The 54th Grammy Award 2012 ( Part 16 General )

Category 1 Record Of The Year

Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.

1. ROLLING IN THE DEEP - Adele

Paul Epworth, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Mark Rankin, engineers/mixers

Track from: 21

[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

2. HOLOCENE - Bon Iver

Justin Vernon, producer; Brian Joseph & Justin Vernon,engineers/mixers

Track from: Bon Iver

[Jagjaguwar]

3. GRENADE - Bruno Mars

The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine & Manny Marroquin,engineers/mixers

Track from: Doo-Wops & Hooligans

[Elektra]

Katy perry - Fire work

4. THE CAVE - Mumford & Sons

Markus Dravs, producer; Francois Chevallier & Ruadhri Cushnan,engineers/mixers

Track from: Sigh No More

[Glassnote Records]

5. FIREWORK - Katy Perry

Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Sandy Vee, producers; Mikkel S. Eriksen, Phil Tan, Sandy Vee & Miles Walker, engineers/mixers

[Capitol]

Who will win ? Selalu ditanyakan dari tahun ke tahun mengenai perbedaan record of the year & song of the year?...song of the year adalah penghargaan untuk penulis lagu, sedangkan record of the year cenderung ke “performancenya” dan untuk ini semua pasti setuju memilih Rolling in the deep sebagai favorit juaranya, pesaing terdekatnya adalah Holocene (Bon iver).

Pertanyaanya : mungkinkah Adele meraih 3 grammy utama? Sangat mungkin, tunggu saja 13 februari pagi (waktu Indonesia)

Category 2 Album Of The Year

Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.

1. 21 - Adele

Jim Abbiss, Adele, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Fraser T. Smith, Ryan Tedder & Dan Wilson, producers;

Jim Abbiss, Philip Allen, Beatriz Artola, Ian Dowling, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Fidelman, Dan Parry, Steve Price, Mark Rankin, Andrew Scheps, Fraser T. Smith & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering

engineer

[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

2. WASTING LIGHT - Foo fighters

Butch Vig, producer;

James Brown & Alan Moulder,engineers/mixers; Joe LaPorta & Emily Lazar, mastering engineers

[RCA Records/ Roswell Records]

Lady gaga - Born this way

3. BORN THIS WAY - Lady Gaga

Paul Blair, DJ Snake, Fernando Garibay, Lady Gaga, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Jeppe Laursen, RedOne & Clinton Sparks,producers;

Fernando Garibay, Bill Malina, Trevor Muzzy, RedOne, Dave Russell, Justin Shirley Smith, Horace Ward & Tom Ware, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer

[Streamline/Interscope/Kon Live]

4. DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars

B.o.B, Cee Lo Green & Damian Marley, featured artists;

Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee, Needlz & The Smeezingtons, producers;

Ari Levine & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Stephen Marcussen, mastering engineer

[Elektra]

5. LOUD - Rihanna

Drake, Eminem & Nicki Minaj, featured artists;

Ester Dean, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Alex Da Kid, Kuk Harrell, Tor ErikHermansen, Mel & Mus, Awesome Jones, Makeba Riddick, The Runners, Sham, Soundz, Chris "Tricky" Stewart, Sandy Vee & Willy Will, producers;

Ariel Chobaz, Cary Clark, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Alex Da Kid, Josh Gudwin, Kuk Harrell, Jaycen Joshua,

Manny Marroquin, Dana Nielsen, Chad "C-Note" Roper, Noah "40" Shebib, Corey Shoemaker, Jay Stevenson, Mike Strange, Phil Tan, Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Marcos Tovar, Sandy Vee, Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva, Miles Walker & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

[Def Jam]

Who will win ? 4 dari 5 nominasi album of the year bergenre pop, dan kandidatku terfokus pada 2 album wasting light (Foo fighter) vs 21 (adele) …..kalo favoritku tetap Adele.

Category 3 Song Of The Year

A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

Kanye west

1. ALL OF THE LIGHTS - Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West,songwriters

Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]

“Turn up the lights in here, baby Extra bright, I want y'all to see this" Bercerita tentang seseorang yang harus terpisah dangan putrinya karena kejahatan yang dilakukannya, tetapi ia ingin putrinya mengenal dirinya apa adanya.

