The 60th GRAMMY Awards, do you agree with the winners?

Winners of the night

The 60th GRAMMY Awards were held on January 28th, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, so we already enjoyed the show and know who were the winners of a Grammy.

As I said in the previous post of this same topic, the nominees from this year were very "scandalous," because according to some people (and even me), the list of nominees in some categories were unfair and/or there were a missing of some other artists. In this post, I will show you the winners, my opinion about it and if I was right with the predictions that I did. Are you ready?! (Remember, I will talk just about the 20 most insteresting categories)

By the way, Bruno Mars was the king of the night and Kendrick Lamar was the prince.

1. Record Of The Year

WINNER: 24K Magic - Bruno Mars 

(My prediction were Redbone - Childish Gambino or HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar)

The truth is that it was a big surprise to me (and maybe for a lot of other people too), that Bruno have won this category. It's a good song, but I'm still not very sure if it was "the record of the year of 2017." However, I'm happy that "Despacito" didn't won (#SorryNotSorry).

2. Album Of The Year

WINNER: 24K Magic - Bruno Mars 

(My predictions were 4:44 - JAY-Z and DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar)

Another one for Bruno Mars! It was also the "surprise" of the night, I mean, Bruno won instead of Jay-z or Kendrick! Bruno Mars is an amazing artists, he dances well, sings well, and more; however, I don't feel like he should have won the category. On the other hand, I wanted that Lorde would won, because "Melodrama" is a masterpiece and I think that she deserved a Grammy for that album. For me, it was like a disrespect for Lorde and her album. She deserved more!

3. Song Of The Year

WINNER: That's What I Like - Bruno Mars

(My prediction was correct!)

This is the first category where I was right with my prediction, I chose Bruno Mars as the winner with his song "That's What I Like".

4. Best New Artist

WINNER: Alessia Cara

(My predictions were SZA and Khalid)

I'm not totally in agreement with the winner, but at the same time I feel like she deserved it. Nevertheless, I have to be honest and I wanted to see SZA winning this category.

5. Best Pop Solo Performance

WINNER: Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

(My prediction was right!)

Even when I said that Ed was going to be the winner, I wanted to see Kesha winning her first Grammy for her song "Praying". But it's okay, Ed Sheeran deserved this Grammy for this category.

6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

WINNER: Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man

(I was right in my prediction!)

Again, I chose this song as the song that should win this category and I feel happy that Portugal. The Man won it.

7. Best Pop Vocal Album

WINNER: ÷ (Divide) - Ed Sheeran

(My prediction was correct)

8. Best Dance/Electronic Album

WINNER: 3-D The Catalogue - Kraftwerk

(My prediction was Mura Masa - Mura Masa)

I have to say that I disagree with this, because this is a live album and I feel like it's not that fair. Mura Masa deserved it!

9. Best Rock Album

WINNER: A Deeper Understanding - The War On Drugs

(My prediction was Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica)

10. Best Alternative Music Album

WINNER: Sleep Well Beast - The National

(My predictions were Humanz - Gorillaz and Everything Now - Arcade Fire)

11. Best R&B Performance

WINNER: That's What I Like - Bruno Mars

(My prediction was The Weekend - SZA)

Well, Bruno Mars was the king of the night and even when I'm not totally disagree, SZA (again) deserved a Grammy.

12. Best R&B Song

WINNER: That's What I Like - Bruno Mars

(My prediction was correct!)

13. Best Urban Contemporary Album

WINNER: Starboy - The Weeknd

(My prediction was correct!)

I'm so happy that The Weeknd won this category because, honestly, "Starboy" is an amazing album; however, this album is so good that it should have be nominated for more categories.  

14. Best R&B Album

WINNER: 24K Magic - Bruno Mars

(My prediction was right!)

15. Best Rap Performance

WINNER: HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar

(My predictions were Bodak Yellow - Cardi B and 4:44 - JAY-Z)

It's very surprising that Jay-z didn't won, but I agree with the decision of the academy.

16. Best Rap/Sung Performance

WINNER: LOYALTY. - Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna

(My predictions was Family Feud - JAY-Z Featuring Beyoncé)

I agree with the decision of the record academy, they deserved it.

