Bingo! That's what he thought Jay Z in learning the nominations for the 2018 edition of Grammy. In fact, he received 8, closely followed by Kendick Lamar e Bruno Mars, respectively 7 and 6 nominations. With 5 nominations then SZA confirms herself as the most nominated woman of this year. The 28th edition of the Oscars of music was held in Madison Square Garden in New York on January XNUMXth. To introduce James Corden.

Jay-Z, the king of the 2018 Grammy Awards?

Album, song e performance of the year, best rap song, best rap album e best rap interpretation, best music video e best collaboration with a rap artist: these were Jay-Z nominations, thanks to The story of OJ, 4:44 e Family Feud, in which he collaborates with his wife Beyonce. But, as often happens, those who want nothing too tightly: despite the nominations Jay-Z has in fact returned home empty-handed, defeated by Bruno Mars which instead took home the three most important prizes. Also Kendick Lamar he can consider himself quite satisfied, having won practically all the awards in the rap sphere. As it happened for Jay-Z also for Slowly the evening turned out to be rather disappointing.

Exhibition by Bruno Mars

Women, on the other hand, apparently have had very little chance this year of taking home one of the coveted gramophones. The only category in which they were well represented was in fact that of new artists, in which out of five nominated three were women. Of the three Alessia Cara he then actually won the statuette. But, in the other three major categories, of the 15 nominated women were only two: Julia michaels with Issues is preferably used for best song e Lorde for the best album with Melodrama. To put it to the J this edition of the Grammys is a man's world.

The performances that animated the evening

Although the awarded protagonists were mainly men, a lot of attention during the evening was dedicated to MeToo e TIMESUP. These are two movements that respectively fight the female genital mutilation e inequality, harassment and sexual abuse in the workplace. These themes are more current than ever, by virtue of the infamous episodes linked to the world of cinema. Many of the artists present have brought white roses as a symbol of support for the movement. A group of women consisting of Cyndi Lauper, Camila Cabello, Bebe Rexha, Julia Michels, Andra Day e the Resistance Revival Chorus has sung Praying together with Kesha. She then intervened at the evening Hillary Clinton, who has read passages by Fire and Fury, the tragicomic account of Trump's first year of presidency written by the journalist Michael Wolff.

Kesha during a performance

Gabriele Ciampi: the juror who represented Italy

But there was also another character to keep an eye on among those attending the 2018 Grammy Awards: we're talking about Gabriel Ciampi. He had been selected by the Recording Academy as an Italian juror. It was not the first time in America for Gabriele, who will also direct there after the Grammys Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles. However, the artist has no intention of leaving Italy. "I consider myself a borrowed brain, not a runaway one - he declared - I am proud to be Italian and I hope to return here. What I'm doing is a parenthesis, an enrichment, but my dream is to return and make a contribution to my country ".

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Ciampi continued by hoping for the same system as the Grammy jury for Sanremo, and he also spent a few words in favor of the commitment of Baglioni: "he is doing a great job, because with the elimination of the covers he returns to the Sanremo of the past. I hope this is the beginning of a change that will also affect the jury and the selection criteria of the songs, because lately the quality of Italian music has been lost in favor of the show ". The Master concluded his speech with what at the same time is advice and a good omen for the Italian music. The latter, as demonstrated by the 2018 Grammy Awards, is currently experiencing a profound crisis: "Let's start again from the schools, from the studio, from the academies, from the conservatories: the competitions come later. We start again from the technical juries, from rigid selections, from the skills and from here in 10 years we will be able to become leaders again».

Grammy Awards 2018: the 60th edition of the Oscars of music last edit: 2018-02-15T09:30:44+01:00 da Mariarosaria Clemente

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