Grammy weekend! We’re only hours away, dear readers, from the music-industry’s premier awards-show rodeo.
We know who’s heading in with the most nominations—10 for Beyonce; eight for Taylor Swift; five for La Señora Gaga—and our own Simon Vozick-Levinson has kindly handicapped the evening with this Who Will Win/Who Should Win gallery. (You’re welcome! Tell your bookie we say hello.)
The rest, as wildly unexpected wins (Herbie Hancock’s 2008 Album of the Year upset; Springfield over Springsteen, etc.) have proven year after year, is almost entirely left in the hands of fate.
So we turn the oddsmaking to you, Music Mixers. For a full list, click here; for just the top categories (i.e. no Best Regional Mexican) read after the jump; then place your bets. Grammy Nominations 2010
SONG OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Maxwell, “Pretty Wings”
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, “Halo”
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, I Am… Sasha Fierce
The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
Lady Gaga, The Fame
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
Taylor Swift, Fearless
BEST NEW ARTIST
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
Zac Brown Band
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Adele, “Hometown Glory”
Beyonce, “Halo”
Katy Perry, “Hot N Cold”
Pink, “Sober”
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
John Legend, “This Time”
Maxwell, “Love You”
Jason Mraz, “Make It Mine”
Seal, “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
Stevie Wonder, “All About The Love Again”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
Bon Jovi, “We Weren’t Born To Follow”
The Fray, “Never Say Never”
Daryl Hall & John Oates, “Sara Smile”
MGMT, “Kids”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
Colbie Caillat, Breakthrough
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
The Fray, The Fray
Pink, Funhouse
BEST DANCE RECORDING
The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”
David Guetta, & Kelly Rowland, “When Love Takes Over”
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Madonna, “Celebration”
Britney Spears, “Womanizer”
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
The Crystal Method, Divided By Night
David Guetta, One Love
Lady Gaga, The Fame
LMFAO, Party Rock
Pet Shop Boys, Yes
BEST ROCK SONG
Pearl Jam, “The Fixer”
U2, “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”
Green Day, “21 Guns”
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Bruce Springsteen, “Working On A Dream”
BEST ROCK ALBUM
AC/DC, Black Ice
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Live At Madison Square Garden
Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
U2, No Line On The Horizon
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Death Cab For Cutie, The Open Door
Depeche Mode, Sounds Of The Universe
Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Beyonce & Kanye West, “Ego”
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo, “Knock You Down”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”
The Lonely Island & T-Pain, “I’m On A Boat”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake, “Dead And Gone”
BEST RAP SONG
Drake, “Best I Ever Had”
Kid Cudi, “Day ‘N’ Nite”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake, “Dead And Gone”
Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”
BEST RAP ALBUM
Common, Universal Mind Control
Eminem, Relapse
Flo Rida, R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def, The Ecstatic
Q-Tip, The Renaissance
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Trace Adkins, “All I Ask For Anymore”
Jamey Johnson, “High Cost Of Living”
Lady Antebellum, “I Run To You”
Billy Currington, “People Are Crazy”
Taylor Swift, “White Horse”
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Zac Brown Band, The Foundation
George Strait, Twang
Taylor Swift, Fearless
Keith Urban, Defying Gravity
Lee Ann Womack, Call Me Crazy
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Okay call me crazy, but why the heck was Kelly Clarkson only on this list 1 time?!!! She released her best album to date this past year and it had some incredible songs… It’s like jeez, just give credit where credit is due already!
mike,…well said my friend
you damn rightaouy kelly,andayler swift is a sexy talented woman also
All of those Taylor Swift and BEPs nominations are just rubbish. Kanye was robbed. Kelly was robbed. Arctic Monkeys were robbed. MGMT deserves best new artist and duo/group pop performance for KIDS!! BEPs robbed it from Death Cab years ago when My Humps won over the gorgeous and sad I will follow you into the dark
SONG OF THE YEAR
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift, Fearless
BEST NEW ARTIST
Zac Brown Band
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Maxwell, “Love You”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
Lady Gaga, The Fame
BEST ROCK SONG
Green Day, “21 Guns”
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo, “Knock You Down”
BEST RAP SONG
Kid Cudi, “Day ‘N’ Nite”
BEST RAP ALBUM
Eminem, Relapse
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Taylor Swift, “White Horse”
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Taylor Swift, Fearless
maybe a little too much love to Kings of Leon… maybe one of them, other than that pretty solid predictions.
