Grammy Predictions 2015

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If you’ve seen any of my predictions (Oscars, Golden Globes, previous Grammys), you know I struggle to reach 50% right. This year I’m trying something different-going against my better judgement and picking terrible songs and artists to win. What I think will win will be in BOLD. What I think SHOULD win will be in italics.

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Fancy-Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX

Chandelier-Sia

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)-Sam Smith*WINNER

Shake It Off-Taylor Swift

All About That Bass-Meghan Trainor

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Morning Phase-Beck*WINNER

Beyoncé-Beyoncé

X-Ed Sheeran

In The Lonely Hour-Sam Smith

Girl-Pharrell Williams

SONG OF THE YEAR

All About That Bass-Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)

Chandelier-Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)

Shake It Off

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)-James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)*WINNER

Take Me To Church-Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier)

BEST NEW ARTIST

Iggy Azalea

Bastille

Brandy Clark

Haim

Sam Smith*WINNER

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

All Of Me (Live)-John Legend

Chandelier-Sia

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)-Sam Smith

Shake It Off-Taylor Swift

Happy (Live)-Pharrell Williams*WINNER

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

Fancy-Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX

A Sky Full Of Stars-Coldplay

Say Something-A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera*WINNER

Bang Bang-Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj

Dark Horse-Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Ghost Stories-Coldplay

Bangerz-Miley Cyrus

My Everything-Ariana Grande

Prism-Katy Perry

X-Ed Sheeran

In The Lonely Hour-Sam Smith*WINNER

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

Gimme Something Good-Ryan Adams

Do I Wanna Know?-Arctic Monkeys

Blue Moon-Beck

Fever-The Black Keys

Lazaretto-Jack White

BEST ROCK SONG

Ain’t It Fun-Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)

Blue Moon-Beck Hansen, songwriter (Beck)

Fever-Auerbach, B. Burton & P. Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

Gimme Something Good-Ryan Adams, songwriter (Ryan Adams)

Lazaretto-Jack White III, songwriter (Jack White)*WINNER

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Ryan Adams-Ryan Adams

Morning Phase-Beck*WINNER

Turn Blue-The Black Keys

Hypnotic Eye-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Songs Of Innocence-U2

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

This Is All Yours-Alt-J

Reflektor-Arcade Fire

Melophobia-Cage The Elephant

St. Vincent-St. Vincent*WINNER

Lazaretto-Jack White

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

Drunk In Love-Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z*WINNER

New Flame-Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross

It’s Your World-Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly

Like This-Ledisi

Good Kisser-Usher

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

As-Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton

I.R.S.-Angie Fisher

Jesus Children-Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner*WINNER

Nobody-Kem

Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)-Antonique Smith

BEST R&B SONG

Drunk In Love-Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z)*WINNER

Good Kisser-Ronald “Flip” Colson, Warren “Oak” Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry “Tru” Sneed & Andrew “Pop” Wansel, songwriters (Usher)

New Flame-Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts,Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice “Verse” Simmonds & Keith Thomas, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross)

Options (Wolfjames Version)-Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson & Jamaica “Kahn-Cept” Smith, songwriters (Luke James)

The Worst-Jhené Aiko Chilombo, Mac Robinson & Brian Warfield songwriters (Jhené Aiko)

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

Sail Out-Jhené Aiko

Beyoncé-Beyoncé

X-Chris Brown

Mali Is…-Mali Music

Girl-Pharrell Williams*WINNER

BEST R&B ALBUM

Islander-Bernhoft

Lift Your Spirit-Aloe Blacc

Love, Marriage & Divorce-Toni Braxton & Babyface*WINNER

Black Radio 2-Robert Glasper Experiment

Give The People What They Want-Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

3005-Childish Gambino

0 To 100 / The Catch Up-Drake

Rap God-Eminem

I-Kendrick Lamar*WINNER

All I Need Is You-Lecrae

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

Blak Majik-Common Featuring Jhené Aiko

The Monster-Eminem Featuring Rihanna*WINNER

Tuesday-I Love Makonnen Featuring Drake

Studio-Schoolboy Q Featuring BJ The Chicago Kid

Bound 2-Kanye West & Charlie Wilson

BEST RAP SONG

Anaconda-Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett, songwriters (Nicki Minaj)

Bound 2-Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson, Ernest Wilson & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West &Charlie Wilson)

I-K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)*WINNER

We Dem Boyz-Maurice Brown, Kemion Cooks, N. Fisher & C. Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)

0 To 100 / The Catch Up-Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)

BEST RAP ALBUM

The New Classic-Iggy Azalea

Because The Internet-Childish Gambino

Nobody’s Smiling-Common

The Marshall Mathers LP2-Eminem*WINNER

Oxymoron-Schoolboy Q

Blacc Hollywood-Wiz Khalifa