It's that time of the year to see who's the best predictor since the 52nd Annual Grammy Entry List are now available! The object of the game is to predict the most correct Grammy nominations. To include more categories, there will be contests for 4 fields (General, Pop, R&B, and Rap). You do not have to participate in each specific field contest, but you are welcome to predict the nominees for all fields.

Rules:
1. Predict five nominess in the...

General Field categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist

and/or

R&B categories: 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

and/or

Pop categories: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, Best Pop Vocal Album
**Instrumental Pop categories have been excluded

and/or

Rap categories: Best Rap Solo Performance, Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album


2. Submit your picks in this thread. If you are predicting for multiple fields you can group them together or post the fields separately. You have until the midnite before nominations are announced on December 2, 2009 to submit, change, or edit your predictions.

3. Each Field is a separate contest. Winners and standings of each field will be announced when the nominations are given on December 2, 2009. 1 pt will be awarded for each correct nomination. Maximum points for each field contest: 20 General, 25 Pop, 25 Rap, 40 R&B. Defending champs are NOBODY who won the contest for the General Field and DAMKU who won the R&B contest last year.

4. The entry lists are available for download here:
R&B:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HVIJCRBE
Pop:
http://www.badongo.com/file/17653542
Rap:
http://www.badongo.com/file/17653824
Album of the Year:
http://www.badongo.com/file/17653831
Song of the Year:
http://www.badongo.com/file/17653839
Record of the Year:
http://www.badongo.com/file/17653845
Best New Artist:
http://www.badongo.com/file/17653851

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Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Keyshia Cole, "You Complete Me"
>>>Whitney Houston, "I Look To You"
Chrisette Michele, "Epiphany (I'm Leaving)"
Jazmine Sullivan, "Lions, Tigers and Bears"

spoiler: Mary J. Blige, "Stronger"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Anthony Hamilton, "The Point Of It All"
John Legend, "Everybody Knows"
>>>Maxwell, "Pretty Wings"
Musiq, "sobeautiful"
Trey Songz, "I Need A Girl"

spoiler: K'Jon, "On The Ocean"

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Keyshia Cole and Monica, "Trust"
Jamie Foxx and T-Pain, "Blame It"
India.Arie and Musiq, "Chocolate High"
John Legend and Estelle, "No Other Love"
>>>Musiq and Mary J. Blige, "Ifuleave"

spoiler: Whitney Houston and Akon, "Like I Never Left"

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Beyoncé, "At Last"
Anthony Hamilton, "Soul Music"
Labelle, "Superlover"
Teena Marie, "Harlem Nights"
>>>Smokey Robinson, "Please Don't Take Your Love"

spoiler: Raphael Saadiq, "Big Easy"

Best R&B Song
"I Look To You" [Whitney Houston]
"Ifuleave" [Musiq and Mary J. Blige]
"Knock You Down" [Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo and Kanye West]
"On The Ocean" [K'Jon]
>>>"Pretty Wings" [Maxwell]

spoiler: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" [Beyoncé]

Best R&B Album
>>>Whitney Houston, I Look To You
India.Arie, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
John Legend, Evolver
Maxwell, BLACKsummers'night
Smokey Robinson, Time Flies When You're Having Fun

spoiler: Musiq, Onmyradio

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Akon, Freedom
>>>Beyoncé, I Am. . .Sasha Fierce
Jamie Foxx, Intuition
Keri Hilson, In A Perfect World
Trey Songz, Ready

spoiler: The-Dream, Love vs. Money

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Alright i'm gonna take a stab at it. please comment. I also included spoilers.

