Note-oriety (album)

Note-oriety is the self-titled album released by collegiate a cappella group Note-oriety of James Madison University in 2015. It is the group's seventh studio album.^[1]

Note-oriety
Studio album by Note-oriety
Released	January 23, 2015
Genre	A cappella
Length	38:53
Label	Note-oriety
Producer	James Gammon Productions
Note-oriety chronology
I'll Never Say (2012) Note-oriety (2015) XX (album by Note-oriety) (2018)

Track listing^[2]

1. Bang Bang by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj
2. Lies by Marina and the Diamonds
3. Stay/What Now (Mashup) by Rihanna
4. Pretty Hurts by Beyoncé
5. Somethin' Bad by Miranda Lambert
6. Just a Game by Birdy
7. Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks
8. Blown Away by Carrie Underwood
9. Settle Down by kimbra
10. A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) by Fergie (singer)
11. My Heart With You by The Rescues

Awards

Musical Awards

Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs)^[3][4]

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2016	Note-oriety (2015)	Best Female Collegiate Album	Nominated
2016	"Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj	Best Female Collegiate Song	Won
2016	Zoe-Elizabeth McCray ('16) for "Bang Bang"	Best Female Collegiate Arrangement	Nominated

Recorded A Cappella Review Board (RARB)^[5]

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2015	Note-oriety (2015)	Album of the Year	Won
2015	"Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj	Track of the Year	Won

Selection for "Best of" Compilation Albums

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2015	"Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj	sing 12: This Big!	Won
2015	"Lies" by Marina and the Diamonds	Voices Only 2015	Won

"Pretty Hurts" music video

Note-oriety released a music video along with the album, featuring their cover of "Pretty Hurts" by Beyoncé. The music video cover went viral^[6] almost immediately, and currently has over 500,000 views^[7] on YouTube.^[8] The video was featured in HuffPost,^[9] USA Today,^[10] and BuzzFeed,^[11] among others. The video was praised by Nicki Minaj on her official Facebook page.^[12]

References

1. "note-oriety". note-oriety. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
2. "note-oriety". note-oriety. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
3. "2016 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees | A Cappella Music - The Contemporary A Cappella Society". www.casa.org. Archived from the original on 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
4. "2016 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners | A Cappella Music - The Contemporary A Cappella Society". www.casa.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
5. "RARB Picks of 2015". www.rarb.org. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
6. writer, Brendan Callan | contributing. "Note-oriety hits a high note with viral Buzzfeed post". The Breeze. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
7. "The Untold Story of Note-oriety's Viral Video". info.jmu.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
8. JMU Note-oriety (2015-09-06), Pretty Hurts by Beyoncé - Official Note-oriety Cover, retrieved 2018-03-05
9. Guff, Samantha (2015-09-17). "A Cappella Version Of Beyonce's 'Pretty Hurts' Conveys Powerful Message". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
10. "Viral video: All-female a cappella group covers Beyonce's 'Pretty Hurts'". USA TODAY College. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
11. JessicaDymon. "This A Cappella Cover Of "Pretty Hurts" Will Make Your Heart Ache In All The Right Ways". BuzzFeed Community. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
12. Minaj, Nicki (September 22, 2015). "Nicki Minaj: "Great job ladies! Blown away by this beautiful message..."". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.