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It's finally the day before the day before Music's Biggest Night, and you know what that means...

Let me know your thoughts on the Grammys in the comments!

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
01:45 PART 1: How The Grammys Started
08:23 PART 2: The Grammy Voting Process
17:34 PART 3: Deborah Dugan
21:46 PART 4: A Concerning Kind of Laziness
26:47 PART 5: The 2021 Nominations
30:41 PART 6: The Purpose of a Music Awards Show
34:15 PART 7: The Grammys Are A Flat Circle
36:03 PART 8: Can the Grammys Be Fixed?
38:02 PART 9: Do the Grammys Matter?

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SOURCE LIST

Specific Works Cited in the Video
Ehrlich, Ken. At The Grammys!: Behind the Scenes at Music's Biggest Night. Hal Leonard, 2007.

Hillburn, Robert. “Behind Grammy's Closed Door.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1999, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-21-ca-10032-story.html.

Kenner, Rob. “Hate Me Now: What It's Like To Be A Grammy Voter.” Complex, Complex, 20 Apr. 2020, www.complex.com/music/2014/01/how-does-grammy-voting-work.

O'Connor, Roisin. “John Legend: Donald Trump Will Be Impeached. Now It's Just a Matter of When Congress Has the Guts to Do It.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 6 Apr. 2017, www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/john-legend-donald-trump-impeached-us-president-congress-guts-tour-la-la-land-chrissy-teigen-grammys-beyonce-a7667436.html.

Schipper, Henry. Broken Record: The Story of the Grammy Awards. Carol Pub. Group, 1992.

Willman, Chris. “Grammy Insider: The Story Behind The Recording Academy's Blue Ribbon Grammy Voting Committees.” Billboard, 7 Oct. 2019, www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/7647813/grammy-insider-the-story-behind-the-recording-academys-blue-ribbon.

Video Clips
Shawn Cee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4_Vdtz4ilY
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Other Articles/Studies Mentioned
- https://completemusicupdate.com/article/grammys-fail-to-avoid-controversy-with-2021-nominations/
- https://www.npr.org/2021/01/04/951420019/3-grammy-contenders-share-outrage-at-all-white-category-decline-nominations
- https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/11/grammy-nominations-recording-academy-controversy
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-21-ca-10032-story.html
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-22-mn-21916-story.html
- https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/voting-process
- https://www.vox.com/2015/2/4/7976729/grammy-voting-process
- https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/final_task_force_report.pdf
- http://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/inclusion-in-the-recording-studio.pdf
- https://time.com/5770558/deborah-dugan-grammys-controversy/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/arts/music/deborah-dugan-recording-academy.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/arts/music/the-boycott-before-rap-and-resentment-at-the-1989-grammys.html
- https://www.vulture.com/2017/02/what-more-does-beyonc-have-to-do-to-win-album-of-the-year.html
- https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/11/the-weeknd-grammys-super-bowl/
- http://www.mtv.com/news/1451574/dick-clarks-10-million-suit-says-grammys-kept-michael-jackson-from-amas/
- https://variety.com/2020/tv/ratings/grammy-awards-ratings-2020-1203481979/
- https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1962/Billboard%201962-05-05.pdf
- https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/02/14/172035944/a-brief-history-of-the-grammy-sales-bump

Articles That Helped Guide The Video
- https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/grammy-awards-secret-committees-945532/
- https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/who-votes-grammys-how-academy-voting-process-nominations-winners-a8182621.html
- https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/the-rb-grammys-and-the-curious-case-of-tamar-and-fantasia/
- https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/02/07/171308797/why-al-walser-got-a-grammy-nomination-and-justin-bieber-didnt
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/arts/music/grammys-controversy.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/arts/music/at-the-54th-grammy-awards-everything-old-is-praised-again.html
- https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/02/14/515024057/the-problem-with-the-grammys-is-not-a-problem-we-can-fix

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