Grammy Predictions

Hello! It's that time of year again . . . The Grammys! I figured I would share my predictions for the awards.

1. Record of the Year

• Get Lucky- Daft Punk, Featuring Pharell Williams & Nile Rodgers
• Radioactive- Imagine Dragons
• Royals- Lorde
• Locked Out of Heaven- Bruno Mars
• Blurred Lines- Robin Thicke, Featuring T.I. and Pharell

2. Album of the Year

• The Blessed Unrest- Sara Bareilles
• Random Access Memories- Daft Punk
• Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City- Kendrick Lamar
• The Heist- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
• Red- Taylor Swift

3. Song of the Year

• Just Give Me a Reason- Pink, Featuring Nate Reuss (Jeff Bhasker, Pink, and Nate Reuss)
• Locked Out of Heaven- Bruno Mars (Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, and Bruno Mars)
• Roar- Katy Perry (Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter)
• Royals- Lorde (Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor)
• Same Love- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Featuring Mary Lambert (Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis)

4. Best New Artist

• James Blake
• Kendrick Lamar
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Kacey Musgraves
• Ed Sheeran

5. Best Pop Solo Performance

• Brave- Sara Bareilles
• Royals- Lorde
• When I Was Your Man- Bruno Mars
• Roar- Katy Perry
• Mirrors- Justin Timberlake

6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Get Lucky- Daft Punk, Featuring Pharell Williams & Nile Rodgers
• Just Give Me a Reason- Pink, Featuring Nate Reuss
• Stay- Rihanna, Featuring Mikky Ekko
• Blurred Lines- Robin Thicke, Featuring T.I. and Pharell
• Suit & Tie- Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z

7. Best Pop Vocal Album

• Paradise- Lana Del Rey
• Pure Heroine- Lorde
• Unorthodox Jukebox- Bruno Mars
• Blurred Lines- Robin Thicke
• The 20/20 Experience- The Complete Experience

8. Best Rap Performance

• Started From the Bottom- Drake
• Berzerk- Eminem
• Tom Ford- Jay-Z
• Swimming Pools (Drank)- Kendrick Lamar
• Thrift Shop- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Featuring Wanz

9. Best Dance Recording

• Need U (100%)- Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK
• Sweet Nothing- Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch
• Atmosphere- Kaskade
• This Is What It Feels Like- Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie
• Clarity- Zedd Featuring Foxes

10. Best Rock Performance

• Always Alright- Alabama Shakes
• The Stars (Are Out Tonight)- David Bowie
• Radioactive- Imagine Dragons
• Kashmir- Led Zeppelin
• I'm Shakin'- Jack White
• My God Is The Sun- Queens Of The Stone Age

11. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

•  Power Trip- J. Cole Featuring Miguel
• Part II (On The Run)- Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé
• Holy Grail- Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
• Now Or Never- Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige
• Remember You- Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd

12. Best Rap Song

• F***in' Problems- ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar (Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib) 
• Holy Grail- Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake (Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters)
• New Slaves- Kanye West (Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Sham Joseph, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Travis Scott, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters)
• Started From the Bottom- Drake (W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter)
• Thrift Shop- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Featuring Wanz (Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis) 

13. Best Rap Album

• Nothing Was The Same- Drake
• Magna Carta...Holy Grail- Jay Z
• Good Kid, M.A.A.D City- Kendrick Lamar
• The Heist- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Yeezus- Kanye West

14. Best Country Solo Performance

• I Drive Your Truck- Lee Brice
• I Want Crazy- Hunter Hayes
• Mama's Broken Heart- Miranda Lambert
• Wagon Wheel- Darius Rucker
• Mine Would Be You- Blake Shelton

15. Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• From This Valley- The Civil Wars
• Don't Rush- Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill
• Your Side Of The Bed- Little Big Town
• Highway Don't Care- Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
• You Can't Make Old Friends- Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton

16. Best Country Song

• Begin Again- Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
• I Drive Your Truck- Lee Brice (Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary)
• Mama's Broken Heart- Miranda Lambert (Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgrave)
• Merry Go 'Round- Kacey Musgraves (Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne)
• Mine Would Be You-  Blake Shelton (Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan)

17. Best Country Album

• Night Train- Jason Aldean
• Two Lanes Of Freedom- Tim McGraw
• Same Trailer Different Park- Kacey Musgraves
• Based On A True Story- Blake Shelton
• Red- Taylor Swift

18. Best Song Written for Visual Media

• Atlas-  Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin)
• Silver Lining-  Jessie J (Diane Warren)
• Skyfall- Adele (Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth) 
• We Both Know- Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw (Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw)
• Young And Beautiful- Lana Del Rey (Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels)
• You've Got Time- Regina Spektor (Regina Spektor)