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[janafromfrance]

My conversation club students (all 12) were furious that the U.S GRAMMY's did not give any awards to the Wonder Girls, or....Rain. They even thought Boa MIGHT get one award. I think this shows me how the media and that JYP guy manipulate the Korean people. These girls (middle school 2nd year) honestly thought the Wonder girls would sweep the awards. I told them that maybe the Korean media was making them seem a little more famous than they were, but these girls were really angry at the Grammy judges



List of Grammy winners in major categories
AP, Jan 31, 2010 11:32 pm PST

Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 52nd Annual Grammy Awards:Record of the Year: "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
Album of the Year: "Fearless," Taylor Swift
Song of the Year: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On it)," Beyonce Knowles
New Artist: Zac Brown Band
Pop Vocal Album: "The E.N.D.", The Black Eyed Peas
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Halo," Beyonce Knowles
Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Make It Mine," Jason Mraz
Rock Album: "21st Century Breakdown," Green Day
Rock Song: "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
R&B Album: "BLACKsummers'night, "Maxwell
R&B Song: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Beyonce Knowles
Rap Album: "Relapse," Eminem
Rap Song: "Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Country Album: "Fearless," Taylor Swift
Female Country Vocal Performance: "White Horse," Taylor Swift
Male Country Vocal Performance: "Sweet Thing," Keith Urban,
Latin Pop Album: "Sin Frenos," La Quinta Estacion
Contemporary Jazz Album: "75," Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
Classical Album: "Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10"
Traditional Gospel Album: "Oh Happy Day," various artists
Dance Recording: "Poker Face," Lady Gaga
Electronic Dance Album: "The Fame," Lady Gaga
Alternative Music Album: "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," Phoenix
Spoken Word Album: "Always Looking Up," Michael J. Fox
Comedy Album: "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" Stephen Colbert

[Gibberish]

Ah yes, the Grammys, one great big celebration of all things American and popular, which does not mean good, or Korean, or both.

[Forever]

The Grammy Awards are so fake anyway,

Just listened to "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On it)," Beyonce Knowles

which won two (2) awards and thought it was NOT good - in fact I don't like the song at all,

and yet, it somehow won two awards

[Gibberish]

[adventurrre]

that list is a total joke. only thing they got right was Phoenix

[Burndog]

Maybe these girls did think that The Wonder Girls might win an award because of their recent exposure in America. It's the naivety of youth rather than the brainwashing machine of JYP!! I used to watch the Grammy's hoping that an Australian artist would win an award...it's not about anything more than what I knew at the time.

They're kids...cut them some slack! Children have very little awareness of the media and how it operates...we become cynical and analytical with age and experience.

[crescent]

They're 12 year old girls. You, on the other hand, should know better.

[Burndog]

[gay in korea]

[crescent]

[mayorgc]

15 korea is 14 western (13 in some cases), no?

and middle school year two is basically grade 8. so max, they're 13 or 14 years old.

[what the thunder said]

Well, your students can bond with the thousands of other angry American internet posters who are upset about Taylor Swift winning so many awards.

But why would they be mad now? The nomination list went out ages about with no K-pop artists in sight. It irritates me when so many teens believe that K-pop singers are big in America.

[madoka]

[redaxe]

[Burndog]