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2013, Song of the Year: "Adorn" - Songwriter (Nominated)
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2013, Best R&B Song: "Adorn" - Songwriter
(Nominated)
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2013, Best R&B Performance: "Adorn" (Nominated)
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2013, Best Urban Contemporary Album: "Kaleidoscope
Dream" (Nominated)
Miguel is also nominated as songwriter on the artist Wale’s album AMBITION
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2013, Best Rap Song: "Lotus Flower Bomb" - Songwriter
(Nominated)
Miguel is an American neo-soul, Rn’B,
pop singer, songwriter and music producer, who incorporates funk, Rn’B, hip-hop,
rock and electronic styles into his music. In an interview with Papermagazine, he regarded his music as "fly, funkadelic, intergalactic-hip-hop-meets-sexy-orgasmic crazy, dope
shit".
KALEIDESCOPE DREAM has a few good tracks,
with ‘Adorn’, ‘Don’t Look Back’, and the ‘title track’, but nothing really memorable, or mind blowing. He has
been rewarded for his musical ability with Grammy nominations, but only time
will tell if he has staying power in the business.
From a recent interview by NPR Staff: 12/13/2012
“Breaking out of "the bedroom"
While Miguel's songs can be steamy, he doesn't want to be confined
to a stereotype of an soul music seducer. "I feel like R&B as a genre
has become a caricature of itself," he says. "I get it all the time
you know? Crooner, or sexy, or 'for the bedroom', or 'this album is sure to
make the ladies swoon'. And it's like alright man my life isn't lived in the
bedroom." His interest in issues beyond romance is on display in songs
like "Candles in The Sun." In that song, he explores topics ranging
from poverty to war to drug addiction. Miguel was worried that his fans
wouldn't follow him when his songs took a more serious turn. But he has been
pleasantly surprised. "It's been so refreshing and such a blessing to
discover that there are a lot of people out there who love soul music and who
really enjoy and appreciate the fact that I even said anything about what's
going on this album," he says. "I miss that from R&B music and
it's cool to find people who miss it just as much as I do."
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