Super happy about Adele's five nominations!
In a perfect world, she'd sweep again, but I don't see it.
I kind of think she'll win Song of the Year and lose Album of the Year to Bey. Record of the Year is anyone's game, to be honest.
I guess one thing Adele has going for her is the fact that she's well-liked by pretty much everyone, whereas Beyoncé has plenty of people who will not give her their votes. She's not getting support from any of the old-fashioned, traditional sort of voters. Country fans were pissed that she "intruded" on their night when she did "Daddy Lessons" with the Dixie Chicks at that award show a few months ago, so she doesn't have their support, and my guess is that most rock voters aren't going to be too pleased about her "intruding" in the rock categories either. Therefore, country voters will either vote for Adele or Sturgill Simpson, and rock voters will probably vote for Adele.
Adele's appeal is her saving grace here, I think. This morning, I was not that optimistic, but the more I think about it, the more I think that Beyoncé appeals to a very specific group of people, as opposed to Adele appealing to a wide range of listeners of all different ages and genre preferences. The problem with Beyoncé is that the media has hopped onto the
Lemonade bandwagon all of a sudden, and the Grammys may feel pressured to just give awards to her because of that. I mean, have you seen the other nominees?
Seriously, most of them are trash this year.