The Grammy Awards are this Sunday, February 8th, so it's time to play our annual game...
This is more or less the same contest as Jables ran since 2004 and that I ran the last two years. I have retained the same categories that were used last year.
There's way too many categories to pick them all, so we're mostly picking the :qunq: big ones :qunq: with a few exceptions mixed in... Of the awards that aren't handed out on the main telecast, I believe they are announced during the preshow (and will be named on the Grammy website)... so we'll make the deadline for entries at 5PM eastern on Grammy Day, February 8th... Don't PM me your picks, post them here and increase your post count. If you decide to change your mind between your initial post and the deadline, just quote your old post and make the changes, rather than edit your original entry. In the event of a tie based on points, the earlier entry will win.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I will likely not be able to score this next week, so I'd appreciate it if one of you can self-score and I will confirm the winners upon my return
Previous years' contests:
2004 - Won by Mr. Penguin, runner-up cubedbee
2005 - Won by 2M, runner-up Mr. Penguin
2006 - Won by seabass, runner-up Mr. Penguin
2007 - Won by Mr. Penguin, runner-up shadyridr
2008 - Won by Kohl, runner-up notmyfriends
2009 - Won by rekrap, runner-up notmyfriends
2010 - Won by LoneGirl, runner-up Traina
2011 - Won by LoneGirl, runners-up MAX. & rekrap
2012 - Won by Paintball Wizard, runner-up Mr. Penguin
2013 - Won by Anthemyst, runner-up rekrap
2014 - Won by Mr. Penguin, runner-up Traina
I'm not even bothering to ask Tom about a prize because I never heard back about last year. But isn't winning its own reward?
The offical scoring will be:
Album of the Year: 3 points
Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist: 2 points
Other Categories: 1 point
Album of the Year
Morning Phase — Beck
Beyoncé — Beyoncé
X — Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour — Sam Smith
Girl — Pharrell Williams
Record of the Year
Fancy, Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
Chandelier, Sia
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith
Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor
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/Grioup Performance
"Fancy", Iggy Azalea Featuring 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 Featuring Juicy J
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 Dance Recording
"Never Say Never", Basement Jaxx
"Rather Be", Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne
"F For You", Disclosure Featuring Mary J. Blige
"I Got U", Duke Dumont Featuring Jax Jones
"Faded", Zhu
Best Rock Performace
"Gimme Something Good", Ryan Adams
"Do I Wanna Know?",Arctic Monkeys
"Blue Moon", Beck
"Fever", The Black Keys
"Lazaretto", Jack White
Best Metal Performance
"Neon Knights", Anthrax
"High Road", Mastodon
"Heartbreaker", Motörhead
"The Negative One", Slipknot
"The Last In Line", Tenacious D
Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
Morning Phase, Beck
Turn Blue, The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Songs Of Innocence, U2
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 R&B Album
Islander, Bernhoft
Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc
Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment
Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Best Rap Performance
"3005", Childish Gambino
"0 To 100 / The Catch Up", Drake
"Rap God", Eminem
"I", Kendrick Lamar
"All I Need Is You", Lecrae
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Blak Majik", Common Featuring Jhené Aiko
"The Monster", Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"Tuesday", I Love Makonnen Featuring Drake
"Studio", Schoolboy Q Featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
"Bound 2", Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
Best Rap Song
"Anaconda", Nicki Minaj
"Bound 2", Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
"I", Kendrick Lamar
"We Dem Boyz", Wiz Khalifa
"0 To 100 / The Catch Up", Drake
Best Rap Album
The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Because The Internet, Childish Gambino
Nobody’s Smiling, Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa
Best Country Song
"American Kids", Kenny Chesney
"Automatic", Miranda Lambert
"Give Me Back My Hometown", Eric Church
"I’m Not Gonna Miss You", Glen Campbell
"Meanwhile Back At Mama’s", Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
Best Country Album
Riser, Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders, Eric Church
12 Stories, Brandy Clark
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
The Way I’m Livin’, Lee Ann Womack
Best Bluegrass Album
The Earls Of Leicester, The Earls Of Leicester
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny
Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Into My Own, Bryan Sutton
Only Me, Rhonda Vincent
Best Blues Album
Common Ground – Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
Promise Of A Brand New Day, Ruthie Foster
Juke Joint Chapel, Charlie Musselwhite
Decisions, Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin’
Step Back, Johnny Winter
Best Folk Album
Three Bells, Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes
Follow The Music, Alice Gerrard
The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson
Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show
A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble, Jesse Winchester
Best Reggae Album
Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley
Full Frequency, Sean Paul
Back On The Controls, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
Out Of Many, One Music, Shaggy
The Reggae Power, Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
Amid The Noise And Haste, Soja
Best World Music Album
Toumani & Sidiki, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
Eve, Angelique Kidjo
Our World In Song, Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
Magic, Sérgio Mendes
Traces Of You, Anoushka Shankar
Best Spoken Word Album
Actors Anonymous, James Franco
A Call To Action, Jimmy Carter
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters
Diary Of A Mad Diva, Joan Rivers
A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren
We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song, Gloria Gaynor
Best Comedy Album
Mandatory Fun, “Weird Al” Yankovic
Obsessed, Jim Gaffigan
Oh My God, Louis C.K.
Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time, Patton Oswalt
We Are Miracles, Sarah Silverman
Best Music Video
We Exist, Arcade Fire
Turn Down For What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Chandelier, Sia
Happy, Pharrell Williams
The Golden Age, Woodkid Featuring Max Richter
Best Music Film
Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour, Beyoncé & Jay Z
Ghost Stories, Coldplay
20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Metallica Through The Never, Metallica
The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne, Pink
GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!
