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    Who didn’t make the nomination list for 2025, which they should have

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    The Grammy Awards are a fickle bunch.

    One year you need a wagon to transport your treasure of gold gramophones and the next year you are persona non grata.

    Just ask Dolly Parton. Or Ed Sheeran. Or Justin Timberlake.

    The list of nominees for the 67e The Grammy Awards’ 94 categories can be praised for their undeniable diversity, with pop, country and hip-hop artists crossing categories and reinforcing the idea that genre boundaries can be pushed. Just look at this year’s leader, Beyoncé, who lassoed a whopping eleven nods to her album ‘Cowboy Carter’. And women dominate the record and album of the year categories, with Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli xcx, Billie Eilish and Chappell Roan earning nominations in both major categories.

    Still, there are always a few artists who were expected to garner love from Recording Academy voters but were instead left out or barely recognized for the upcoming February 2 ceremony.

    Even Taylor Swift, despite her six nominations, including the prestigious triumvirate of record, song and album of the year related to “The Tortured Poets Department,” seemingly should have gotten a few extra nods specifically for her record-breaking Eras Tour film (best music film) and “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” (best pop solo performance), one of the melodically impeccable and lyrically compelling songs in her enormous oeuvre.

    And actress Michelle Williams, critically acclaimed for making Britney Spears’ memoir palatable with her audiobook narration of “The Woman in Me,” could have earned a rare Grammy award to accompany her Oscar, Tony and Emmy nominations (which she earned in 2019 won). for her captivating performance in “Fosse/Verdon”).

    Alas, the storytelling category will be left for Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton and former President Jimmy Carter to duke it out.

    Here are some other notable layoffs.

    Dua Lipa

    The three-time Grammy winner dropped the dance-tastic “Houdini” in November 2023. Considering the Grammy submission period is September 16, 2003 to August 30, 2024, it feels like a lifetime ago that she released the Tame Impala-produced album. mirror ball twirler, the appetizer to her third studio album, ‘Radical Optimism’, released in May. While “Houdini” nearly reached the Top 10 in the US, follow-up singles “Training Season” and “Illusion” disappointed and the album, a decent if not spectacular follow-up to 2020’s breakthrough “Future Nostalgia,” disappeared from the charts. public consciousness and disappeared , apparently on the minds of Grammy voters, who completely ignored her output.

    Megan Thee Stallion

    The cachet of a three-time Grammy Award winner — including Best New Artist of 2021 — didn’t equate to any love for the rapper’s third album, “Megan.” That includes the success of the singles “Cobra,” “Boa,” “Mamushi” and her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, “Hiss,” which is probably what Megan would love to do with the Recording Academy.

    K-pop

    Way back in 2021, BTS became the first K-pop group to earn a Grammy nomination. In the following years, the genre flourished in the US, generating stadium-filling acts such as Tomorrow X Together, Blackpink (and solo breakthrough Lisa) and Seventeen. Yet the Grammys still haven’t found room for Korean music stars, evidenced by another year without nominations for some of K-pop’s biggest names. BTS members Jung Kook and RM dropped their solo offerings (“Golden” in November and “Right Place, Wrong Person” in May, respectively), while Lisa (aka Lalisa Manobal) preceded her solo album debut with the global hits “ Rockstar” and “New Woman.” The Grammys have expanded their category lineup admirably in recent years. How about another one for the K-pop fans?

    Dolly Parton

    We’re guessing that Grammy voters weren’t sure where or how to categorize Parton’s well-meaning, star-studded “Rockstar” album, allowing it to go unnoticed. While covers cannot be specifically nominated in songwriting categories – and of the 30 songs, 21 are previously released rock anthems – there is no rule prohibiting the eligibility of the album or any of its nine original songs, including the title track featuring Richie Sambora, the single “ World on Fire’ or ‘What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You’ with Stevie Nicks, receiving nods. And those duets with Steven Tyler, Pink, John Fogerty, Sting and other greats could have been recognized in performance categories. This was Parton’s 49e album. Maybe the big 5-0 will do better.

    Nicki Minaj

    Since 2011, the feisty rapper has a dozen Grammy nominations to his name, but not a single win. Her debut, “Pink Friday,” got a nod at the 2012 ceremony, so conventional wisdom pointed to “Pink Friday 2,” which debuted atop the Billboard 200 album chart upon its release in December and was at least eligible for a Grammy. Or maybe one of the hits from the album? ‘The last time I saw you’? “FTCU”? “Everyone”? No? Nothing? It’s a sad day in Gag City.

    Justin Timberlake

    While he wasn’t completely ignored — he did earn a co-writer credit on “Better Place” from the film “Trolls Band Together” in the best song written for visual media — Timberlake didn’t draw any attention for his sixth studio album, “Everything I Thought it Was .” In another era, the moderate hit “Selfish” — which co-stars in co-writer Amy Allen’s Songwriter of the Year, a non-classical nomination — would have been an instant entry into some pop category. But that era is over.

    Lenny Kravitz

    The fiery “Blue Electric Light,” on which Kravitz composed almost every song solo and played almost every instrument, is funky, fun and as muscular as the man’s often flaunting pecs. It also won’t win any Grammy Awards thanks to zero nominations.

    Luke Combs

    At the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony, the country singer enveloped everyone in a bear hug with his heartfelt performance of “Fast Car” featuring the song’s original writer, the elusive Tracy Chapman. But he didn’t win the award for best country solo performance and the album that spawned the hit remake “Gettin’ Old” wasn’t nominated. It’s déjà vu for Combs, whose June-released “Fathers & Sons” was also rejected. But one bright spot: his “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” from the “Twisters” soundtrack, will compete for best song written for visual media.

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