Foundation's best selection for Record of the Year. All of these winners have already taken home one of the biggest Grammys and now it's up to you decide which one is the best of the lot.

The Best Ever Grammy Winning Records

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Starting back in 1959, the Best New Artist Grammy has been&nbsp;handed to top bands and artists who've made their way to stardom—as well as to ears around the world. Though topping the Billboard charts or having the most streamed song on Spotify&nbsp;are both great accomplishments, among plenty of other sought after achievements, the Best New Artist award is quite prestigious. And, as you'll see from the list of winners below, only the latest and greatest take home the honor&nbsp;each year. So, out of all the Best New Artist Grammy winners, who do you think is the absolute best?As you can imagine, some serious names in the music industry make the list of Best New Artist winners, ranging from supergroups&nbsp;like The Beatles&nbsp;to top <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-popular-musical-artists-of-the-21st-century/gookin?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">artists of the 21st century</a> like Adele. In between, you have big names from a wide array of genres, including The Carpenters, Crosby Stills, Nash &amp; Young, Cyndi Lauper, Tom Jones, and Amy Winehouse, among many others. Whether they're the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-pop-groups-and-singers/ranker-music" target="_blank">hottest artists out right now</a> or some of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-musical-artists-of-all-time/ranker-music" target="_blank">greatest musicians of all time</a>, they were all at one point the best new artist of their era.&nbsp;Check out the list of Best New Artist winners below and vote up your favorites, or those you thought were most deserving of the award. You can also vote artists down if you feel they should be lower on the list.

All the Best New Artist Grammy Winners, Ranked

Ranking Every 'Best New Artist' Winner in Grammy History

Since 1959, only one album from each year can claim that it was bestowed with Album of the Year honors by the Grammys. While many of these albums were rightful winners, not all get the respect they deserve. This means that thought they took home the night's big prize, overall, they haven't been remembered fondly, or history has ignored them in favor of other full-lengths that were released that year. Other albums are properly rated as outstanding works and in some cases, Album of the Year winners are actually&nbsp;overrated.&nbsp;So, which album of the year winners are underrated or under appreciated? With the slew of fantastic albums on this list, that isn't necessarily the easiest question to answer. But what you will see on this list are a slew of familiar and popular names. The likes of Frank Sinatra, U2, Norah Jones, Judy Garland, Stevie Wonder, and Adele have all taken home the Grammy for Album of the Year. Now it's up to you to decide whether, despite the big win, these albums were still underrated.So, the ball is in your court when it comes to determining the most underrated Album of the Year Grammy winner. Vote for the albums that you think are the most underrated, and give a thumbs down to the albums that you think are overrated.&nbsp;

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The Most Underrated Album of the Year Grammy Winners

Most Underrated Album of the Year Grammy Winners

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The Grammy Awards can play a very important role in shaping an artist's career. With a victory, millions upon millions of unfamiliar music fans can suddenly recognize a musician and flock to listen to what impressed the voters. Sometimes, this boost takes a relatively unknown artist and turns them into a household name. There are plenty of examples of this happening since the inception of the Grammys. A number of great artists who might not have been heard of otherwise became stars. While it may have surprised outsiders, ultimately, these artists had their music heard by the masses.So, who are the artists who had a Grammy win give their career a boost and most benefited from their Grammy wins? (It could have been in any category, not just Album of the Year or Best New Artist.) The likes of Amy Winehouse and Adele were already coming on strong with big singles, but their respective Grammy victories legitimized their music. Relatively new artists (at the time of their wins) like Eminem, Norah Jones, and a young Mariah Carey used their victories to launch their career into superstardom.It's up to you to decide to determine which artists and musicians had the biggest career boost due to a Grammy victory. That said, if you notice someone missing from this list, feel free to add them. Vote or re-rank this list how you deem it to be fit.

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Musicians Whose Grammy Wins Basically Made Their Careers

Musicians Whose Grammy Wins Most Boosted Their Career

Actresses

While 2021 <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/2021-golden-globe-predictions-best-actress-drama-show/molly-gander?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Golden Globe nominations</a> are still weeks away from being announced, let&#39;s make our predictions on who will win best actress in a comedy or musical series.

After sweeping at the 72nd Emmys, Schitt&#39;s Creek&nbsp;might win a few more, starting with Catherine O&#39;Hara for best comedy TV actress. However, Moira Rose still faces heavy competition from The Great&#39;s Elle Fanning, Zoey&#39;s Extraordinary Playlist&#39;s Jane Levy, and Emily in Paris&#39;s&nbsp;Lily Collins.&nbsp;

Make your 2021 Golden Globes predictions&nbsp;by voting up the nominees you think will win, and don&#39;t miss the 78th <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/2021-golden-globe-predictions-best-drama-series/molly-gander?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Golden Globe Awards</a> on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

Who Will Win Best TV Comedy Actress At The 2021 Golden Globes?

2021 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Comedy/Musical TV Actress Nominees

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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are slated to take place in March of&nbsp;2021, with dozens of artists being nominated to receive the coveted golden record player, courtesy of the Recording Academy. Many in the music industry aspire their whole careers to receive such an honor while returning veterans, such as Beyonce&nbsp;and Taylor Swift, find themselves in the conversation again to be awarded major categories such as Album and Song of the Year. With music&#39;s biggest night right around the corner, there are many nominees to consider but ultimately a few will go down in Grammy history.&nbsp;

Vote for the artist&nbsp;you think deserves to win the Grammy for Best Country Album.

Who Will Win Best Country Album At The 2021 Grammy Awards?

What Will Win the 2021 Grammy for Best Country Album?

Lists about Marshall "Eminem" Mathers and his world-changing music.

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At the height of criticism over the content of rapper Eminem&#39;s lyrics, coinciding with the release of The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, it turned&nbsp;out his biggest advocate was none other than Sir Elton John.

&quot;He was accused of being homophobic by so many people because of his lyrics,&nbsp;which I thought was nonsense,&quot; John <a href="https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/elton-john-on-eminem-friendship-i-just-adore-him-1.3481041" target="_blank">told Graham Norton</a> in 2017. &quot;I came out and supported the fact that he isn&rsquo;t.&quot; Eminem&#39;s songs were interpreted as anti-gay&nbsp;because of derogatory and offensive terms used in them. Many advocates were shocked when the openly gay John came out publicly in support of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/eminem-facts/coy-jandreau" target="_blank">Eminem</a>, who claimed his lyrics were being misrepresented by those opposed to them.

LGBTQ+ <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-male-advocates/reference" target="_blank">advocates</a> were even more shocked when the pair performed Eminem&#39;s hit song &quot;Stan&quot; together at the 2001 Grammys. In the performance, John sang the sections that had been sampled from Dido&#39;s song &quot;Thank You,&quot; and the duo shared a hug at the end. Whether it originated as a publicity stunt or as a genuine collaboration between two musicians, the duet was more than a defining pop culture moment for the early aughts: It led to an enduring friendship between the controversial rapper and the British pop <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-musical-artists-of-all-time/ranker-music" target="_blank">legend</a>.

Why Was It A Big Deal When Eminem And Elton John Performed Together At The Grammys?

The Importance Of Eminem And Elton John's Grammy Performance

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