FEATURE:
The Digital Mixtape
IN THIS PHOTO: Victoria Monét/PHOTO CREDIT: Erik Carter for Variety Magazine
The GRAMMYs Big Categories: The Playlist
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I am going to pick up…
IN THIS PHOTO: SZA/PHOTO CREDIT: Gianni Gallant for Rolling Stone
on an article from The Guardian. They have predicted the winners in the big categories at this year’s GRAMMYs. They take place tomorrow (4th February) in Los Angeles. Not long to go now, I will add to what they have written and predict a few more categories. I am going to end with a playlist of songs from the categories included. It is going to be a big night where we might get some unexpected winners. You can see all the nominees here:
“Record of the Year: Jon Batiste – Worship/boygenius - Not Strong Enough/Miley Cyrus – Flowers/Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?/Victoria Monét – On My Mama/Olivia Rodrigo – vampire/Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero/SZA – Kill Bill
Will win: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Should win: Olivia Rodrigo – vampire
Album of the Year: Jon Batiste – World Music Radio/boygenius – the record/Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation/Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd/Janelle Monaé - The Age of Pleasure/Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS/Taylor Swift – Midnights/SZA – SOS
Will win: Taylor Swift – Midnights
Should win: boygenius – the record
Song of the Year: Lana Del Rey – A&W/Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero/Jon Batiste – Butterfly/Dua Lipa – Dance the Night/Miley Cyrus – Flowers/SZA – Kill Bill/Olivia Rodrigo – vampire/Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Will win: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Should win: SZA – Kill Bill
Best New Artist: Gracie Abrams/Fred again../Ice Spice/Jelly Roll/Coco Jones/Noah Kahan/Victoria Monét/The War and Treaty
Will win: Victoria Monét
Should win: Victoria Monét
Best Pop Solo Performance: Miley Cyrus – Flowers/Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red/Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?/Olivia Rodrigo – vampire/Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Will win: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Should win: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Best Rock Performance: Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes/Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song/boygenius – Not Strong Enough/Foo Fighters – Rescue/Metallica – Lux Æterna
Will win: Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
Should win: boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Best Rock Album: Foo Fighters - But Here We Are/Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher/Metallica - 72 Seasons/Paramore - This Is Why/Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman…
Will win: Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
Should win: Paramore - This Is Why
Best Alternative Music Album: Arctic Monkeys - The Car/boygenius - the record/Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd/Gorillaz - Cracker Island/PJ Harvey - I Inside The Old Year Dying
Will win: Arctic Monkeys - The Car
Should win: Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Best R&B Album: Babyface - Girls Night Out/Coco Jones - What I Didn't Tell You (Deluxe)/Emily King - Special Occasion/Victoria Monét - JAGUAR II/Summer Walker - CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP
Will win: Victoria Monét - JAGUAR II
Should win: Victoria Monét - JAGUAR II