It's Grammy Time!

Grammys are Sunday at 8pm so don't miss 'em! While you might be reading a bunch of blogs in the upcoming (and preceding) days that lead up to the Grammys about Valentine's Day and love songs, let's just focus on some great music, shall we?

Who I want to win and who I think will win are two very different levels...And let's face it, I could write a page on each nomination with who I want to win and why and who I think will win and why. But who really wants to read all that?

Highlighted in Yellow means who I want to win

Highlighted in Green means who I think will win.

If there's no Yellow I just don't care, and if there's no Green I have no effin' clue.

And Cyan (haha yes, cyan) means who I want to win might actually win.


Record Of The Year

B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You

Eminem Featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

Cee Lo Green - F*** You

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

Album Of The Year

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Eminem - Recovery

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Song Of The Year

Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs - Beg Steal Or Borrow

Cee Lo Green - F*** You

Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me

Eminem Featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

Best New Artist

Justin Bieber

Drake

Florence & The Machine

Mumford & Sons

Esperanza Spalding

SO MANY CONFLICTING THOUGHTS! I love how I said I wouldn't write anything. I won't lie, Mumford & Sons, Florence & The Machine, and Drake have all won my heart. I'm even starting to get into Esperanza Spalding. It's really a shame that out of those four, Justin Bieber probably has the biggest chance of winning. He's caused Beatle(Bieber)mania all over again. Can you really fight that?

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything

Beyoncé - Halo (Live)

Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet

Michael Jackson - This Is It

Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me

Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

John Mayer - Half Of My Heart

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Glee Cast - Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version)

Maroon 5 - Misery

Paramore - The Only Exception

Sade - Babyfather

Train - Hey, Soul Sister (Live)

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams - Airplanes, Part II

Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare - Imagine

Elton John & Leon Russell - If It Wasn't For Bad

Lady Gaga & Beyoncé - Telephone

Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg - California Gurls

Best Pop Vocal Album

Justin Bieber - My World 2.0

Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster

John Mayer - Battle Studies

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Best Dance Recording

Goldfrapp - Rocket

La Roux - In For The Kill

Lady Gaga - Dance In The Dark

Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)

Robyn - Dancing On My Own

Some of these aren't even dance music...

Best Electronic/Dance Album

BT - These Hopeful Machines

The Chemical Brothers - Further

Goldfrapp - Head First

Groove Armada - Black Light

La Roux - La Roux

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Eric Clapton - Run Back To Your Side

John Mayer - Crossroads

Paul McCartney - Helter Skelter

Robert Plant - Silver Rider

Neil Young - Angry World

Just so much love...

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Arcade Fire - Ready To Start

Jeff Beck & Joss Stone - I Put A Spell On You

The Black Keys - Tighten Up

Kings Of Leon - Radioactive

Muse - Resistance

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Jeff Beck - Hammerhead

The Black Keys - Black Mud

Los Lobos - Do The Murray

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Kundalini Bonfire

Dweezil Zappa - The Deathless Horsie

Best Rock Song

Neil Young - Angry World

Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

Kings Of Leon - Radioactive

Muse - Resistance

The Black Keys - Tighten Up

Best Rock Album

Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion

Muse - The Resistance

Pearl Jam - Backspacer

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mojo

Neil Young - Le Noise

Best Alternative Music Album

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms

The Black Keys - Brothers

Broken Bells - Broken Bells

Vampire Weekend - Contra

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Bilal - Little One

Cee Lo Green - F*** You

Carolyn Malachi - Orion

Janelle Monáe & Big Boi - Tightrope

Eric Roberson - Still

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Chris Brown - Graffiti

R. Kelly - Untitled

Ryan Leslie - Transition

Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid

Usher - Raymond V Raymond

Best Rap Solo Performance

Drake – Over

Eminem - Not Afraid

Ludacris - How Low

T.I. - I'm Back

Kanye West - Power

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Big Boi, Bosko, Cutty & Mouche - Shutterbugg

Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz - Fancy

Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz - On To The Next One

Ludacris & Nicki Minaj - My Chick Bad

Young Jeezy & Plies - Lose My Mind

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

B.o.B & Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You

Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall - Deuces

Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind

John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common - Wake Up Everybody

Best Rap Song

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind

Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

Eminem - Not Afraid

B.o.B & Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You

Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz - On To The Next One

Best Rap Album

B.o.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Ray

Drake - Thank Me Later

Eminem - Recovery

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3

The Roots - How I Got Over

Best Americana Album

Rosanne Cash - The List

Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust

Willie Nelson - Country Music

Robert Plant - Band Of Joy

Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone

      

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Rob Cavallo

Brand New Eyes (Paramore) (A)

Hang Cool Teddy Bear (Meat Loaf) (A)

Happy Hour (Uncle Kracker) (A)

Music Again (Adam Lambert) (T)

Soaked (Adam Lambert) (T)

Sure Fire Winners (Adam Lambert) (T)

Time For Miracles (Adam Lambert) (T)

            When It's Time (Green Day) (T)

Danger Mouse

                  Broken Bells (Broken Bells) (A)

                  Dark Night Of The Soul (Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse) (A)

                  Tighten Up (The Black Keys) (T)

Dr. Luke

                  California Gurls (Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg) (T)

                  For Your Entertainment (Adam Lambert) (T)

                  Hungover (Kesha) (T)

                  Kiss N Tell (Kesha) (T)

                  Magic (B.o.B. Featuring Rivers Cuomo) (T)

                  Take It Off (Kesha) (T)

                  Teenage Dream (Katy Perry) (T)

                  Your Love Is My Drug (Kesha) (T)

RedOne

                  Alejandro (Lady Gaga) (S)

                  Bad Romance (Lady Gaga) (S)

                  The Fame Monster (Lady Gaga) (A)

                  I Like It (Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull) (S)

                  More (Usher) (T)

                  We Are The World 25 For Haiti (Artists For Haiti) (S)

                  Whole Lotta Love (Mary J. Blige) (S)

The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine

                  Billionaire (Travie McCoy Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)

                  Bow Chicka Wow Wow (Mike Posner) (T)

                  F*** You (Cee Lo Green) (S)

                  Island Queen (Sean Kingston) (T)

                  Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars) (S)

                  Nothin' On You (B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)

There are a lot of other great categories (folk, blues, etc.) that I overlooked. For all of the Grammy nominees check out Grammy.com.