Thursday, October 23, 2014

Bits Journal #2

Earlier this month, Jason Derulo and Charli XCX has announced American Music Awards nominees for the 2014 American Music Awards during Good Morning America. Also, it appears that Pitbull will be hosted at this year’s American Music Awards on November 23.


Now, according to Good Morning America’s announcement for American Music Awards 2014, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea leads the list of nominees for the 2014 American Music Awards, earning six nominations including in the artist of the year and single of the year categories.

Singers John Legend, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams follow closely behind the "Fancy" rapper, each with five nominations. Lorde earned four nods, and Beyonce, Eminem, Imagine Dragons, OneRepublic and One Direction earned three nominations each.

Recording artists Jason Derulo and Charli XCX -- who partners with Azalea on "Fancy" -- came to the "Good Morning America" Times Square studio to announce the nominees in five categories.

The artist of the year category expanded from five to 10 nominees this year. The nominees in the category are Iggy Azalea, Beyoncé, Luke Bryan, Eminem, Imagine Dragons, John Legend, Lorde, One Direction, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams. The 10 nominees will be narrowed to five based on the votes received through Nov. 13 and the winner will be determined by the total votes received throughout the entire voting period.

Five songs are up for single of the year this year, up from three in the previous year. The singles are "Fancy," by Azalea featuring Charli XCX; "All of Me," by John Legend; "Rude," by MAGIC!; "Dark Horse," by Katy Perry featuring Juicy J and "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.

The AMAs are voted on by fans, with the winners determined by votes cast online and via Twitter.
Nominations are based on key fan interactions reflected in Billboard Magazine and on Billboard.com, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, streaming and social activity, according to the awards.

The 42 annual American Music Awards will be broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. on Sunday, November 23rd on ABC. Pre-show live coverage will stream online for fans worldwide starting at 5:00 p.m. ET on Yahoo.com.

The Full List of Nominees

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Iggy Azalea
Beyoncé
Luke Bryan
Eminem
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Lorde
One Direction
Katy Perry
Pharrell Williams

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KOHL'S
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX "Fancy"
John Legend "All of Me"
MAGIC! "Rude"
Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J "Dark Horse"
Pharrell Williams "Happy"

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST -- POP/ROCK
John Legend
Sam Smith
Pharrell Williams

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST -- POP/ROCK
Iggy Azalea
Lorde
Katy Perry

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP -- POP/ROCK
Imagine Dragons
One Direction
OneRepublic

FAVORITE ALBUM -- POP/ROCK
Lorde "Pure Heroine"
One Direction "Midnight Memories"
Katy Perry "Prism"

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST -- COUNTRY
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST -- COUNTRY
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP -- COUNTRY
Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum

FAVORITE ALBUM -- COUNTRY
Garth Brooks "Blame It On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences"
Eric Church "The Outsiders"
Brantley Gilbert "Just As I Am"

FAVORITE ARTIST -- RAP/HIP-HOP
Iggy Azalea
Drake
Eminem

FAVORITE ALBUM -- RAP/HIP-HOP
Iggy Azalea "The New Classic"
Drake "Nothing Was The Same"
Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST -- SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown
John Legend


OK, those are the nominees. Now, it appears that the American Music Awards is for popular music, not mainstream music which means country is part of popular music, not mainstream music. But it appears that it can be a mix up. First of all, Carrie Underwood is not a country singer. She is a pop singer because her country music is different compared to other country music like George Strait and her music is more akin to Christian music as well as Demi Lovato and Evanescence. So therefore, Carrie Underwood is not country. Carrie Underwood only appeals country music killed Carrie Underwood is not country and she is pop appearance. So learn your lessons, country music. OK, let’s move on.

It appears that Sam Smith, 5 Seconds of Summer, Mary J. Blige to perform at 2014 American Music Awards. Who’s next? Britney Spears? That’s right. Bring back American Music Awards Britney Spears appearance, American Music Awards. Bring back Britney Spears to perform at American Music Awards. Britney Spears is huge since 1998 and she is still huge today. So please pay attention to Britney Spears, US music industry. Anyway, this will be Iggy Azalea’s first American Music Awards appearance since she was the top nominee at American Music Awards and she leads American Music Awards nominations with 6 nods. Good for you, Iggy Azalea. OK, let’s move on to Meghan Trainor and her funny number 1 2014 song, All About That Bass.


OK, let's discuss Meghan Trainor and her hilarious number 1 hit song from Epic Records (Boo!), All About That Bass. As you may know that Epic Records's All About That Bass has hit number 1 on Hot 100 Billboard chart above Taylor Swift's hilarious number 1 2014 single, Shake It Off for 7 weeks. That's crazy. I mean, 7 weeks? Nice. Anyway, That song along with Shake It Off and Nick Minaj's awful song, Anoconda (Boo!) had stayed in the top 5 for more than 5 weeks. Great for this song along with Shake It Off. Speaking of Taylor Swift, I will do more random Taylor Swift stuff in this article after we discuss All About That Bass.

Anyway, what I like about Meghan Trainor? Well, for starters, it appears that Meghan Trainor is from Massachusetts. That's right, Massachusetts. Massachusetts is part of New England along with New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine. I happened to be a New England resident because I live in New England and New Hampshire is part of New England. I live in New Hampshire. So me and Meghan Trainor lived on New England. OK, All About That Bass is a great and song if you you seen this one, you should watch the song's music video on YouTube or listen to it on the radio. But I hate radio. I want music videos. Let's not forget that Meghan Trainor is hot. I mean, look how hot she is. No matter Meghan Trainor is hot. OK, All About That Bass is done.


