Originally Posted by ChrisKellieFan

Considering the underpromotion of Kellie's music sales and airplay, she will be fortunate just to get nominated. Unfortunately the odds are stacked against Kellie for winning any major award because sales and/or airplay numbers are a major factor in most major awards criteria and voting, so awards aren't just based on talent, songs, albums, and performances, they are also based on promotion and sales. This was the first year the AMAs were fan voted, however fans didn't get to choose the initial nominees and they were chosen largely based on sales and airplay. And with fan nominated or voted awards, it takes a lot of airplay to get enough fans familiar with your music, interested and voting for you. That's why Taylor Swift was nominated for country Favorite Female Artist and Kellie wasn't. Kellie is at least as talented and her album is at least as good so if the award were purely based on talent then Kellie should have been a final nominee. While I haven't seen sales or airplay specifically stated in Grammy criteria, I believe it takes higher sales and/or airplay to get the attention of the voters and get enough votes to win the awards. Kellie really needs top 5 airplay to stand a good chance of winning awards, and it's a shame I Wonder didn't make top 5 like it deserved.