Chapter 1754: 1754 Kill the Suspense

Liam Gallagher's pale cheeks were almost bloodless, and the absolute strength of the glory to death gathered all his anger one after another, and then retreated steadily, and finally he couldn't even get angry, just like a Like a tattered rag doll, slumped on a chair, staring blankly at the stage.

If Mariah Carey had been sitting next to her, she would have felt Liam's desperation deeply - and anger, jealousy, hatred, countless feelings mixed together, making her just want to scream, scream, and scream again. scream. The clenched fist didn't have any intuition at all, and even a broken nail couldn't bring Maria back to her senses.

Because Maria's confidence was also crushed by Glory to Death bit by bit, this is simply a shame and a shame!

Compared with Maria's hardships in the pop department and the rhythm and blues department, when the dust of the various awards in the rock department is settled, it becomes the moment of glory to the death. After harvesting four phonographs in one fell swoop, Death to Glory has swept the rock department. If you add the non-classical producer of the year that Hugo harvested before the awards ceremony, then Death to Glory has five trophies so far. hand!

Before the announcement of the rock and roll awards, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, LeAnn Rimes, and The Beatles led tonight's award presentation process with two gramophone trophies each. But now, Glory swept the five gramophones in one breath, and became the biggest winner of tonight's history-making night in a blink of an eye.

At this time, people finally understand why the Recording Academy made a special trip to Europe to invite Glory until death—because if the owner of the five gramophones does not appear on the stage tonight, then the Grammy Will be reduced to a complete joke. This is very different from Oscars and Golden Globes, because all five gramophones belong to one band, and more importantly, the Grammys express their determination to change in this way, so the Recording Academy has no way to bear the glory Consequences of absence until death.

However, does the pace of glory to death stop here? No one can give the answer, because the Grammys are not over, and the real heavyweight awards are about to be announced: the four comprehensive awards are on the way!

This time, it is no longer a battle between dragons and tigers within the music genre, but a melee of all music genres. After defeating the Oasis band to dominate the rock department, Glory to Death will have a head-to-head confrontation with Maria this time! This will also be the finale of the battle of the century that shook the music market all over the world in 1996. Is it rock or pop? Or, to be more precise, is it pop and rhythm and blues that dominate the market, or is the revival of rock and roll dominant?

Will the market's choice and the Grammy's choice align?

Maria tried to take a deep breath to cool down the heat in her chest, otherwise she didn't know what would happen. This is the Grammys, not the Oscars, Maria told herself.

The awards in the classification department will not have a direct impact on the comprehensive awards, because this is a comprehensive consideration of the entire music market, as if rock has been suppressed in the past ten years, as if pop has always been the darling of the market, just like It seems that the status of the village will never be shaken... The strength of the classification department has a very limited impact on the comprehensive awards. In the past ten years, pop and country are the big winners in the comprehensive category. Rhythm and blues rose strongly after entering the 1990s, which is the trajectory of the entire market.

Just like in the past few Grammys, no matter how outstanding and strong the performance of Glory to Death, "Bath in the Morning Light" won two Best Production Awards of the Year only by Hugo's personal talent. No album of the year award. Not to mention the rookie of the year award where there is no second chance if you miss it.

This year, Hugo has already won the award of non-classical producer of the year in advance. In other words, in the competition for the four major comprehensive awards, Glory to Death is still at a disadvantage. "What's more... What's more, Glory to Death has swept the rock department, which is the biggest Grammy's praise for Glory to Death. This also means that the four major comprehensive awards should still be pop, rhythm and blues world!"

Countless thoughts were surging in Maria's mind, and confidence returned to her body bit by bit, but the cold and stiff fingertips still revealed the irritability and anxiety in her heart at the moment.

When LeAnn Rimes was the first to announce the Best Newcomer of the Year Award, Maria let out a long sigh of relief. The young girl gave warm applause. Because, this result confirmed Maria's inner thoughts and immediately boosted her confidence.

The top five candidates for this year's Newcomer of the Year award are Grunge and Undoubted, who represent rock, Pearl, who represents pop, Tony Rich Enterprises, who represents rhythm and blues, and Li An, who represents country.

