Music Quiz: Album of the Year Winners (2000s)

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1. 6/10…Don’t know my 2000’s Grammy Winners lol….thanks as always

   • Some weird choices in that decade IMO – sorry you didn’t get one in the 1970s, Steely Dan! You can have Eminem’s one.

2. Not sure how I got the fastest time last week, but I’ll take the victory. And I’m pretty happy with this week’s performance: 10/10 with 4:27 left on the clock.

   • Great work – you figured out the 2002 one. Would have helped if I’d recognised the people, cos I know the album.

3. 5/10 “Various Artists”?

   • Yeah, a bit tough eh, I didn’t recognise the people.

     • I recognized the Coen brothers and figured it out. O brother, soundtrack.

       • Seen lots of their movies, but no idea what they look like.

         • I’ve been a rabid fan since The Big Lebowski.

4. 6/10… The only one I feel dumb about is Santana (who looks very young in that picture!) Who knew Steely Dan were winning Grammys in the 00s?

   • Yeah, the Steely Dan one was pretty infamous. They said Eminem should have won it, and it seemed like compensation for them not winning in the 1970s.

     • If you look at that list of winners, it proves the Grammys didn’t have much of a grasp on what was genuinely trending at the time… Outkast stand out like a sore thumb. Eminem would definitely have been a step too far for them in 2001.

       • Yeah, you’d think you’d want to hit something that’s good, innovative, and popular. And looking through the winners, they’ve done that about 1/4 of the time.

         Many of their 1970s choices are pretty strong IMO – hard to argue with Stevie Wonder and Fleetwood Mac. But spotty after that, with the odd hit like Lauryn Hill.

         • I was going to check out the most recent winners, but don’t want to spoil the next quiz!

       • Took them ages to switch onto rock music too – Sinatra was winning in the mid-1960s despite being past his most relevant era.

5. 10/10 with 4:31 remaining

   • Great work – you, Rich, and Tony all have very similar times – looks like Tony beat you by a second.

6. What a time to be pumped up on coffee: 10/10 with 4:32 remaining. Really enjoyed the Nona Hendryx track too

   • Looks like you just scraped out the fastest time (so far).

     I recognised Hendryx’s name from Talking Heads credits, but I didn’t realise she was:
     – in Labelle
     – a distant cousin of Jimi Hendrix.

     Pretty cool resume – probably deserves more love.

7. I got a 7/10, which I thought pretty good, but had no idea at all at the last three.

   • Good work! I figured most people would recognise the guy from 2009, since he was frontman for a famous band.

8. Score
   7/10 ….I got them quickly but could not get the others.

   • Great work!