17. Best Rap Song

WINNER: HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar

(My prediction was correct!)

18. Best Rap Album

WINNER: DAMN.- Kendrick Lamar

(My prediction was correct!)

It's still very surprising that Jay-Z haven't won (again), but I'm happy for that, because let's be honest, Jay-Z already have like a million of Grammys.

19. Best Song Written For Visual Media

WINNER: How Far I'll Go - (Auli'i Cravalho) - Track from: Moana: The Songs

(My prediction was I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) - (ZAYN & Taylor Swift) - Track from: Fifty Shades Darker)

20. Best Music Video

WINNER: HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar

(My prediction was correct!)

The music video for "HUMBLE." is pretty dope and well done; however, I wanted to see Jain winning her first Grammy for the music video of "Makeba".

I had 10 correct predictions (out of 20) and I feel good about that (ha!).  Some other artists also deserved a Grammy for what they did, but at the end, the people from the record academy decide who has to win. I have to say that I'm kind of sad, because Lorde didn't won something for "Melodrama", for me, it was "the album of the year."

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The MTV EMA 2016 are here. Vote now!

The 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards will be held at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Sunday, November 6th, 2016.

The list of the nominees has been published and now you can vote for your favorite artists. This years Beyoncé and Justin Bieber lead the list with five nominations. Followed by  Adele, Coldplay, Shawn Mendes and Lukas Graham with four nominations and Rihanna and Drake with three each one. At this point, the line-up of performers hasn't been published, but stay tuned.

Personally, I think that there are some artists that shouldn't have been nominated. However, I think it will be a nice night, because I'm pretty sure that the MTV EMA 2016 will be unforgettable.

What about you guys? Who should win at least one trophy? Who should perform this year? Leave a comment and don't forget to following on Twitter and Facebook (@JusSayinggBlog). I will leave the link for you to vote.

BEST SONG           

Adele - "Hello"
Justin Bieber - "Sorry"
Lukas Graham - "7 Years"
Mike Posner - "I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix)"
Rihanna ft. Drake - "Work"

BEST VIDEO 

Beyoncé - "Formation"
Coldplay - "Up&Up"
Kanye West - "Famous"
Tame Impala - "The Less I Know the Better"
The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk - "Starboy"

BEST FEMALE     
Adele
Beyoncé
Lady Gaga        
Rihanna
Sia        

BEST MALE          
Calvin Harris
Drake
Justin Bieber  
Shawn Mendes                
The Weeknd                                      

BEST LIVE              
Adele
Beyoncé            
Coldplay            
Green Day        
Twenty One Pilots

BEST NEW             
Bebe Rexha
DNCE  
Lukas Graham
The Chainsmokers        
Zara Larsson                                    

BEST POP              
Ariana Grande
Fifth Harmony
Justin Bieber  
Rihanna
Selena Gomez
Shawn Mendes

BEST ROCK           
Coldplay
Green Day
Metallica          
Muse  
Red Hot Chili Peppers                                    

BEST ALTERNATIVE           
Kings of Leon  
Radiohead        
Tame Impala  
The 1975            
Twenty One Pilots                                          

BEST HIP HOP      
Drake
Future
G-Eazy
Kanye West    
Wiz Khalifa                                            

BEST ELECTRONIC              
Afrojack              
Calvin Harris  
David Guetta  
Major Lazer      
Martin Garrix

BEST PUSH           
Alessia Cara    
Anne-Marie      
Bebe Rexha      
Blossoms
Charlie Puth    
DNCE  
Dua Lipa
Elle King
Halsey
Jack Garratt
Jonas Blue        
Lukas Graham                                  

BIGGEST FANS    
Ariana Grande
Beyoncé            
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga        
Shawn Mendes                                                                                      

BEST WORLD STAGE
Duran Duran - Piazza Del Duomo, Milan (2015)
Ellie Goulding - Piazza Del Duomo, Milan (2015)
Jess Glynne - Isle of MTV, Malta (2016)
Martin Garrix - Isle of MTV, Malta (2015)
One Republic - MTV Evolution, Philippines (2016)
Tinie Tempah  - MTV Crashes, Plymouth (2015)
Tomorrowland - Belgium (2016)
Wiz Khalifa - Isle of MTV, Malta (2016)

Vote here for your favorite artist

Rihanna's show! Live at the MTV VMAs 2016

We had to wait for Rihanna's performances and now we can watch them again and again and... As all the world know, the MTV VMAs 2016 were "dedicated" to Rihanna, because was the winner of the "Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award", that only a few artists have had the opportunity of have it. The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 28th, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan and Rihanna presented four different performances. However, the one for Rude Boy/ What's My Name/ Work hasn't been released yet.

