Best Actor

    Sean looked in the direction Frederick pointed, and a black-haired girl immediately appeared in the line of sight, not pretty, but wearing a black dress, it was a bit tasteful. After careful recall, Sean immediately understood who the other party was. Nora Jones, who also has five nominations at this Grammy, the daughter of the famous sitar player Ravi Shankar, a British-American Mixed with Indian Bengali.

    Three of her five nominations overlapped with Sean's nominations, namely best recording, best single and best newcomer, so the manager would say she is his biggest opponent.

    "Ha, what a formidable opponent." Sean said in a relaxed tone, as if he didn't care.

    "I'm serious, Sean," Frederick frowned, "Do you want to watch her step on you?"

    Sean did not answer, and the agent continued on his own: "We all know that although there are many people who support you, the media generally think that you are here just for a passing scene. And three of her nominations are repeated with you, if you get all of them, how do you think the reporters will describe the scene afterwards?"

    "I can figure it out," Sean still looks unhurried, "But we've done what we need to do, Fred, and now we're just waiting for the result. "

    Hearing this, Frederick didn't know what to say, and finally just sighed.

    To be frank, even though Sean knows that his chances of winning are very low, as a person who is used to not giving up even at the last second, he still has some ideas . Therefore, during this period of time, he participated in various parties, various music circle parties, and showed his good manners, even if he knew that someone must be laughing at him behind his back.

    Public relations is a must to win an award, no matter Oscar or Grammy, only if people deeply remember you and have a good impression of you, will they vote for you on you. However, public relations is not the only factor for winning the award. In addition, professional quality, influence of characters, and their own qualifications are all important.

    For Sean, there is still hope for the first two points, but the latter point is a big loss, not to mention the identity of the singer, even the identity of the actor, it is only three to four years. Therefore, although he attended many parties and gatherings, it is expected that the probability of winning the award has only increased from 0.1% to 0.5%.

    Well, anyway, the award has not been awarded, and if it is not awarded, it means that there is still hope - Sean can only comfort himself in his heart.

    With the sound of the music, the humming hall began to quiet down. There is no doubt that the awards ceremony is about to officially start, and Sean also sat up straight.

      The atmosphere is lively and the link between the previous and the next, but the Grammys do not arrange this, but let the guests make cameos to liven up the atmosphere, and the guests are very casual, including singers and actors.

    "We all know that there have been many impressive singers on this stage, and the combination of Simon and Garfunkel is one of them, and they have brought..." Hough Mann is an actor after all, and he still uses the same set of Oscar speeches, but Simon and Garfunkel are indeed a good topic, and with the various pictures on the screen behind him, even Sean is attracted, let alone others.

    After that, because Simon and Garfunkel were a combination introduced at the beginning, the first award was the best pop band and combination, and the band nodoubt got a good start. The next awards are all popular, and the rhythm is very fast. Most of the awards are given by the guests who say a few one-liners, and the performances are not always available.

    This is normal, there are so many Grammy awards, it is impossible to have as much time as the Oscars, and they are all finished in one category, and then another category, of course, interspersed with lifelong Achievement awards or something like that.

    And Nora Jones, whom Frederick called Sean's greatest rival, soon ushered in the first golden gramophone, the best pop album.

    "Thank you to the recording academy, thank you to my mother, thank you to the producer..." Jones spoke with a smile on his face, and below, Sean patted the somewhat depressed manager on the shoulder.

    "Don't worry, this is just the beginning." He said so, of course, he didn't know what to do.

    However, the opportunity to verify his words came soon. After the popular category was awarded, it ushered in one of the four most important awards: the best single of the year. .

    There are many categories of Grammy awards, but the most important ones are outside the four categories, that is, the best single of the year, the best record of the year, the best newcomer of the year and the best album of the year . If you compare it with the Oscars, the best album of the year is equivalent to the best movie, and the best newcomer of the year is equivalent to the best director, because it is selected among all musicians, and the competition is very fierce.