There can NEVER be too much Kings of Leon! hahah but seriously, Taylor Swift may be a good entertainer but she still needs more vocal training… All these awards are going to go to her head and she still has a long way to go before she will reach her potential- Plus, Use Somebody definitely appealed to a larger demo and deserves to win.
I didn’t say it wasn’t a good song, but i dont know if it will win 2 of the biggest awards. thats all.
Agreed.
let’s be honest here – Beyonce will win at least one damn Grammy!
Perl Jam and AC/DC
Song of the Year has to go to Beyonce. Single Ladies has become such a phenomenon…I mean SNL spoofed it (hello justin), Joe Jonas did the dance, Glee has done it on the show…not too mention all the regular people who have uploaded videos of themselves doing it. Kanye may be an a-hole but he sure was right.
I’m sure Taylor Swift will get Album of the year though. Because she has had quite the big year. Plus it would be so cool if “I’m on a Boat” won. lol. It would be cool if Kings of Leon won an award and if Phoenix won an award too…But I don’t really have any predictions.
Song of the Year: Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Record of the Year: Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
Album of the Year: Dave Matthews Band “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King”
Best New Artist: Keri Hilson
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Beyonce “Halo”
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Maxwell “Love You”
Best Performance by a Pop Duo or Group: The Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling”
Best Pop Vocal Album: Pink “Funhouse”
Best Dance Recording: The Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow”
Best Electronic/Dance Album: Lady Gaga “The Fame”
Best Rock Song: Kings of Leon “Use Somebody”
Best Rock Album: Dave Matthews Band “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King”
Best Alternative Music Album: Phoenix “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Keri Hilson, Ne-yo, & Kanye West “Knock You Down”
Best Rap Song: Jay-Z “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)
Best Rap Album: Eminem “Relapse”
Best Country Song: Taylor Swift “White Horse”
Best Country Album: Taylor Swift “Fearless”
i wish you were right about pink, but i think the peas (undeservedly) will win. i want kelly to win, but she has a pop album grammy. “funhouse” was solid and edgy yet gorgeous. GIVE THE LADY SOME LOVE!!! pink FTW
SONG OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
RECORD OF THE YEAR
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift, Fearless
BEST NEW ARTIST
Keri Hilson
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
BEST DANCE RECORDING
The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
Lady Gaga, The Fame
BEST ROCK SONG
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
T.I. & Justin Timberlake, “Dead And Gone”
BEST RAP SONG
T.I. & Justin Timberlake, “Dead And Gone”
BEST RAP ALBUM
Eminem, Relapse
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Taylor Swift, “White Horse”
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Taylor Swift, Fearless
album of the year, i think, is between dave matthews and taylor swift. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DONT LET BEYONCE WIN! SHES SOOOOOOOOOOOO OVERRATED
the grammys always end up pissing me off, so i’m sure beyonce or teenybobber swift will win
TS is a pretty good performer however….2/3 songs she sang off key.
This was obvious. How bout that guy from Mentalist? Never knew he was from England….
Song of the Year:
Between Single Ladies/Poker Face
Record of the Year:
Taylor Swift “You Belong With Me”
Album of the Year:
Beyonce…Sasha Fierce or Taylor Swift…Fearless
LAdy Gaga will definitly take best dance recording and best dance album.
Hopefully Kings of Leon deserves something also.
BLACK EYED PEAS ARE HORRIBLE!
I just hope this doesn’t become “the Taylor Swift Show” again. Don’t know if I can stand to listen to one more of her off key performances.LOL!
The girl CANNOT sing live. Sounds like my cat, Homer. She HAS to have the autotune.
I’ve never heard her use autotune once.
have you ever seen her live outside of tv? she sounds fine. alot of bands/singers sound crap on tv, the sound gets distorted.
People have been performing on TV for over 70 years! And what about the people who sound amazing through the TV? Sound distortions? I like Taylor, but she needs to work on her live performances. Can’t blame the TV on this one.
