第52名Adele, 25 (2017) If it was possible to feel bad for a universally beloved superstar in the midst of a second consecutive Grammy victory lap, you had to muster a smidge of pity for Adele at the Staples Center podium, as she literally apologized to co-nominee Beyoncé for going two for two in AOTY with her record-breaking 25. True that the LP’s success was more about momentum than anything else: “Hello” and a first-week sales number that still feels like someone misplaced the decimal point aside, the lukewarm ballads and leaden mid-tempo numbers that comprise most of the set ensured that the ’17 Grammys were the last time we really thought about 25 all that much. Should It Have Won? Nah, Lemonade. Not Even Nominated: Solange’s A Seat at the Table, David Bowie’s Blackstar, Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book