Records, Graceland: Sony Legacy, Control: A&M Records, The Joshua Tree: Island Records, Whitney: Arista Records, Faith: Columbia Records, Straight Outta Compton: Priority Records, Nick of Time: Capitol Records, Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814: A&M Records, Back on the Block: Dreamworks/Qwest Records, Violator: Rhino/Warner Bros., Ropin The Wind: Capitol Records, Eric Clapton, “Unplugged”: Rhino/Warner Bros., Love Deluxe: Sony Legacy The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album: Arista Records, In Utero: DGC Records, Tony Bennett, MTV Unplugged: Columbia Records, The Downward Spiral: Nothing Records/Interscope Records, Jagged Little Pill: Maverick Recording Company, Crazy Sexy Cool: Arista/LaFace Records Falling Into You: Columbia Records, Tidal: Work Records/Columbia Records Time Out of Mind: Columbia Records, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: Ruffhouse Records/Columbia Records, Supernatural: Columbia/Legacy Californication: Warner Bros. Records, No Jacket Required: Rhino Records, Like a Virgin: Sire/Warner Bros. Illustrations by Abbey Lossing for The Washington Post.Īlbum Art: 52nd Street: Sony BMG, Off The Wall: Epic Records, Christopher Cross: Rhino Flashback, The Game: EMI Records/Elektra Records, Double Fantasy: Capitol Records, Tattoo You: Rolling Stones Records, Toto IV: Sony Music Entertainment, Nebraska: Columbia Records, Thriller: Sony Legacy, Can’t Slow Down: Motown Records, Purple Rain: Warner Bros.
30 - so on Sunday night, the 2018 Grammys will go to recordings released in the final quarter of 2016 or the first three quarters of 2017.)
(In most years, the Grammy eligibility window runs from Oct.
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Same for certain albums that gained momentum between eligibility windows - Nirvana’s “Nevermind,” for example, which was released in September 1991 but didn’t reach No. For instance, Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 debut is considered a classic by today’s rap audiences, but there’s no way industry types who make up the Grammy electorate could have predicted how influential the group was destined to become. For the other 35 years, I’ve chosen which albums should have won instead, as well as which recordings should have been nominated. What if the Grammy for album of the year - a prize whose responsibility to bottle the zeitgeist is right there in its name - regularly went to recordings that balanced innovation and timeliness in a way that made them widely resonant?īy that measure, I’d argue that album of the year has been handed to the most-deserving artist only three times since 1980.
Or really, look at who hasn’t: Beyoncé, the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Radiohead, Jay-Z. Just look at who’s won the most-coveted Grammy, album of the year, over the past three-plus decades.
Before we all lose our minds over who wins big at the 60th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, it might be helpful to remember that the Grammys have always been lousy at celebrating the present and even worse at predicting the future.
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