The Grammys have come a long way over the years, when I was a teenager it was about Rock 'n Roll. these days Rock takes a second seat to the big dogs of Pop. As always many genres are not broadcast, but there is some real good stuff on the nominees list. Take
a look for yourself, and please scroll down a bit.
Record of the year: I think its between "I got a Feeling", "Poker Face" with Halo having an outside chance. Album of the year, will it be The Fame by Lady Gaga? IIRC 5-6 top ten hits. Or The End by the BEP, 2 monster number one chart toppers, or Beyonce with her I am Sasha Fierce? Dave Mattews and Taylor Swift have to be taken seriously too, sometimes its one artists year, they just march out of the hall clutching 4-5-6 statues. Or sometimes the grammys are distributed, Best Record may not go to the artist who wins best album. I do think Lady Gaga does not go home without a Grammy or 2, thats for sure.
Song of the year: For me Its either Put a ring on it or Poker Face. Best New Artist I'm going with Keri Hilson or Zac Brown, Keri sounds great and is gorgeous so I'm picking her. Best Female Vocal, it might come down to Beyonce and Taylor Swift.... I will predict a trouble selection though.
Best Male vocal looks to play out between 3 young bucks vs. a couple of old school dudes, Stevie Wonder and Seal need to make the case that neither John Legend, Maxwell and Jason Mraz. Mraz's Make it Mine is an infectious pop tune by the popular guitarist, while Maxwell's Love You has a good old R&B flavor to his voice, John Legends This Time is done straight up. I think its a toss up between Maxwell and John Legend.
May favorite for best collaboration is Willie Nelson and Norahs Jones's remake of the classic Christmas love song Baby its Cold Outside. Best Pop Vocal album: This might be a chance for someone else to get a Grammy, like Pink or Kelly Clarkson.
David Guetta and Kelly Rowland are up for 2 Grammys for When Love Takes Over, best dance and best remix. The song was #1 in the US dance hit, #1in Europe, and #1 International dance hit on the Billboard charts. If the Boom Boom Pow gets best dance, then When Love Takes Over should get a grammy for best remix. So I predict David and Kelly will go home with with at least one Grammy. The song When Love Takes Over is this blogs namesake and one of my favorite songs of 2009 and I'm really rooting for Kelly to take home 2 Grammys. If her vocal performance is any indicator Kelly might get 2 Grammies, but David Guetta is a big name as a DJ and he might get picked for best remix so the Black Eyed Peas can get a best dance Grammy for Boom Boom Pow.
It is interesting that Guetta is up for Best Electronic Dance album, as is :Lady Gaga and Britney Spears is also up for best dance opposite Kelly Rowland, I just don't see When Love Takes Over getting shut out.
Traditional Pop, Rock Solo, Rock Group, Best Hard Rock, Best Metal, Best Rock Instrumental. Lamb of God, I can't find my way back home, Tony Bennet, Nickleback. If Best Rock Album goes old school, it'll be Clapton and Winwood, Live @ Madison Square Garden.
Jody Whatley, on her Facebook page mentioned Lalha Hathaway, so shes my dark horse pick vs Beyonce for Best Female R&B Vocal. Best male R&B Vocalist: I'm picking Anthony Hamilton's Point Of It All, his Facebook page has like 150k friends, the girls love him, and frankly his song has a way better groove than Maxwells.
Anyway its nearly 8:30pm and I'm skipping so many great categories, R&B group, Traditional R&B Vocal Group, Urban and Alternative, More R&B, Rap, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Latin Jazz, Tropical Latin, Latin Rock. The list is quite extensive.
Husband and Wife, Susan Tedeschi and Dereck Trucks are each up for Best Contemporary Blues Album and Duke Robillard for Best Traditional Blues Album, good luck to all 3 of you.
One more word, Aventura, they're just huge.
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