Ahead of Music's biggest night, the Grammys, Advertising sign employees sat down and discussed all about their predictions, performances, snubs and more!
Tetris Kelly:
It's Grammy Sunday! I'm Tetris Kelly, here at Soho Warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. We've got a great show for you today with backstage access, exclusive interviews with up-and-comers like Pentatonix's Dom Dolla and Scott Hoying, and some hot performances. Plus, we'll talk to Billboard's experts covering all the things you need to know, the biggest snubs, the hottest genres, and their picks in the Big Four categories, including the highly competitive Best New Artist. Oh, and by the way, we're also going to introduce you to the eight best new artist nominees, so let's wrap it up! Welcome to Billboard Celebrates Music's Hot Night!
First up are two of Billboard's best-known contributors, Katie Atkinson and Rania Aniftos, to talk about some of the biggest moments in music this year and what everyone is talking about at the Grammys. Hello ladies, how are you?
Katie Atkinson:
Hello, Tetris!
Rania Aniftos:
Hello, Tetris!
Tetris Kelly:
I love that you took the green note with me, Katie.
Katie Atkinson:
Correctly! Sorry Rania!
Tetris Kelly:
Sorry Rania!
Rania Aniftos:
No one informed me!
Tetris Kelly:
You are not informed, but you are the most informed in music. So let's talk about this year. I can't talk about it without the bigger tours – Beyonce, Taylor's Eras tour, Renaissance tour, how has that shaped the music this year?
Rania Aniftos:
I mean, you were on both tours this year.
Katie Atkinson:
I did it. I went to both. I think he did Tetris too.
Tetris Kelly:
I had a good time!
Katie Atkinson:
Basically, two of our biggest superstars had career-defining tours this year, and I think that kind of goes to the Grammys because it's like, who's going to be next? Whoever is crowned the big star after Sunday night will probably have the big career-defining tour next year, right?
Tetris Kelly:
I mean absolutely, Taylor is having a big year in the nominations too, right?
Rania Aniftos:
Oh yeah, I mean, she's up for album of the year for 'Midnights' and she's basically dominating the Grammys once again, as she does with every album cycle. Something I really liked about her tour, and I hope more artists do it and it seems like with Madonna and the Jonas Brothers, there are already artists playing this “Eras thing”, you know, wherever they want to celebrate their discography and the music that made them who they are. And I hope more artists look to the future to do something like that.
Tetris Kelly:
And we can't talk about women having a big year without talking about the 'Barbie' soundtrack, I mean Lizzo, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, that soundtrack was bangers.
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