The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will air this Sunday on CBS. As always, here's who I think will take home some hardware. Check back here during the ceremony for my live blog of the event.
Record of the Year
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams - "Get Lucky"
Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive"
Lorde - "Royals"
Bruno Mars - "Locked Out of Heaven"
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams - "Blurred Lines"
Will win: Daft Punk - "Get Lucky"
Should win: "Get Lucky"
Overlooked: Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)," Kanye West - "Black Skinheads"
Album of the Year
Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest
Daft Punk- Random Access Memories
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist
Taylor Swift - Red
Will win: Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Should win: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Overlooked: Haim - Days Are Gone; Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer, Different Park; Kanye West - Yeezus
Song of the Year
Pink featuring Nate Ruess - "Just Give Me a Reason" (songwriters: Pink, Jeff Bhasker and Nate Ruess)
Bruno Mars - "Locked Out of Heaven" (songwriters: Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine)
Katy Perry - "Roar" (songwriters: Katy Perry, Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee and Henry Walter)
Lorde - "Royals" (songwriters: Ella Yelich O'Connor, Joel Little)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert - "Same Love" (songwriters: Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert and Curtis Mayfield)
Will win: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "Same Love"
Should win: Lorde - "Royals"
Overlooked: Miley Cyrus - "Wrecking Ball," Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Best New Artist
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Will win: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Should win: Kendrick Lamar
Overlooked: Disclosure, Ariana Grande, Haim, Lorde
Best Pop Solo Performance
Sara Bareilles - "Brave"
Lorde - "Royals"
Bruno Mars - "When I Was Your Man"
Katy Perry - "Roar" –
Justin Timberlake - "Mirrors"
Will win: Lorde - "Royals"
Should win: Lorde - Royals"
Overlooked: Miley Cyrus - "Wrecking Ball"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams - "Get Lucky"
Pink featuring Nate Ruess - "Just Give Me a Reason"
Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko - "Stay"
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams - "Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z - "Suit & Tie"
Will win: "Get Lucky"
Should win: "Get Lucky"
Overlooked: Haim - "The Wire," Paramore - "Still Into You"
Best Pop Vocal Album
Lana Del Rey - Paradise
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience
Will win: Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
Should win: Unorthodox Jukebox
Overlooked: Ariana Grande - Yours Truly, Paramore - Paramore
Best Dance Recording
Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK - "Need U (100%)"
Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch - "Sweet Nothing"
Kaskade - "Atmosphere"
Armin Van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie - "This Is What It Feels Like" –
Zedd featuring Foxes- "Clarity"
Will win: Calvin Harris - "Sweet Nothing"
Should win: Duke Dumont - "Need U (100%)
Overlooked: Basement Jaxx - "Back 2 The Wild," Classixx - "All You're Waiting For"
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Disclosure - Settle
Calvin Harris - 18 Months
Kaskade - Atmosphere
Pretty Lights - A Color Map of the Sun
Will win: Random Access Memories
Should win: Disclosure - Settle
Overlooked: Charli XCX - True Romance; Various Artists - After Dark 2
Best Rock Performance
Alabama Shakes - "Always Alright"
David Bowie - "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive" –
Led Zeppelin - "Kashmir (Live)"
Queens of the Stone Age - "My God Is the Sun"
Jack White - "I'm Shakin'"
Will win: Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive"
Should win: Alabama Shakes - "Always Alright"
Overlooked: Artic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?"
Best Rock Album
Black Sabbath - 13
David Bowie - The Next Day
Kings of Leon - Mechanical Bull
Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
Will win: David Bowie - The Next Day
Should win: The Next Day
Overlooked: Arctic Monkeys - AM
Best Alternative Music Album
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Will win: Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Should win: Tame Impala - Lonerism
Overlooked: My Bloody Valentine - m b v; Phoenix - Bankrupt!
Best R&B Performance
Tamar Braxton - "Love and War"
Anthony Hamilton - "Best of Me"
Hiatus Kaiyote featuring Q-Tip - "Nakamarra"
Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar - "How Many Drinks?"
Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway - "Something'"
Will win: Miguel - "How Many Drinks?"
Should win: Hiatus Kaiyote - "Nakamarra"
Overlooked: Ciara - "Body Party", K. Michelle - "V.S.O.P.", Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu - "Q.U.E.E.N.", Kelly Rowland - "Kisses Down Low"
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Gary Clark, Jr. - "Please Come Home"
Fantasia - "Get It Right"
Maysa - "Quiet Fire"
Gregory Porter - "Hey Laura"
Ryan Shaw - "Yesterday'"
Will win: Fantasia - "Get It Right"
Should win: Gregory Porter - "Hey Laura"
Overlooked: Mariah Carey feat. Miguel - "#Beautiful," Lady - "Money," Prince - "Breakfast Can Wait," Alice Russell - "For A While"
Best R&B Song
Anthony Hamilton - "Best of Me" (songwriters: Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee)
Tamar Braxton - "Love and War" (songwriters: Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick),
PJ Morton featuring Stevie Wonder - "Only One" (songwriter: PJ Morton)
Justin Timberlake - "Pusher Love Girl" (songwriters: James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake)
Fantasia featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott - "Without Me" (songwriters: Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart)
Will win: Justin Timberlake - "Pusher Love Girl"
Should win: "Pusher Love Girl"
Overlooked: Ciara - "Body Party," RaVaughn - "Best Friend," Solange - "Losing You"
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Tamar Braxton - Love and War
Fantasia - Side Effects of You
Salaam Remi - One: In the Chamber
Rihanna - Unapologetic
Mack Wilds - New York: A Love Story
Will win: Rihanna - Unapologetic
Should win: Fantasia - Side Effects Of You
Overlooked: The Internet - Feel Good, Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady
Best R&B Album
Faith Evans - R&B Divas
Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire
John Legend - Love in the Future
Chrisette Michele - Better
TGT - Three Kings
Will win: Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire
Should win: To be fair, most of these albums escaped my radar.
Overlooked: Alice Russell - To Dust
Best Rap Performance
Drake - "Started from the Bottom"
Eminem - "Berzerk"
Jay-Z - "Tom Ford"
Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz - "Thrift Shop"
Will win: "Thrift Shop"
Should win: Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)
Overlooked: Schoolboy Q featuring Kendrick Lamar - "Collard Greens"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
J. Cole featuring Miguel - "Power Trip"
Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé Knowles - "Part II (On the Run)"
Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake - "Holy Grail"
Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige - "Now or Never"
Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd - "Remember You"
Will win: Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake - "Holy Grail"
Should win: J. Cole featuring Miguel - "Power Trip"
Overlooked: Drake feat. Jhene Aiko - "From Time"
Best Rap Song
ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar - "Fuckin' Problems" (songwriters:
Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib)
Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake - "Holy Grail" (songwriters: Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake, Ernest Wilson, Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic)
Kanye West - "New Slaves" (songwriters: Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser)
Drake - "Started from the Bottom" (songwriters: W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, Bruno Sanfilippo)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz - "Thrift Shop" (songwriters: Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis)
Will win: "Thrift Shop"
Should win: Kanye West - "New Slaves"
Overlooked: Ace Hood featuring Rick Ross & Future - "Bugatti," Rich Homie Quan - "Type Of Way"
Best Rap Album
Drake - Nothing Was the Same
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d City
Kanye West - Yeezus
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist
Will win: Kanye West - Yeezus
Should win: good kid, m.A.A.d. city
Overlooked: A$AP Ferg - Trap Lord, Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Rob Cavallo
Dr. Luke
Ariel Rechtshaid
Jeff Tweedy
Pharrell Williams
Will win: Pharrell Williams
Should win: Ariel Rechstald
Overlooked: Mike WiLL Made It
Best Music Video
Capital Cities - "Safe and Sound"
Jay-Z - "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton - "Can't Hold Us"
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z - "Suit & Tie"
Jack White - "I'm Shakin'"
Will win: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton - "Can't Hold Us"
Should win: Capital Cities - "Safe and Sound"
Overlooked: Beach House - "Wishes"
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