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Contenders
1. Whitney Houston "I Look to You"/"Million Dollar Bill" [7 nominations, 1 win]
2. Beyonce "Single Ladies" [4 nominations, 1 win]
3. Chrisette Michele "Epiphany (I'm Leavin)" [1 nomination, 0 wins]
4. Laura Izibor "From my Heart to Yours" [Never nominated]
5. Jazmine Sullivan "Lions, Tigers & Bears" [1 nomination, 0 wins]
6. Keyshia Cole "You Complete Me" [1 nomination, 0 wins]
7. Mariah Carey "Obsessed" [4 nominations, 1 win]
8. Mary J. Blige "Stronger" [7 nominations, 2 wins]
9. India. Arie "He Heals Me" [2 nominations, 0 wins]
10. Ledisi "Going Thru Changes" [never nominated]

*Prediction*
- Chrisette Michele "Epiphany"
- Beyonce "Single Ladies"
- Whitney Houston "I Look to You"
- Laura Izibor "From My Heart to Yours"
- Jazmine Sullivan "Lions, Tigers & Bear"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Contenders
1. Maxwell "Pretty Wings" [3 nominations, 0 wins]
2. Musiq "Sobeautiful" [3 nominations, 0 wins]
3. Charlie Wilson "There Goes My Baby" [never nominated]
4. Trey Songz "I Need a Girl" [1 nomination, 0 wins]
5. Anthony Hamilton "The Point of It All" [1 nomination, 0 wins]
6. Ginuwine "Last Chance" [never nominated]
7. K'Jon "On the Ocean [never nominated]
8. The-Dream "Rockin That Thing" [never nominated]
9. John Legend "Everybody Knows" [2 nominations, 2 wins]
10. Eric Benet "Chocolate Legs" [1 nomination, 0 wins]

*Predictions*
- Charlie Wilson "There Goes My Baby"
- John Legend "Everybody Knows"
- Maxwell "Pretty Wings"
- K'Jon "On the Ocean"
- Musiq "Sobeautiful"


Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group
Contenders
1. Chrisette Michele feat. Ne-Yo "What You Do"
2. India. Arie & Musiq "Chocolate High"
3. Musiq & Mary J. Blige "Ifuleave"
4. Whitney Houston & Akon "Like I Never Left"
5. Al Green & Heather Headley "People Get Ready"
6. Smokey Robinson & Joss Stone "You're the One for Me"
7. Keyshia Cole & Monica "Trust"
8. Bebe & Cece Winans "Close to You"
9. Teena Marie & Faith Evans "Can't Last a Day"
10. Jamie Foxx & T-Pain "Blame It"

*Predictions*
- Jamie Foxx & T-Pain "Blame It"
- Bebe & Cece Winans "Close to You"
- Whitney Houston & Akon "Like I Never Left"
- India. Arie & Musiq "Chocolate High"
- Musiq & Mary J. Blige "Ifuleave"


Best Traditional R&B Performance
Contenders
1. Ann Nesby "Sow Love"
2. Raphael Saadiq "Big Easy"
3. Anthony Hamilton "Soul Music"
4. Melinda Doolittle "It's Your Love"
5. Ledisi "Love Never Changes"
6. Teena Marie "Harlem Blues"
7. Ryan Shaw "Memphis Train"
8. Bettye LaVette "A Change Is Gonna Come"
9. Smokey Robinson "Please Don't Take Your Love"
10. Beyonce "At Last"

Predictions
- Raphael Saadiq "Big Easy"
- Ann Nesby "Sow Love"
- Smokey Robinson "Please Don't Take Your Love"
- Beyonce "At Last"
- Bettye LaVette "A Change Is Gonna Come"

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
contenders
1. Beyonce "Scared of Being Lonely"
2. Robert Glasper & Bial "All Matter"
3. Corneille "Liberation"
4. Vikter Duplaix "Electric Love"
5. India. Arie & Dobet Gnahore "Pearls"
6. Solange "This Bird"
7. Maiysha "Sledgehammer"
8. The SA-Ra Creative Partners & Erykah Badu "Dirty Beauty"
9. Buju Banton & Wyclef Jean "Bedtime Story"
10. Tonex "Blend"

