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I absolutely don't know... At first, I was kinda sure she's going to leave empty handed (1st time in 5 years!)
Then some people made me realise she has strong chances to win Urban Contemporary Album.
I still doubt about Tamar or Fantasia, like others, but especially Tamar... I mean, why she had more nominations then? To be snubbed?
On the other hand, Grammy also care about ratings, and sometimes the most commercially successful work won, although each in nomination was pretty acclaimed.
Finally, I don't remember Fantasia or Tamar to be Grammy favorites. So... Rihanna might win here, I'm not sure 100% tho, I'm not even sure 70%.
(imo, "Love And War" is a bit trashy. sorry).
Speaking about Pop duo/group performance... I honestly thought "Stay" is gonna have more nominations. I thought, Rihanna would compete with Bruno Mars, Timberlake and P!nk - as they seemed to be only legitimate competitors. I absolutely forgot about some US hits which I haven't even heard. (I'm not talking about Blurred Lines now, I like it, but... I wonder, why Grammys haven't notice Robin Thicke before. I don't know if he's gonna win). I wasn't thinking about Daft Punk at all. Lorde?.. Why Lana Del Rey was snubbed before then? "Roar"? I like it, I think it deserves some award, but I'm sure it was nominated just for ratings. Sara Bareilles? Did you recall her after "Roar"? lol
So, "Stay" ended up having only one nomination (which I was sure it's gonna take). And here we got Jay Z and Nate Ruess. If we notice the fact that "pop duo/group performance" now means "rap/sung collaboration", maybe, we should exclude some of these... So, even we roughly take only "Just Give Me a Reason" and "Stay" as competitors for Grammy, I have no idea about who would win in this case. Fun. were favourites last year, but still, who knows if they were favourites only for a year, or they are favourites for a long time. Besides, even Grammy can surprise sometimes. Like, they gave that "Best Short Form Music Video" award to Rihanna, not to Jay Z/Kanye.
So, I'm 85% sure Rihanna would lose this nomination, leaving 15% to a miracle.
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