50th GRAMMY Award Predictions

The Grammy's are always entertaining. Because music is one of my number one priorities, I thought I should probably take interest in the winners and losers of this past year. The only problem I see with my predictions is that I don't really care what is popular or on the radio...so, the artists I have chosen to win each category have been picked because I like them, no other reason. I also narrowed down the categories to the most important ones. I have included the other nominees in case you would like to make your predictions as well. (my predictions are italicized)

Record of the Year
-Irreplaceable, Beyonce
-The Pretender, Foo Fighters
-Umbrella, Rihanna
-What Goes Around…Comes Around, Justin Timberlake
-Rehab, Amy Winehouse

Album of the Year
-Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
-These Days, Vince Gill
-River: The Joni Letters
-Graduation, Kanye West
-Back to Black, Amy Winehouse

Song of the Year
-Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood’s songwriters
-Hey There Delilah, Plain White T’s songwriter
-Like A Star, Corinne Bailey Rae
-Rehab, Amy Winehouse
-Umbrella, Rihanna’s songwriters

Best New Artist
-Feist
-Ledisi
-Paramore
-Taylor Swift
-Amy Winehouse

Best Femal Pop Vocal Performance
-Candyman, Christina Aguilera
-1234, Feist
-Big Girls Don’t Cry, Fergie
-Say It Right, Nelly Furtado
-Rehab, Amy Winehouse

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
-Everything, Michael Buble
-Belief, John Mayer
-Dance Tonight, Paul McCartney
-Amazing, Seal
-What Goes Around…Comes Around, Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
-(You Want To) Make A Memory, Bon Jovi
-Home, Daughtry
-Makes Me Wonder, Maroon 5
-Hey There Delilah, Plain White T’s
-Window In The Skies, U2

Best Pop Collboration With Vocals
-Steppin’ Out, Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
-Beautiful Liar, Beyonce & Shakira
-Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On), Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
-The Sweet Escape, Gwen Stefani & Akon
-Give It To Me, Timbaland

Best Pop Vocal Album
-Lost Highway, Bon Jovi
-The Reminder, Feist
-It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5
-Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney
-Back To Black, Amy Winehouse

Best Alternative Music Album
-Alright, Still…, Lily Allen
-Neon Bible, Arcade Fire
-Volta, Bjork
-Wincing The Night Away, The Shins
-Icky Thump, The White Stripes

Best Rap Album
-Finding Forever, Common
-Kingdom Come, Jay-Z
-Hip Hip Is Dead, Nas
-T.I. vs T.I.P., T.I.
-Graduation, Kanye West

Best Soundtrack Compilation Album
-Across The Universe
-Dreamgirls
-Hairspray
-Love
-Once

I would also like to see Patty Griffin take the Folk/Americana Album award, and Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova definitely deserve the Best Song written For Motion Picture for “Falling Slowly”.

Good luck to all the artists.

P.S. Praise and hallelujah's to the writer's strike being over!