Predictions
- Solange "This Bird"
- Buju Banton & Wyclef Jean "Bedtime Story"
- Maiysha "Sledgehammer"
- Corneille "Liberation"
- India. Arie & Dobet Gnahore "Pearls"

Best R&B Song
Contenders
1. "From My Heart to Yours" [Laura Izibor]
2. "Knock You Down" [Keri Hilson]
3. "Blame It" [Jamie Foxx]
4. "I Look to You" [Whitney Houston]
5. "Epiphany (I'm Leavin)" [Chrisette Michele]
6. "Lions, Tigers & Bears" [Jazmine Sullivan]
7. "Single Ladies" [Beyonce]
8. "Pretty Wings" [Maxwell]
9. "Rockin That Thing" [The-Dream]
10. "Sobeautiful" [Musiq]

Predictions
- "Single Ladies"
- "From My Heart to Yours"
- "I Look to You"
- "Pretty Wings"
- "Knock You Down"

Best Contemporary R&B Album
1. Trey Songz (Ready)
2. Beyonce (I Am...Sasha Fierce)
3. Keyshia Cole (A Different Me)
4. Jamie Foxx (Intuition)
5. The-Dream (Love vs. Money)
6. Keri Hilson (In a Perfect World)
7. Ryan Leslie (Ryan Leslie)
8. Ginuwine (A Man's Thoughts)
9. Akon (Freedom)
10. T-Pain (Thr33 Rings)

Prediction
- Beyonce (I Am Sasha Fierce)
- Jamie Foxx (Intuition)
- The-Dream (Love vs. Money)
- Keyshia Cole (A Different Me)
- Keri Hilson (In a Perfect World)

Best R&B Album
Contenders
1. Musiq- Onmyradio
2. John Legend- Evolver
3. Prince- LotusFlow3r
4. Ledisi- Turn Me Loose
5. Charlie Wilson- Uncle Charlie
6. India. Arie- Testimony Vol. 2: Love & Politics
7. Maxwell- BlackSummerNights
8. Whitney Houston- I Look to You
9. Chrisette Michele- Epiphany
10. Smokey Robinson- Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Predictions
- Ledisi (Turn Me Loose)
- India. Arie (Testimony Vol. 2: Love & Politics)
- Whitney Houston (I Look to You)
- Chrisette Michele (Epiphany)
- Maxwell (BlackSummersNight)

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Best Female R&B Vocal
Mary J Blige
Stronger

Mariah Carey
Obessed

Beyonce
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

WhitNEY Houston
I Look To You

Chrisette Michele
Epiphany

Alright Im going to start with Male and Female R+B:

Best Female R+B Vocal Performance:
Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Mary J. Blige "Stronger"
Whitney Houston "I Look To You"
Chrisette Michelle " Epiphany (Im Leaving)"
Jazmine Sullivan "Lions,Tigers,and Bears"


Best Male R+B Vocal Performance:
Maxwell"Pretty Wings"
Musiq Soulchild "So Beautiful"
Trey Songz"I Need A Girl"
Ginuwine"Last Chance"
John Legend"Everybody Knows"

General Field categories:

Album of the Year
Beyonce - I Am ... Sasha Fierce
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Lady Gaga - The Fame
Maxwell - BlackSummer'sNight
Taylor Swift - Fearless

Song of the Year
Adele - "Hometown Glory"
Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"
Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong with Me"
?

Record of the Year
Beyonce - "Halo"
Black Eyed Peas - "I Got a Feeling"
Kings of Leon - "Use Somebody"
Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong with Me"

New Artist
David Cook
Jeremih
Keri Hilson
The Ting Tings
Zac Brown Band

R&B categories:

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"
Mariah Carey - "Obsessed"
Keyshia Cole - "You Complete Me"
Whitney Houston - "I Look to You"
Chrisette Michele - "Epiphany"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Anthony Hamilton - "The Point of It All"
John Legend - "Everbody Knows"
Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Musiq Soulchild - "Sobeautiful"
Usher - "Hush"

