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Poll: Would Lady Gaga have beaten Lady Antebellum at the Grammys if nominated for record of the year?

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The greatest Grammy outrage this year was the omission of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Bad Romance’ from the race for record of the year. It was one of the top-selling singles of 2010 (9.7 million copies) and won video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards. At the Grammys, ‘Bad Romance’ won best video too, plus Lady Gaga‘s performance of it claimed the prize for female pop vocal.

If the Grammy nominations for record of the year were chosen by the same voting method as other categories -– that is, by popular vote of members of the recording academy –- it certainly would’ve been nominated, but instead that lineup is chosen by a secret committee of 25 music experts who obviously don’t go gaga over pop’s trashiest superstar. They preferred another lady -- Lady Antebellum -– who ended up winning record of the year for ‘Need You Now.’

Do you think Lady Gaga would’ve ruled if she had made the list, which also included Bruno Mars’ ‘Nothing on You,’ Eminem and Rihanna‘s ‘Love the Way You Lie,’ Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ ‘Empire State of Mind’ and Cee Lo Green‘s ‘… You.’ Lady Gaga was nominated for album of the year for ‘The Fame Monster’ but lost to Arcade Fire‘s ‘The Suburbs.’

-- Tom O’Neil

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