ROTY: 4 pop women split votes, Sam wins with ease.
SOTY: 3 women cancel each other out, leaving Hozier vs. Sam.
Pop Solo: Sia, Taylor, Sam are all competing here, as in SOTY + ROTY. The women split votes, and Sam wins again.
OR the "quality" songs by Sam and Sia split votes, and Taylor wins.
I'm sorry but Sam is not pop, he's R&B. He should've been nominated in that category. I believe Taylor will win Pop song.
Sam, SOTY, ROTY? Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the performing artist, the producer, recording engineer, and/or mixer for that song. It could go to SIO. If you noticed Hozier wasn't nominated in this category.
Album nominees' Metacritic score:
Pop Ed Sheeran 67
Ariana 64
Sam Smith 62
Coldplay, Miley, Katy 61...Gosh. Next year will have 1989 at 76 though.
Annie Lennox 68
Tony Bennett 64
Barbra Streisand 55
The other 2 appear not relevant enough to have Metacritic or Wikipedia pages.
Country Brandy Clark 89
Miranda 86
Lee Ann Womack 84
Eric Church 82
Dierks 69
Lol, congrats on Taylor moving into a genre with crappier quality so She can better stand out...
I'm on Her store site because I wanted to get a few things but I don't have enough to cover the shipping costs and free shipping was only available on Dec 1.