Judging from the list of nominations, rock still maintains its strength in the past three years, not only occupying two seats, but also outstanding in strength - grunge bands are the favorites to win the championship before the awards ceremony; while pop, rhythm and blues and country are still the most The main components of the current market, the performance of the three newcomers are also commendable.

But now, with Rookie of the Year award going to LeAnn, a 14-year-old girl, the Grammys chose a pre-teen rather than the one who was behind the scenes and brought grunge to the mainstream. Grunge band. This not only continued the consistent style of Grammy in the past few years, but also once again confirmed the country's king status.

So, Maria was relieved. She is sure that the prospect of winning the four major awards has hit rock bottom.

Immediately afterwards, the award for the best single of the year was awarded instead of the best production of the year or the best album of the year, which surprised Maria, because the best single of the year award is the most gimmick award among the four comprehensive categories , and it is also the only award among the four comprehensive categories for which all troikas have won nominations.

Maria originally thought that Grammy would put this award at the end and leave the suspense until the end.

The top five nominees for the Best Single of the Year Award are, "Change. The. World", "Because. You. Loved. Me", "Sweetheart", "You Know My Do you mean?", "Sailing"!

Eric Clapton and Babyface sang the theme song "Change the World" for the movie "Different Instincts." Its theme song has been well recognized, not only won the gramophone trophy for the best pop male singer for Eric, but also entered the competition for the best single of the year and the best production of the year.

Celine Dion also received rave reviews for her single "Because You Love Me," from "Falling In Love," Celine's best pop album, which also won Single of the Year, Best Pop Album of the Year. It was nominated for two comprehensive awards for best production and was affirmed by Grammy.

Needless to say, the other three nominated seats are obviously the troika of the Battle of the Century. It is worth mentioning that "Voyage" defeated another classic "Young Volcanoes (Young. Volcanoes)" to enter the final five. Dissatisfaction-or think that "Young Volcano" should join hands with "Voyage" to enter the final five.

Among these five seats, Eric, Celine, and Maria are all in the pop department, while Glory to Death and Oasis are the representatives of rock. The confrontational situation in the market. However, in Grammy's view, pop still has the upper hand. Even though rock and roll is menacing, they still give pop more affirmation.

The competition for the best single of the year award can be said to be the most intense among the four major comprehensive awards this year. Not only are there troikas, but the other two nominees are also shortlisted for the best production of the year. This shows that the Grammy The opinions of the judges are oriented-the five songs are evenly matched, between the same. This is also the most suspenseful one among all the Grammy awards this year!

Now, the Grammys have uncharacteristically announced the biggest suspense in advance, which immediately made the entire Staples Stadium tense up, and the air began to become hot, as if a cough would spark a flame, which made people unbearable Hold your breath and stare.

In the midst of everyone's attention, last year's winner of the award, Schill, stepped onto the stage. He could clearly feel that all eyes were on his shoulders, and even made his steps extremely heavy. Every step was so difficult. , as if the microphone that is close at hand is floating on the other side of the sea of ​​bitterness-it will never reach it.

Maria looked at the bright yellow halo in the center. The light gradually faded away, which only made her feel dazzled. Silhouette, and then all the sounds in the world disappeared, leaving only the sound of her heart beating, "Plop...Plop..." The beating speed was very slow, it seemed that a whole century had passed after the first beat, and the second beat came, The heartbeat slowed down by thousands of times and tens of thousands of times made everything around her infinitely static, and she could only sit completely stiff in place, unable to move her fingertips.

Could it be her? Could it be her name that Syl said? Will this award be hers? If it wasn't for her... No, the winner of this award must be her, there is no other choice. The song "Sweetheart" has condensed her countless efforts, not only made a bold attempt in arrangement, but also brought her singing skills to the extreme. So, it's her, it must be her!

"Pfft...puff...puff...puff..." Maria felt that the whole world was getting slower and slower, and all the sounds turned into distant echoes, as if in the vacuum of space, and then She saw Xie Er opened the envelope, raised her head slowly with a movement slowed down thousands of times, and spoke into the microphone, but Xie Er had already spoken, but Maria couldn't hear any sound, and the surroundings were still It was quiet.

Maria could only squint her eyes, trying her best to judge from Sil's mouth shape, then... who is that? "Ma... or Xi... Li..."

Is it her? Is it really her? Has the suspense been killed like this? Has the biggest suspense of the 39th Grammy been killed like this?