<p class="p1"><div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><a title_source="YouTube" title_caption="Matt Damon took over as host of " Jimmy="" Kimmel="" Live="" last="" night="" while="" watched="" the="" show="" tied="" up.="" class="zoomin" href="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51029df969bedd0f4f000008-960/matt%20damon%20-1.jpg"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51029df969bedd0f4f000008-620-465/matt%20damon%20-1.jpg?maxX=400" border="0" alt="matt damon jimmy kimmel" width="400" style="float: right;" /></a></div><p class="source">YouTube</p><p class="caption"><keyword id="23387" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Matt-Damon">Matt Damon</keyword> took over as host of "<keyword id="345460" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jimmy-Kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</keyword> Live" last night while Kimmel watched the show tied up.</p></div>Matt Damon finally got the best of Jimmy Kimmel last night on his late show.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">For years, the two have had a pretty lengthy (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyGJXLxtVEo">and hilarious</a>) spat back and forth on Kimmel's Live show stemming from the host <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYdPE3Z5pHU">never having enough time to interview the actor on air</a>. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Over the years, the two have pulled a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSfoF6MhgLA">number of pranks</a> on one another, often enlisting the powers of Hollywood stars.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Last night, Damon got his revenge when he hijacked the late show after kidnapping Kimmel. He replaced Guillermo with Andy Garcia, and invited a plethora of celebrities ranging from Gary Oldman and Amy Adams to make appearances on the show.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The result was hilarious.</p>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Here are some of the best videos from last night's show.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Damon kidnaps Jimmy:</p>
<p><iframe width="590" height="360" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EOHeLc7g6iI?list=UUa6vGFO9ty8v5KZJXQxdhaw"></iframe></p>
<p class="p1">Damon replaces Guillermo and band leader Cleto with Andy Garcia and Sheryl Crow:<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p><iframe width="590" height="360" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZAvuQktUq9w?list=UUa6vGFO9ty8v5KZJXQxdhaw"></iframe></p>
<p class="p1">Matt Damon explains the "true" origin behind the Kimmel / Damon beef:</p>
<p><iframe width="590" height="360" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8SH16TuCYyE?list=UUa6vGFO9ty8v5KZJXQxdhaw"></iframe></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You can watch all of the clips </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JimmyKimmelLive?feature=watch">here</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">. </span></p>
<h3 class="p1"><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/beyonces-super-bowl-set-list-revealed-2013-1">What Beyoncé will be singing at the Super Bowl &gt;</a></strong></h3>

Matt Damon Kidnapped Jimmy Kimmel And Hosted His Show Last Night

<p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/526e7cad6bb3f74260e65a05-1200-600/tina-turner-back-up-singers-2.png?maxX=800" border="0" alt="Tina Turner back up singers" width="800" /><p class="source">AP/Hermann J. Knippertz</p></div><p></p></div></span></p>
<p class="p1">For decades, backup singers have lent their voices to many of the most popular songs in <keyword id="6354530" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="music">music</keyword> history - but received no recognition and little financial compensation.</p>
<p><span>A new <keyword id="35012" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="documentary">documentary</keyword>, "<a href="http://twentyfeetfromstardom.com/" target="_blank">20 Feet From Stardom</a>," tells the true stories of backup singers with revealing interviews from the singers themselves, as well as Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Sting, and Bruce Springsteen.<br /></span></p>
<p><span></span>Springsteen, who often uses backup singers, calls the profession "an unheralded position ... that walk to the front is complicated."</p>
<p>Darlene Love, a backup <keyword id="250" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Singer">singer</keyword> who started in the Motown era, admits that despite being featured on many of the most popular songs of the time, <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"It got so bad I started cleaning houses."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Many musicians were used and abused by producers such as Phil Spector, who made sure that some backup singers' attempts at solo careers proved futile.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Others, however, have successfully crossed over into stardom.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span>Emmylou Harris, Luther Vandross (who sang backing vocals for David Bowie), Whitney Houston, Sheryl Crow (who sang with Michael Jackson), and Dido are among those who started as backup singers.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">The doc reveals the stories behind some of the most famous lyrics in history, such as how backup singer <span>Merry Clayton, <span>the woman singing "Rape! Murder! It's just a shot away" on the Rolling Stones' </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">1969 hit </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3rnxQBizoU" target="_blank">"Gimme Shelter,"</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> was dragged out of bed at midnight to attend the band's recording session. If you listen closely, you can hear Mick Jagger saying "Wow" after Clayton roars "Muuuuuurder!"</span></p>
