Record of the Year
“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
“Radioactive” – Imagine Dragons
“Royals” – Lorde
“Locked Out of Heaven” – Bruno Mars
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke, T.I., & Pharrell
Williams
Who SHOULD Win: “Locked
Out of Heaven”
Who WILL Win: “Get Lucky”
Album of the Year
The Blessed Unrest – Sara Bareilles
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar
The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Red – Taylor Swift
Who SHOULD Win: Good Kid,
M.A.A.D City
Who WILL Win: The Heist
Song of the Year
“Just Give Me a Reason” – P!nk & Nate Ruess
“Locked Out of Heaven” – Bruno Mars
“Roar” – Katy Perry
“Royals” – Lorde
“Same Love” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Who SHOULD Win: “Just Give
Me a Reason”
Who WILL Win: “Same Love”
Best New Artist
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Who SHOULD Win: Kendrick
Lamar
Who WILL Win: Macklemore
& Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Solo
Performance
“Brave” – Sara Bareilles
“Royals” – Lorde
“When I Was Your Man” – Bruno Mars
“Roar” – Katy Perry
“Mirrors” – Justin Timberlake
Who SHOULD Win: “When I
Was Your Man”
Who WILL Win: “Mirrors"
Best Pop Duo/Group
Performance
“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
“Just Give Me a Reason” – P!nk & Nate Ruess
“Stay” – Rihanna & Mikky Ekko
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke, T.I., & Pharrell
Williams
“Suit & Tie” – Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z
Who SHOULD Win: “Stay”
Who WILL Win: “Just Give
Me a Reason”
Best Pop Vocal
Album
Paradise – Lana Del Rey
Pure Heroine – Lorde
Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
The 20/20 Experience (The Complete Experience) – Justin Timberlake
Who SHOULD Win: Unorthodox
Jukebox
Who WILL Win: The 20/20
Experience (The Complete Experience)
Best Dance
Recording
“Need U (100%)” – Duke Dumont, A*M*E, & MNEK
“Sweet Nothing” – Calvin Harris & Florence Welch
“Atmosphere” – Kaskade
“This Is What It Feels Like” – Armin Van Buuren & Trevor
Guthrie
“Clarity” – Zedd & Foxes
Who SHOULD Win: “Sweet
Nothing”
Who WILL Win: “Sweet
Nothing”
Best
Dance/Electronica Album
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Settle – Disclosure
18 Months – Calvin Harris
Atmosphere – Kaskade
A Color Map of the Sun – Pretty Lights
Who SHOULD Win: Random
Access Memories
Who WILL Win: Random
Access Memories
Best R&B
Performance
“Love and War” – Tamar Braxton
“Best of Me” – Anthony Hamilton
“Nakamarra” – Hiatus Kaiyote & Q-Tip
“How Many Drinks?” – Miguel & Kendrick Lamar
“Something” – Snarky Puppy & Lalah Hathaway
Who SHOULD Win: “Love and
War”
Who WILL Win: “Love and
War”
Best R&B Song
“Best of Me” – Anthony Hamilton
“Love and War” – Tamar Braxton
“Only One” – PJ Morton & Stevie Wonder
“Pusher Love Girl” – Justin Timberlake
“Without Me” – Fantasia, Kelly Rowland, & Missy Elliott
Who SHOULD Win: “Pusher
Love Girl”
Who WILL Win: “Pusher Love
Girl”
Best Urban
Contemporary Album
Love and War – Tamar Braxton
Side Effects of You – Fantasia
One: In the Chamber – Salaam Remi
Unapologetic – Rihanna
New York: A Love Story – Mack Wilds
Who SHOULD Win: Love and
War
Who WILL Win: Unapologetic
Best R&B Album
R&B Divas – Faith Evans
Girl on Fire – Alicia Keys
Love in the Future – John Legend
Better – Chrisette Michele
Three Kings – TGT
Who SHOULD Win: Girl on
Fire
Who WILL Win: Love in the
Future
Best Rap
Performance
“Started From the Bottom” – Drake
“Berzerk” – Eminem
“Tom Ford” – Jay-Z
“Swimming Pools (Drank)” – Kendrick Lamar
“Thrift Shop” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & Wanz
Who SHOULD Win: “Berzerk”
Who WILL Win: “Swimming
Pools (Drank)”
Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration
“Power Trip” – J. Cole & Miguel
“Part II (On the Run)” – Jay-Z & Beyoncé
“Holy Grail” – Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake
“Now or Never” – Kendrick Lamar & Mary J. Blige
“Remember You” – Wiz Khalifa & The Weeknd
Who SHOULD Win: “Power
Trip”
Who WILL Win: “Holy Grail”
Best Rap Song
“F***in’ Problems” – ASAP Rocky, Drake, 2 Chainz, &
Kendrick Lamar
“Holy Grail” – Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake
“New Slaves” – Kanye West
“Started From the Bottom” – Drake
“Thrift Shop” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & Wanz
Who SHOULD Win: “Started
From the Bottom”
Who WILL Win: “Thrift Shop”
Best Rap Album
Nothing Was the Same – Drake
Magna Carta…Holy Grail – Jay-Z
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar
Yeezus – Kanye West
The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Who SHOULD Win: Good Kid,
M.A.A.D City
Who WILL Win: Yeezus
Best Musical
Theater Album
Kinky Boots
Matilda the Musical
Motown: The Musical
Who SHOULD Win: Kinky
Boots
Who WILL Win: Kinky Boots
Best Compilation
Soundtrack for Visual Media
Django Unchained
The Great Gatsby
Les Misérables
Muscle Shoals
Sound City: Real to Reel
Who SHOULD Win: The Great Gatsby
Who WILL Win: The Great Gatsby
Best Score
Soundtrack for Visual Media
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas Newman
Zero Dark Thirty – Alexandre Desplat
Who SHOULD Win: Argo
Who WILL Win: Argo
Best Song Written
for Visual Media
“Atlas” – Coldplay
“Silver Lining (Crazy ‘Bout You)” – Jessie J
“Skyfall” – ADELE
“We Both Know” – Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw
“Young and Beautiful” – Lana Del Rey
“You’ve Got Time” – Regina Spektor
Who SHOULD Win: “Young and
Beautiful”
Who WILL Win: “Skyfall”
Producer of the
Year (Non-Classical)
Rob Cavallo
Dr. Luke
Ariel Rechtshaid
Jeff Tweedy
Pharrell Williams
Who SHOULD Win: Pharrell
Williams
Who WILL Win: Pharrell
Williams
Best Music Video
“Safe and Sound” – Capital Cities
“Picasso Baby” – Jay-Z
“Can’t Hold Us” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & Ray
Dalton
“Suit & Tie” – Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z
“I’m Shakin’” – Jack White
Who SHOULD Win: “Suit
& Tie”
Who WILL Win: “Suit &
Tie”
