In the coming days I will be fixing up the contender threads...
The qualifying period is almost over.
Who do you think are the frontrunners to win (so far) in the following categories?
RECORD OF THE YEAR ALBUM OF THE YEAR SONG OF THE YEAR BEST NEW ARTIST
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM BEST POP MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE BEST POP FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
BEST DANCE RECORDING BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE BEST METAL PERFORMANCE BEST ROCK SONG BEST ROCK ALBUM
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE BEST R&B SONG BEST R&B ALBUM BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM
BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION BEST RAP SONG BEST RAP ALBUM
BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS BEST COUNTRY SONG BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO (SHORT FORM)
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RECORD OF THE YEAR: U2 - "Get On Your Boots" ALBUM OF THE YEAR: U2 - No Line On the Horizon SONG OF THE YEAR: U2 - "Get On Your Boots" BEST NEW ARTIST: Keri Hilson
(U2 is automatically the frontrunner to sweep the General Field...whether we like it or not...and FYI...we don't.)
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: Pink - Funhouse BEST POP MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Rob Thomas - "Her Diamonds" BEST POP FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Pink - "Please Don't Leave Me" BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: U2 if eligible. If not then maybe The Fray - "You Found Me" BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS: Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat - "Lucky" BEST DANCE RECORDING: Lady Gaga - "Pokerface" BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM: Lady Gaga - The Fame
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Bruce Springsteen - "Working on a Dram" BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: U2 - "Get On Your Boots" BEST ROCK SONG: U2 - "Get On Your Boots" BEST ROCK ALBUM: U2 - No Line On The Horizon
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM: Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Live)" BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Maxwell - "Pretty Wings" BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS: Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain - "Blame It" BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Charlie Wilson - "There Goes My Baby" BEST R&B SONG: "Pretty Wings" (Maxwell) BEST R&B ALBUM: Whitney Houston - I Look To You BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM: Beyonce - I AM...Sasha Fierce
BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE: Kanye West - "Heartless" BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP: Young Money - "Every Girl" BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: Keri Hilson featuring Ne-Yo & Kanye West - "Knock You Down" BEST RAP SONG: "Heartless" (Kanye West) BEST RAP ALBUM: 808s & Heartbreak
BEST COUNTRY SONG: "Love Story" (Taylor Swift) BEST COUNTRY ALBUM: Taylor Swift - Fearless
BEST MUSIC VIDEO (SHORT FORM): Kanye West - "Heartless" or anything by Lady Gaga
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For Your Grammy Consideration: Kanye West for "Heartless" and 808's & Heartbreak Adele for "Hometown Glory" Taylor Swift for "You Belong With Me" & Fearless Maxwell for "Pretty Wings" & BLACKsummer'snight Kings of Leon for "Use Somebody" The Cast of GLEE for "Don't Stop Believin' " Mariah Carey for "Obsessed"
ALBUM OF THE YEAR Together Through Life by Bob Dylan
SONG OF THE YEAR Beyond Here Lies Nothin' by Bob Dylan
BEST NEW ARTIST Zac Brown Band
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM Secret, Profane & Sugarcane by Elvis Costello
BEST POP MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE Permanent by David Cook
BEST POP FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE Sober by Pink
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden by Michael Bublé
BEST DANCE RECORDING Poker Face by Lady Gaga
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM The Fame by Lady Gaga
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE Working On a Dream by Bruce Springsteen
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL Magnificent by U2
BEST ROCK SONG Working On a Dream by Bruce Springsteen
BEST ROCK ALBUM No Line On the Horizon by U2
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM Big Whiskey and The Groogrux King by Dave Matthews Band
BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE I Didn't Know My Own Strength by Whitney Houston
BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE Pretty Wings by Maxwell
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS ifuleave by Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige
BEST R&B SONG Pretty Wings by Maxwell
BEST R&B ALBUM I Look To You by Whitney Houston
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyoncé
BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE Ride by Martina McBride
BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE Then by Brad Paisley
BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band
BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS Everything But Quits by Lee Ann Womack & George Strait
BEST COUNTRY SONG Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley
BEST AMERICANA/FOLK ALBUM Together Through Life by Bob Dylan
BEST SONG FOR MOVIE OR TV The Wrestler by Bruce Springsteen/i]
BEST MUSIC VIDEO (SHORT FORM) [i]Paparazzi by Lady Gaga
BEST MUSIC VIDEO (LONG FORM) A Hundred Miles Or More: The DVD by Alison Krauss
Grammy 2010: Album of the Year -- Whitney Houston - I Look to You Oscar 2010: Best Actress In a Leading Role -- Marion Cotillard - 9 Emmy 2010: Guest Actress in a Comedy Series -- Catherine O'Hara - Curb Your Enthusiasm
I really hope Keri Hilson wins BNA because it seems like forever since a R&B artist won the award. Or a rapper would be nice too.