2. THE CAVE - Mumford & Sons

Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters

Mumford & Sons

Track from: Sigh No More

[Glassnote Records]

“So come out of your cave walking on your hands And see the world hanging upside down" You can understand dependence When you know the maker's land”

Seakan menyindir kita, tak ubahnya seperti manusia goa, yang hidup dari nyala api & gsmbar-gambar dinding (televisi), dan mereka mengajak kita melihat dunia luar…

3. GRENADE - Bruno Mars

Bruno mars

Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine,Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters

Track from: Doo-Wops & Hooligans

[Elektra; Publishers: Mars Force Music/Bughouse, Music Famamanem/Toy Plane Music/Art For Arts Sake/Late 80s Music/Westside Ind. Music/Studiobeat Music, Warner Tamerlane,Andrew Wyatt, Downtown DMP Songs]

“Yes, I would die for you, baby But you won't do the same”

..…Sudah tidak perlu dijelaskan apa yang mau disampaikan lagu itu, kita hanya perlu memberinya puk-puk.

4. HOLOCENE - Bon Iver

Bon iver

Justin Vernon, songwriter

Track from: Bon Iver 
[Jagjaguwar; Publisher: April Base Publishing]

“... and at once I knew I was not magnificent Strayed above the highway aisle Jagged vacant, thick without us I could see for miles, miles, miles”

Konon lagu ini dibuat melodinya terlebih dahulu, lalu Vernom mengsi lyric yang berirama sama dengan melodinya, akhirnya jadilah sebuah lagu yang tak kumengerti. Bahkan aku kesusahan meterjemahkan arti kata “holocene’ = telah terjadi? CMIIW

Tebakanku lagu ini tentang seseorang yang tersadar bahwa dunia tak seindah seperti yang dia bayangkan saat waktu kecil.

5. ROLLING IN THE DEEP - Adele

Adele

Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters

Track from: 21

[XL Recordings/Columbia Records; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram/EMI Music Publishing]

“Throw your soul through every open door, Count your blessings to find what you look for, Turn my sorrow into treasured gold, You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown”

Lagu ini menceritakan bahwa  ……. *langsung nangis

Who will win ? susah untuk obyektif saat ada Adele di list nominasi, tapi dilihat dari lirik lagu ada 2 favoritku untuk meraih Grammy Song of the year ; The cave & rolling in the deep

Category 4 Best New Artist

For a new artist who releases, during the eligibility year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.

The Band perry

1. THE BAND PERRY : Seperti melihat kolaborasi antara Taylor swift & Jonas brother, group band ini sukses berkat single f I die young, mengusung music country – pop, tahun ini band ini hanya masuk mengumpulkan 1 nominasi saja

2. BON IVER ; Secara pribadi saya kurang begitu bisa menikmati lagu-lagunya, tetapi pihak NARAS, sepertinya memfavoritkannhya dengan meraih 4 nominasi al. best alternative album includ 3 penghargaan utama.

3. J. COLE : Penyanyi hiphop ini, bahkan baru kutahu dari list best new artis,dan konon juga salah satu mantan artis you tube jadi tidak bisa berkomentar banyak.

4. NICKI MINAJ : saya suka terganggu secara visual melihat performance artis ini, tetapi beda setelah mendengar suaranya. Mengumpulkan 3 nominasi Grammy al : Best rap performance, rap album, dan best new artist. Dia juga berkesempatan memenangkan grammy kategori ini jika juri grammy konsisten selalu memilih penyanyi solo wanita, sebagai pemenang best new artist.

Adakah yang merasa Nicki minaj mirip pinkan mambo?

5. SKRILLEX : Keputusannya untuk keluar dari band, dan besolo karir adalah pilahan yang tepat, dalam waktu singkat dia sudah masuk remixer papan atas, mengumpulkan 5 nominasi grammy : best video, remixer of the year, best dance recording best dance album, dan best new artist.

Who will win? Ada mitos pemenang kategori ini biasanya seperti dikutuk, lihat saja nasib Amy winehouse yang memenangkan grammy best new artist, bandingkan dengan taylor swft yang dikalahkannya.Karena mitos ini ditambah jur grammy selalu memenangkan arts female saya setuju nniki minaj yang menang (loh?)….just kidding, favoritku untuk memenangkan grammy best new artist adalah : Skrillex!, walau kemungkinan Bon iveri lebih dfavoritkan.