The Grammy Awards are less than 48 hours away. The highlighted nominees are who I want to win. The ones with the * are the ones I think will win. Share your picks below in the comments. Some categories have been left out, basically because there was a severe lack of caring about them on my part. There are 109 categories - I honestly only care about 3.Record of the Year:
Nothin' on You - B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna
F*** You - Cee Lo Green
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum *
Album of the Year:
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Recovery - Eminem *
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Song of the Year:
Beg Steal Or Borrow - Ray LaMontagne (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
F*** You - Brady Brown, Cee Lo Green, Ari Levine, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars (Cee Lo Green)
The House That Built Me - Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert)
Love the Way You Lie - Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
Need You Now - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum) *
Best New Artist:
Justin Bieber
Drake *
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
King of Anything - Sara Bareilles
Halo (Live) - Beyonce
Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga *
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Buble
This Is It - Michael Jackson *
Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Half of My Heart - John Mayer
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals:
Don't Stop Believin' - Glee Cast
Misery - Maroon 5
The Only Exception - Paramore
Babyfather - Sade
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) - Train *
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
Airplanes, Part II - B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams *
Imagine - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
If It Wasn't For Bad - Elton John & Leon Russell
Telephone - Lady Gaga & Beyonce
California Gurls - Kary Perry & Snoop Dogg
Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
Flow - Laurie Anderson
Nessun Dorma - Jeff Beck *
No Mystery - Stanley Clarke
Orchestral Intro - Gorillaz
Sleepwalk - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Best Pop Vocal Album:
My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
I Dreamed A Dream - Susan Boyle
The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga *
Battle Studies - John Mayer
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Crazy Love - Michael Buble
The Greatest Love Songs of All Time - Barry Manilow *
Let it Be Me: Mathis in Nashville - Johnny Mathis
Fly Me to the Moon...The Great American Songbook: Volume V - Rod Stewart
Love Is the Answer - Barbra Streisand
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Run Back to Your Side - Eric Clapton
Crossroads - John Mayer
Helter Skelter - Paul McCartney *
Silver Rider - Robert Plant
Angry World - Niel Young
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals:
Ready to Start - Arcade Fire
I Put a Spell on You - Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
Tighten Up - The Black Keys
Radioactive - Kings of Leon
Resistance - Muse *
Best Rock Song:
Angry World - Neil Young (Neil Young)
Little Lion Man - Ted Dwayne, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston (Mumford & Sons)
Radioactive - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon)
Resistance - Matthew Bellamy (Muse) *
Tighten Up - Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)
Best Rock Album:
Emotion & Commotion - Jeff Beck
The Resistance - Muse *
Backspacer - Pearl Jam
Mojo - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Le Noise - Neil Young
Best Rap Solo Performance:
Over - Drake
Not Afraid - Eminem *
How Low - Ludacris
I'm Back - T.I.
Power - Kanye West
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Shutterbug - Big Boi, Bosko, Cutty & Mouche
Fancy - Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz *
On To the Next One - Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
My Chick Bad - Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
Lose My Mind - Young Jeezy & Plies
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Nothin' On You - B.o.B. & Bruno Mars
Deuces - Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem & Rihanna
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys *
Wake Up Everybody - John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common
Best Rap Song:
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem & Rihanna
Not Afraid - Eminem
Nothin' On You - B.o.B. & Bruno Mars
On To the Next One - Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
Best Rap Album: (With the exception of Drake, every one of these deserves a Grammy)
The Adventures of Bobby Ray - B.o.B.
Thank Me Later - Drake
Recovery - Eminem *
The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z
How I Got Over - The Roots
Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
Satisfied - Jewel
The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert *
Swingin' - LeAnn Rimes
Temporary Home - Carrie Underwood
I'd Love To Be Your Last - Gretchen Wilson
Best Male Country Vocal Performance:
Macon - Jamey Johnson
Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) - Toby Kieth *
Turning Home - David Nail
'Til Summer Comes Around - Keith Urban
Gettin' You Home - Chris Young
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group:
Free - Zac Brown Band
Elizabeth - Dailey & Vincent
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum *
Little White Church - Little Big Town
Where Rainbows Never Die - The SteelDrivers
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals:
Bad Angel - Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
Pride (In the Name of Love) - Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins *
I Run to You - Marty Stuart & Connie Smith
Best Country Song:
The Breath You Take - George Strait *
Free - Zac Brown Band
The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
I'd Love to be Your Last - Gretchen Wilson
If I Die Young - The Band Perry
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Best Country Album:
Up On The Ridge - Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band
The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum *
Revolution - Miranda Lambert
Ok, that's all I can handle. Thoughts? Is there going to be an Eminem or Lady Antebellum sweep? Maybe they both get shut out?
Personally, I'm hoping that Lady Antebellum gets shut out because I just don't get the appeal. There is a much better choice in every category they are nominated in.
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