WINNERS for The 58th Annual Grammy Awards - Complete List

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Here are the winners of The 58^th Annual Grammy Awards.

Record Of The Year

• Uptown Funk
      Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
      Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
      Track from: Uptown Special
      [RCA Records]

Album Of The Year

• 1989
      Taylor Swift
      Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
      [Big Machine Records]

Song Of The Year.]

• Thinking Out Loud
      Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
      Track from: X
      [Atlantic; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Music Publishing/BDi Music Limited]

Best New Artist

• Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Thinking Out Loud
      Ed Sheeran
      Track from: X
      [Atlantic]


Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Uptown Funk
      Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
      Track from: Uptown Special
      [RCA Records]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
      Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
      [RPM Records/Columbia Records]

Best Pop Vocal Album

• 1989
      Taylor Swift
      [Big Machine Records]

Best Dance Recording

• Where Are Ü Now
      Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber
      Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, producers; Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, mixers
      Track from: Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
      [Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic]

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
      Skrillex And Diplo
      [Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic]

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Sylva
      Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
      Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
      [Impulse!]

Best Rock Performance

• Don't Wanna Fight
      Alabama Shakes
      [ATO Records]

Best Metal Performance

• Cirice
      Ghost
      [Loma Vista Recordings]

Best Rock Song

• Don't Wanna Fight
      Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
      [ATO Records; Publisher(s): Alabama Shakes Publishing/Break Mirrors Music]

Best Rock Album

• Drones
      Muse
      [Warner Bros. Records]

Best Alternative Music Album

• Sound & Color
      Alabama Shakes
      [ATO Records]

 Best R&B Performance

• Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
      The Weeknd
      Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
      [Universal Studios/Republic Records]

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Little Ghetto Boy
      Lalah Hathaway
      [Entertainment One/8Th Floor]


Best R&B Song

• Really Love
      D'Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
      Track from: Black Messiah
      [RCA Records; Publisher(s): Ah Choo Music Publishing/12:00 AM Music admin. by Universal Polygram International Publishing, Ear Kandy Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.]


Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Beauty Behind The Madness
      The Weeknd
      [Republic]

Best R&B Album

• Black Messiah
      D'Angelo And The Vanguard
      [RCA Records]


Best Rap Performance

• Alright
      Kendrick Lamar
      Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
      [Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records]


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• These Walls
      Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
      Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
      [Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records]

Best Rap Song

• Alright
      Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
      Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
      [TDE/Aftermath/Interscope; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, EMI Music Inc., More Water From Nazareth, Sounwave TDE Productions, SonyATV]

Best Rap Album

• To Pimp A Butterfly
      Kendrick Lamar
      [Aftermath/Interscope]

Best Country Solo Performance

• Traveller
      Chris Stapleton
      Track from: Traveller
      [Mercury Nashville]


Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• Girl Crush
      Little Big Town
      Track from: Pain Killer
      [Capitol Records Nashville]


Best Country Song

• Girl Crush
      Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
      Track from: Pain Killer
      [Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Hoodie Songs, HillarodyRathbone Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC]

Best Country Album

• Traveller
      Chris Stapleton
      [Mercury Records]

Best New Age Album

• Grace
      Paul Avgerinos
      [Round Sky Music]


Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• Cherokee
      Christian McBride, soloist
      Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio)
      [Mack Avenue Records]


Best Jazz Vocal Album

• For One To Love
      Cécile McLorin Salvant
      [Mack Avenue Records]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Past Present
      John Scofield
      [Impulse!]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• The Thompson Fields
      Maria Schneider Orchestra
      [ArtistShare]


Best Latin Jazz Album
• Made In Brazil
      Eliane Elias
      [Concord Jazz]

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• Wanna Be Happy?
      Kirk Franklin
      Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
      [RCA Records/Fo Yo Soul Recordings; Publisher(s): Aunt Gertrude Music Publishing admin. by Universal Music-Brentwood Benson Songs and Irving Music, Inc. admin. by Universal Music Publishing]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• Holy Spirit
      Francesca Battistelli
      Francesca Battistelli
      Track from: If We're Honest (Deluxe Edition)
      [Fervent/Curb/Word]