Don’t keep giving Taylor Swift all of these awards because of what happened at the VMAs! She’s aight but damn!
its hardly because of the vmas. she was selling out stadium tours and fearless debuted at number one in november 2008…a whole year BEFORE the vma incident. did it get her more press? sure. but the bottom line is she is talented, works hard, and really nice. so its paying off for her.
agreed! She should be thanking her stars for Kanye’s ego. It’s too bad that her crap is replacing his sublime 808 and Heartbreak
PHOENIX-WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX- best album ever!!!
Agree! WAF is amazing…although if It’s Blitz! got the Best Alternative Album award I’d be happy as well. But anything besides those two would be a robbery IMHO.
I really don’t care who wins. Kelly Clarkson was robbed of nominations.
i agree kelly clarkson never gets enough attention! not that its the most inportant thing rite now but DAMN kelly has some of THE best VOCALS in the entire business and seriously how can some ppl not love kelly and her amazing music? sick of taylor swift and kanye. they dont have near as much talent or charisma. screw the awards shows,they hand out awards just for showing up. its a joke. i probly sound like a bitter 40 year old but im not,im 18 and i know great music when i hear it..who has sold over 20 million RECORDS WORLDWIE..hardly anyone has sold that in any of those catigories..worldwide superstar u cant deny this! one of the best live performers,best vocals,she treats her fans with more respect than most “performers”. rock on kelly! keep doing your thing girl
she deserves wayyy more respect. its ridiculous. so yeahhhh
kc fan in missouri~
Kelly is amazing. I think she’s kind of in the Pink category, though — Pink is great but is always underrated. Ad I don’t think it’s because people don’t find Kelly appealing (the record sales don’t lie). They just find other artists MORE appealing. I also think Kelly’s album was a little too overproduced. Once she pulls it in and makes it tight, she’ll be fine. Until then, she’s just be a big voice who can sing pop but wants to sing rock, but settles on pop/rock, and people just can’t figure it out. They’d rather be fed straight up craziness ala Lady Gaga, straight up sex appeal ala Beyonce, or straight up sweetness, Taylor Swift.
Well this is obviously not going to be a “should win” list, since half of the people who should win are not even nominated, and some of the nominees are utter garbage. Anyway…
SONG OF THE YEAR: Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
RECORD OF THE YEAR: The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Taylor Swift, Fearless
BEST NEW ARTIST: Keri Hilson
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Beyonce, “Halo”
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Maxwell, “Love You”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP: The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
BEST DANCE RECORDING: Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM: Lady Gaga, The Fame
BEST ROCK SONG: Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
BEST ROCK ALBUM: Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM: Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”
BEST RAP SONG: Kid Cudi, “Day ‘N’ Nite”
BEST RAP ALBUM: Eminem, Relapse
BEST COUNTRY SONG: Taylor Swift, “White Horse”
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM: Taylor Swift, Fearless
EW, why didn’t you include any of the R&B categories here? Here’s a couple of them…
BEST R&B ALBUM: Maxwell, Blacksummers’ Night
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM: Beyonce, I Am… Sasha Fierce
BEST R&B SONG: Maxwell, “Pretty Wings”
black eyed peas and kings of leon suck.
SONG OF THE YEAR – Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, I Am… Sasha Fierce
BEST NEW ARTIST
Zac Brown Band
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
John Legend, “This Time”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
Lady Gaga, The Fame
BEST ROCK SONG
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Depeche Mode, Sounds Of The Universe
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo, “Knock You Down”
BEST RAP SONG
Drake, “Best I Ever Had”
BEST RAP ALBUM
Eminem, Relapse
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Taylor Swift, “White Horse”
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Taylor Swift, Fearless
SONG OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
RECORD OF THE YEAR
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
BEST NEW ARTIST
MGMT
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Pink, “Sober”
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Stevie Wonder, “All About The Love Again”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
Lady Gaga, The Fame
BEST ROCK SONG
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”
BEST RAP SONG
T.I. & Justin Timberlake, “Dead And Gone”
BEST RAP ALBUM
Eminem, Relapse
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Lady Antebellum, “I Run To You”
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Taylor Swift, Fearless
I don’t think all of my choices deserve to win but I think that they are the ones that will win.
I couldn’t make up my mind about pop album…I love kelly clarkson’s and think she could win but BEP…ugh idk