Friday, February 6, 2015

Grammy Whammy

The Grammy's are Sunday. What a lovely night for dress watching and criticizing (although I know nothing about fashion) and laugh and cry. Easily my second favorite awards show, only behind the Dundies. All hail Michael Scott.

I'm going to go through some of the categories and make my predictions. Here we gooo. 

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Fancy

Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
The Arcade & The Invisible Men, producers; John Armstrong, Anthony Kilhoffer & Eric Weaver, engineers/mixers; Miles Showell, mastering engineer
Track from: The New Classic
Label: Def Jam Recordings

Chandelier

Sia
Greg Kurstin & Jesse Shatkin, producers; Greg Kurstin, Manny Marroquin & Jesse Shatkin, engineers/mixers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer
Track from: 1000 Forms Of Fear
Label: RCA Records / Monkey Puzzle Records

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) - SAM SMITH FOR THE WIN ALWYAS

Sam Smith
Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Worlds Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Salli Isaak Songs, Ltd./Universal Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork

Shake It Off- Much love for taylor, but I'm over it, and so is everyone else.

Taylor Swift
Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
Label: Big Machine Records

All About That Bass

Meghan Trainor
Kevin Kadish, producer; Kevin Kadish, engineer/mixer; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
Label: Epic Records
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2. ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Morning Phase

Beck
Beck Hansen, producer; Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
Label: Capitol Records

Beyoncé- If Beyonce doesn't win, do not talk to me next week, or rather ever again. I cannot deal with the heartbreak it this doesn't happen. Love Sam Smith, but if he brings this one home, Kayne better have something to say about it.

Beyoncé
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, DrakeJay Z & Frank Ocean, featured artists; Ammo, Boots, James Fauntleroy, Noel "Detail" Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Hit-Boy, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Caroline Polachek, Rey Reel, Noah "40" Shebib, Ryan Tedder, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Key Wane, Pharrell Williams & Patrick Wimberly, producers; Boots, Noel Cadastre, Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Rob Cohen, Andrew Coleman, Chris Godbey, Justin Hergett, James Krausse, Mike Larson, Jonathan Lee, Tony Maserati, Ann Mincieli, Caroline Polachek, Andrew Scheps, Bart Schoudel, Noah "40" Shebib, Ryan Tedder, Stuart White & Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, James Krausse & Aya Merrill, mastering engineers
Label: Columbia Records

X

Ed Sheeran
Jeff Bhasker, Benny Blanco, Jake Gosling, Johnny McDaid, Rick Rubin & Pharrell Williams, producers; Andrew Coleman, Jake Gosling, Matty Green, William Hicks, Tyler Sam Johnson, Jason Lader, Johnny McDaid, Chris Sclafani, Mark Stent & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
Label: Atlantic

In The Lonely Hour

Sam Smith
Steve Fitzmaurice, Komi, Howard Lawrence, Zane Lowe, Mojam, Jimmy Napes, Naughty Boy, Fraser T. Smith, Two Inch Punch & Eg White, producers; Michael Angelo, Graham Archer, Steve Fitzmaurice, Simon Hale, Darren Heelis, James Murray, Jimmy Napes, Mustafa Omer, Dan Parry, Steve Price & Eg White, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineers
Label: Capitol Records

Girl

Pharrell Williams
Alicia Keys & Justin Timberlake, featured artists; Pharrell Williams, producer; Leslie Brathwaite, Adrian Breakspear, Andrew Coleman, Jimmy Douglas, Hart Gunther, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta, Mike Larson, Stephanie McNally, Alan Meyerson, Ann Mincieli & Kenta Yonesaka, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
Label: Columbia Records
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3. SONG OF THE YEAR

All About That Bass

Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)
Label: Epic Records; Publishers: Year Of The Dog Music/Over-Thought Under-Appreciated Songs

Chandelier

Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)
Track from: 1000 Forms Of Fear
Label: RCA Records / Monkey Puzzle Records; Publishers: EMI Music Publishing Inc./EMI April Music Inc./Aidenjulius Music

Shake It Off

Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Label: Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music/MXM admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)

James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Words Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork

Take Me To Church- Hoizer rocks. End of discussion. wowowow. Sam Smith deserves one, maybe two Grammys, but Hoizer deserves them all.