.... Even if you are a million miles away, I can still feel you in my bed, near me, touch me, feel me and even at the bottom of the sea, I can still hear you inside my head, telling me, touch me, feel me, and all the time you were telling me lies
Posts: 4654 | Location: New York, NY | Registered: May 03, 2006
Originally posted by Gucci: I can't think of any frontrunners for a lot of these categories.
I'm in the same boat.
I have my "who I want to win" but no frontrunners really.
.... Even if you are a million miles away, I can still feel you in my bed, near me, touch me, feel me and even at the bottom of the sea, I can still hear you inside my head, telling me, touch me, feel me, and all the time you were telling me lies
Posts: 4654 | Location: New York, NY | Registered: May 03, 2006
Mine are hugely biased lol. and since we lack a front runner at this point, I'm just going to state the ones I want to win.
RECORD OF THE YEAR: "Poker Face" or "21 Guns" ALBUM OF THE YEAR: "21st Century Breakdown", the U2 album, and "The Fame" SONG OF THE YEAR: "If You Seek Amy" I really want to see this happen BEST NEW ARTIST: I want David Cook to win, but that Keri Hilson character might take this one.
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: All I Ever Wanted. f*ck the haters =D BEST POP MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE: John Mayer's breath. or Hopefully david Cook BEST POP FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Hopefully it's Kelly Clarkson or Pink. BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: Hopefully it's Coldplay again. BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS: Nelly FUrtado and James Morrison for "Broken Strings" *fingers crossed*
BEST DANCE RECORDING: "Poker Face". and obvious and great choice BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM: "The Fame" if this one gets into AOTY, it's a sure thing.
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM: no one cares.
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Hopefully it's David COok for Barbasol but it's gonna prob be Bob Dylan BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: Kings of Leon, Greenday, Radiohead or Coldplay hopefully. but it's most likely U2 =/ BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE: nothing caught my attention this year. BEST METAL PERFORMANCE: again nothing caught my attention. BEST ROCK SONG: 21 Guns hands down. BEST ROCK ALBUM: 21st Century Breakdown or U2.
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM: Toss up between Lily Allen, Franz Ferdinand, St. VIncent, or Animal Collective. This category is arguably better than most of the others.
BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Hopefully Amerie, but it looks like this leans toward Beyonce. BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE: SOme silly Neyo song BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS: I want "Chocolate High" to win. BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE: NO one cares. BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE: "____" by India Arie or Why are U? by Amerie BEST R&B SONG: a Beyonce's song BEST R&B ALBUM: ? BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM: Sasha Fierce or Fantasy Ride
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: Keri Hilson =/ but hopefully Starstruck or Jump. BEST RAP SONG: there is no such thing as a best rap song.
BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE: once again, Carrie Underwood
BEST MUSIC VIDEO (SHORT FORM): Paparazzi by Lady Gaga. The best damn video of the year. or Life In Technicolor 2 by Coldplay.
As much as I don't want them to be, I think U2 is the frontrunner for a lot of these (or at least that's what history tells us). I think NARAS might get a lot of bad press though if this does happen. I like U2, but this last album has sold under a million copies (right?), hasn't spawned a hit single, and was released awhile ago. If U2 some how comes out on top with major nominations, I don't think its going to look good, but it'll probably happen.
For Your Grammy Consideration: Kanye West for "Heartless" and 808's & Heartbreak Adele for "Hometown Glory" Taylor Swift for "You Belong With Me" & Fearless Maxwell for "Pretty Wings" & BLACKsummer'snight Kings of Leon for "Use Somebody" The Cast of GLEE for "Don't Stop Believin' " Mariah Carey for "Obsessed"
I think The Black Eyed Peas are a major contender for AOTY.
Grammy FYC: Kanye West, 808s & Heartbreak; Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.; John Legend, Evolver; Paolo Nutini, Sunny Side Up; David Guetta, One Love; Kelly Clarkson, "Already Gone"; Jordin Sparks, "Battlefield"; Kings Of Leon, "Use Somebody"; Maxwell, "Pretty Wings"
