Lizzo's 2-year-old song might still qualify

Entertainment Live: Lizzo’s breakthrough hit “Truth Hurts” is a two-year-old song, but it still has a chance at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Typically older songs that become hits long after their initial release from Pharrell’s “Happy” to John Legend’s “All of Me” can compete at the Grammys when a live version of the song, released during the current Grammys eligibility period, is submitted.

So far, the platinum-selling “Truth Hurts” has peaked at No. 4 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart. It has reached at No. 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs and Hot rap songs charts, respectively.

In the past, acts have won Grammys with live versions of their songs because their songs have become hits long after its release. Pharrell’s Oscar-nominated anthem “Happy,” which appeared on the “Despicable Me 2” soundtrack and was released in mid-2013, eventually topped the charts in 2014. At the 2015 Grammys, a live version of the song competed for in the best pop solo performance category, and won the honour.

That same year John Legend’s “All of Me,” which also hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart long after its release, competed in the same category with a live version of the tune. “All of Me” appeared on Legend’s 2013 album, “Love In the Future.”

At the 2012 Grammys, Adele won album of the year with “21” as well as record and song of the year with “Rolling In the Deep.” The following year she submitted a live version of “Set Fire to the Rain” — the third No. 1 single from “21” — and won best pop solo performance.

Because Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” had not appeared on an album that qualified for previous Grammy eligibility, it could still compete at the 2020 show though it has been widely available for two years. Because Train, Pharrell, Legend and Adele’s songs were featured on albums that qualified for previous Grammy inclusion, their songs were disqualified unless a live version was submitted.

At the 2020 Grammys, Panic! at the Disco whose song “High Hopes” set a new record as the longest-running No. 1 song on Billboard’s Hot rock songs chart this year are likely submitting a live version of the track since the song and the album it appears on, “Pray for the Wicked,” qualified for the 2019 Grammys. “High Hopes” peaked at No. 4 on the all-genre Hot 100 chart. Nominees for the Grammy Awards will be announced on Nov. 20 and the show will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020 on CBS.

Source: AP News

Dhaka 15 August (campuslive24.com)//MIH

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