Track from: Take Me To Church
Label: Columbia Records
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4. BEST NEW ARTIST

Iggy Azalea- R u serious? never. ever.

Label: Def Jam Recordings

Bastille-...... BASTILLE ISN'T NEW PEOPLE... 

Label: Virgin Records

Brandy Clark... who?

Label: Slate Creek Records

Haim <3 my sisters, but no shot.

Label: Columbia Records

Sam Smith- <3 he's got this one in da bag

Label: Capitol Records

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22. BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

3005--- <333333333333333333333 DONALD GLOVER 4 the win always

Track from: Because The Internet
Label: Glassnote

0 To 100 / The Catch Up-- you mean Jimmy Brooks? who's drake

Label: Cash Money/Young Money

Rap God- He had a new album?

Track from: The Marshall Mathers LP2
Label: Aftermath

I-This song is horrible. NEXT.

Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records

All I Need Is You.... what?

Label: Reach Records
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23. BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

Blak Majik

Common Featuring Jhené Aiko
Track from: Nobody's Smiling
Label: Def Jam Recordings

The Monster

Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Track from: The Marshall Mathers LP2
Label: Aftermath

Tuesday

I Love Makonnen Featuring Drake
Label: OVO/Warner Bros.

Studio

Track from: Oxymoron
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records

Bound 2 BEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN. YES YES YES

Track from: Yeezus
Label: Def Jam Recordings
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24. BEST RAP SONG

Anaconda

Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett, songwriters (Nicki Minaj)
Label: Cash Money/Young Money

Bound 2--------- plz

Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye WestCharlie Wilson, Ernest Wilson & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West &Charlie Wilson)
Track from: Yeezus
Label: Def Jam Recordings; Publishers: Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./John Legend Publishing admin. by BMG Chrysalis/Monarchy Music/Abou Thiam Publishing/Universal Publishing/Jabriel Iz Myne/Let The Story Begin Music Publishing/Chrysalis Songs/EMI Blackwood Music obo Papa George Publishing/Noah Goldstein Music/Reach Music Publishing/Dust Index/Gambi Music, Inc./Songs of Universal, Inc.

I

K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records

We Dem Boyz

Maurice Brown, Kemion Cooks, N. Fisher & C. Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
Track from: Blacc Hollywood
Label: Rostrum/Atlantic; Publishers; Wiz Khalifa Publishing admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./IFYOUNEEDMEDONTLEAVEME

0 To 100 / The Catch Up

A. Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
Label: Cash Money/Young Money
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25. BEST RAP ALBUM

The New Classic-no

Label: Def Jam Recordings

Because The Internet-yes

Label: Glassnote

Nobody's Smiling-no

Label: Def Jam Recordings

The Marshall Mathers LP2-no

Label: Aftermath

Oxymoron-yes

Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records

Blacc Hollywood-no.no.no.no.no.

Label: Rostrum/Atlantic
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82. BEST MUSIC VIDEO

We Exist-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyessssssssssssssssss

Arcade Fire
David Wilson, video director; Sue Yeon Ahn & Jason Baum, video producers
Label: Capitol Records

Turn Down For What

DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Daniels, video directors; Judy Craig, Candice Ouaknine, Jonathan Wang & Bryan Younce, video producers
Label: Columbia Records

Chandelier

Sia
Daniel Askill & Sia, video directors; Jennifer Heath & Jack Hogan, video producers
Label: RCA Records / Monkey Puzzle Records

Happy

Pharrell Williams
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers
Label: Columbia Records

The Golden Age

Woodkid Featuring Max Richter
Yoann Lemoine, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Roman Pichon Herrera, Christine Miller & Annabel Rosier, video producers
Label: Interscope




There are so many categories.... why. just give me beyonce and kayne and i will be okay. It'll be a great night of singing and heartbreak if beyonce doesn't win everything. More to come. 

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