2008 Grammy Predictions

[angelamia]

I thought this could be fun, but i'm also doing it for selfish reasons, haha. I'm playing a game with my coworkers about the Grammy predictions and i wanted to see what you all think to perhaps better my odds. Here's the categories to choose from: (what i would do is in italics)

Album of the Year:
"Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," Foo Fighters
"These Days," Vince Gill
"River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock
"Graduation," Kanye West
"Back to Black," Amy Winehouse

Record of the Year: (award given to the artist and producer or producers)
"Irreplaceable," Beyonce
"The Pretender," Foo Fighters
"Umbrella," Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
"What Goes Around ... Comes Around," Justin Timberlake[/ii]
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse

Song of the Year: (award given to the songwriter)
"Before He Cheats," Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood)
"Hey There Delilah," Tom Higgenson (Plain White T's)
"Like a Star," Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse)
"Umbrella," Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)

Best New Artist:
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse

Best Pop Vocal Album:
"Lost Highway," Bon Jovi
"The Reminder," Feist
"It Won't Be Soon Before Long," Maroon 5
"Memory Almost Full," Paul McCartney
"Back to Black," Amy Winehouse

Best Rock Album:
"Daughtry," Daughtry
"Revival," John Fogerty
"Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," Foo Fighters
"Magic," Bruce Springsteen
"Sky Blue Sky," Wilco

Best R&B Album:
"Funk This," Chaka Khan
"Lost & Found," Ledisi
"Luvanmusiq," Musiq Soulchild
"The Real Thing," Jill Scott
"Sex, Love & Pain," Tank

Best Rap Album:
"Finding Forever," Common
"Kingdom Come," Jay-Z
"Hip Hop Is Dead," Nas
"T.I. vs T.I.P.," T.I.
"Graduation," Kanye West

Best Country Album:
"Long Trip Alone," Dierks Bentley
"These Days," Vince Gill
"Let It Go," Tim McGraw
"5th Gear," Brad Paisley
"It Just Comes Natural," George Strait

 

[Sasha]

Here's how I'd want it to go down...

Album of the Year:
"River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock

Record of the Year: (award given to the artist and producer or producers)
"What Goes Around ... Comes Around," Justin Timberlake[/ii]

Song of the Year: (award given to the songwriter)
"Like a Star," Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)

Best New Artist:
Ledisi

Best Pop Vocal Album:
"The Reminder," Feist

Best Rock Album:
"Sky Blue Sky," Wilco

Best R&B Album:
"The Real Thing," Jill Scott

Best Rap Album:
"Graduation," Kanye West

...and the last one I don't care about.

 

[M Two One]

People still watch these award shows?

 

[tim]

Album of the Year:
"Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," Foo Fighters


Record of the Year:
"The Pretender," Foo Fighters

Song of the Year:
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse)

Best New Artist:
Paramore

Best Pop Vocal Album:
"Memory Almost Full," Paul McCartney


Best Rock Album:
"Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," Foo Fighters


Best R&B Album:
"Luvanmusiq," Musiq Soulchild

Best Rap Album:
"Graduation," Kanye West

Best Country Album:
"Long Trip Alone," Dierks Bentley

 

[Answer_AI03]

The Grammy's mean nothing...

 

[BasX]

paramore's new?
this is there second album
anyway grammy's blow, they gave ludacris hip-hop album of the year over the roots last year, like c'mon, the roots, and i like ludacris, kinda

 

[M Two One]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BasX @ Feb 7 2008, 05:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>paramore's new?
this is there second album</div>

That's nothing man. Best Buy have their "Find 'Em First" weekend adverts for music. I find bands listed there that have been around for sometimes up to a decade already. Pretty slow in the discovery department there BB.