Now let’s move on to Taylor Swift. With 1989 released only 4 days away, Taylor Swift will be revealing her tracklist from her first pop album, 1989.

The tracklist she released on her Instagram are:
1. “Welcome to New York”
2. “Blank Space”
3. “Style”
4. “Out of the Woods”
5. “All You Had to Do Was Stay”
6. “Shake It Off”
7. “I Wish You Would”
8. “Bad Blood”
9. “Wildest Dreams”
10. “How You Get the Girl”
11. “This Love”
12. “I Know Places”
13. “Clean”

There you go, those will be the Taylor Swift songs on her 1989 album. It appears that 1989 will be the first Taylor Swift album to not have an album titled track. Pretty interesting for a Taylor Swift album. There's no Taylor Swift album titled song that appears in a Taylor Swift album with a title. That was a cool move. Don't you think? Let's not forget that Taylor Swift s leaving country for good. So let's hope Taylor Swift will be bringing all her country hits for pop just to show her country music in general to her country fans and her new fans alike. It needs to happen when 1989 is only 4 days away til launch. Taylor Swift's country songs needs pop music appearances. Vevo was very lucky. But MTV and Fuse doesn't. So what can MTV and Fuse do is to team up with Vevo and have the 2 music companies/channels to play all Taylor Swift music videos without the need of country channels like CMT. Sounds reasonable. Huh? Also, pop radio needs to play all country Taylor Swift songs like Begin Again so that way pop stations in general will play all Taylor Swift songs in general.

So why I'm looking forward for 1989 this Monday? Well, Taylor Swift needs to move all her songs in general to pop and have all her songs (including her country songs) turned to pop. We need all Taylor Swift songs like Sparks Fly on random pop stations like Radio Disney so that way, her country music will no longer play on country radio. Pop music department needs Taylor Swift's country hits in general for pop stations like MTV Hits. Thus, I'm a huge Talyor Swift fan and I loved Taylor Swift's first 3 albums. While I prefer old music over today's music like One Direction, I loved Taylor Swift and I want Taylor Swift songs in general to be pop including her country songs. Thus, Taylor Swift along with late 90s and early 2000s music are personal favorites in the 1995-2014 era. Taylor Swift along with late 90s and early 2000s all the way. Oh yeah, let's not forget why I think Taylor Swift is hot.

By the way, she also released her second promotional single that I mentioned way above called Welcome To New York. That’s right, Welcome To New York. It is written by Taylor Swift and Ryan Tedder and produced by Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella and Taylor Swift. Welcome To New York debut at number 1 on ITunes with Shake It Off at number 2 2 days ago. Welcome To New York? Is this what Taylor Swift come up with? Seriously? Welcome To New York is awful. I want another Taylor Swift music video and Bad Blood, Taylor Swift. Bring me another Taylor Swift music video and Bad Blood this year. That's what you'll be working on.


Following the list of the songs that will be included in 1989, there’s a new Diet Coke commercial where she gets to encounter a lot of cats. That’s right, cats are cute. Why? Because how adorable cats are. Especially those fuzzy kittens. Plus, her very own cat named Olivia Benson appears at the end of the commercial. Also, there’s another Taylor Swift commercial for Target promoting 1989. Another Target Talyor Swift commercial containing a 1989 album plays a new Taylor Swift I mentioned above called Style. With Target and Taylor Swift, there's no way albums nowadays can stop Taylor Swift album because Taylor Swift albums were way better than other albums from 2004-today like Britney Jean. Next up, a Taylor Swift MTV marathon during either Thanksgiving or Christmas.

For the first time ever, 1989 will be Taylor Swift's first pop album, the first Taylor Swift album that does not include country tracks and the first Big Machine Records all at the same time. Do you believe that? It looks like Big Machine Records will have to get rid of country music like Tim McGraw and moved on to pop music in Nashville like Christina Aguilera. I want that to happen because I want Big Machine Records to be a pop record label in Nashville instead of country. That way, the entire country music industry will become obsolete in Big Machine Records. If 1989 becoming another success, then maybe Big Machine Records will change its records label to pop label and remove all country music outputs like The Band Perry. This will allow Big Machine Records to turn Taylor Swift into a pop star and turn a country label into a pop label in Nashville. So no more country music for Big Machine Records. It's time for Big Machine Records to move on to pop. That means, Taylor Swift is no longer a country star and country radio will no longer play Taylor Swift songs like Mean. That's right, all Taylor Swift's country songs like Picture To Burn are now pop. So with a Taylor Swift marathon coming to MTV, all Taylor Swift songs are now pop and all her country songs like Ours will be joining pop music allowing Taylor Swift's country fans to have a big surprise when her country songs like Tim McGraw were played on pop radio. Now this is something that Taylor Swift will look forward to when 1989 hits stores this Monday.

So, what do you think? Are you exciting to see 2014 American Music Awards on November 23 hosted by Pitbull? Do you want to see Iggy Azalea winning one of the 6 nominees? Are you happy that All About That Bass peaked at number 1 for 7 weeks in a row? Are you exciting to pick up Taylor Swift's 1989 album? Would you like too see all Taylor Swift songs becoming pop and not country anymore? Do you want Big Machine Records to become a pop label when 1989 has becoming another success for Talyor Swift? Sound off below!

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