<p>The documentary, which has earned <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=20feetfromstardom.htm" target="_blank">nearly $5 million</a> at the box office since its debut in January, is now available on OnDemand and Netflix.</p>
<p>We watched the film this weekend and loved it. Watch the trailer below:</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tWyUJcA8Zfo"></iframe></p>
<p>David Bowie is well known for using backup vocals on his songs, check out a 1975 performance of his hit "Young Americans" featuring backup singers stealing the show:</p>
<p><iframe width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ydLcs4VrjZQ"></iframe></p>

Documentary '20 Feet From Stardom' Reveals The Secret Life Of A Backup Singer

<p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/526e7cad6bb3f74260e65a05-1200-600/tina-turner-back-up-singers-2.png?maxX=800" border="0" alt="Tina Turner back up singers" width="800" /><p class="source">AP/Hermann J. Knippertz</p></div><p></p></div></span></p>
<p class="p1">For decades, backup singers have lent their voices to many of the most popular songs in <keyword id="6354530" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="music">music</keyword> history - but received no recognition and little financial compensation.</p>
<p><span>A new <keyword id="35012" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="documentary">documentary</keyword>, <a href="http://twentyfeetfromstardom.com/" target="_blank">20 Feet From Stardom</a>, tells the true stories of back up <keyword id="250" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Singer">singer</keyword>s with revealing interviews from the singer themselves, as well as Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Sting, and Bruce Springsteen.<br /></span></p>
<p><span></span>Springsteen, who often uses backup singers, calls the profession "an unheralded position ...  that walk to the front is complicated."</p>
<p>Darlene Love, a backup singer who started in the Motown era, admits that despite being featured on many of the most popular songs of the time, <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"It got so bad I started cleaning houses."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Many musicians were used and abused by producers such as Phil Spector, who made sure that some backup singers' attempts at solo careers proved futile.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Others, however, have successfully crossed over into stardom.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span>Emmylou Harris, Luther Vandross (who sang backing vocals for David Bowie), Whitney Houston, Sheryl Crow (who sang with Michael Jackson), and Dido are among those who started as backup singers.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">The doc reveals the stories behind some of the most famous lyrics in history, such as how backup singer <span>Merry Clayton, <span>the woman singing "Rape! Murder! It's just a shot away…" on teh Rolling Stones' </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">1969 hit </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3rnxQBizoU" target="_blank">"Gimme Shelter,"</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> was dragged out of bed at midnight to attend the band's recording session. If you listen closely, and you can hear Mick Jagger going "Wow" after Clayton roars "Muuuuuurder!"</span></p>
<p>The documentary, which has earned <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=20feetfromstardom.htm" target="_blank">nearly $5 million</a> at the box office since its debut in January, is now available on OnDemand and Netflix.</p>
<p>We watched the film this weekend and loved it. Watch the trailer below:</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tWyUJcA8Zfo"></iframe></p>
<p>David Bowie is well known for using backup vocals on his songs, check out a 1975 performance of his hit "Young Americans":</p>
<p><iframe width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ydLcs4VrjZQ"></iframe></p>