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
The-Dream & Mariah Carey - "My Love"
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - "Blame It"
Al Green & Heather Headley - "People Get Ready"
Whitney Houston & Akon - "Like I Never Left"
John Legend & Estelle - "No Other Love"

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Beyonce - "At Last"
Anthony Hamilton - "Soul Music"
Ledisi - "Love Never Changes"
Smokey Robinson - "Please Don't Take Your Love"
Raphael Saadiq - "Big Easy"

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Beyonce - "Scared of Lonely"
Buju Banton & Wyclef Jean - "Bedtime Story"
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore - "Pearls"
The SA-RA Creative Partners & Erykah Badu - "Dirty Beauty"
Solange - "This Bird"

Best R&B Song
"Blame It"
"Everybody Knows"
"I Look to You"
"Pretty Wings"
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"

Best R&B Album
Anthony Hamilton - The Point of It All
Whitney Houston - I Look to You
India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
Maxwell - BlackSummers'Night
Prince - LotusFlow3R/MplSound

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Beyonce - I Am ... Sasha Fierce
Ciara - Fantasy Ride
Keyshia Cole - A Different Me
The-Dream - Love vs. Money
Jamie Foxx - Intuition

Pop categories:

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Adele - "Hometown Glory"
Beyonce - "Halo"
Sheryl Crow - "Detours"
Pink - "Sober"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong with Me"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Jason Mraz - "Make It Mine"
Seal - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Rob Thomas - "Her Diamonds"
Kanye West - "Heartless"
Stevie Wonder - "All About the Love Again"

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Black Eyed Peas - "I Got a Feeling"
The Fray - "Never Say Never"
Pet Shop Boys - "Love Etc."
The *****cat Dolls - "I Hate This Part"
3OH!3 - "Don't Trust Me"

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Ciara & Justin Timberlake - "Love Sex Magic"
Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester - "Good Girls Gone Bad"
Mr. Hudson & Kanye West - "Supernova"
Barry Manilow & Reba McEntire - "Islands in the Stream"
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat - "Lucky"

Best Pop Vocal Album
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
Pink - Funhouse
Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
Kanye West - 808 & Heartbreak

Rap categories:

Best Rap Solo Performance, Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album

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Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
1. Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
2. Whitney Houston, "I Look To You"
3. Chrisette Michele, "Epiphany (I'm Leaving)"
4. Keyshia Cole, "You Complete Me"
5. Mariah Carey, "Obsessed"
Sp: Jazmine Sullivan, "Lions, Tigers and Bears"; Laura Izibor, "From My Heart To Yours"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
1. Maxwell, "Pretty Wings"
2. Anthony Hamilton, "The Point of It All"
3. Usher, "Hush"
4. John Legend, "Everybody Knows"
5. The-Dream, "Rockin' That Thang"
Sp: Ginuwine, "Last Chance"; Musiq Soulchild, "Sobeautiful"; Brian McKnight, "You're Gonna Make It";

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
1. Whitney Houston & Akon - "Like I Never Left"
2. Al Green & Heather Headley - "People Get Ready"
3. Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - "Blame It"
4. The-Dream & Mariah Carey - "My Love"
5. John Legend & Estelle - "No Other Love"
Sp: Indi.Arie & Musiq Soulchild, "Chocolate High"

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
1. Beyonce - "At Last"
2. Smokey Robinson - "Please Don't Take Your Love"
3. Anthony Hamilton - "Soul Music"
4. Ledisi - "Love Never Changes"
5. Raphael Saadiq - "Big Easy"

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
1. Anjulie - "Boom"
2. India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore - "Pearls"
3. Buju Banton & Wyclef Jean - "Bedtime Story"
4. The SA-RA Creative Partners & Erykah Badu - "Dirty Beauty"
5. Maiysha, "Sledgehammer"
Sp: Beyonce - "Scared of Lonely"; Solange - "This Bird"

