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Lizzo’s 2-Year-Old
Song Might Still
Qualify at 2020
Grammys
NEW YORK — Lizzo’s
breakthrough hit “Truth
Hurts” is a two-year-old
song, but it still has a
chance at the 2020 Gram-
my Awards.
Typically older songs
that become hits long af-
ter their initial release
— from Pharrell’s “Hap-
“
long to, who really qual-
ifies for best new artist
and more.
It’s part of a streak of
good luck for Lizzo, who
has dominated the music
scene this year, appeared
on dozens of magazine
covers and earned praise
for promoting body pos-
itivity and denouncing
fat shaming. She released
her debut album, “Liz-
Acts have won Grammys
with live versions of their
songs because their songs
have become hits long after
its release
py” to John Legend’s “All
of Me” — can compete
at the Grammys when a
live version of the song,
released during the cur-
rent Grammys eligibility
period, is submitted.
But “Truth Hurts,”
which was released as
a stand-alone single in
2017, qualifies for the
2020 Grammys because
the song was never sub-
mitted for contention
in the Grammys process
and it appears on an al-
bum released during the
eligibility period for the
upcoming show. Songs
and albums released
from Oct. 1, 2018 through
Aug. 31, 2019 qualify for
next year’s awards, and
“Truth Hurts” appears
on the deluxe edition of
her album “Cuz I Love
You,” released this year.
So far, the plati-
num-selling
“Truth
Hurts” has peaked at No.
4 on the all-genre Bill-
board Hot 100 chart. It
has reached at No. 2 on
the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
songs and Hot rap songs
charts, respectively.
Normally if an artist
submitted an older song
— that appeared on an
older album — it would
not be allowed into the
Grammys’ process. But
“Truth Hurts” has the
go-ahead and its fate will
be decided when the Re-
cording Academy and a
group of music industry
players meet in Septem-
ber at an annual gather-
ing to choose what makes
it on the ballot, what
genres certain songs be-
zobangers,” in 2013. Her
team has had that album
and its follow-up, 2015’s
“Big Grrrl Small World,”
removed from streaming
services because Lizzo
wanted her musical jour-
ney to begin with 2016’s
“Coconut Oil,” her debut
EP on Atlantic Records.
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 Os-
car-nominated anthem
“Happy,” which appeared
on the “Despicable Me 2”
soundtrack and was re-
leased in mid-2013, even-
tually topped the charts
in 2014. At the 2015
Grammys, a live version
of the song competed for
in the best pop solo per-
formance category, and
won the honor.
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 Leg-
end’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 per-
formance.
Beyoncé nabbed best
AP PHOTO/MARK LOMOGLIO
By Mesfin Fekadu
AP Music Writer
PHOTO BY RICHARD SHOTWELL/INVISION/AP, FILE
“Truth Hurts” has peaked at No. 4
on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100
chart and No. 2 on r & b and hip-
hop charts
Stills continues to kneel to
protest social injustice
In this June 23 file photo, Lizzo arrives at the BET Awards at the
Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
female pop vocal per-
formance at the 2010
Grammys with “Halo”;
the following year a live
version of the pop ballad
competed in the same
category.
Train’s megahit “Hey,
Soul Sister” was featured
on their 2009 album
“Save Me, San Francis-
co,” but the song took off
in 2010. It won the band
their first-ever Grammy
when a live version of the
song was awarded best
pop performance by a
duo or group with vocals
at the 2011 Grammys.
Because Lizzo’s “Truth
Hurts” had not appeared
on an album that quali-
fied for previous Gram-
my eligibility, it could
still compete at the 2020
show though it has been
widely available for two
years.
Though Lizzo released
the singles “Juice” and
“Tempo” from her lat-
est album, “Truth
Hurts” has become
her most successful
song. The track got a
major boost after it
was featured in the
Netflix film “Someone
Great,” released on
April 19, the same day
Lizzo dropped her al-
bum, “Cuz I Love You.”
‘’Truth Hurts” wasn’t
originally
featured
on the 11-track “Cuz I
Love You,” but her re-
cord label released a
deluxe version of the
album — featuring
three more songs in-
cluding “Truth Hurts”
— on May 3. “Truth
Hurts” marked Lizzo’s
first entry on the Bill-
board Hot 100 chart.
Nominees for the
Grammy Awards will
be announced on Nov.
20 and the show will
air live from Los An-
geles on Jan. 26, 2020
on CBS.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back Sean Murphy-Bunting (26)
grabs Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills (10) after a reception
during the first half of an NFL preseason football game Friday, Aug.
16, 2019, in Tampa, Fla.
By Steven Wine
AP Sports Writer
DAVIE, Fla. — Miami
Dolphins receiver Kenny
Stills objected Monday to
recent comments from
rapper Jay-Z about so-
cial activism by current
and former NFL players,
including Colin Kaeper-
nick.
Jay-Z and the league
last week announced
a partnership he char-
acterized as a progres-
sive step to carry on the
campaign that Kaeper-
nick began by kneeling
during the national an-
them to bring attention
to police brutality and
racial division.
Stills said he isn’t so
sure the Jay-Z partner-
ship represents prog-
ress.
“I felt like he really dis-
credited Colin and my-
self and the work that’s
being done,” Stills said.
While Kaepernick is
out of the NFL, Stills con-
tinues to kneel during
the anthem to protest so-
cial injustice. Last week
Jay-Z said kneeling has
served its purpose.
“I
think
everyone
knows what the issue is
— we’re done with that,”
Jay-Z said. “We all know
the issue now. OK, next.”
Stills said Jay-Z could
have reached out to him
or to Kaepernick before
announcing the partner-
ship.
“He’s talking about,
‘We’re
moving
past
kneeling,’ like he ever
protested,” Stills said.
“He’s not an NFL play-
er. He’s never been on a
knee. ... To say that we’re
moving past something,
it didn’t seem very in-
formed.”