Comments on: Girls Rule But Susan Boyle Snubbed With The 2010 Brit Award Nominations

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:43:52 +0000

Really? shame. You'll miss out on a lot of good stuff.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:43:05 +0000

The BPI give people shiny platinum discs for selling lots of records. This is something different.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:41:46 +0000

I dunno… I'm generally the last person to defend the the Brits, and the shortlist is ridiculous, but I guess they were between a rock and hard place with SuBo. If they included her, I'm sure there'd be accused of being populist and commercial, awarding an artist because she's sold lots of records, damaging what little credibility they have left. For sure, it was quite brave to not include her.

The awards are put on by the BPI – sort of the industry body for the British music.

I wouldn't get too upset about it though – I'm sure SuBo isn't losing sleep.

By: Betty Adams

Betty Adams — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:09:47 +0000

I thought that the majority of Brits were nuts. Thank heavens for the over a million who are not. Evidently they think the rest of the world ( 8 million albums worldwide ) is nuts. Susan certainly brought in a lot of income for the British. I suggest she move to the US where she is appreciated and the taxes are less.

By: gracie

gracie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:08:15 +0000

I would like to know what happened here – its absurd that Susan Boyle is not being recognized. This is worthy of a discussion of how and who puts these awards shows on.

By: KathyM

KathyM — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:00:20 +0000

Other than Susan Boyle, I'll never buy a piece of music that comes from the UK again.
Talk about prejudice.
This is beyond disgusting.

By: Mary Jo

Mary Jo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:20:40 +0000

So you're maintaining that the Brit awards are ageist, and only for the young? Then why aren't they called the young Brit awards? You better realize that there are a lot more people in Britain and the rest of the world that are over 25, rather than under, and if you're not there yet, you soon will be. Maybe your ears are damaged by loud music, or you aren't sophisticated enough or have a wide enough music background to recognize Ms. Boyle's stylistic genius, but some of us with a broader & longer music background do. I'm not talking just about the millions of us who bought her album because we Love. Her. Voice. but also the many many professional musicians who admire her–from Andrew Lloyd Weber to Barbara Streisand to Lady Gaga herself. If the British recording industry doesn't want to continue its rush down the drain, it better change its criteria for awards to being about the quality of singing that moves people to buy records.

By: maryjo

maryjo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:03:03 +0000

The Brits “academy” contains a pack of jealous indies, & critics too engrossed in their own little splinter of fractured rock music to recognize true genius when they see it. It's apparently not enough to sing creatively–this bunch of yahoos would have kept Frank Sinatra out as well–he sang covers & didn't write his own music. The only bump in viewers they'll get is from an American, Lady Gaga, who is a serious performing artist, if not a great singer. Otherwise why watch? Robbie Williams? Cheryl Cole? Give me a break. What have they done outside the UK? Or in it, for that matter?

And just so you understand, the Cowell artists who were nominated were in those categories where the public could vote, not just the self-proclaimed “professionals”. Susan Boyle's fans happen to like her creative takes on old standards; that's why she's done covers. Even the Japanese asked her to sing a classic from the 70's–”Wings to Fly”. As far as I'm concerned, the Brits “academy” should learn a lesson from Gen. Larry Platt: “You think you're a cool cat, lookin' like a fool, wit yur pants on the ground.” Pull 'em up–you trivial creatures need to CYA.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:07:43 +0000

I seriously think the whole Susan Boyle thing is way overrated. But at the same I understand why people have such strong reactions about her. HOWEVER, after all you have got to realize that BRIT Awards has always been aimed at the young, hip demographics (teenagers, 20-30 somethings), people around these ages are surely not attracted all that much to Boyle, so I think the BRITs would not even have considered her to be a nominee. Let's face it, when her whole story and look are stripped off, her music isn't all that interesting, inventive, refreshing let alone hip. And the part where you got wrong is this Breakthrough award is *actually* for new and or cutting edge music… and also music that is for the youth, that is hip, and of course, that made a mark on the charts

She hasn't proven much as an artist, she does sing well, but time will tell whether she's just a one-off phenomenon or a credible career artist. At this point, however, I doubt that she's the latter. But hey, we shouldn't rule anything out here.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:41:08 +0000

But what is the criteria for the "breakthrough" artist? I've searched but can't find it.

Is it a new artist that released a CD that people liked best? Is it the new artist that made the biggest splash? The new artist that had the biggest impact? What is it?

I think you could make a very good case that being the biggest selling artist (not just new artist) in the world in 2009 should receive some recognition. This British artist came onto the scene and took the world be storm. Surely a nomination was called for?