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/597774ea5d8a2f28008b5155-2100/fender-play-desktop-course-stitches-laptop.png" alt="Fender Play" data-mce-source="Fender" /><p class="source"><span>Fender</span></p><p class="caption">Guitar made easy.</p></div><p></p></div></div>The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has been around since 1946 and has created some of the most iconic implements for creating cool sounds in the history of humanity.</p><p>The Telecaster and Stratocaster electric guitars are icons of rock, pop, country, and just about everything in between. Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, Buddy Holly, Mark Knopfler, the Edge, Flea, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Marr, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, and countless others have wielded Fender axes.</p><p>So Leo Fender's company has inspired a few talented musicians in its history. But it's also inspired innumerable amateurs to pick up guitars and play. </p><p>But there's a problem - according to Fender, 90% of people who take up the instrument will abandon it after a year. On one hand, a lot of folks are still buying Fender guitars. But on the other, they're not becoming lifelong customers due to this "valley of death" for playing. The loss of nine out of every 10 new customers would be a significant threat to any business executive.</p><p>Fender CEO Andy Mooney, who joined the privately held company in 2015 after a long career at Nike and then Disney, where he oversaw consumer products, wants to change that. </p><p>"When I get a new job, I'm hungry for data," he told Business Insider. </p><h2>Crunching the numbers</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/597774ea552be51c008b65db-2400/fenderplaylifestyle1946.jpg" alt="Fender Play" data-mce-source="Fender" /><p class="source"><span>Fender</span></p><p class="caption">You can learn whole songs or just a few chords.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Under Mooney's leadership, Fender undertook comprehensive consumer research and in addition to the alarming statistic about new buyers putting down their guitars and never picking them up again, the company gathered some more positive information.</p><p>Encouragingly, 50% of new buyers are women - the guitar business, as anyone who has spent any time hanging out at their local Guitar Center can attest, has often been viewed as a boys' club, with aspiring male rock gods inspired by the guitar legends of the past.</p><p>But those giants - Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Slash - were most often witnessed slinging electric guitars over their shoulders. </p><p>"Women are gravitating more toward acoustic guitars," Mooney said. The big influence? Taylor Swift, who has moved the needle for female players like no other in recent years. </p><p>Fender also discovered that buying online solves a major impasse for customers, chiefly their insecurity about dealing with traditional brick-and-mortar stores, an intimidating environment for both genders.</p><p>Critically, Mooney said that the 10% of players who don't give up become lifetime enthusiasts and buy seven guitars and numerous amplifiers (another huge category for Fender). And these days, the committed players are spending four times as much on learning the instrument as they do on buying gear - and they're educating themselves online.</p><h2>Online learning</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/597774ea552be551008b65f3-2400/fenderplaylifestyle1655.jpg" alt="Fender Play" data-mce-source="Fender" /><p class="source"><span>Fender</span></p><p class="caption">The program encourages stress-free practice.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Enter <a href="https://www.fender.com/play">Fender Play</a>, a $20-per-month subscription program that seeks to professionalize the maze of guitar <keyword id="6355445" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Education">education</keyword> currently available on the internet (Fender is currently offering a 30-day fee trial, and the program has both a desktop and mobile offering). It's easy to get guitar instruction online, especially on YouTube, where dozens of educators offer tutorials on everything from how to play heavy-metal tunes to how to change your strings.</p><p>Fender's goal was to combine the company's brand with high-caliber, systematic instruction, delivered by appealing, accomplished teachers, employing sophisticated video and an easy-to-use interface.</p><p><span>Fender recruited experts from the University of Southern California and Musician's Institute to create "instructor-guided, song-driven video lessons," the company said.</span></p><p><span>"Each player gets a personalized learning path that enables even brand-new players to master chords, foundational core techniques and riffs in minutes."</span></p><p><span>The bottom line is that Fender Play provides what most new players want but have a difficult time getting: quick results. Traditional music instruction typically starts with fundamentals, giving students a basis for performance. But as Mooney noted, a lot of new players have no interest in getting on stage; they just want to learn their favorite songs (and those songs might not be what we think of as guitar music). </span></p><p><span>Quick results come form learning stuff is small bits, hitting small goals, and then putting the whole thing together to make music rather than simply acquiring a bunch of base skills with the far-off objective of someday strumming out "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."</span></p><h2><span>A road test</span></h2><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/597775c85d8a2f24008b51c2-2100/fender-play-desktop-my-progress-laptop.png" alt="Fender Play" data-mce-source="Fender" /><p class="source"><span>Fender</span></p><p class="caption">The desktop and mobile interfaces are clean and efficient.