Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammy equivalent, announced the nominees for Best Everything of 2008. Here’s to us telling you how it will turn out, and how it should turn out.
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Marit Larsen - The Chase (will win, seeing as Rockettothesky isn’t amongst the lot)
Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
Ingrid Olava - Juliet’s Wishes
Maria Mena - Cause And Effect
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Thom Hell - God If I Saw Her Now (tough one, but he’ll take it home…)
Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust
Julian Berntzen - Rocket Ship Love
Åge Aleksandersen og Sambandet - Katalysator
POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood (wins for sho)
Lester - This Village
The Margarets - Twenty Years Erased
ELECTRONICA ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too (and he should and will go to the podium)
Mental Overdrive - You Are Being Manipulated
Skatebård - Cosmos
(Q: where’s DiskJokke’s Staying In?)
ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On (Four very worthy nominees, sounds likely Mr. Tokyo wraps this up)
Grand Island - Boys & Brutes
Lukestar - Lake Toba
Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Erlend Bratland - True Colors (Dear Lord, no… The winner of Norway’s Got Talent, on his release of a 10/12 cover song album, cannot possibly be nominated for a truly presitgous award? Yet he is, and if he wins someone should be shot at close range with a 9mm Colt)
Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart (yeah, guess she wins this too)
Ingrid Olava - Juliet’s Wishes
Katzenjammer - Le Pop
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beady Belle - Self-Fulfilling
Madcon - Liar
Madrugada - Look Away Lucifer
Maria Mena - All This Time
Thom Hell - My Heart Is Longing For A Soul
These are all pretty average… I guess Madrugada wins most polls, however Nö Music would rather see a golden Jew’s Harp go to Ungdomskulen for this.
Winner selected by audience poll
HIT OF THE YEAR
The BlackSheeps - “Oro Jaska Beana”(Oh, it would be great to see this win!)
Erlend Bratland - ”Lost” (see ‘Newcomer of the year’))
Espen Lind - “Scared Of Heights”
Maria Haukaas Storeng - “Hold On Be Strong”
Marit Larsen - “If A Song Could Get Me You” (put your money here)
Winner selected by audience poll
METAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Enslaved - Vertebrae (hello, winner)
Benea Reach - Alleviat
Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus
HIP-HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Karpe Diem - Fire Vegger (should win, but MadCon probably will…)
Madcon - An Inconvenient Truth
Chris Lee - Worry No
OPEN CLASS
Lars Horntveth - Kaleidoscopic (has our vote)
Annbjørg Lien - Waltz With Me
Farmers Market - Surfin’ USSR
H.R.H. Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s Selected Salms - Sorgen og Gleden
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Trondheimsolistene - Divertimenti (with three Grammy nominations, sure win?)
Henning Kraggerud - Eugéne Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas For Solo Violin
Leif Ove Andsnes & Det Norske Kammerorkester - Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Ida Jenshus - Color Of The Sun
Ila Auto - Over The Next Hill (this one always takes it home)
Rita Eriksen - Hjerteslag
Roy Lønhøiden - Når Dagen Demrer Blått
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll
Mathias Eick - The Door
Moment - Paradiso
Radka Toneff - Butterfly
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Ellen Ugelvik - George Crumb; Makrokosmos I-II
Nordic Voices - Djånki Don
Rolf Wallin/Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester - Act
BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Good Time Charlie - Mojo Energy
Orbo & The Longshots - High Roller
Rita Engedalen - The Tree Still Standing
FOLK DANCING
Flukt - Stille Før Stormen
Gjermund Larsen Trio - Ankomst
John Ole Morken - Slåtter Fra Hessdalen, Haltdalen og Ålen
Ragnhild Furebotten & Tore Bruvoll - Hekla Stålstrenga
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