Why Lady Gaga's 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Won't Compete At 2019 Grammys

Despite its overwhelming success at the box office, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born won't be receiving too much love at the 2019 Grammy Awards as the 34-track album isn't eligible for nominations this year because it was released five days after the cut off date. 

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, producer Lynette Howell explained why they decided to not push the release date up to make the compilation eligible for the forthcoming ceremony. "We didn't want to release the soundtrack before the movie because the soundtrack really is the story of the film. There are multiple tracks in there that are soundbites from the film and so it was really important that people experience them simultaneously and it was important to Bradley that audiences got a chance to experience the movie first or at least alongside," she explained. 

And yet, the success of the film doesn't just fall on the awards since the numbers don't lie. A Star Is Born is the first soundtrack to spend its first three weeks at No. 1 in more than 10 years. It also marks the first album of Mother Monster's career to spend three weeks in the No. 1 spot. Nonetheless, "Shallow," the film's most visible track, did make the Grammy cut with its September 27 release date. At time of press, the music video had garnered over 82 million views. 

If you want even more from A Star Is Born, scroll on below to see our interview with the film's two stars to see what they told iHeartRadio's own Ellie Lee about their on-screen chemistry.

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