The first one was:

Don’t Stop The Music / Only Girl (In The World) / We Found Love / Where Have You Been

Needed Me / Pour It Up / Bitch Better Have My Money 

Stay / Diamonds / Love On The Brain 

My favorite one was the last one, when she sang "Stay", "Diamonds" and "Love on the Brain". But what's your favorite performance? Leave a comment and visit the other posts here! Thanks for visiting me.

MTV VMA 2016 & the performers are...

The VMAs are going to be celebrated on Sunday, Aug. 29 at 9/8c on MTV and we're very excited to see amazing performances for some of our favorite artists! We know the nominees since several weeks ago, but we want to know some of the performers and the possibles songs that they will sing on one of the most famous stages, the VMAs stage.

First of all, we already know that Troye Sivan will be singing featuring Alessia Cara will perform in the pre-show, that is while the red carpet is held. Of course, "Wild" will be the song that Troye and Alessia will present to us. However, they aren't alone in the pre-show, because there are rumors saying that Jidenna and Lukas Graham will also perform.

What about the performers for the "main show"?!

Well, in the "main stage" we will enjoy an amazing medley by Rihanna! Jesse Ignjatovic (​the show's executive producer) told EW that Rihanna will perform “the biggest tracks of her career." Adding, “I can tell you it’s going to be one of those holy crap VMA moments ... She’s not playing. She’s bringing it.” YEAH!!!

Furthermore, Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj will perform "Side to Side", from Ari's latest album and Britney Spears featuring G-Eazy are going to make the show hotter with "Make Me...". But there are a third collaboration, because Nick Jonas will sing "Bacon" featuring Ty Dolla $ign and a four collaboration of The Chainsmokers with Halsey singing "Closer". While, Future will be singing alone (or not). At this point of our lives, this is the full list, but maybe tomorrow more artists will be part of it, you know that MTV always give us unforgettable shows. (Imagine Gaga singing her upcoming new single!)

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards will be held on August 28, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Don't lose the show of the month!

What about you people! Are you excited? Who do you want to see performing? Write all your comments here and follow me, also share it if you liked this post! 

10 Best songs by Rihanna

As you already know, Rihanna will be in charge to open the MTV VMAs 2016 with a medley of her best songs, so I decided to make a list with her 10 best songs (so far) according to me. 

Rihanna has released eight studio albums, two compilation albums and in total 64 singles! So will be hard for me to choose just ten songs, right? My top ten starts with:

10. Rihanna - "Push Up on Me" (from Good Girl Gone Bad, 2007)

9. Rihanna - "Te Amo" (from Rated R, 2009)

8. Rihanna - "What Now" (From Unapologetic, 2012)

7. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (ft. JAY Z) (From Talk That Talk, 2012)

6. Rihanna - "Don't Stop The Music" (from Good Girl Gone Bad, 2007)

5. Rihanna - "Breakin' Dishes" (from Good Girl Gone Bad, 2007)

4. Rihanna - Rude Boy (from Rated R, 2009)

3. Rihanna - What's My Name? (ft. Drake) (from Loud, 2010)

2. Rihanna - Umbrella (ft. JAY-Z) (from Good Girl Gone Bad, 2007)

1. Rihanna - We Found Love (ft. Calvin Harris) (from Talk That Talk, 2012)

As I said before, it was so hard to choose just 10, because Rihanna has several amazing song and I know that there's missing a lot of her best songs, but this was my list. I would like to know what songs there are missing, please write it down here and follow me on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Also, if you liked it share it!

Electronic videos: Broods & More!