Best Gospel Album

• Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
      Israel & Newbreed
      [RGM Newbreed/RCA Inspiration]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• This Is Not A Test
      Tobymac
      [ForeFront Records]

Best Roots Gospel Album
• Still Rockin' My Soul
      The Fairfield Four
      The Fairfield Four
      [Fairfield Four Records]

Best Latin Pop Album

• A Quien Quiera Escuchar  (Deluxe Edition)
      Ricky Martin
      [Sony Music Latin]

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album (TIE)

    • Hasta La Raíz
           Natalia Lafourcade
           [Sony Music Latin]

·         Dale

             Pitbull

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• Realidades - Deluxe Edition
      Los Tigres Del Norte
      [Fonovisa]


Best Tropical Latin Album

• Son De Panamá
      Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
      [Ruben Blades Productions]

Best American Roots Performance

• See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
      Mavis Staples
      Mavis Staples
      Track from: Your Good Fortune
      [Anti]

Best American Roots Song

• 24 Frames
      Jason Isbell
      Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)
      Track from: Something More Than Free
      [Southeastern Records; Publisher(s): Songs Of Emchant]

Best Americana Album

• Something More Than Free
      Jason Isbell
      [Southeastern Records]


Best Bluegrass Album

• The Muscle Shoals Recordings
      The Steeldrivers
      [Rounder]

Best Blues Album

• Born To Play Guitar
      Buddy Guy
      [RCA Records/Silvertone Records]

Best Folk Album]

• Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn
      Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
      [Rounder]

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Go Go Juice
      Jon Cleary
      [FHQ Records]

Best Reggae Album

• Strictly Roots
      Morgan Heritage
      [CTBC Music Group]

Best World Music Album

• Sings
      Angelique Kidjo
      [429 Records]

Best Children's Album

• Home
      Tim Kubart
      [Tim And The Space Cadets]

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
      Jimmy Carter
      [Simon & Schuster Audio]

Best Comedy Album

• Live At Madison Square Garden
      Louis C.K.
      [Comedy Dynamics]

Best Musical Theater Album

• Hamilton
      Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson & Tarik Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
      [Atlantic]

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
      (Various Artists)
      [Big Machine Records]

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Birdman
      Antonio Sanchez, composer
      [Milan Records]

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• Glory
      Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
      Track from: Selma
      [Def Jam/ARTium Records; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions Limited]


Best Instrumental Composition

• The Afro Latin Jazz Suite
      Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa)
      Track from: Cuba: The Conversation Continues
      [Motema Music]

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
      Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
      Track from: That's Christmas To Me
      [RCA Records]

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
      Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)
      Track from: Nothing Has Changed
      [Legacy/Columbia]

Best Recording Package

• Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
      Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)
      [Bismeaux Records]

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
      Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
      [Third Man Records / Revenant Records]

Best Album Notes

• Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
      Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell)
      [Rhino]

Best Historical Album

• The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
      Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan And The Band)
      [Columbia/Legacy]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Sound & Color
      Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes)
      [ATO Records]

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Jeff Bhasker
     
      • Ain't Gonna Drown (Elle King) (T)
      • Burning Doves (Mikky Ekko) (T)
      • Burning House (Cam) (T)
      • Grand Romantic (Nate Ruess) (A)
      • Last Damn Night (Elle King) (T)
      • Never Let You Down (Woodkid Featuring Lykke Li) (T)
      • Runaway Train (Cam) (T)
      • Uptown Special (Mark Ronson) (A)


Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
      Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)
      [RCA Records]

Best Surround Sound Album

• Amused To Death
      James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters)
      [Columbia/Legacy]

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Ask Your Mama
      Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
      [Avie Records]

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Judith Sherman
     
      • Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
      • Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Kučera, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra)
      • Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony de Mare)
      • Montage - Great Film Composers & The Piano (Gloria Cheng)
      • Multitude, Solitude (Momenta Quartet)
      • Of Color Braided All Desire - Music Of Eric Moe (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon)
      • Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Ursula Oppens)
      • Sirota: Parting The Veil - Works For Violin & Piano (David Friend, Hyeyung Julie Yoon, Laurie Carney & Soyeon Kate Lee)
      • Turina: Chamber Music For Strings & Piano (Lincoln Trio)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10
      Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
      [Deutsche Grammophon]

