the Academy of Recording Arts may have
seen these coming but we certainly
didn’t welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Grammy
upsets holy shit Scott I can’t believe
it one for this list we’re defining a
Grammy upset as one in which an artist
was expected to win a specific award in
a given year but surprisingly lost to
another artist we’re excluding lifetime
snubs where a given artist was
overlooked for a specific category or
altogether
for their entire career look for those
in our top ten Grammy snubs video
number 10 Herbie Hancock / Amy Winehouse
and Kanye West it was surreal yeah yeah
I couldn’t even I mean my feet but I was
walking but I don’t know how Hancock’s
contribution to jazz and the creation of
the post bop sound can’t be denied but
when his Joni Mitchell tribute became
the second jazz effort to win album of
the year and the steps out of the store
get to a stranger’s farm but even the
musician himself was stunned and all of
a sudden I heard the word River and then
it was like what and then I turned
around and looked at Larry Klein who was
the producer at a record and I was
speechless and he said I think we want
industry watchers had tapped either Amy
Winehouse just draw don’t make me go to
rehab I won’t go go whoa or Kanye West I
need you tonight you could be my black
cake mom tonight who are both having
incredible years and we’re already
Grammy winners that night right awesome
the christening christened er damn
they’ll make
like this anymore number nine eric
clapton / nirvana
there’s no question Leila is an
incredible truck but it was originally
released in 1971
while the 90s was defined by grunge and
while Pearl Jam’s Jeremy was also passed
over
it was the shunning of Nirvana’s
adolescent anthem of indifference and
one of alt Rock’s most iconic songs that
really shocked us
to make matters worse the reworked take
of laila that won best rock song was an
acoustic and decidedly unlocking version
number 8 the Arcade Fire over lady gaga
these Montreal rockers made Grammy
history when the suburbs nabbed album of
the year
the wind didn’t only make them the first
indie act to get the prize
but also had little monsters all over
the web shocked and confused when Mother
Monster didn’t take the cake
lady Gaga had been making headlines and
topping the charts the world over
so the Arcade Fire’s win understandably
left many people speechless
number seven DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh
Prince / Public Enemies few rap acts
were as critically acclaimed in the late
80s and early 90s as public enemy with
their politically inspired lyrics and
groundbreaking hip-hop sound they’d had
their share of Grammy nominations but
when their album apocalypse 91 the enemy
strikes black lost best rap performance
– DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince is
summertime poppin my CD let me run
around and put your car on cruise and
lay back of this summertime
everyone was flabbergasted how did one
mindless nostalgic single top a
full-length critically acclaimed top-ten
album number six Baja men over everyone
else but the buddy was the party who
would have thought one of Rugrats in
Paris the movies theme songs was better
than tracks by Moby
JLo or Enrique Iglesias
but that seems to be what the Academy
was saying when it gave Baja men the
Grammy for Best Dance Recording I told
myself I mundo get angry
let the dogs out may have reached the
Billboard Hot 100 top forty but it’s
also commonly cited as one of the worst
songs ever
but apparently still better than Eiffel
65 you were also nominated that year
number five Steely Dan over Radiohead
and Eminem but one of the night’s
biggest categories a jazz rock bands at
peaked in the 70s beat out critical
darlings Radiohead
and one of raps biggest stars Eminem for
album of the year in 2001 kid a and the
Marshall Mathers LP may have been chart
toppers that were considered some of the
finest works in their respective artists
careers but it was Steely Dan’s two
against nature that took the prize two
against HS daily damn number for a taste
of honey over Elvis Costello
by combining folk blues and reggae and
writing some of pops most clever and
biting lyrics Elvis Costello was slowly
shaping the sound of punk rock and New
Wave
also nominated for Best New Artist were
the up-and-coming rockers the cars so
during a time when disco was quickly
losing its cool it seemed quite
outrageous that the recording Act which
had topped the charts with
boogie-oogie-oogie took home the trophy
in 1979
number three Christopher cross over Pink
Floyd etc
when it comes to the Grammys the early
80s were all about Christopher Cross
it takes me away
why the pop and soft rock artists
somehow managed to win all four of the
Nights biggest categories over more
established and well-received names like
Frank Sinatra I want to be a part of it
New York New York Barbra Streisand
and Pink Floyd sailing may have been at
number one smash but it certainly didn’t
have the lasting musical legacy that its
fellow nominees later left
number two Jethro Tull over Metallica
she wants a little distance in order to
capitalize on the genres popularity the
Grammys recognized the years best hard
rock and metal performance for the first
time in 1989 but when prog rockers
Jethro Tull won the trophy for crest of
nave
beating out frontrunner Metallica in the
process metal fans and music critics
were enraged
not only did few people think the band
was on par with the other nominees many
also felt they didn’t fit in hard rock
or metal
yes before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
of constant sorrow I’ve seen true
guys dressing black remember Justin keys
we have a face to face and make contact
the title not by me that my fear means
what you think you saw you didn’t know
I’m falling into you
number one the new vaudeville band over
the Beatles The Beatles had already lost
to Mary Poppins for Best Original Score
with a hard day’s night in 1965
so when the world’s biggest band lost
out again on Grammy recognition two
years later
for best contemporary rock-and-roll
recording to a pop song no less well the
would be pika if I spent a week away
many people cried fell
I’m telling to top things off the new
vaudeville bands Winchester Cathedral
was even knocked off the number one spot
on the American charts by fellow
category nominees the Beach Boys
do you agree with our list what do you
think was the biggest Grammy upset
new top 10s published every day be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com and the
Grammy goes to
