2016 Grammy Predictions

Hey y’all!

Sunday night is the 58th Annual Grammy Awards show! It’s been a couple of years since I did my Grammy predictions post, so since I’m super excited about the awards this year, I wanted to bring back my awards show predictions :)

I’m going to highlight the major award categories and a few that I’m interested in, and I’ll share who I’m rooting for and who I think will win. I’m anxious to see how many I get right!

Record of the Year

“Really Love”-D’Angelo
“Uptown Funk”-Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
“Thinking Out Loud”-Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space”-Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face”-The Weeknd

Who I’m Rooting For: Taylor Swift
Who Will Win: Taylor Swift

Album of the Year

Sound & Color-Alabama Shakes
To Pimp a Butterfly-Kendrick Lamar
Traveller-Chris Stapleton
1989-Taylor Swift
Beauty Behind the Madness-The Weeknd

Who I’m Rooting For: Taylor Swift
Who Will Win: Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

“Alright”-Kendrick Lamar (Kendrick Duckworth, Kawan Prather, Mark Anthony Spears, & Pharrell Williams)
“Blank Space”-Taylor Swift (Max Martin, Shellback, & Taylor Swift)
“Girl Crush”-Little Big Town (Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose)
“See You Again”-Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth (Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charlie Puth, & Cameron Thomaz)
“Thinking Out Loud”-Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge)

Who I’m Rooting For: Little Big Town
Who Will Win: Wiz Khalifa

Best New Artist

Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Who I’m Rooting For: Meghan Trainor
Who Will Win: Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Heartbeat Song”-Kelly Clarkson
“Love Me Like You Do”-Ellie Goulding
“Thinking Out Loud”-Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space”-Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face”-The Weeknd

Who I’m Rooting For: Kelly Clarkson
Who Will Win: Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Ship To Wreck”-Florence & The Machine
“Sugar”-Maroon 5
“Uptown Funk”-Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
“Bad Blood”-Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar
“See You Again”-Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth

Who I’m Rooting For: Mark Ronson
Who Will Win: Mark Ronson

Best Pop Vocal Album

Piece By Piece-Kelly Clarkson
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful-Florence & The Machine
Uptown Special-Mark Ronson
1989-Taylor Swift
Before This World-James Taylor

Who I’m Rooting For: Taylor Swift
Who Will Win: Taylor Swift

Best Country Solo Performance

“Burning House”-Cam
“Traveller”-Chris Stapleton
“Little Toy Guns”-Carrie Underwood
“John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16″-Keith Urban
“Chances Are”-Lee Ann Womack

Who I’m Rooting For: Carrie Underwood
Who Will Win: Carrie Underwood

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“Stay A Little Longer”-Brothers Osborne
“If I Needed You”-Joey+Rory
“The Driver”-Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley, & Eric Paslay
“Girl Crush”-Little Big Town
“Lonely Tonight”-Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe

Who I’m Rooting For: Little Big Town
Who Will Win: Little Big Town

Best Country Song

“Chances Are”-Lee Ann Womack (Hayes Carll)
“Diamond Rings and Old Barstools”-Tim McGraw (Barry Dean, Luke Laird, & Jonathan Singleton)
“Girl Crush”-Little Big Town (Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose)
“Hold My Hand”-Brandy Clark (Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones)
“Traveller”-Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton)

Who I’m Rooting For: Little Big Town
Who Will Win: Little Big Town

Best Country Album

Montevallo-Sam Hunt
Painkiller-Little Big Town
The Blade-Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material-Kacey Musgraves
Traveller-Chris Stapleton

Who I’m Rooting For: Little Big Town
Who Will Win: Chris Stapelton

So those are my predictions! I really think this is Taylor Swift’s year! 1989 is a fantastic album, and I think all of the nominations are well deserved. Little Big Town has had such a great year with “Girl Crush” getting so much airplay, and I think it will win all the awards! I’m excited to see them being recognized so prominently.

Will you watch the Grammy’s? Who are you rooting for?

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