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If I Voted for the Grammy Awards - 2013 Edition

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will air live on CBS on Sunday, February 10th, 2013.  Normally, I try to predict, but this year I am going to share my absolute favorites for this post.  So, here - or HEAR - they are, for better or worse, are my picks for this years best in recorded music (and otherwise).  Some, of which, I will absolutely jump up and down for, *Drum roll* here are my prediction/picks in each category.

for full list of nominees CLICK HERE

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson

Greg Kurstin, producer; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Greg Kurstin & Jesse Shatkin, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

Label: RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

André 3000, John Mayer, Earl Sweatshirt & Tyler, The Creator, featured artists; Om'Mas Keith, Malay, Frank Ocean, Pharrell & Shea Taylor, producers; Calvin Bailif, Andrew Coleman, Jeff Ellis, Doug Fenske, Om'Mas Keith, Malay, Frank Ocean, Ken Oriole, Philip Scott, Mark "Spike" Stent, Pat Thrall, Marcos Tovar & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer

Label: Def Jam

 

SONG OF THE YEAR

Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)

Label: RCA/19 Recordings; Publishers: Universal Music Publishing MGB Scandinavia, Perfect Storm Music Group/Sony ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, BMG Gold Songs, Kurstin Music/EMI April Music

 

BEST NEW ARTIST

 

Frank Ocean

 

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

Set Fire To The Rain [Live] - Adele

Track from: Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Label: XL/Columbia

 

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye Featuring Kimbra

Track from: Making Mirrors

Label: Universal Republic

 

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Live At The Blue Note Tokyo - Dave Koz

Label: Just Koz Entertainment

 

Best Pop Vocal Album

The Truth About Love - Pink

Label: RCA Records

 

Best Dance Recording

Let's Go - Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo

Calvin Harris, producer; Calvin Harris, mixer

Label: Ultra Music

 

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Bangarang - Skrillex

Label: OWSLA/Big Beat/Atlantic

 

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Kisses On The Bottom - Paul McCartney

Label: Hear Music

 

Best Rock Performance 

I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons

Track from: Babel

Label: Glassnote

 

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

No Reflection - Marilyn Manson

Track from: Born Villain

Label: Cooking Vinyl

 

Best Rock Song

We Take Care Of Our Own
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Track from: Wrecking Ball

Label: Columbia Records; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen

 

Best Rock Album

El Camino - The Black Keys

Label: Nonesuch

 

Best Alternative Music Album

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple

Label: Epic/Clean Slate

 

Best R&B Performance

Adorn - Miguel 

Label: RCA Records / Bystorm Entertainment

 

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Lately - Anita Baker

Label: Blue Note

 

Best R&B Song

Adorn -Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)

Label: RCA/Bystorm Entertainment; Publisher: Art Dealer Chic

 

Best Urban Contemporary Album 

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Label: Def Jam

 

Best R&B Album

Write Me Back - R. Kelly

Label: RCA Records

 

Best Rap Performance

N****s In Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West

Track from: Watch The Throne

Label: Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC

 

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Wild Ones - Flo Rida Featuring Sia

Track from: Wild Ones

Label: Poe Boy/Atlantic

 

Best Rap Song

Daughters - Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas)

Track from: Life Is Good

Label: Def Jam; Publishers: Rich Daily Since '71, Universal Music Publishing, Unichappell Music

 

Best Rap Album

Undun - The Roots

Label: Island Def Jam

 

Best Country Solo Performance

Blown Away - Carrie Underwood

Track from: Blown Away

Label: 19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville

 

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars

Label: Big Machine Records/Universal Republic

Best Country Song

Blown Away - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

Track from: Blown Away

Label: 19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville; Publishers: Global Dog Music/Lunalight Music, Big Loud Songs/Angel River Songs

 

Best Country Album

Four The Record - Miranda Lambert

Label: The RCA Records Label Nashville

 

Best New Age Album

Troubadours On The Rhine - Loreena McKennitt

Label: Verve

 

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Alice In Wonderland - Chick Corea, soloist

Track from: Further Explorations (Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian)

Label: Concord Jazz

 

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Radio Music Society - Esperanza Spalding

Label: Heads Up International

 

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Unity Band - Pat Metheny Unity Band

Label: Nonesuch

 

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) - Arturo Sandoval

Label: Concord Jazz

 

Best Latin Jazz Album

Flamenco Sketches - Chano Domínguez

Label: Blue Note

 

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

Take Me To The King - Tamela Mann

Label: Tillymann Music Group

 

Best Gospel Song

My Testimony - Aaron Lindsey & Marvin Sapp, songwriters (Marvin Sapp)

Track from: I Win

Label: Verity Gospel Music Group; Publishers: Universal Music-Brentwood Benson Songs/Marvin L. Sapp Music/Ardent Media

 

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Jesus, Friend Of Sinners - Mark Hall & Matthew West, songwriters (Casting Crowns)

Track from: Come To The Well

Label: Beach Street/Reunion Records

 

Best Gospel Album

I Win - Marvin Sapp

Label: Verity Gospel Music Group

 

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Come To The Well - Casting Crowns

Label: Beach Street/Reunion Records

 

Best Latin Pop Album

MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition - Juanes

Label: Universal Music Latino

 

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

 

Imaginaries - Quetzal

Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

 