This is more or less the same contest as Jables ran since 2004 and that I ran the last two years. I have retained the same categories that were used last year.
There's way too many categories to pick them all, so we're mostly picking the :qunq: big ones :qunq: with a few exceptions mixed in... Of the awards that aren't handed out on the main telecast, I believe they are announced during the preshow (and will be named on the Grammy website)... so we'll make the deadline for entries at 5PM eastern on Grammy Day, February 8th... Don't PM me your picks, post them here and increase your post count. If you decide to change your mind between your initial post and the deadline, just quote your old post and make the changes, rather than edit your original entry. In the event of a tie based on points, the earlier entry will win.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I will likely not be able to score this next week, so I'd appreciate it if one of you can self-score and I will confirm the winners upon my return
Previous years' contests:
2004 - Won by Mr. Penguin, runner-up cubedbee
2005 - Won by 2M, runner-up Mr. Penguin
2006 - Won by seabass, runner-up Mr. Penguin
2007 - Won by Mr. Penguin, runner-up shadyridr
2008 - Won by Kohl, runner-up notmyfriends
2009 - Won by rekrap, runner-up notmyfriends
2010 - Won by LoneGirl, runner-up Traina
2011 - Won by LoneGirl, runners-up MAX. & rekrap
2012 - Won by Paintball Wizard, runner-up Mr. Penguin
2013 - Won by Anthemyst, runner-up rekrap
2014 - Won by Mr. Penguin, runner-up Traina
I'm not even bothering to ask Tom about a prize because I never heard back about last year. But isn't winning its own reward?
The offical scoring will be:
Album of the Year: 3 points
Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist: 2 points
Other Categories: 1 point
Album of the Year
Morning Phase — Beck
Beyoncé — Beyoncé
X — Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour — Sam Smith
Girl — Pharrell Williams
Record of the Year
Fancy, Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
Chandelier, Sia
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith
Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor
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/Grioup Performance
"Fancy", Iggy Azalea Featuring 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 Featuring Juicy J
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 Dance Recording
"Never Say Never", Basement Jaxx
"Rather Be", Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne
"F For You", Disclosure Featuring Mary J. Blige
"I Got U", Duke Dumont Featuring Jax Jones
"Faded", Zhu
Best Rock Performace
"Gimme Something Good", Ryan Adams
"Do I Wanna Know?",Arctic Monkeys
"Blue Moon", Beck
"Fever", The Black Keys
"Lazaretto", Jack White
Best Metal Performance
"Neon Knights", Anthrax
"High Road", Mastodon
"Heartbreaker", Motörhead
"The Negative One", Slipknot
"The Last In Line", Tenacious D
Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
Morning Phase, Beck
Turn Blue, The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Songs Of Innocence, U2
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 R&B Album
Islander, Bernhoft
Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc
Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment
Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Best Rap Performance
"3005", Childish Gambino
"0 To 100 / The Catch Up", Drake
"Rap God", Eminem
"I", Kendrick Lamar
"All I Need Is You", Lecrae
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Blak Majik", Common Featuring Jhené Aiko
"The Monster", Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"Tuesday", I Love Makonnen Featuring Drake
"Studio", Schoolboy Q Featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
"Bound 2", Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
Best Rap Song
"Anaconda", Nicki Minaj
"Bound 2", Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
"I", Kendrick Lamar
"We Dem Boyz", Wiz Khalifa
"0 To 100 / The Catch Up", Drake
Best Rap Album
The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Because The Internet, Childish Gambino
Nobody’s Smiling, Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa
Best Country Song
"American Kids", Kenny Chesney
"Automatic", Miranda Lambert
"Give Me Back My Hometown", Eric Church
"I’m Not Gonna Miss You", Glen Campbell
"Meanwhile Back At Mama’s", Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
Best Country Album
Riser, Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders, Eric Church
12 Stories, Brandy Clark
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
The Way I’m Livin’, Lee Ann Womack
Best Bluegrass Album
The Earls Of Leicester, The Earls Of Leicester
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny
Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Into My Own, Bryan Sutton
Only Me, Rhonda Vincent
Best Blues Album
Common Ground – Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
Promise Of A Brand New Day, Ruthie Foster
Juke Joint Chapel, Charlie Musselwhite
Decisions, Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin’
Step Back, Johnny Winter
Best Folk Album
Three Bells, Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes
Follow The Music, Alice Gerrard
The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson
Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show
A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble, Jesse Winchester
Best Reggae Album
Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley
Full Frequency, Sean Paul
Back On The Controls, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
Out Of Many, One Music, Shaggy
The Reggae Power, Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
Amid The Noise And Haste, Soja
Best World Music Album
Toumani & Sidiki, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
Eve, Angelique Kidjo
Our World In Song, Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
Magic, Sérgio Mendes
Traces Of You, Anoushka Shankar
Best Spoken Word Album
Actors Anonymous, James Franco
A Call To Action, Jimmy Carter
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters
Diary Of A Mad Diva, Joan Rivers
A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren
We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song, Gloria Gaynor
Best Comedy Album
Mandatory Fun, “Weird Al” Yankovic
Obsessed, Jim Gaffigan
Oh My God, Louis C.K.
Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time, Patton Oswalt
We Are Miracles, Sarah Silverman
Best Music Video
We Exist, Arcade Fire
Turn Down For What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Chandelier, Sia
Happy, Pharrell Williams
The Golden Age, Woodkid Featuring Max Richter
Best Music Film
Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour, Beyoncé & Jay Z
Ghost Stories, Coldplay
20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Metallica Through The Never, Metallica
The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne, Pink
GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!
Grammy Awards Game 2015
