Best Pop Vocal Album
Timberlake is vying to become only the second artist to win twice in this category. His solo debut, Justified, took the 2003 award.
Kelly Clarkson became the first repeat winner last year when she won for Stronger. Her hit-laden sophomore album, Breakaway, took the 2005 award.
Likely nominees:
Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience
Bruno Mars's Unorthodox Jukebox
Lorde's Pure Heroine
Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines
Lana Del Rey's Paradise
Also possible: John Mayer's Paradise Valley, Avicii's True, Cher's Closer to the Truth, Donald Fagen's Sunken Condos, HAIM's Days Are Gone, Phillip Phillips's The World From the Side of the Moon, Ariana Grande's Yours Truly, Elton John's The Diving Board, Emeli Sande's Live at the Royal Albert Hall.
Best Pop Solo Performance
Adele won this award the last two years, but she's not entered this year (despite having cracked the top 10 with "Skyfall"). Lorde is this year's frontrunner. If she wins, women will have taken this award in all three years since the formerly separate male and female vocal performance categories were combined.
Likely nominees:
Lorde's "Royals"
Bruno Mars's "When I Was Your Man"
Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors"
Katy Perry's "Roar"
Lady Gaga's "Applause"
Also possible: Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball," Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble," Lana Del Rey's "Young and Beautiful,"
Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath," Pink's "Try," Sara Bareilles's "Brave," Phillip Phillips's "Gone, Gone, Gone," Ed Sheeran's "Lego House," Anna Kendrick's "Cups (When I'm Gone)," John Mayer's "Paper Doll," Bonnie McKee's "American Girl."
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