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Pecados Y Milagros - Lila Downs

Label: Sony Music

 

Best Tropical Latin Album

Formula Vol. 1 - Romeo Santos

Label: Sony Music

 

Best Americana Album

Babel - Mumford & Sons

Label: Glassnote

 

Best Bluegrass Album

Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail - Noam Pikelny

Label: Compass Records

 

Best Blues Album

Bring It On Home - Joan Osborne

Label: Saguaro Road

 

Best Folk Album

The Goat Rodeo Sessions - Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

Label: Sony Classical

 

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love) - Keola Beamer

Label: 'Ohe Records

 

Best Reggae Album

Tomahawk Technique - Sean Paul

Label: VP/Atlantic

 

Best World Music Album

The Living Room Sessions Part 1 - Ravi Shankar

Label: East Meets West Music

 

Best Children's Album

Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie - Elizabeth Mitchell

Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

 

Best Spoken Word Album

Society's Child: My Autobiography - Janis Ian

Label: Audible, Inc.

 

Best Comedy Album

Cho Dependent (Live In Concert) - Margaret Cho

Label: Clownery Productions, Rocket Science

 

Best Musical Theater Album

The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess - David Alan Grier, Norm Lewis & Audra McDonald, principal soloists; Tommy Krasker, producer (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward & DuBose Heyward, lyricists)

(New Broadway Cast With Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier & Others)

Label: PS Classics

 

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Marley (Bob Marley & The Wailers) - Chris Blackwell & Barry Cole, producers

Label: UMe/Island/Tuff Gong

 

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

Label: Null/Madison Gate

 

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) - T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)

Label: Big Machine Records/Universal Republic; Publishers: Sony ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music, Sensibility Songs, Absurd Music, Shiny Happy Music, Baffle Music, Henry Burnett Music

 

Best Instrumental Composition

Mozart Goes Dancing - Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)

Track from: Hot House

Label: Concord Jazz

 

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington - Michael Philip Mossman, arranger (Bobby Sanabria Big Band)

Track from: Multiverse

Label: Jazzheads

 

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

City Of Roses - Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)

Track from: Radio Music Society

Label: Heads Up International

 

Best Recording Package

Boys & Girls - Brett Kilroe, art director (Alabama Shakes)

Label: ATO Records

 

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Some Girls: Super Deluxe Edition - Stephen Kennedy & Jimmy Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones)

Label: UMe/Universal Republic

 

Best Album Notes

Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles - Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)

Label: Concord

 

Best Historical Album

Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition) - Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Simon Gibson, Guy Massey & Steve Rooke,

mastering engineers (Paul & Linda McCartney)

Label: MPL/Hear Music/Concord

 

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

The Goat Rodeo Sessions - Richard King, engineer; Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)

Label: Sony Classical

 

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Salaam Remi

• Back To Love (Anthony Hamilton) (T)
• Between The Cheats (Amy Winehouse) (T)
• Girl On Fire (Alicia Keys & Nicki Minaj) (S)
• How Many Drinks? (Miguel) (T)
• Life Is Good (Nas) (A)
• Like Smoke (Amy Winehouse Featuring Nas) (T)
• Running (Melanie Fiona Featuring Nas) (T)
• Sins Of My Father (Usher) (T)
• A Song For You (Amy Winehouse) (T)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix) - Skrillex, remixer (Nero)

Joseph Ray, Skrillex & Daniel Stephens, remixers

Label: Cherry Tree/Interscope

 

Best Surround Sound Album

Rupa-Khandha - Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Marina Ledin & Victor Ledin, surround producers (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet)

Label: Sono Luminus

 

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 & 131 - Bruce Egre, engineer (Brentano String Quartet)

Label: Aeon

 

Producer Of The Year, Classical

Marina Ledin, Victor Ledin

• Americana (Modern Mandolin Quartet)
• Brubeck & American Poets (Lynne Morrow & Pacific Mozart Ensemble)
• Delibes: Sylvia; Coppélia (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
• Mind Meld (ZOFO Duet)
• Rupa-Khandha (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet)
• Weigl: Isle Of The Dead; Six Fantasies; Pictures & Tales; Night Fantasies (Joseph Banowetz)

Best Orchestral Performance

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances - Valery Gergiev, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra)

Label: LSO Live

 

Best Opera Recording

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen
James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

 

Best Choral Performance

Handel: Israel In Egypt - Julian Wachner, conductor (Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Trinity Choir Wall Street)

Label: Musica Omnia

 

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Rupa-Khandha - Los Angeles Percussion Quartet

Label: Sono Luminus

 

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola - Kim Kashkashian

Label: ECM New Series

 

Best Classical Vocal Solo

Poèmes - Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)

Label: Decca Records

 

Best Classical Compendium

Une Fête Baroque - Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer

Label: Virgin Classics

 

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Stucky, Steven: August 4, 1964 - Steven Stucky, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Jaap Van Zweden, Dallas Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)

Label: DSO Live

 

Best Short Form Music Video

We Found Love - Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris

Melina Matsoukas, video director; Juliette Larthe, Ben Sullivan, Candice Ouaknine & Inga Veronique video producers

Label: Def Jam

 

Best Long Form Music Video

 

Bring Me Home - Live 2011

Sade; Sophie Muller, video director; Roger Davies, Grant Jue & Sophie Muller, video producers

Label: Epic