Sunday, February 19, 2012

Newcomers and returns that can lead to surprises of Grammy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adele may be a bet sure to clean up at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, but if music fans think that it means a night of few surprises, they should ask Justin Bieber.

Canadian teen idol leaves the Grammys altogether last year after losing the best new artist award to jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding - the first jazz artist to win the coveted prize.

New artist of the Sunday race is also diverse and may have even dropping jaws, but this will not be the only show in the largest exhibition of price of the music industry that will attract the attention of millions of fans watching on television.

Singer Adele gives his first major performance since throat surgery. Katy Perry appears in a key event for the first time since its split with ex-husband, Russell Brand, and then, there are R & B singers - and former lovers - Chris Brown and Rihanna, which is both to.

Still, among the races, the new artist category present among the most fascinating game of the night candidate. Rappers, Nicki Minaj and j. Cole, The Band Perry country music group, rock band Bon Iver and producer of dance electronica Skrillex are competing for the title in a category that is often the most difficult to predict.

Minaj, 29 years old, is the most successful commercial law in five after his No.1 "Pink Friday" album, and a sign of popularity, it appears the largest TV scene in the world at half-time show of Super Bowl week last with Madonna.

But surprise entries for Bon Iver and disc jockey Skrillex - first dance electronica act to get a blink of eye in the revelation category - were torn apart by the experts.

"Last year, Grammy voters pulled a fast one," said Bill Werde, publishing Director of music for Billboard magazine.

"Everyone expects the name of Justin Bieber was called and they announced the name of Esperanza Spalding.". "If the jaw - its great it will be if Skrillex walked on stage to accept the price of the best new not Nicki Minaj, that I think that many people would say is the front runner," said Werde.

Skrillex, 24, has an impressive head of total five Grammy nods this year, including two for his album of dance "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites".

Good Iver, by Justin Vernon, has four nominations, including two in the categories folder and the song of the year for "Holocene".

And not rely on The Band Perry - three brothers and sisters, whose single "if I Die Young" was a cross-over hit the country and pop radio last year and helped win the trio eight awards for various groups of country music.

"Everyone thinks Nicki Minaj has a good chance of winning or j. Cole or The Band Perry, but rap is still very well at the Grammys," said Lyndsey Parker, editor of Yahoo! Music.

Minaj has also three other shots at home take a Grammy Sunday, including best performance rap for his song "Moment 4 Life" with Drake

A NIGHT OF FIRST

Grammy show performances can make or break an artist, and several big names are returns of sorts on Sunday.

Adele, 23, for six awards, will perform live in public in his first major performance since undergoing surgery for throat in November 2011.

Katy Perry, which has used excerpts from his marriage for his work on the 2011 Grammys, is in the show Sunday with two nods for its unique success "Firework". But it is likely to make the headlines for his first big public release since her English actor husband that Russell Brand filed for divorce in December.

"I think that loan of Katy to go out and show everyone, she is not a victim and that it runs on the show," said Bonnie McKee, songwriter of hits of Perry "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream" and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)."

"Of course, it must be recognized (the divorce), but it with a wink and a smile." "The show must go on," said McKee.

Emblematic of the 1960s Group The Beach Boys will use the Grammy spotlight to their first show for more than 20 years before a new album and tour later this year.

And rocker Bruce Springsteen will take the stage with his E Street Band for the first time without saxophonist Clarence "Big Man" Clemons, died of a stroke last June.

The greatest return can be to rapper Chris Brown, whose career was derailed about three years earlier on the night before the Grammys, after he was arrested for beating his companion, Rihanna.

Brown has spent recent years since the incident of 2009 to rehabilitate himself in the eyes of fans and times, with three nods Grammy and Rihanna, who has four, will perform on Sunday evening, although on the separate steps.

"There certainly poorly his career during this weekend of Grammy." "There is always talk about his redemption... but I do not think it has repaired enough," said Parker.

Rihanna, appointed to the coveted album of the year honor for "Loud", will perform with Coldplay on the main stage, while Brown joins Foo Fighters, David Guetta, Deadmau5 and Lil Wayne in a dance music special on a stage outside the room of the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

"The Grammys know that would get an interest...".I would hate (Brown and Rihanna) emphasis on the Grammys on other artists, but it is going to get much attention, said Parker.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant)


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