</p></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span>I sampled Fender Play at an event the company held for the press earlier this year and was impressed. A simple micro-lesson on arpeggiating chords was short and simple and effective. That's just the tip of the iceberg, but the point is that you don't have to tackle larger objectives if you don't want to. You can explore some technical skills but do it all in one place, with a consistent group of instructors (including the excellent Jen Trani, who any beginning player will encounter on YouTube from her stint providing lessons for now-defunct Mahalo). </span></p><p><span>I'm putting the program through a longer road-test, so stay tuned.</span></p><p><span>The thing about guitar is that instrument is actually rather difficult to come to grips with initially. It isn't hard to learn some simple pop songs, but a fair amount of early practice is required, and that's probably why so many folks bail out before their one-year anniversary.</span></p><p><span>Fender Play's appealing idea is make both results and practice much easier and less time-consuming. 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<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/576d49d3dd0895e9528b4567-1288/screen%20shot%202016-06-24%20at%2010.36.28%20am.png" alt="She doesn't have the range shirley bassey little britain" data-mce-source="BBC"><p class="source"><span>BBC</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>It started, like most memes, with a random clip&#xa0;of video from a few years ago. In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLO0F-nKYs">a scene&#xa0;from the comedy show "Little Britain" where a reporter interviews people parodying&#xa0;Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones</a>, the singers talk about the celebrities they know.</p><p>They get into a discussion of&#xa0;the <a href="http://www.thisisinsider.com/emily-blunt-should-be-the-next-james-bond-2016-6">James Bond</a> theme songs they've made (Bassey wrote three of them). "What do you think of the more recent efforts?," the reporter asks. "'Goldeneye?'" Shirley asks. "I love Tina [Turner], <strong>but she doesn't have the range.</strong> I'm sorry, Tina. I love you. You know I adore you. <strong>But you don't have the range!</strong>"</p><p>The interviewer asks about more Bond theme songs. He likes Garbage's "The World is Not Enough." Does Bassey? "She doesn't have the range!" Sheryl Crow? "She doesn't have the range." Gladys Knight? "She doesn't have the range." Paul McCartney? "She doesn't have the range."</p><p>Shirley Bassey herself? "She doesn't have the range. I'm sorry, Shirley. I love her to bits. But she doesn't have the range."</p><p>"But that's you," the interviewer responds.</p><p>"I don't care. I don't have the range."</p><p>On June 20, someone tweeted&#xa0;part of the clip, <a href="http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/06/she-doesnt-have-the-range.html">as spotted by Select All</a>:</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>When someone compares another singer to any of my favs... <a href="https://t.co/dJaxqoiJ9H">pic.twitter.com/dJaxqoiJ9H</a></p>- Patti LaHelle  (@_maleficentt) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/744893210967814144">June 20, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>And thus, a meme was born. <strong>"She doesn't have the range" is a way to dismiss people who don't live up to your standards.</strong> In a music context specifically, it's a backhanded compliment. "Katy Perry is a good singer, but she doesn't have the range."</p><p>The meme really took off when&#xa0;@KingBeyonceStan (it means he likes Beyonce) employed the line against a string of singers.</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Now before you write me off as bias I'm going to start out with one of my all time favorites. Like, I love her.</p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745276948213968896">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Amy Lee:<br>-The first white woman I ever loved.<br>-Hauntingly beautiful timbre<br>-She doesn't have the range. <a href="https://t.co/YO67l8ooRc">pic.twitter.com/YO67l8ooRc</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745277679436447745">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Selena Gomez:<br>-the savior pop<br>-not Quintanilla (who in fact had the range)<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/zVJKbI72JP">pic.twitter.com/zVJKbI72JP</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745278392837115909">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Justin Bieber:<br>-King of fraudulent bulge pics<br>-hates black people lowkey<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/mDnMnYXpDa">pic.twitter.com/mDnMnYXpDa</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745279035786174464">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Fifth Harmony:<br>-the most awkward girl group in history<br>-they don't have the range. <a href="https://t.co/TKpAdCBJt2">pic.twitter.com/TKpAdCBJt2</a></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745279838437572608">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Britney Spears<br>-lipsyncing since the first Bush adm.