    "Single of the Year is a reward for the year's best songwriters, who have a flash of inspiration and a good song comes out." A black woman in her 30s stationed Said in an emotional tone on the stage, it was Erica Badu, a female singer famous for her jazz music.

    "Sometimes I really want to give all those great songwriters a trophy, but unfortunately, I can't buy the whole recording school." Her partner, the frontman of the band Train, Pat. Monaghan took it jokingly, which attracted a lot of laughter.

    "Okay, stop talking, don't you see that our candidate is already restless?" Another partner, the old black singer B.B.King, interjected at this time.

    There was another burst of laughter, and then Badu opened the envelope in his hand: "Then, the best single of the year is "YouRaiseMeUp"!"

    When the name of the winning song was pronounced, Sean's half-clawed hand immediately tightened, and the corner of his smiling mouth twitched, which was really an unexpected surprise.

    However, his interest is not particularly high, even a little depressed, and he has no desire to get up, because Jason Dano, who wrote the lyrics for "YouRaiseMeUp" and is in charge of the arrangement, came on stage Will DeLong. The Grammy's single of the year was not awarded to the singer, but to the songwriter and producer, and although the song was written at Sean's request, his name was not written on the lyrics after all The column of the author, so even if he wins the award, he will not have the trophy.

    And, Sean and Frederick and the others discussed that if the Recording Academy gave a type consolation award for the popularity of "YouRaiseMeUp", then the most likely is the most Best Gospel Song, then Best Record of the Year. In any case, Sean's identity as a crossover singer is destined not to be liked by too many people, so as long as he is nominated specifically, the chances of winning the award are very small.

    Now, "YouRaiseMeUp" won the best record of the year, so there is a high possibility that the subsequent awards have nothing to do with him.

    This is really a frustrating prediction, and Sean can only continue to tell himself that the awards ceremony is not over yet.

    After that, several awards were given out, and singers also came out to sing in the middle, and Nora Jones was also one of them. And then for Gospel soul songs, Sean's two nominations got nothing. Although he basically maintained a good attitude, others didn't think so. For example, when he came backstage to prepare for the next appearance, many People looked at him differently.

    "Please wait five minutes, Miss Avril Lavigne is still using the dressing room, don't worry, it will take you two awards after her performance, we still have time." Fang's assistant said this after taking Sean outside the dressing room.

    As soon as she finished speaking, a petite girl rushed out of the dressing room, without even looking at Sean outside, and strode out, while urging her Assistant: "Come on, don't linger, we only have a few minutes to prepare."

    The lively and free-spirited appearance easily impressed people so deeply that the assistant was stunned for a while before saying, "Probably...that's it."

    Avril Lavigne, a singer from Canada, because she was more popular in East Asia than in North America in her previous life, so Sean remembers some information about her, seems to have the title of punk elf . Although it is said that she fell from the first line to the second and third line a few years later, she was indeed a very popular female singer at the time. I really didn't expect to be an opponent with her at this Grammy. Yes, Avril was nominated for the best newcomer of the year. .

    Sean hopes she can get this award. If she is really hopeless, it is better for Avril to get it than for Jones to get it. She has a father who is a master of music. Even if she divorced her mother before she was born, where is her network after all? Who said she couldn't win several awards?

    Of course, these are all his thoughts, and it depends on what the Recording Academy thinks.

    Soon, Avril Lavigne on the stage outside finished her performance. She sang the famous song "Skateboard Boy". Although the live singing was not as good as the recording quality, it was still pretty good. Probably because the genre of the music is rock, the organizer even arranged for some suspected fans to make cheering costumes on both sides of the T-stage, which is really difficult for them.

    After she came down and passed by, Sean didn't say hello to her. Although this petite girl is cute and lively, he really doesn't have more energy to provoke women at the moment, and there are some problems around him. , and she seems to be getting married soon. So, let's think about how to deal with your singing next. Although you have to wait for two awards before it is your turn to take the stage, it is always better to be prepared than not to be prepared.

    Although Sean was always worried about gains and losses below, but after he got on stage to sing, he immediately forgot about it and performed his song to the fullest.