Best R&B Song
1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"
2. "Pretty Wings"
3. "Blame It"
4. "I Look to You"
5. "Knock You Down"
Sp: "You Complete Me"

Best R&B Album
1. Whitney Houston - I Look to You
2. Maxwell - BlackSummers'Night
3. India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
4. Prince - LotusFlow3R/MplSound
5. Anthony Hamilton - The Point of It All
Sp: John Legend - Evolver; Laura Izibor - Let The Truth Be Told

Best Contemporary R&B Album
1. Beyonce - I Am ... Sasha Fierce
2. The-Dream - Love vs. Money
3. Jamie Foxx - Intuition
4. Akon - Freedom
5. Ciara - Fantasy Ride
Sp: Keyshia Cole - A Different Me; Ginuwine - A Man's Thoughts

I will predict the following two categories for now:

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Whitney Houston - "I Look to You"
Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Chrisette Michele - "Epiphany (I'm Leaving)"
Jazmine Sullivan - "Lions, Tigers & Bears"
Melanie Fiona - "It Kills Me"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Ginuwine - "Last Chance"
Musiq Soulchild - "SoBeautiful"
Jeremih - "Birthday Sex"
Charlie Wilson - "There Goes My Baby"

Best R&B Performance By a Duo or Group
Whitney Houston & Akon - "Like I Never Left"
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - "Blame It"
India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild - "Chocolate High"
Smokey Robinson & Joss Stone - "You're The One for Me"
Teena Marie & Faith Evans - "Can't Last a Day"

Best R&B Album
Whitney Houston - I Look to You
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
Chrisette Michele - Epiphany
Musiq Soulchild - OnMyRadio
Anthony Hamilton - The Point of It All

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Beyonce - I Am... Sasha Fierce
Keri Hilson - In a Perfect World...
Jamie Foxx - Intuition
Jeremih - Jeremih
The-Dream - Love vs. Money

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Saving my spot. Been on holidays this week (Beijing is awesome!). ....Yes, I know, I need to get a life pronto! LOL

I missed you, my virtual friends.

Whats going on in Beijing!?

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Originally posted by tae2004:
Whats going on in Beijing!?

It's National Week. Sort of like 4th of July. China's national day is October the 1st, but we get a one-week holiday. There are parades and celebrations everywhere, apart from the usual sightseeing. This year it is special because it's the 60th anniversary.

Sorry to be off topic, mods!

General Field

RECORD OF THE YEAR
I Gotta Feeling
Black Eyed Peas
Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
21 Guns
Green Day
Pokerface
Lady Gaga
Pretty Wings
Maxwell

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
I Look To You
Whitney Houston
The Fame
Lady Gaga
BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell
Fearless
Taylor Swift

SONG OF THE YEAR
Hometown Glory (Adele)
I Didn't Know My Own Strength (Diane Warren)
Pretty Wings (Maxwell)
You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)
Use Somebody (Kings of Leon)

BEST NEW ARTIST
Diane Birch
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Zac Brown Band
Owl City

R&B Fields

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
SINGLE LADIES (Put A Ring On It)
Beyonce
IT KILLS ME
Melanie Fiona
I LOOK TO YOU
Whitney Houston
GOIN' THRU CHANGES
Ledisi
EPIPHANY
Chrisette Michele

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
POINT OF IT ALL
Anthony Hamilton
ON THE OCEAN
K'Jon
PRETTY WINGS
Maxwell
SOBEAUTIFUL
Musiq Soulchild
THERE GOES MY BABY
Charlie Wilson

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
CHOCOLATE HIGH
India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild
BLAME IT
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME
Smokey Robinson & Joss Stone
IFULEAVE
Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige
CLOSE TO YOU
Bebe & Cece Winans

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
ITS YOUR LOVE
Melinda Doolittle
CHANGE IS GONNA COME
Bettye Lavette
HARLEM BLUES
Teena Marie
PLEASE DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE
Smokey Robinson
BIG EASY
Raphael Saadiq

