Queer interest with the Grammy nominations

Gay pop icon Adam Lambert is a Grammy nominee for “Whataya Want from Me.”

Nominations for the Grammy Awards were announced last night, and among the predicted big-name contenders are some of special interest to the gay community:

• Lady Gaga received six nominations, including best female pop vocal for “Bad Romance” and best album for The Fame Monster.

• Margaret Cho’s Cho Dependent is up for best comedy album against Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt.

• Two Sondheim albums are competing for musical show album: The revival of A Little Night Music and Sondheim on Sondheim. They contend against the revival of Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes and Kristen Chenoweth.

• Best compilation soundtrack album pits Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 against True Blood: Vol. 2.

• Michael Jackson received a nomination for pop male vocal for This Is It. Creepy. He’s competing against Adam Lambert for Whataya Want from Me.

• Best pop group vocal includes the cast of Glee for Don’t Stop Believin’ against Train for a live version of Hey, Soul Sister … which Glee just did better than Train.

• Elton John and Leon Russell, who were just in town, go up again Gaga and Beyonce and Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg for best vocal collboration.

3 Comments

tess4ADAM on December 2, 2010 at 3:04 pm

I am beyond THRILLED that ADAM has received a Grammy nomination. However I do think some of the other nominees including Lady G. .. Bruno Mars .. Eminem … receiving so many nominations is OVERkill. TEN nominations for Eminem and SEVEN for Mars … REALLY??? But WHY??? They may be Talented to some but not THAT Talented … there should be a LIMIT to the number of noms an artist can get ………. and this is JMHO!!

indigo on December 2, 2010 at 3:55 pm

I think MJ should have lifetime acheivement award but to continue pitching new artist against MJ is unfair,when MJ was alive nobody would play his music and was shunned by music industry, now out of guilt they have MJ on the every award ceremonies, I say let MJ RIP and let the living artist enjoy their sucess, enough already, MJ is not benefiting from the awards let the living artist benefit from it. Am I wrong for saying this?

Bjo on December 2, 2010 at 4:43 pm

indigo I agree. However, Adam’s real competition in his category is said to be Michael Buble. It’s a huge step forward that the Grammy’s are recognizing Adam after the AMA kiss fallout and subsequent blackballing. If they would invite him to perform that would be a real statement. Not to mention very entertaining.

tess4ADAM on December 2, 2010 at 3:04 pm

I am beyond THRILLED that ADAM has received a Grammy nomination. However I do think some of the other nominees including Lady G. .. Bruno Mars .. Eminem … receiving so many nominations is OVERkill. TEN nominations for Eminem and SEVEN for Mars … REALLY??? But WHY??? They may be Talented to some but not THAT Talented … there should be a LIMIT to the number of noms an artist can get ………. and this is JMHO!!
indigo on December 2, 2010 at 3:55 pm

I think MJ should have lifetime acheivement award but to continue pitching new artist against MJ is unfair,when MJ was alive nobody would play his music and was shunned by music industry, now out of guilt they have MJ on the every award ceremonies, I say let MJ RIP and let the living artist enjoy their sucess, enough already, MJ is not benefiting from the awards let the living artist benefit from it. Am I wrong for saying this?
Bjo on December 2, 2010 at 4:43 pm

indigo I agree. However, Adam’s real competition in his category is said to be Michael Buble. It’s a huge step forward that the Grammy’s are recognizing Adam after the AMA kiss fallout and subsequent blackballing. If they would invite him to perform that would be a real statement. Not to mention very entertaining.