I think the voting criteria is just what you like best! Not sure though. I was just describing why I thought the album made a big impactWhat’s the voting criteria? Should massive sales be more important than artistic vaule? Not saying midnights doesn’t have it, but what if an album was amazingly good and artistically original but just hadn’t sold as much as another? Could be down to fan bases being more passionate. Also of course midnight sold loads of vinyls, wasn’t there about a billion released?!?
I know there are some big Midnights fans here so I was like hmm maybe I'll get roasted for that comment.Too late, please see yourself out (kidding!)
I meant it broke a lot of records, was hugely popular, had chart longevity etc
It:
1. Broke the record for most streamed album in a day on Spotify
2. Sold 1.57m upon release
3. Had the largest vinyl sales week of the 21st century
4. Had 10 songs in the top 10 at once
So whilst it’s certainly not as strong as her other wins, I wouldn’t mind her taking it home (as opposed to albums like OG Red or Evermore which were nominated but they weren’t the best albums that year). I could see SZA taking it, or Jon Baptiste bc the Grammys love him
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View attachment 2563690Here are the other nominees btw
Enjoy! I went to a showcase on my own in the middle of the working day to watch itat the pictures watching the trailers now … no one here knows i’m knivesnflowers
brought my red cardi but too warm to wear it
nine or ten people here so far and there’s looooads of buckets and cups left in the front (odeon huddersfield if anyone’s local and still after one) - blurry pic bc I was walking
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Shes postponed it to Sunday not cancelled and the weather is pretty bad. I'm calling you cynicalCall me cynical but she cancels due to weather on the night travis arrives….shes done a couple nights in full on rain and only postponed a little, never cancelled.
Lol you could literally be me , my thoughts on midnights!!! I do enjoy it as an album but I think some songs seem a bit hits by numbers/jumping on trends (looking at you viligante shit….) and after all the hype and the beauty that was folklore/evermore I found it a tad disappointing. But I still think I like it more than lover as whole?I know there are some big Midnights fans here so I was like hmm maybe I'll get roasted for that comment.
I can't deny that she has impact, but I do think anything she releases will do the numbers, especially at this point of her career. This isn't to say I think she will ever release a truly terrible album and it even demonstrates her talent that she's got to the point where her fan base is so huge, supportive and passionate. It just makes it hard to say how good an album is based only on sales - kinda like what Lilykins was saying above. Especially as her marketing is so intense too, how many people bought multiple vinyls etc.
This is all just my opinion obvs, and someone's least fave album can always be someone else's fave so I'm not implying it's an objectively bad album, just not for me.
And to be fair I also think my opinion may be impacted by the album not being what I expected (the style of photoshoot had me expecting something totally different!) and I was SO excited for it that my expectations were v high. Also folklore and evermore are my faves so they were also tough acts to follow and maybe impact how I rate midnights.
Edited bits as some sentences made zero sense.
From videos I saw of last night i thought the wind looked bad, so maybe it’s a combination of things.Call me cynical but she cancels due to weather on the night travis arrives….shes done a couple nights in full on rain and only postponed a little, never cancelled.
Ok I take it backShes postponed it to Sunday not cancelled and the weather is pretty bad. I'm calling you cynical
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