The Chicago Tribune's Grammy Predictions: Who Will Win, Who Should Win, Who Got Shafted
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Originally posted by The Chicago Tribune
You want “artistic excellence?” Though that’s what the Grammy Awards vow to recognize each year, you may not necessarily get it when you tune in to the 52nd annual ceremony at 7 p.m. CST Jan. 31 on CBS-TV. For every deserving winner in recent years (hard to argue with last year’s album-of-the-year winners, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss), there are a half-dozen blunders.
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Album of the Year
Nominees: Beyonce, “I Am ... Sasha Fierce”; Black Eyed Peas, “The E.N.D.”; Lady Gaga, “The Fame”; Dave Matthews Band, “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King”; Taylor Swift “Fearless.”
Who will win: Beyonce, “I Am … Sasha Fierce”
Who should win: Lady Gaga, “The Fame”
Who got shafted: Kanye West, “808’s and Heartbreak”
Record of the Year
Nominees: Beyonce, “Halo”; Black Eyed Peas, “I Got a Feeling”; Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”; Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”; Lady Gaga, “Poker Face.”
Who will win: Taylor Swift “You Belong to Me”
Who should win: Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
Who got shafted: Phoenix, “Lisztomania”
Song of the Year
Nominees: Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”; Maxwell, “Pretty Wings”; Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”; Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”; Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me.”
Who will win: Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Who should win: Maxwell “Pretty Wings”
Who got shafted: Jay-Z with Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”
Best New Artist
Nominees:
Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings
Who will win: Keri Hilson
Who should win: The Ting Tings
Who got shafted: The XX
Best Pop Vocal Album
Nominees:
Black Eyed Peas, “The E.N.D.”; Colbie Caillat, “Breakthrough”; Kelly Clarkson, “All I Ever Wanted”; the Fray, “The Fray”; Pink, “Funhouse.”
Who will win: Black Eyed Peas “The E.N.D.”
Who should win: Pink “Funhouse”
Who got shafted: Lady Gaga “The Fame”
Best Rock Album
Nominees: AC-DC, “Black Ice”; Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, “Live from Madison Square Garden”; Green Day, “21st Century Breakdown”; Dave Matthews Band, “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King”; U2, “No Line on the Horizon.”
Who will win: U2 “No Line on the Horizon”
Who should win: AC-DC “Black Ice”
Who got shafted: Them Crooked Vultures “Them Crooked Vultures”
Best R&B Album
Nominees: Anthony Hamilton, “The Point of it All”; Maxwell, “BLACKsummers’night”; India.Aria, “Testimony: Volume 2, Love & Politics”; Ledisi, “Turn Me Loose”; Charlie Wilson, “Uncle Charlie.”
Who will win: Maxwell “BLACKsummers’night”
Who should win: Maxwell “BLACKsummers’night”
Who got shafted: The Dream “Love Vs. Money”
Best Rap Album
Nominees: Common “Universal Mind Control”; Eminem “Relapse”; Flo Rida “R.O.O.T.S.”; Mos Def “The Ecstatic”; Q-Tip, “The Renaissance.”
Who will win: Eminem “Relapse”
Who should win: Q-Tip, “The Renaissance”
Who got shafted: Kid Cudi “Man on the Moon: The End of Day”
Best Country Album
Nominees: Zac Brown Band, “The Foundation”; George Strait, “Twang”; Taylor Swift, “Fearless”; Keith Urban, “Defying Gravity”; Lee Ann Womack, “Call Me Crazy,”
Who will win: Taylor Swift “Fearless”
Who should win: Keith Urban “Defying Gravity”
Who got shafted: Brad Paisley “American Saturday Night”
Best Alternative Music Album
Nominees: David Byrne and 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!”
Who will win: Phoenix “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”
Who should win: Phoenix “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”
Who got shafted: St. Vincent “Actor”
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