> Yeah, Oscars and Grammys are just popularity contests.
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In the case of the Oscars this is patently false. In fact the Academy Awards are often ridiculed for not rewarding cinema that has appealed to the masses. With an advance of counter culture and the web, more "artsy" films are making names for themselves, but that wasn't always the case.
The Grammys are very stupid. Feist for best new artist? Come on. She's been around for years.