Best Opera Recording

• Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade
      Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)
      [Decca]

Best Choral Performance

• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
      Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)
      [Chandos]

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes
      Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
      Track from: Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
      [Seattle Symphony Media]

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall
      Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
      [Erato]

Best Classical Compendium

• Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto
      Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
      [Naxos]

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
      Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
      Track from: Paulus: Far In The Heavens
      [Reference Recordings]

Best Music Video

• Bad Blood
      Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
      Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Morhoff, video producer
      [Big Machine Records]

Best Music Film

• Amy
     Amy Winehouse
      Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer
      [Universal Music Enterprises]

THE 58^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be telecast live on CBS, Monday February 15, 2016 at 8PM/EST – PM/PST.  For everything GRAMMY, including a Full List of this year’s Nominees visit their website at http://www.grammy.com/

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GRAMMY WATCH – General Music/Main Categories: My Picks and Predictions

Here are my picks and predictions for the General/Main music categories for The 58^th Annual Grammy Awards.

Record Of The Year

• Really Love
      D'Angelo And The Vanguard
      D'Angelo, producer; Russell Elevado & Ben Kane, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer
      Track from: Black Messiah
      [RCA Records]

• Uptown Funk
      Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
      Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
      Track from: Uptown Special
      [RCA Records]

• Thinking Out Loud
      Ed Sheeran
      Jake Gosling, producer; Jake Gosling, Mark 'Spike' Stent & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
      Track from: X
      [Atlantic]

• Blank Space
      Taylor Swift
      Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
      Track from: 1989
      [Big Machine Records]

• Can't Feel My Face
      The Weeknd
      Max Martin & Ali Payami, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Sam Holland, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
      [Republic]

My Pick and Prediction: UPTOWN FUNK – total, infectious and pure fun funk!

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Album Of The Year
• Sound & Color
      Alabama Shakes
      Alabama Shakes & Blake Mills, producers; Shawn Everett, engineer/mixer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

• To Pimp A Butterfly
      Kendrick Lamar
      Bilal, George Clinton, James Fauntleroy, Ronald Isley, Rapsody, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat & Anna Wise, featured artists; Taz Arnold, Boi-1Da, Ronald Colson, Larrance Dopson, Flying Lotus, Fredrik "Tommy Black" Halldin, Knxwledge, Koz, Lovedragon, Terrace Martin, Rahki, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Thundercat, Whoarei & Pharrell Williams, producers; Derek "Mixedbyali" Ali, Thomas Burns, James "The White Black Man" Hunt, 9th Wonder & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

• Traveller
      Chris Stapleton
      Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton, producers; Vance Powell, engineer/mixer; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer
      [Mercury Nashville]

• 1989
      Taylor Swift
      Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
      [Big Machine Records]

• Beauty Behind The Madness
      The Weeknd
      Lana Del Rey, Labrinth & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Dannyboystyles, Ben Diehl, Labrinth, Mano, Max Martin, Stephan Moccio, Carlo Montagnese, Ali Payami, The Pope, Jason Quenneville, Peter Svensson, Abel Tesfaye & Kanye West, producers; Jay Paul Bicknell, Mattias Bylund, Serban Ghenea, Noah Goldstein, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jean Marie Horvat, Carlo Montagnese, Jason Quenneville & Dave Reitzas, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Dave Kutch, mastering engineers
      [Republic]

My Pick and Prediction: SOUND & COLOR – though 1989 may pull up.

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Song Of The Year
• Alright
      Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
      Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
      [TDE/Aftermath/Interscope; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, EMI Music Inc., More Water From Nazareth, Sounwave TDE Productions, SonyATV]

• Blank Space
      Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
      Track from: 1989
      [Big Machine Records; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music/MXM admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc.]

