Sean looked in the direction Frederick was pointing, and a brunette girl immediately appeared in sight, not pretty, but wearing a black dress, which was a bit tasteful. After recalling carefully, Sean immediately understood who the other party was, Nora? Jones, who also had five nominations at this year's Grammys, was the famous sitar virtuoso Ravi? Shankar's daughter, a mixed Anglo-American and Indian-Bengali son.

Three of her five nominations coincided with Sean's, namely Best Record, Best Single and Best New Artist, which is why the agent said she was his biggest rival.

"Ha, what a tough opponent." Sean said in a relaxed tone, seemingly unconcerned.

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

Sean didn't answer, and the agent said to himself: "We all know very well that although there is no shortage of people who support you, the media generally thinks that you came here just to go through the motions, and three of her nominations are duplicated by you, if you get them all, how do you think those reporters will describe this scene afterwards?" ”

"I can figure it out," Sean still looked unhurried, "but we've done what needs to be done, Fred, and we're just waiting for the results." ”

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

Frankly speaking, although even Sean knows that the probability of winning his award is very low, as a person who is used to not giving up even a second to Zuihou, he still has some ideas. Therefore, during this time, he has participated in various parties, various gatherings in the music industry, and showed his good manners, even if he knew that someone must be laughing at him behind his back.

Public relations is a must-do thing to get an award, whether it is an Oscar or a Grammy, only if people remember you deeply and have a good impression of you, they will vote for you. However, public relations is not the only factor that can win the award, in addition, professional quality, influence, and one's 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 a singer, even if it is an actor, it is only three to four years. So, although he has attended a lot of parties and gatherings, he is only expected to have a chance of winning from 0. 1%, which has been increased to 0. 5% only.

Well, anyway, the award hasn't been given yet, and the absence of it means that there is still hope - Sean can only comfort himself in his heart.

As the music sounded, the hall, which was still a little humming, began to become quiet, and there was no doubt that the awards ceremony was about to officially begin, and Sean also sat up straight with a strong spirit.

And then, Dustin? Hoffman took the lead in coming out from the back and standing in front of the stage, this is another difference between the Grammys and the Oscars, the Oscars will have a fixed official host every year to liven up the atmosphere and connect 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, there are 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 ......" Hoffman 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 all the pictures on the screen behind him, even Sean is fascinated, not to mention others.

Later, because Simon and Garfunkel were introduced at the beginning, the first award was for Best Pop Band and Group, and it was Nodoubt that got off to a good start. The next awards are all popular, and the pace is fast, most of the guests come up to say a few witty words to present the awards, and the performances are not available at any time.

This is also normal, there are so many Grammy awards, it is impossible to have as much time as the Oscars, and they are all issued in one category, and then in another category, of course, it is still possible to intersperse with the Lifetime Achievement Award and the like.

And Nora, whom Frederick called Sean's biggest rival? Jones, too, soon ushered in the first Golden Gramophone, which was the best pop album.

"Thank you to the Recording Academy, thank you to my mom, thank you to the producers......" a smiling Jones said above, while below, Sean patted the somewhat depressed agent's shoulder.

"Don't worry, this is just the beginning." That's what he said, of course, he didn't know what it was.

However, the opportunity to test his words soon came, and after the pop category was handed out, it was immediately ushered in one of the four most important awards: the best single of the year.

Although there are many categories of Grammys, the heaviest ones are outside the four categories, that is, Best Single of the Year, Best Record of the Year, Best New Artist of the Year, and Best Album of the Year. If you compare the Oscars, the best album of the year is equivalent to the best film, 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.

"The single of the year is a reward for the best songwriter of the year, and a good song comes out with a flash of inspiration." A black woman in her 30s stood on the stage and said in an emotional tone, that was Erica, a female singer who is famous for her jazz music? Badu.

"Sometimes I want to give a trophy to all the amazing songwriters, but unfortunately, I can't buy the whole recording academy." Pat, the lead singer of the train band she partnered with? Monaghan jokingly answered, drawing a lot of laughter.

"Okay, don't you guys stop rambling, don't you see that our candidate is already fidgeting?" Another partner, the old black singer B. B。 King interjected.

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

When the name of the winning song was pronounced, Sean's half-clenched fist hand immediately tightened, and the corners of his mouth twitched while maintaining a smile, which was really an unexpected surprise.

However, his interest was not particularly high, and he was even a little depressed, and he had no desire to get up, because it was Jason, who had written the lyrics for "YouRaiseMeUp", who took the stage? Dano, and Will in charge of the arrangement? Delong. The Grammy's best single of the year is not awarded to singers, but to songwriters and producers, and although the song was written at Sean's request, his name was not written in the lyricist's column after all, so even if he won the award, the trophy did not have his share.

Moreover, Sean and Frederick had previously discussed that if the Recording Academy gave a genre consolation award for the popularity of "YouRaiseMeUp", then it would most likely be Best Gospel Song, and 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 the specific nomination is him, the possibility of winning the award is very small.

Now that YouRaiseMeUp has won Best Record of the Year, there's a good chance that the awards won't be his business after that.

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

After that, several more awards were awarded, and there were singers who came out to sing in the middle, Nora? Jones was one of them. Then for the Gospel soul song, Sean's two nominations didn't get anything, although he basically still maintains a good attitude, but others don't think so, for example, when he came backstage to prepare for the next appearance, many people looked at him a little strangely.

"Wait five minutes, Avril? Miss Lavigne is still using the dressing room, don't worry, it's two more awards before you come on after her performance, and we'll still have time. The organizer's assistant said this after taking Sean outside the dressing room.

As soon as the words fell, a petite girl snatched the door out of the dressing room in a hurry, without looking at Sean outside, strode out, and at the same time urged her assistant: "Hurry up, don't rub in, we only have a few minutes to prepare." ”

The lively and free and easy appearance easily made a deep impression, so that the assistant was stunned for a long time before he said: "Probably...... That's it. ”

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

Sean hopes that she can get this award, if she is really hopeless, it is better to let Avril get it than to let Jones take it, Frederick's Jones is not a lie to step on his own position, after all, she has a father who is a music master, even if she divorced her mother before she was born, but where are the connections after all, who said that she can't win several awards?

Of course, this is all his thoughts, and it depends on what the recording academy thinks.

Soon, Avril on the stage outside finished her performance, she sang the famous "Skateboard Boy", and although the live singing was not as good as the quality of the recording, it was also good. Probably because the music style is a rock genre, the organizers actually arranged some people who are suspected of being fans to cheer on both sides of the catwalk, which is really difficult for them.

After she came down and passed by, Sean didn't greet her, although this petite girl was cute and lively, but at the moment he really didn't have more energy to provoke women, there was some unevenness around him, and he had the impression that she seemed to be getting married soon. So, let's think about how to deal with your own singing next, although you have to wait for two awards before it is your turn to go on stage, but it is always better to be prepared than not to be prepared.

Although Sean always suffered a little bit of gains and losses below, after he went on stage to sing, he immediately forgot about these and performed his own song to his heart's content.