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
BOOM
Anjulie
PEARLS
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
DAYKEEPER
Foreign Exchange
ELECTRIC LOVE
Vikter Duplaix
DIRTY BEAUTY
The Sa-Ra Creative Partners & Erykah Badu

Best R&B Song
BLAME IT
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
EPIPHANY (I'm Leaving)
Chrisette Michele
I LOOK TO YOU
Whitney Houston
PRETTY WINGS
Maxwell
SINGLE LADIES (Put A Ring On It)
Beyonce

Best R&B Album
THE POINT OF IT ALL
Anthony Hamilton
I LOOK TO YOU
Whitney Houston
BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT
Maxwell
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN
Smokey Robinson
ONMYRADIO
Musiq Soulchild

Best Contemporary R&B Album
I AM...SASHA FIERCE
Beyonce
A DIFFERENT ME
Keyshia Cole
LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
The Foreign Exchange
INTUITION
Jamie Foxx
IN A PERFECT WORLD
Keri Hilson

Rap Field

Best Rap Solo Performance
UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL
Common
BEST I EVER HAD
Drake
BEAUTIFUL
Eminem
D.O.A. (DEATH OF AUTO-TUNE)
Jay-Z
DAY 'N' NITE
Kid Cudi

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
CRACK A BOTTLE
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
STANKY LEGG
GS Boyz
HALLE BERRY (SHE'S FINE)
Hurricane Chris & Superstarr
MAKE HER SAY
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common
AMAZING
Kanye West & Young Jeezy

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
EGO
Beyoncé & Kanye West
KNOCK YOU DOWN
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo
RUN THIS TOWN
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
LIFE IS BETTER
Q-Tip & Norah Jones
DEAD AND GONE
T.I. & Justin Timberlake

Best Rap Song
BEST I EVER HAD
Drake
DAY N NITE
Kid Cudi
DEAD AND GONE
T&I & Justin Timberlake
KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
Soulja Boy
RUN THIS TOWN
Jayz, Kanye West, and Rihanna

Best Rap Album
UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL
Common
RELAPSE
Eminem
THEATER OF THE MIND
Ludacris
THE ECSTATIC
Mos Def
THE RENAISSANCE
Q-Tip

Pop Field

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
HOMETOWN GLORY
Adele
HALO
Beyonce
I DIDNT KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH
Whitney Houston
SOBER
P!nk
YOU BELONG WITH ME
Taylor Swift

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
LOVE YOU
Maxwell
MAKE IT MINE
Jason Mraz
WASN'T THAT A MIGHTY STORM
James Taylor
HER DIAMONDS
Rob Thomas
HEARTLESS
Kanye West

Best Pop Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals
GIVES YOU HELL
The All-American Rejects
I GOT A FEELING
The Black Eyed Peas
WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW
Bon Jovi
NEVER SAY NEVER
The Fray
THE LOVERS ARE LOSING
Keane

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
LOVE SEX MAGIC
Ciara & Justin Timberlake
BROKEN STRINGS
James Morrison & Nelly Furtado
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
JUST GO
Lionel Richie & Akon
BREATHE
Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat

Best Pop Vocal Album
IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU
Lily Allen
THE E.N.D
The Black Eyed Peas
FUNHOUSE
P!nk
FAR
Regina Spektor
808S & HEARTBREAK
Kanye West

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Well Taylor Swift should thank Kanye, Beyonce and Jay Z for her nomination (it this happens) for AOTY for her atrocious album "Fearless" with poor quality, being nominated. Also for taking the space of more deserving artists like Carrie Underwood in the country categories.

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Originally posted by mattadamsdietmanager:
Well Taylor Swift should thank Kanye, Beyonce and Jay Z for her nomination (it this happens) for AOTY for her atrocious album "Fearless" with poor quality, being nominated. Also for taking the space of more deserving artists like Carrie Underwood in the country categories.

Wrong thread.

The contest has been expanded for General Field, Pop, and Rap categories also.