seen these coming but we certainly
didn’t welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Grammy
upsets holy shit Scott I can’t believe
it one for this list we’re defining a
Grammy upset as one in which an artist
was expected to win a specific award in
a given year but surprisingly lost to
another artist we’re excluding lifetime
snubs where a given artist was
overlooked for a specific category or
altogether
for their entire career look for those
in our top ten Grammy snubs video
number 10 Herbie Hancock / Amy Winehouse
and Kanye West it was surreal yeah yeah
I couldn’t even I mean my feet but I was
walking but I don’t know how Hancock’s
contribution to jazz and the creation of
the post bop sound can’t be denied but
when his Joni Mitchell tribute became
the second jazz effort to win album of
the year and the steps out of the store
get to a stranger’s farm but even the
musician himself was stunned and all of
a sudden I heard the word River and then
it was like what and then I turned
around and looked at Larry Klein who was
the producer at a record and I was
speechless and he said I think we want
industry watchers had tapped either Amy
Winehouse just draw don’t make me go to
rehab I won’t go go whoa or Kanye West I
need you tonight you could be my black
cake mom tonight who are both having
incredible years and we’re already
Grammy winners that night right awesome
the christening christened er damn
they’ll make
like this anymore number nine eric
clapton / nirvana
there’s no question Leila is an
incredible truck but it was originally
released in 1971
while the 90s was defined by grunge and
while Pearl Jam’s Jeremy was also passed
over
it was the shunning of Nirvana’s
adolescent anthem of indifference and
one of alt Rock’s most iconic songs that
really shocked us
to make matters worse the reworked take
of laila that won best rock song was an
acoustic and decidedly unlocking version
number 8 the Arcade Fire over lady gaga
these Montreal rockers made Grammy
history when the suburbs nabbed album of
the year
the wind didn’t only make them the first
indie act to get the prize
but also had little monsters all over
the web shocked and confused when Mother
Monster didn’t take the cake
lady Gaga had been making headlines and
topping the charts the world over
so the Arcade Fire’s win understandably
left many people speechless
number seven DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh
Prince / Public Enemies few rap acts
were as critically acclaimed in the late
80s and early 90s as public enemy with
their politically inspired lyrics and
groundbreaking hip-hop sound they’d had
their share of Grammy nominations but
when their album apocalypse 91 the enemy
strikes black lost best rap performance
– DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince is
summertime poppin my CD let me run
around and put your car on cruise and
lay back of this summertime
everyone was flabbergasted how did one
mindless nostalgic single top a
full-length critically acclaimed top-ten
album number six Baja men over everyone
else but the buddy was the party who
would have thought one of Rugrats in
Paris the movies theme songs was better
than tracks by Moby
JLo or Enrique Iglesias
but that seems to be what the Academy
was saying when it gave Baja men the
Grammy for Best Dance Recording I told
myself I mundo get angry
let the dogs out may have reached the
Billboard Hot 100 top forty but it’s
also commonly cited as one of the worst
songs ever
but apparently still better than Eiffel
65 you were also nominated that year
number five Steely Dan over Radiohead
and Eminem but one of the night’s
biggest categories a jazz rock bands at
peaked in the 70s beat out critical
darlings Radiohead
and one of raps biggest stars Eminem for
album of the year in 2001 kid a and the
Marshall Mathers LP may have been chart
toppers that were considered some of the
finest works in their respective artists
careers but it was Steely Dan’s two
against nature that took the prize two
against HS daily damn number for a taste
of honey over Elvis Costello
by combining folk blues and reggae and
writing some of pops most clever and
biting lyrics Elvis Costello was slowly
shaping the sound of punk rock and New
Wave
also nominated for Best New Artist were
the up-and-coming rockers the cars so
during a time when disco was quickly
losing its cool it seemed quite
outrageous that the recording Act which
had topped the charts with
boogie-oogie-oogie took home the trophy
in 1979
number three Christopher cross over Pink
Floyd etc
when it comes to the Grammys the early
80s were all about Christopher Cross
it takes me away
why the pop and soft rock artists
somehow managed to win all four of the
Nights biggest categories over more
established and well-received names like
Frank Sinatra I want to be a part of it
New York New York Barbra Streisand
and Pink Floyd sailing may have been at
number one smash but it certainly didn’t
have the lasting musical legacy that its
fellow nominees later left
number two Jethro Tull over Metallica
she wants a little distance in order to
capitalize on the genres popularity the
Grammys recognized the years best hard
rock and metal performance for the first
time in 1989 but when prog rockers
Jethro Tull won the trophy for crest of
nave
beating out frontrunner Metallica in the
process metal fans and music critics
were enraged
not only did few people think the band
was on par with the other nominees many
also felt they didn’t fit in hard rock
or metal
yes before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
of constant sorrow I’ve seen true
guys dressing black remember Justin keys
we have a face to face and make contact
the title not by me that my fear means
what you think you saw you didn’t know
I’m falling into you
number one the new vaudeville band over
the Beatles The Beatles had already lost
to Mary Poppins for Best Original Score
with a hard day’s night in 1965
so when the world’s biggest band lost
out again on Grammy recognition two
years later
for best contemporary rock-and-roll
recording to a pop song no less well the
would be pika if I spent a week away
many people cried fell
I’m telling to top things off the new
vaudeville bands Winchester Cathedral
was even knocked off the number one spot
on the American charts by fellow
category nominees the Beach Boys
do you agree with our list what do you
think was the biggest Grammy upset
new top 10s published every day be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com and the
Grammy goes to
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