<br>-she doesn't have the range (vocally and of motion in the knee) <a href="https://t.co/dRrYCK2CaW">pic.twitter.com/dRrYCK2CaW</a></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745281102277906432">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sia<br>-excellent songwriter<br>-a god send to the pop girls<br>-yet she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/uEfynUpiy7">pic.twitter.com/uEfynUpiy7</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745281313435881472">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Zayn:<br>-A man<br>-Respek for breaking away from the whites<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/ZZ8hTV1gie">pic.twitter.com/ZZ8hTV1gie</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745281845571379202">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Madonna:<br>-faked having the range in Evita<br>-embarrassed Prince in Heaven<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/wtCvpweTKa">pic.twitter.com/wtCvpweTKa</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745282480815509506">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Janet Jackson:<br>-Master of whispers (Varys who?)<br>-a scammer who loves robbery and fraud<br>-she doesn't have the range. <a href="https://t.co/EzKBbPG2Vg">pic.twitter.com/EzKBbPG2Vg</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745282985528696833">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Lana Del Rey:<br>-My fave<br>-Percocet &amp; exploited AARP funds can't make up for the fact that<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/lIankWWJjo">pic.twitter.com/lIankWWJjo</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745283547427004416">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rihanna:<br>-great, uh, gowns beautiful gowns<br>-bops and blunts<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/U2OdAbIZN8">pic.twitter.com/U2OdAbIZN8</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745284455141507072">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Drake:<br>-senior undersecretary of the lightskins<br>-has a legion of dull clones<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/i3VtYI5RhL">pic.twitter.com/i3VtYI5RhL</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745285735666749442">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Adele:<br>-a master manipulator<br>-beautiful timbre <br>-everyone thinks she has the range.<br>-she doesn't have the range. <a href="https://t.co/fWaMFzPxtp">pic.twitter.com/fWaMFzPxtp</a></br></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745286299666382848">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The Weeknd:<br>-ruined 6 Inch<br>-is cocaine goals<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/sknnGr5AcF">pic.twitter.com/sknnGr5AcF</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745286750906376192">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Katy Perry:<br>-fucked riff raff<br>-hates Royals by Lorde<br>-bicurious Christian<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/T1wMvdaByB">pic.twitter.com/T1wMvdaByB</a></br></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745287677524639744">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Lady Gaga:<br>-calmed down &amp; became a tolerable white woman<br>-hated by Robyn gays with a passion<br>-doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/ZTH45MWrBa">pic.twitter.com/ZTH45MWrBa</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745290137836216320">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nick Jonas:<br>-a pay-per-view homosexual<br>-gayest right before album releases<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/Gk84I1dXvj">pic.twitter.com/Gk84I1dXvj</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745291075221225473">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Frank Ocean:<br>-a myth at this point<br>-she didn't have the range last we heard from him <a href="https://t.co/RkSVJBhVIn">pic.twitter.com/RkSVJBhVIn</a></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745291991185924096">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Alicia Keys:<br>-a talent<br>-not a soprano<br>-takes what she wants<br>-Mashonda ??<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/K9v584zNSi">pic.twitter.com/K9v584zNSi</a></br></br></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745293519049285632">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jennifer Lopez:<br>-Mi Tía<br>-Mariah Carey no la conoce<br>-ella no tiene el rango <a href="https://t.co/xITQYoia9R">pic.twitter.com/xITQYoia9R</a></br></br></br></p>- vodka lemonade  (@KingBeyonceStan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745295233722638336">June 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>And now it's everywhere.