>>> IT IS TIME FOR "OVERHEARD ON
3rd."
WE’RE LOOKING AHEAD TO SUNDAY’S
GRAMMY AWARDS.
THIS YEAR IS NOT WITHOUT
CONTROVERSY, OF COURSE.
>> NEVER IS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST MUSIC STARS
ON THE PLANET, THE WEEKND, SAYS
HE IS BOYCOTTING THE GRAMMYS.
HE WILL NO LONGER BE SUBMITTING
HIS MUSIC FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE WEEKND WAS SHUT OUT, DESPITE
HAVING NOT JUST ONE OF THE
BIGGEST COMMERCIAL ALBUMS OF THE
YEAR, BUT CRITICALLY, ALSO, ONE
OF THE BIGGEST ALBUMS OF THE
YEAR, AS WELL.
>> CURRENTLY IN THE INDUSTRY, IT
IS CREATING A LOT OF BUZZ.
TALKING WITH CARSON ABOUT IT
THIS MORNING.
PLENTY TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN, ONE OF
OUR FAVORITE PEOPLE, OUR
POLITICAL POP STAR, NBC NEWS
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT STEVE
KORNACKI.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A
POLITICAL POP STAR?
>> I NEVER THOUGHT I’D HEAR
THOSE WORDS MERGED TOGETHER LIKE
THAT.
>> THAT’S IT, MY FRIEND.
BREAK DOWN THE GRAMMYS BY THE
NUMBERS.
>> INTERESTING WAYS OF LOOKING
AT IT.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
THIS CATEGORY, YOU ONLY SEE 10
OR 12 ON THE BIG CEREMONY ON TV.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE 83
CATEGORIES WHERE THEY GIVE OUT
AWARDS.
IT WEIGHS, BY THE WAY,
PHYSICALLY, IF YOU GET ONE OF
THESE THINGS, IT WEIGHS 6
POUNDS.
I THOUGHT BACK A FEW WEEKS AGO,
WE DID THE GOLD BEN GLOBES.
GOLDEN GLOBE, 7.8 POUNDS.
THIS IS EASIER TO CARRY.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO WIN FOR THAT
REASON.
ALSO, IN THE OLD DAYS, REMINDER
OF HOW THINGS CHANGED FOR THIS
YEAR, THEY USED TO HAVE 350
SEAT-FILLERS FOR THESE THINGS IN
THE AUDIENCE.
OBVIOUSLY, WON’T BE AN ISSUE
THIS YEAR.
SEAT-FILLERS MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
>> MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
>> I WANT TO BE A SEAT-FILLER.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME
NOMINATIONS, STEVE, FOR THIS
YEAR’S CEREMONY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT SOME
OF THOSE?
>> WALK YOU THROUGH THE BIG
NAMES HERE.
THE BIGGEST, BEYONCE.
SHE IS NOMINATED THIS YEAR NINE
TIMES IN EIGHT DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES.
SHE’S BEEN NOMINATED LIFETIME 79
TIMES.
SHE IS THE MERYL STREEP OF THE
GRAMMY AWARDS, I WOULD SAY.
MAYBE MERYL STREEP IS THE
BEYONCE OF THE GOLDEN GLOBES.
ANYWAY, 24 GRAMMY WINS TOTAL FOR
BEYONCE.
WHAT THAT DOES, IT SETS UP A
LITTLE BIT OF DRAMA THIS YEAR.
WITH ALL THE NOMINATIONS, IF SHE
CAN WIN FOUR OF THEM ON SUNDAY
NIGHT, IF SHE WINS FOUR, SHE
BREAKS THE RECORD, MOVES INTO
FIRST PLACE ALL TIME.
THAT WOULD PUT HER AT ALLISON
KRAUSE, COUNTRY BLUEGRASS SINGER
WHO, RIGHT NOW, HAS THAT
DISTINCTION.
DOLLY PARTON.
HOW ABOUT THIS, HER 50th
NOMINATION THIS YEAR.
VERY FIRST ONE WAS BACK IN 1970.
SHE’S HAD 49 OTHERS SINCE THEN.
SHE’S NOMINATED AGAIN.
THE CATEGORY OF BEST NEW ARTIST,
THERE WILL BE A FIRST THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVERY
NOMINEE IN THIS CATEGORY IS A
WOMAN OR AN ARTIST OF COLOR.
A LOT OF NEW NAMES, NEW FACES
THERE.
FOR BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE, FIRST
TIME THAT EVERY NOMINEE IS A
WOMAN OR GROUP IS FRONTED BY A
WOMAN.
THEN THERE’S ALSO BTS.
>> OH, YES.
>> THEY’RE NOMINATED.
THEIR FIRST NOMINATION.
IF THEY GET THE WIN, IT WOULD BE
THE FIRST TIME A K-POP GROUP HAS
WON A GRAMMY.
>> STEVE, ALBUM OF THE YEAR, WHO
IS IN THE RUNNING FOR YOU?
WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO WIN?
>> WE TOOK A LOOK.
WANT A BET ON THIS THING?
LOOK WHAT THE MARKETS ARE
EXPECTING.
IT IS LOPSIDED.
NOMINEES FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR.
THE ARTIST, THE ALBUM.
CHECK OUT THE ODDS HERE.
WE HAVE A RUNAWAY FAVORITE, 2-5
ODDS, TAYLOR SWIFT FOR
"FOLKLORE."
OVERWHELMING EXPECTATION. IF FOR SOME REASON THERE’S AN
IF FOR SOME REASON THERE’S AN
UPSET, DON’T SLEEP ON DUEA LIFA.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR INSTRUMENT,
STEVE?
>> DECORATED MUSICAL CAREER, AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
I THINK THEY HAVE IT IN HERE.
I PLAYED THE -- THERE TESIT IS -
TROMBONE.
REHEARSING "ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR
BOAT."
>> THAT’S NOT STEVE KORNACKI.
>> WHAT PANTS WAS STEVE WEARING
WITH THE SWEATSHIRT?
>> KHAKIS?
>> I DIDN’T EVEN LOOK.
>> NO, I DON’T KNOW.
THEY WERE CUT OFF.
>> LET’S SEE AGAIN.
OH, YOU CAN’T.
>> IT’S BETTER THAN 50%, I’LL
TELL YA.
>> WILLING TO HAVE A "TODAY"
SYMPHONY?
I FEEL IT CAN HAPPEN.
>> YOU PLAYED, WHAT, THE
CLARINET?
>> I CAN PLAY THE RECORDER.