Here’s a rundown of who will (and should) win the big categories on Sunday.
When music’s biggest night airs during a pandemic, does it still make a sound?
If its awards brethren are any indicator, the answer is… sort of.
Dua Lipa, Megan thee Stallion, and Maren Morris are all up for Grammy awards this year.Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage; RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Then again, that downward slope pre-dates COVID-19.
And having fewer eyeballs shouldn’t excuse the boring pitfalls theGrammyshave consistently fallen into.
(Remember the “I Sing the Body Electric” cover in hour 4 oflast year’s Grammys?
I wish I didn’t.)
Speaking of choices, there are plenty of difficult ones to make for who wins come Sunday.
But will her appearance in the big categories be enough to beat Dua’s dance-dance revolution?
Or Taylor’s comeback tale?
Things get even more interesting on the below-the-line picks (Fiona or Phoebe?
Balvin or BTS?).
We’ll find out for sure when the telecast kicks off on Sunday.
the punctuated piano chords!
that insatiable hook!)
is going to come away with a win.
Album of the Year
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& Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.
Swift’s comfy “Cardigan” FTW instead.
WHO WILL WIN:Only one of these nominees has pioneered a catchphrase and had two No.
Megan, come on down!
Instead, third year’s the charm for three-times-in-a-row Pop Vocal Album nominee Swift.
WHO WILL WIN:“Exile” no more.
These are all great options, but Howard’s exquisite “Stay High” deserves the gramophone.
WHO WILL WIN:There are few artists the Grammys love more than 11-time EGOT winner John Legend.
WHO SHOULD WIN:“Black Parade”’s multitiered approach to melody and messaging deserves the gold.
WHO WILL WIN:Jhene’s Album of the Year nod gives her the edge in this one.
WHO WILL WIN:“Savage.”
Even more shocking: the album he returned with the long-delayed, highly anticipatedA Written Testimony was good.
WHO WILL WIN:Nas because most Academy voters probably haven’t heard of any of the other nominees.
WHO WILL WIN:Ashley McBryde.
WHO WILL WIN:Jack Antonoff.