GRAMMY NOMINATION PREDICTIONS:

Record of the Year
Adele - "Hometown Glory"
Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"
Kings of Leon - "Use Somebody"
Lady Gaga - "Pokerface"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"

Album of the Year
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Maxwell - BLACKsummer'snight
Taylor Swift - Fearless
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

Song of the Year
"Heartless" (Kanye West)
"Hometown Glory" (Adele)
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" (Beyonce)
"Use Somebody" (Kings of Leon)
"You Belong With Me" (Taylor Swift)

Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band
David Cook
Keri Hilson
Owl City
MGMT


POP FIELD:

Female Pop Vocal Performance
Adele - "Hometown Glory"
Kelly Clarkson - "Already Gone"
Katy Perry - "Hot N' Cold"
Pink - "Sober"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"

Male Pop Vocal Performance
Mika - "We Are Golden"
Jason Mraz - "Make It Mine"
Seal - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
James Taylor - "Wasn't That A Mighty Storm"
Rob Thomas - "Her Diamonds"

Pop Vocal By A Duo or Group
The All-American Rejects - "Gives You Hell"
The Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"
The Fray - "Never Say Never"
Glee Cast - "Don't Stop Believin' "
MGMT - "Kids"

Pop Vocal Collaboration
Ciara & Justin Timberlake - "Love Sex Magic"
Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester - "Good Girls Go Bad"
Jonas Brothers & Miley Cyrus - "Before The Storm"
James Morrison & Nelly Furtado - "Broken Strings"
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat - "Lucky"

(I'm dreading this category, all 5 nominees could end up being old-schoolers!)

Pop Vocal Album
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
Pink - Funhouse
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak


R&B FIELD

R&B Female Vocal Performance
Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Mary J. Blige - "Stronger"
Mariah Carey - "Obsessed"
Whitney Houston - "I Look To You"
India.Arie - "He Heals Me"
6th nominee: Chrisette Michele - "Emphiphany"

R&B Male Vocal Performance
Ginuwine - "Last Chance"
Anthony Hamilton - "The Point Of It All"
K'Jon - "On The Ocean"
Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Trey Songz - "I Need A Girl"

R&B Vocal By A Duo or Group
Keyshia Cole & Monica - "Trust"
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - "Blame It"
Whitney Houston & Akon - "Like I Never Left"
Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige - "IfULeave"
Smokey Robinson & Joss Stone - "You're The One For Me"

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Anthony Hamilton - "Soul Music"
Ledisi - "Love Never Changes"
Ann Nesby - "Sow Love"
Smokey Robinson - "Please Don't Take Your Love Away"
Rapheal Saadiq - "Big Easy"

Urban/Alternative Performance
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore - "Pearls"
Solange - "This Bird"
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R&B Song
"Blame It" (Jamie Foxx)
"I Look To You" (Whitney Houston)
"Knock You Down" (Keri Hilson)
"Pretty Wings" (Maxwell)
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" (Beyonce)

R&B Vocal Album
Whitney Houston - I Look To You
India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
Ledisi - Turn Me Loose
Maxwell - BLACKsummer'snight
Smokey Robinson - Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Contemporary R&B Vocal Album
Beyonce - I AM...Sasha Fierce
The-Dream - Love Vs. Money
Jamie Foxx - Intuition
Keri Hilson - In A Perfect World...
Trey Songz - Ready


RAP FIELD:


Rap Solo Performance
Common - "Universal Mind Control"
Drake - "Best I Ever Had"
Flo Rida - "Right Round"
Jay-Z - "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Kid Cudi - "Day N Nite"

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Beastie Boys & Nas - "Too Many Rappers"
Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent - "Crack A Bottle"
Jim Jones, Rob Browz, Juelz Santana - "Pop Champagne"
Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Common - "Make Her Say"
Kanye West & Young Jeezy - "Amazing"