</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>My cat<br>-literally always screaming<br>-refuses to get a job<br>-missing a leg like a chump<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/2H8PHVJ51v">pic.twitter.com/2H8PHVJ51v</a></br></br></br></br></p>- Adam Ellis  (@moby_dickhead) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/746191443878785025">June 24, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>John Green:<br>Beloved author <br>Writes books about sad white children<br>Tumblr Prowler<br>She doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/ZStLto6cvj">pic.twitter.com/ZStLto6cvj</a></br></br></br></br></p>- Brandon Taylor  (@brandonrambles) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/746032903805501440">June 23, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>noam chomsky<br>- go back to linguistics <br>- ??<br>- she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/jRcE6zFq0q">pic.twitter.com/jRcE6zFq0q</a></br></br></br></p>- Max Read  (@max_read) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745452616801525760">June 22, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>me: *tries to run more than 2 miles*<br>my knees: she doesn't have the range</br></p>- ?  (@tsargaryen) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745426043553488897">June 22, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Cameron Crowe:<br>-hey remember rock n roll?<br>-Elizabethtown<br>-sensitive sad boys only!<br>-she doesn't have the range <a href="https://t.co/6lCjEzQCqb">pic.twitter.com/6lCjEzQCqb</a></br></br></br></br></p>- SPACE KNIGHT DEMARCO  (@Clarknova1) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/745483111249518592">June 22, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;Here's the full 9-minute original clip:</p><p><div><iframe width="800" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lrLO0F-nKYs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></p><p>&#xa0;</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chocolate-luge-dessert-from-union-fare-in-nyc-2016-6">An ingenious chef created a chocolate luge dessert</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="doaHB3MzE6J3dXtyx-g185LlEp0VdO6F" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'doaHB3MzE6J3dXtyx-g185LlEp0VdO6F',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

'She doesn't have the range' is the new way to throw shade - here's what it means

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<p class="caption">Hozier's the guy behind "Take Me To Church."</p></img></a></div>
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<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Here are a few need-to-know artists who are going up against the venerable Beyonc<span>é</span>, the popular Taylor Swift, and the ubiquitous Pharrell. &#xa0;Some of these artists are viable competitors!</span></p>
<p><strong>1. Hozier</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong>What he's nominated for: </strong>Song of The Year<strong><br>What you should know:&#xa0;</br></strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The Irish singer is responsible what might be the best song of the year, "Take Me To Church." The song was actually released in 2013, and the video made waves for its depiction of sexuality and its open critique of those who condemn homosexuality. In <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/03/qa-hozier-on-gay-rights-sex-good-hair.html" target="_blank">an excellent interview with The Cut</a>, Hozier (full name: Andrew Hozier-Byrne) clarified what the song was about. He said:</span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>"Take Me to Church" is essentially about sex, but it's a tongue-in-cheek attack at organizations that would … well, it's about sex and it's about humanity, and obviously sex and humanity are incredibly tied. Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human things. But an organization like the church, say, through its doctrine, would undermine humanity by successfully teaching shame about sexual orientation - that it is sinful, or that it offends God. The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love. Turning your back on the theoretical thing, something that's not tangible, and choosing to worship or love something that is tangible and real - something that can be experienced.</span></span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Hozier has also recently made viral waves for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nox3Oswbbk" target="_blank">a video</a>&#xa0;which features him covering Ariana Grande's "Problem."</span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">2. Sia</span></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Record of The Year, Song of The Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Music Video<br /></span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0; "Chandelier" was played all over the radio this summer, and its corresponding video wowed audiences, but Sia didn't emerge from out of nowhere. In fact, the songerwriter, who often is credited as Sia Furler, has written </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/1862623/sia-songs-beyonce/" target="_blank">scores of hit pop songs </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">for Beyonce, Rihanna, and more. 2014 was the year she took center stage, and it could pay off - <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6458383/spotify-predicts-pharrell-sia-will-win-grammys" target="_blank">Billboard reported</a> Spotify predicts "Chandelier" will take home some of the top prizes.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p>
