Sunday, January 26, 2014

2014 Grammy Predictions


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”

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