Likewise, AdeleвЂ™s single, вЂњHello,вЂќ was far more commercially successful than BeyoncГ©вЂ™s вЂњFormation.вЂќ AdeleвЂ™s album, 25, was far more commercially successful than BeyoncГ©вЂ™s album. Either artist (or some other nominee) could win. So even though BeyoncГ© leads in overall noms this year, and has noms in more genres, it doesnвЂ™t necessarily mean that she will win in the four categories in which she and Adele will go head-to-head: Album, Record and Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. TurnerвЂ™s cover version of Al GreenвЂ™s вЂњLetвЂ™s Stay TogetherвЂќ was nominated for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female, but lost to Chaka KhanвЂ™s fiery version of PrinceвЂ™s вЂњI Feel for You.вЂќ вЂњBetter Be Good to MeвЂќ won for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female. вЂњWhatвЂ™s Love Got to Do with ItвЂќ won for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. The following year, Tina Turner was nominated in all three of these same genres, winning in two of the three. вЂњBeat ItвЂќ won for Best Rock Performance, Male.

вЂњBillie JeanвЂќ won for Best New Rhythm and Blues Song and Best R&B Performance, Male. The album won for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, while tracks from it won in two other genres. Michael Jackson won eight Grammys 33 years ago, the year of his landmark album Thriller. But the noms in the genre categories were determined by the voters.Д«eyoncГ© isnвЂ™t the first artist with noms spread over many genres. вЂњFormationвЂќ wasnвЂ™t nearly as big a hit as many other songs with which it was competing. That committee may well have helped boost вЂњFormationвЂќ to noms in the Record and Song categories. (IвЂ™ll grant you, the reasons are fairly obvious!)ДЄ select committee of Grammy insiders determined the final nominees in the top four categories (Album, Record and Song of the Year and Best New Artist), as it has every year since 1995. There are two main reasons for BeyoncГ©вЂ™s strong, multi-genre showing. This is in addition to noms in five categories that are open to all genres of music-Album, Record and Song of the Year, Best Music Video and Best Music Film.

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