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The Biggest Night in Music: 55th GRAMMY Awards

Anticipation builds as we get closer to the 55th GRAMMY Awards airing on Sunday, February 10th on CBS at 8pm. So much has changed in the past year in regards to the music industry, including the passing of the late great Whitney Houston on the eve of the biggest night in music! We have also seen some of the best performances, like Beyonce's electrifying Super Bowl Half Time show! Sunday night marks the pinnacle for artists, producers, songwriters, managers, publicists, and anyone else involved in the process of developing a GRAMMY nominee over the past year (See some of my predictions below in bold), especially the coveted new artist award. The diverse nominations for the Best New Artist category includes Frank Ocean, fun., The Lumineers, Hunter hayes, and The Alabama Shakes...who do you think will win? Hopefully my faves walk away with their golden gramophone, especially Rihanna who I can't wait to see hit the stage!
Photo Courtesy of Rolling Stone


Best New Artist
fun.
The Alabama Shakes
The Lumineers
Hunter Hayes
Frank Ocean


Record of the Year
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
We Are Young - fun. featuring Janelle Monae
Somebody You Use to Know - Gotye featuring Kimbra
Thinking About You - Frank Ocean
We Are Never Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift


Album of the Year
El Camino The Black Keys
Some Nights - fun.
Babel - Mumford & Sons
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss - Jack White


Song of the Year
The A Team
Adorn
Call Me Maybe
Stronger
We Are Young


Best Pop Solo Performance
Set Fire To the Rain - Adele
Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepson
Wide Awake - Katy Perry
Where Have You Been - Rihanna


Best Urban Contemporary Album
Fortune - Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dreams - Miguel
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Best Rap Album
Take Care - Drake
Food & Liquor II - Lupe Fiasco
Life is Good - Nas
Undun - The Roots
God Forgives, I Don't - Rick Ross
Based On A T.R.U Story - 2Chainz

To view the rest of the GRAMMY nominations, click here.






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