The 57th annual Grammy Awards are tomorrow night, music’s biggest night! Are you ready? I sure am excited.
Tomorrow’s show has a plethora of star performances including Katy Perry, Chris Martin and Beck, Mary J. Blige and Sam Smith, Sia, Ariana Grande and many more.
Here are a few of the categories with my personal picks (highlighted in red). Some choices were pretty hard as 2014 was a great year for music. How do your picks compare? Leave a comment below.
Record of the Year
Fancy- Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
Chandelier- Sia
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)- Sam Smith
Shake It Off- Taylor Swift
All About That Bass- Meghan Trainor
Album Of The Year
Morning Phase- Beck
Beyoncé- Beyoncé
X- Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour- Sam Smith
Girl- Pharrell Williams
SONG OF THE YEAR
All About That Bass- Meghan Trainor
Chandelier- Sia
Shake It Off- Taylor Swift
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)- Sam Smith
Take Me To Church- Hozier
BEST NEW ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
All Of Me (Live)- John Legend
Chandelier- Sia
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)- Sam Smith
Shake It Off- Taylor Swift
Happy (Live)- Pharrell Williams
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Fancy- Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
A Sky Full Of Stars- Coldplay
Say Something- A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera
Bang Bang- Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
Dark Horse- Katy Perry feat. Juicy J
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Cheek To Cheek- Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Nostalgia- Annie Lennox
Night Songs- Barry Manilow
Sending You A Little Christmas- Johnny Mathis
Partners- Barbra Streisand with Various Artists
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Ghost Stories- Coldplay
Bangerz- Miley Cyrus
My Everything- Ariana Grande
Prism- Katy Perry
X- Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour- Sam Smith
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Gimme Something Good- Ryan Adams
Do I Wanna Know?- Arctic Monkeys
Blue Moon- Beck
Fever- The Black Keys
Lazaretto- Jack White
BEST ROCK SONG
Ain’t It Fun- Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
Blue Moon- Beck Hansen, songwriter (Beck)
Fever- D. Auerbach, B. Burton & P. Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
Gimme Something Good- Ryan Adams, songwriter (Ryan Adams)
Lazaretto- Jack White III, songwriter (Jack White)
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
This Is All Yours- Alt-J
Reflektor- Arcade Fire
Melophobia- Cage The Elephant
St. Vincent- St. Vincent
Lazaretto- Jack White
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Drunk In Love- Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
New Flame- Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
It’s Your World- Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
Like This- Ledisi
Good Kisser- Usher
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
American Hustle
Frozen
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
The Wolf Of Wall Street
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Frozen
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Everything Is Awesome!!!- Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Shawn Patterson, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone, songwriters (Tegan And Sara Featuring The Lonely Island)
I See Fire- Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
I’m Not Gonna Miss You- Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
The Moon Song- Spike Jonze & Karen O, songwriters (Scarlett Johansson & Joaquin Phoenix)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
We Exist- Arcade Fire
Turn Down For What- DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Chandelier- Sia
Happy- Pharrell Williams
Sources:
http://www.grammy.com/nominees
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/06/2015-grammy-performers_n_6616008.html
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