• Girl Crush
      Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
      Track from: Pain Killer
      [Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Hoodie Songs, HillarodyRathbone Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC]

• See You Again
      Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
      Track from: Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
      [Atlantic; Publisher(s): Artist Publishing Group West/J Franks Publishing/Andrew Cedar Publishing admin. by WB Music Corp./Wiz Khalifa Publishing admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Charlie Puth Music Publishing/Artist 101 Publishing Group admin. by Warner Chappell Music, Universal Pictures Music, UPG Music Publishing]

• Thinking Out Loud
      Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
      Track from: X
      [Atlantic; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Music Publishing/BDi Music Limited]

My Pick: SEE YOU AGAIN – I really hope this wonderful tribute wins.

My Prediction: THINKING OUT LOUD

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Best New Artist

• Courtney Barnett

• James Bay

• Sam Hunt

• Tori Kelly

• Meghan Trainor

My Pick: TORI KELLY

My Prediction: MEGHAN TRAINOR

THE 58^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be telecast live on CBS, Monday February 15, 2016 at 8PM/EST – PM/PST.  For everything GRAMMY, including a Full List of this year’s Nominees visit their website at http://www.grammy.com/

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GRAMMY WATCH – Pop Music Categories: My Picks and Predictions

Here are my picks and predictions in the Pop music categories for The 58^th Annual Grammy Awards.

Best Pop Solo Performance
• Heartbeat Song
      Kelly Clarkson
      Track from: Piece By Piece
      [RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited]

• Love Me Like You Do
     Ellie Goulding
      Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
      [Republic]

• Thinking Out Loud
      Ed Sheeran
      Track from: X
      [Atlantic]

• Blank Space
      Taylor Swift
      Track from: 1989
      [Big Machine Records]

• Can't Feel My Face
      The Weeknd
      Track from: Beauty Behind The Madness
      [Republic]

My Pick: CAN’T FEEL MY FACE

My Prediction: THINKING OUT LOUD

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Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
• Ship To Wreck
      Florence + The Machine
      Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
      [Republic]

• Sugar
      Maroon 5
      Track from: V
      [222 Records/Interscope]

• Uptown Funk
      Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
      Track from: Uptown Special
      [RCA Records]

• Bad Blood
      Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
      [Big Machine Records]

• See You Again
      Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
      Track from: Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
      [Atlantic]

My Pick and Prediction: UPTOWN FUNK – Tough and tight category though.

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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
• The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
      Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
      [RPM Records/Columbia Records]

• Shadows In The Night
      Bob Dylan
      [Columbia]

• Stages
     Josh Groban
      [Reprise]

• No One Ever Tells You
     Seth MacFarlane
      [Republic]

• My Dream Duets
      Barry Manilow (& Various Artists)
      [Verve Music Group]

My Pick: NO ONE EVER TELLS YOU – Seth MacFarlane delivers the goods here and I hope he wins, but it is very competitive.

My Prediction: THE SILVER LINING: THE SONGS OF JEROME KERN – though Manilow could pull it off (duets means everybody on that album will probably throw support his way).

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Best Pop Vocal Album
• Piece By Piece
      Kelly Clarkson
      [19/RCA]

• How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
      Florence + The Machine
      [Republic]

• Uptown Special
      Mark Ronson
      [RCA Records]

• 1989
      Taylor Swift
      [Big Machine Records]

• Before This World
      James Taylor
      [Concord Records]

My Pick and Prediction: 1989 – Swift should have no problem getting the win here, but don’t count out James Taylor.

THE 58^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be telecast live on CBS, Monday February 15, 2016 at 8PM/EST – PM/PST.  For everything GRAMMY, including a Full List of this year’s Nominees visit their website at http://www.grammy.com/

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GRAMMY Watch - General Music Categories - Picks & Predictions

The only sure thing about the major categories for this year's Grammy Awards is that Justin Bieber will win Best New Artist, even if I am kicking and screaming about it. Not saying the kid don't have talent, just that at least 2.5 of the nominees seem so obscure that it is kind of a joke to even still have the category, if they are gonna nominate some of these virtual nobodies. Drake technically isn't even a new artist, considering he had TWO PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS last year (this is the reason I made the choice for my pick the way I did)! And where the hell is Kesha?! So, all that being taken into consideration, it is almost like it is by design for Bieber to get the win here.