<p><strong>3. Childish Gambino</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What he's nominated for: </strong>Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Album<br><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:&#xa0;</strong>If he looks familiar to you, there's a reason - Childish Gambino is actor and comedian Donald Glover, who you probably know from "Community." He has gained significant success and popularity as a rapper.&#xa0;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-glover-shares-his-hotel-stationary-confessions-on-instagram-2013-10" target="_blank">He revealed some of his fears</a> about his career, relationships, and this very album on Instagram in late 2013. <a href="http://mic.com/articles/101692/19-lyrics-prove-donald-glover-is-one-of-the-most-clever-rappers-in-hip-hop">Mic also took the time</a> to point out that the comedian's way with words transfers to his lyrics - his rhymes are chock full of wordplay.</br></p>
<p><strong>4. Haim</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What they're nominated for: </strong>Best New Artist<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br>What you should know:</br></strong>&#xa0;The band actually gained attention in 2013 - people started taking notice of this indie-pop girl group after the women<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/haim-snl-performances-video-2013-11" target="_blank"> performed on Saturday Night Live</a>.&#xa0;The band is composed of three sisters, and <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-haims-three-geeky-sisters-became-the-years-coolest-new-band-20131112" target="_blank">Rolling Stone profiled their meteoric rise</a> at the end of 2013.<a href="http://www.spin.com/reviews/haim-days-are-gone-columbia/" target="_blank"> SPIN</a> called the band's debut album, "Days Are Gone," "<span>one of the most ruthlessly proficient pieces of music to come out this year."&#xa0;</span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><strong>5. Sam Smith</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What he's nominated for: </strong>Record of The Year, Album of The Year, Song of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:&#xa0;</strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-sam-smith-top-new-face-in-grammy-nominations-2014-12" target="_blank">Smith is pegged to take home plenty of awards.</a> It's like you're familar with his massive hit, "Stay With Me," and his excellent and emotional album, "In The Lonely Hour." Smith recently received some attention from the media when word surfaced that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sam-smith-pays-tom-petty-royalties-over-stay-with-me-2015-1" target="_blank">he has to pay Tom Petty royalties</a> for "Stay With Me," since it sounds so much like Petty's "I Won't Back Down."</p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><strong>6. Ed Sheeran</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What he's nominated for: </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Album of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Song Written for Visual Media<br /></span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:&#xa0;</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I See Fire" gained popularity with "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," but Sheeran became a star in his own right this year." Sheeran is also<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/maggyvaneijk/please-can-taylor-and-ed-adopt-me#.sdM1N28B5N" target="_blank"> friends with fellow-nominee Taylor Swift.</a></span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><strong>7. Meghan Trainor</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong>Record of The Year, Song of The Year<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> You heard "All About That Bass" all summer long, and Trainor is the woman behind the body acceptance anthem. The song prompted a bevy of <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/10/14/all_about_that_bass_by_meghan_trainor_is_still_no_1_on_billboard_why_video.html" target="_blank">thinkpieces</a>, <a href="http://feministing.com/2014/08/06/why-meghan-trainors-body-acceptance-anthem-all-about-that-bass-is-disappointing/" target="_blank">criticism,</a> <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3039830/the-recommender/we-have-officially-hit-peak-all-about-that-bass-parody" target="_blank">parodies</a>, and more, but its catchy tune landed her two major nominations. &#xa0;But can the rest of Trainor's music - including the similarly-sounding <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDc_5zpBj7s" target="_blank">"Lips Are Movin" </a>- gain the success that "All About That Bass" did?</span></p>
<p><strong>8. Bastille<br /></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong>What they're nominated for: Best New Artist<br>What you should know:&#xa0;</br></strong>That song that played all year wasn't called "If You Close Your Eyes" - it's actually called "Pompeii." In fact, it was released in 2013.&#xa0;</p>