NAO - Girlfriend

Neo Jessica Joshua, better known as Nao, is a British singer-songwriter from East London. Who has published the music video for "Girlfriend", song taken from her debut album "For All We Know", available now! The song talks about NAO’s craving for a man, and her desperation for a love that can “make her fly” and the video is perfect for this R&B song.

"Feels like pretty doesn't know me

Only shows up when I'm lonely

Through the tears of imperfection

The mirror knows"

AlunaGeorge - Mean What I Mean (feat. Leikeli47 and Dreezy)

“Mean What I Mean” is the fourth single from AlunaGeorge’s sophomore album "I Remember". The song and video are pretty good and I'm so excited for this new era of AlunaGeorge.

"Not the time, and I'm not playing

I know you've seen the signs, don't wanna read them

It's not fine, it's not okay

Boy all you gotta do right now is listen"

Broods - Heartlines

The amazing music duo from Nelson, New Zealand Broods, have published the music video for their latest single "Heartlines", from their newest album called "Conscious". This song is amazing, actually, the whole album is great (is one of the best of 2016, according to me) and the music video is perfect for the message of the song. It was co-written by fellow Kiwi musician Ella Yelich O'Connor, aka Lorde. It has been described as “one of perhaps the greatest pop moments of the new album”.

"We could fool the datelines

We could jump the statelines

I don't always play nice

But I wanna feel your heartlines"

Rihanna - Goodnight Gotham

As you know, Rihanna published something like a "music video" for the track "Goodnight Gotham", taken from the deluxe edition of "ANTI". It contains a sample of Florence and the Machine’s “Only If For a Night.” During an interview, Florence revealed some information on how the addition of her song came about:

I was so thrilled, ‘cause I’m such a huge fan. … She’d sent me the song and I said, like 'Of course,’ but we never actually managed to speak. I mean, we’ve met before, but we’ve never managed to speak in person about it … We were both really happy. … It’s one of my favorite songs Ceremonials, and I love it when stuff like that happens. When people reimagine your music, I love it when it has all these different forms."

The music video of the day is...

I think that Broods did an amazing video for "Heartlines", I like the song and the video is perfect.

What about you?! What's your favorite music video from this list? Leave a comment and follow me!

My Collection: Rihanna - Unapologetic

Today is Thursday of "My Collection" and I decided to talk about the Grammy winner album for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2014 ceremony. 

Unapologetic is the seventh studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 19th, 2012.

Top songs: "Diamonds", "Stay" (featuring Mikky Ekko), "Pour It Up" 

My favorite song: "Lost in Paradise"

I listen to Rihanna's music since I was a child. I remeber that the first song that I heard was "Pon de Replay", when I was in elementary school! And I still remember the day when I saw the music video in the house of one of my classmates of elementary school. Since that day, Rihanna has been part of my life and playlist.

I'm that kind of person that loves to buy CDs and Rihanna is part of my collection. "Unapologetic" isn't the only Rihanna's album that I have. However, it was the first Rihanna's album that I bought and it is the deluxe version, which has three bonus tracks and one DVD that is the "First Look: 2012 Loud Tour Live at the O2" (That i also have).

"Unapologetic" is mainly a pop and R&B album that incorporates elements of dubstep, hip hop, EDM and reggae. Personally, it is one of her more complex albums, talking about the music genres that were mixed on it. I remember that the first time that I heard the whole album in my stereo, at the end of listen it, I was like "it doesn't sound to Rihanna", I was kind of confused, because "Talk That Talk" (released before "Unapologetic") was more pop and less "dark" in sounds than this one, so I have to say that at first I hadn't liked it. However, and as I always say, if you want to understand the concept of an album, you have to listen it more of three times, not only once.

The most vulnerable track are "What Now" and "Stay" featuring Mikky Ekko. Where we can hear a melancholic Rihanna singing about one of the hardest and complex feelings, that is love. Maybe the lighter song is "Right Now" a collaboration with David Guetta, that is also the only electronic song, because in general, this album talks about, spend money, drugs, heartbreaks and confidence.

It is a great album, it isn't easy to understand, but once you get it, you love it.

I want to know. Do you like this album? What is you favorite song from "Unapologetic"? Do you like to buy CDs? Write all your comments here and follow me on Twitter, Facebook, etc.