Rap/Sung Collaboration
Keri Hilson, Kanye West, Ne-Yo - "Knock You Down"
Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West - "Run This Town"
T.I. & Justin Timberlake - "Dead & Gone"
Trey Songz & Drake - "Successful"
Soulja Boy Tell' Em & Sammie - "Kiss Me Thru The Phone"

Rap Song
"Best I Ever Had" (Drake)
"Day N' Nite" (Kid Cudi)
"Dead & Gone" (T.I.)
"Kiss Me Thru The Phone" (Soulja Boy Tell' Em)
"Run This Town" (Jay-Z)

Rap Album
Common - Universal Mind Control
Eminem - Relapse
Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap

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I'll just wait till Double D and Guru post the Genre Threads.

How did Crack a Bottle get submitted into both Rap/Sung and Rap Perf by a Duo/Group?

^Don't know how they got in both categories, maybe an error. lol.

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General Field categories:



1.Whitney Houston, "I Look to you"
2.Black Eyed Peas, "The E.N.D."
3.George Strait, "Twang"
4.Maxwell, "BLACKsummers'night"
5.Taylor Swift, "Fearless"



SONG OF THE YEAR

1.Adele, "Hometown Glory"
2.George Strait, Bubba Strait and Dean Dillon, "Living For The Night"
3.Diane Warren, "I Didn't Know My Own Strength"
4.Maxwell, "Pretty Wings"
5.Robert Kelly, "I Look to You"


RECORD OF THE YEAR

1.The Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling"
2.Bob Dylan, "Beyond Here Lies Nothin"
3.Lady GaGa, "Poker Face"
4.Kanye West "Heartless"
5.Taylor Swift, "You Belong to Me"



BEST NEW ARTIST

1.David Cook
2.The Sript
3.Keri Hilson
4.Laura Izibor
5.Zac Brown Band



R&B categories:

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"
Keyshia Cole - "You Complete Me"
Whitney Houston - "I Look to You"
Chrisette Michele - "Epiphany"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Anthony Hamilton - "The Point of It All"
John Legend - "Everbody Knows"
Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Musiq Soulchild - "Sobeautiful"
Usher - "Hush"

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - "Blame It"
Al Green & Heather Headley - "People Get Ready"
Whitney Houston & Akon - "Like I Never Left"
John Legend & Estelle - "No Other Love"

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Anthony Hamilton - "Soul Music"
Ledisi - "Love Never Changes"
Smokey Robinson - "Please Don't Take Your Love"
Raphael Saadiq - "Big Easy"

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Beyonce - "Scared of Lonely"
Buju Banton & Wyclef Jean - "Bedtime Story"
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore - "Pearls"
The SA-RA Creative Partners & Erykah Badu - "Dirty Beauty"
Solange - "This Bird"

Best R&B Song
"Blame It"
"Everybody Knows"
"I Look to You"
"Pretty Wings"
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"

Best R&B Album
Anthony Hamilton - The Point of It All
Whitney Houston - I Look to You
India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
Maxwell - BlackSummers'Night
Prince - LotusFlow3R/MplSound

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Beyonce - I Am ... Sasha Fierce
Ciara - Fantasy Ride
Keyshia Cole - A Different Me
The-Dream - Love vs. Money
Jamie Foxx - Intuition

Pop categories:

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Adele - "Hometown Glory"
Sheryl Crow - "Detours"
Pink - "Sober"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong with Me"
Kelly Clarkson "Already Gone"


Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Jason Mraz - "Make It Mine"
Seal - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Rob Thomas - "Her Diamonds"
Stevie Wonder - "All About the Love Again"
George Strait, "Twang"

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Ciara & Justin Timberlake - "Love Sex Magic"
Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester - "Good Girls Gone Bad"
Mr. Hudson & Kanye West - "Supernova"
Barry Manilow & Reba McEntire - "Islands in the Stream"
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat - "Lucky"

Best Pop Vocal Album
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
Pink - Funhouse
Jordin Sparks - Battlefield

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