<p><strong>9. Brandy Clark</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong>Best New Artist, Best Country Album<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> She's the only contender in the Best Country Album category who's also nominated for a Best New Artist award. That might because she's not so new to the country game. Even though her album, "12 Stories," marks her debut a solo artist, she's a seasoned pro when it comes to writing country songs. In fact, similarly to pop music's hitmaker-turned-solo artist, Sia,&#xa0;</span><a href="http://www.brandyclarkmusic.com/bio" target="_blank">Clark has written songs </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">for other artists, such as Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers, Sheryl Crow, Darius Rucker, and more.</span></p>
<p><strong>10. St. Vincent</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong>Best Alternative Music Album&#xa0;<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:&#xa0;</strong>This is St. Vincent's first Grammy nomination, even though her debut album, "Marry Me," was released in 2007. St. Vincent (real name: Annie Clark) was dubbed "Our David Bowie" by <a href="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201502/st-vincent-luxembourg" target="_blank">GQ Magazine</a>&#xa0;for her massive guitar-playing talents and proclivity for writing unique songs.</p>
<p><strong>11. Alt-J</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What they're nominated for: </strong>Best Alternative Music Album<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:&#xa0;</strong><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-alt-j-sold-a-million-records-and-made-miley-a-fan-20141127" target="_blank">Rolling Sonte noted </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">that the British band counts Miley Cyrus as one of its fans (it helps that the band sampled one of her tracks on their recent album,&#xa0;"This Is All Yours"). The band is known for blending a wide variety of musical styles in their tracks.</span></p>
<p><strong>12. ScHoolboy Q<br /></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What he's nominated for: </strong>Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Album<br><strong>What you should know:</strong>&#xa0; ScHoolboy Q has been around for a few years, but now he's getting some more attention. When <a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19043-schoolboy-q-oxymoron/" target="_blank">Pitchfork's Craig Jenkins</a> reviewed Schoolboy Q's now-nominated album, "Oxymoron," he wrote:</br></p>
<p class="embed-spacer" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>ScHoolboy Q specializes in hairpin turns from cautionary street tales and remorseful reflection into wanton bacchanal, and&#xa0;</span><em>Oxymoron</em><span>&#xa0;is essentially a volleyball match between his warring proclivities ...&#xa0;<em>Oxymoron</em><span>&#xa0;is a victory in that Q's sound has made the jump to the majors fully intact in an era where major label debuts often take a chop shop approach to assembly.</span></span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9R66trJFg" target="_blank">DJ Premier commented</a> that ScHoolboy Q should take the prize for Best Rap Album over rap-pop star, Iggy Azalea.</span></p>
<p><strong>13. Ledisi<br /></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong>Best R&amp;B Performance<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:&#xa0;</strong>Ledisi is up against Beyonce, Usher, Chris Brown, and Jennifer Hudson, which is huge competition. Her nominated song, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzXK_qS_IDQ" target="_blank">"Like This,"</a> only has just over 100,000 views on YouTube. But even though the 42-year-old songstress may not be as mainstream as her competition is, she still has received ample praise. <a href="http://www.npr.org/event/music/343213782/ledisi-steals-the-show" target="_blank">NPR noted </a>that her performance at the Essence Music Festival "stopped the whole thing dead."</p>
<p><strong>14. Jhen<span>é</span> Aiko<br /></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for:</strong> Best R&amp;B Song, Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br>What you should know:</br></strong>&#xa0;Aiko has been singing for awhile, but many took notice when <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy4Z9lnWmBw" target="_blank">she sang alongside Drake</a> during his "Saturday Night Live" performance in January 2014. <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6243703/jhene-aiko-souled-out-track-by-track-review" target="_blank">Billboard </a>celebrated her debut studio album with plenty of accolades:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">On Aiko's major label debut, "Souled Out,"&#xa0;&#xa0;the cuts run deep, searing with spite and indifference. Often, she's calling a love interest out on his missteps. Even more, she looks inward, chronicling her wearisome romantic history. The bulk of the 12-song set is delivered in a quiet fashion, in the way the emotionless speak when their well's run dry. [...] "Souled Out"<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;is an insular album, not meant to spill from nightclub speakers or queued up on playlists at house parties. It's 'party of one' music to overthink with and lines to quote when angry at a significant other--the soundtrack for hard times.</span></p>

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