Alice Wang '15 debunks the myth that underground artists "sell out."

Coldplay delivers a more synthetic, dance-oriented album with Mylo Xyloto. Despite the incoherence of the album name, it proves itself to be a cohesive, catchy effort that sees them expanding on their previous works without getting too bombastic.

Every year since the Grammys’ inception 51 years ago, they have been a crap shoot of controversy. Following convoluted nomination metrics of artistic merit and commercial success, the Recording Academy never fails to surprise (and confuse) with its subjective selection of nominees. And while this year’s leading nom-getters are surprisingly mainstream — Lil Wayne earning top nominations with eight, followed by Coldplay garnering seven, and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earning six nods — there are bound to be some upset selections when the winners are revealed. As Lil Wayne rambled on his Weezy YouTube blog, “I think they [the Academy] thinks it’s enough just to nominate me,” going as far to predict he will get shutout of all categories.