As for Record, Album and Song - the Academy got ballsy with some of the nominees in these categories - they will either stop it there or go all the way. I say RUN WITH IT!

Please...take the Granny out of Grammy - for once in your lives!

Record of the Year

This has to be one of the best contests ever at the Grammy Awards - there are so many ways they could go.

My Pick: EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

Angela Hunte, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Shux, producers;

Ken "Duro" Ifill, Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton & Ann Mincieli,

engineers/mixers

Track from: The Blueprint 3

[Roc Nation]

My Prediction: NOTHIN' ON YOU - B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars

The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine, engineer/mixer

Track from: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray

[Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

So, like, where have you gone this past year where you haven't heard these two songs booming out of somebody's speakers. THAT is what Record of the Year should be about. Sure, I could get lazy and predict Lady Antebellum here. Because if the Academy stays safe, as they probably will, then YES, Lady Antebellum will get Record, Song and Album - something tells me that isn't gonna be the case this time around - we already had that surprise sweep a few years back a la Dixie Chicks and haven't heard a peep from them since.

Album of the Year

My Pick & Prediction: Recovery - Eminem [Aftermath/Shady Records/Interscope]

Grammy loves career defining albums and this is one of them. Not counting any of the other nominees out here, just that Eminem has the momentum this year is all.

Song of the Year

My Pick: F*** YOU - Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters

(Cee Lo Green) [Elektra]

My Prediction: NEED YOU NOW - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott,

songwriters (Lady Antebellum) (Track from: Need You Now) [Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/DWHaywood Music/Radiobulletspublishing, EMI

Foray Music/Hillary Dawn Songs, Year of the Dog Music, Darth Buddha Music]

I really will squeal with delight if Cee Lo Green actually wins here. What a statement the Academy would make by embracing this. They may think the nomination is enough. though.

Best New Artist

My Pick: Florence & the Machine (wouldn't mind Drake, although he had 2 nods LAST year)

My Prediction: Justin Bieber

GRAMMY WATCH - Production, Remixer & Surround Sound Categories - Picks & Predictions

My Grammy Award preview coverage continues with those behind the scenes categories, which showcase some very important processes in the recording industry. For full coverage and list of nominees, feel free to visit the Grammy website. The Grammy Awards will be telecast live on CBS on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 8pm/EST.

Best Surround Sound Album

My pick:

SONGS AND STORIES (MONSTER MUSIC VERSION)

Don Murray, surround mix engineer; Sangwook Nam & Doug

Sax, surround mastering engineers; John Burk, Noel Lee &

Marcus Miller, surround producers (George Benson)

[Concord Records/Monster Music]

My prediction:

BRITTEN'S ORCHESTRA

Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson,

surround mastering engineer; David Frost, surround

producer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)

[Reference Recordings]

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

My pick & prediction:

REVOLVER (DAVID GUETTA'S ONE LOVE CLUB

REMIX)

David Guetta, remixer (Madonna)

[Warner Bros.]

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Tight category and, as usual, there are a couple of questionable ones (Rob Cavallo & Danger Mouse) and a couple glaring omissions (will.i.am & Timbaland). I think it will be a battle between Redone and The Smeezingtons between the two parties were nothin' but chart topping #1 songs.

My pick:

REDONE

• Alejandro (Lady Gaga) (S)

• Bad Romance (Lady Gaga) (S)

• The Fame Monster (Lady Gaga) (A)

• I Like It (Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull) (S)

• More (Usher) (T)

• We Are The World 25 For Haiti (Artists For Haiti) (S)

• Whole Lotta Love (Mary J. Blige) (S)

My prediction:

THE SMEEZINGTONS (BRUNO MARS, PHILIP

LAWRENCE, ARI LEVINE) (pictured; CREDIT TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER)

• Billionaire (Travie McCoy Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)

• Bow Chicka Wow Wow (Mike Posner) (T)

• F*** You (Cee Lo Green) (S)

• Island Queen (Sean Kingston) (T)

• Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars) (S)

• Nothin' On You (B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

My pick & prediction:

BATTLE STUDIES

Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak & Manny

Marroquin, engineers (John Mayer)