Beyonce is more than Whitney and Madonna?!?! LOL LOL LMAO lol what do Beyonce's worker bees smoke in that hive of theirs? Whatever it is, it's some strong hashish. She's a great performer but her entire discography is blown away by Whitney's debut album, her entire discography is blown away by Ray of Light.

I agree with the above comment that musical quality is no longer what it was. Musical quality if objective I agree BUT the personnel who get a record deal is objective. Thus the view is correct because it seems as if anybody can get a deal these days because record companies want to mold "artists" to make money even though they have questionable talent. Just get someone sexy who can hold a note (eg Rihanna), and scout the most chart-friendly producers, songwriters etc.

In the last 10-15 years very few albums deserved the AOTY awards, and its getting worse. Nobody with even a feeble knowledge of music can tell me that Stevie Wonder's "Songs in a key of Life" or Fleewood Mac's "Romours" can be placed on same pedestal as Taylor Swift's "1989". So I agree, ever since post-Miseducation of Lauryn Hill the Grammys have been a popularity contest not a night when fellow musicians recognized the best efforts of their colleagues, and I don't see that culture ever returning.

PS This Frank Ocean dude seems to not give a fuck about a whole lot of industry shit. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't submit intentionally LOL