50th Grammy, Baby
Monday December 24, 2007 23:44 | 418 views
Status: Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone.
Music: Crush – Paramore
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It’s Grammy Awards season once again. Although the Grammy never fails to disappoint me every year, I don’t understand why I still get excited when they reveal the list of nominees. Hmmm. Last year, I wanted Mary J. Blige to win the Record of the Year award for Be Without You but it was handed to the Dixie Chicks instead. I love the country trio; they deserved the Song of the Year award and all the others but Record of the Year really should have been Mary’s. Tsk tsk.
Anyway, this year, Kanye West leads the pack again with eight nominations, followed by Amy Winehouse with six. I like them both but it’s just “like.” I don’t go ga-ga over them, no. Here are the nominees for some of the awards together with my predictions:
Record of the Year
- Irreplaceable – Beyonce
- The Pretender – Foo Fighters
- Umbrella – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
- What Goes Around… Comes Around – Justin Timberlake
- Rehab – Amy Winehous
What I want to win: Umbrella (I looove the song. Future classic.)
What might win: Umbrella or Rehab
Album of the Year
- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters
- These Days – Vince Gill
- River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock
- Graduation – Kanye West
- Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
What I want to win: Na-uh.
What might win: Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
Song of the Year
- Before He Cheats – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood)
- Hey There Delilah – Tom Higgenson (Plain White T’s)
- Like a Star – Corrine Bailey Rae (Corrine Bailey Rae)
- Rehab – Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse)
- Umbrella – Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (Rihanna feat Jay-Z)
What I want to win: Umbrella or Before He Cheats or Like a Star. Shocks. Can’t make up my mind. Haha.
What might win: Umbrella
Best New Artist
- Feist
- Ledisi
- Paramore
- Taylor Swift
- Amy Winehouse
Whom I want to win: Amy Winehouse (but I like Paramore, too, haha)
Who might win: Amy Winehouse
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Candyman – Christina Aguilera
- 1234 – Feist
- Big Girls Don’t Cry
- Say It Right – Nelly Furtado
- Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Whom I want to win: Nelly Furtado (and Aguilera, hihi)
Who might win: Amy Winehouse or Christina Aguilera, a Grammy favourite
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Everything – Michael Buble
- Belief – John Mayer
- Dance Tonight – Paul McCartney
- Amazing – Seal
- What Goes Around Comes Around – Justin Timberlake
Whom I want to win: Michael Buble
Who might win: Justin Timberlake, another Grammy fave
Best Pop Performance by a Group
- (You Want To) Make a Memory – Bon Jovi
- Home – Daughtry
- Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5
- Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
- Window in the Skies
Whom I want to win: Daughtry or Plain White T’s
Who might win: Plain White T’s
Best Pop Collaboration
- Steppin’ Out – Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
- Beautiful Liar – Beyonce & Shakira
- Gone Gone Gone – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
- The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani & Akon
- Give it to Me – Timbaland feat Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
Whom I want to win: Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
Who might win: Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Best Rock Performance by a Group
- It’s Not Over – Daughtry
- Working Class Hero – Green Day
- If Everyone Cared – Nickelback
- Instant Karma – U2
- Icky Thump – The White Stripes
Whom I want to win: Daughtry
Who might win: Daughtry
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Just Fine – Mary J. Blige
- When I See You – Fantasia
- No One – Alicia Keys
- If I Have My Way – Chrisette Michelle
- Hate On Me – Jill Scott
Whom I want to win: Alicia Keys
Who might win: Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Woman – Raheem DeVaughn
- B.U.D.D.Y. – Musiq Soulchild
- Because of You – Ne-Yo
- Future Baby Mama – Prince
- Please Don’t Go – Tank
Whom I want to win: Ne-Yo (AS IN!)
Who might win: Ne-Yo
Best Contemporary R&B Album
- Konvicted – Akon
- Just Like You – Keyshia Cole
- Fantasia – Fantasia
- East Side Story – Emily King
- Because of You – Ne-Yo
Whom I want to win: Ne-Yo
Who might win: Ne-Yo
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Simple Love – Alison Krauss
- Famous In a Small Town – Miranda Lambert
- Nothin’ Better to Do – LeAnn Rimes
- Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
- Heaven, Heartache and the Power – Trisha Yearwood
Whom I want to win: Carrie Underwood (by a mile)
Who might win: Carrie Underwood (hihi)
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ruff
i was actually surprised with plain white T’s nomination. i so so love hey there delilah, it’s very anticlimactic of spektor’s samson, don’t you think?
my other loves: alicia keys’ no one and corinne bailey rae’s like a star (heard it over at grey’s and it’s stuck with me like, er, whatever)..
and you wouldn’t want to hear my reaction re christina. especially when my recent post includes the great britney in it.
merry christmas yoshke!
Yoshke
yeah, ako rin. surprised sa Plain White Ts nomination. pero ahlavet.
Hindi ko pa narinig ang Like a Star. Waaah.
Ok, yung violent reaction mo ke Aguilera, keep it to yourself. haha
Yoshke
napakinggan ko na Like a Star. HAAAANGANDA!!!
Jonats
Ayos to ah, daig pa ang E! Review ng grammy.
anyway, amen to your predictions (either that, or its just really easy to spot the winners this year) and on Rihanna’s “Umbrella” being a being a future classic. The renditions happen just left and right.
i didn’t know JM’s “Belief” would make it to the cut. He’s bagged 2 grammy’s na kaya last year for Continuum!
Yoshke
uy, jonats, napadpad ka. oh yeah, umbrella. love, love, love.
TRUE! yung kay John Mayer, pasok pa pala yun. Pati nga Before He Cheats at Irreplaceable eh, akala ko last year nakasama.
Chuy
Ditto!! It’s like my version of Superbowl. My friend and I discuss Grammy nominees as if they have stats like in football and basketball and predict their probability of winning. It’s crazy! hahaha!! Thanks for the info, I’ll look into this and will give you my predictions as well.
Yoshke
haha, pareho tayo. ga-ga over grammys. hihi
ayn
I want Feist to win in the categories she’s nominated. pero malabo dahil kalaban niya si Amy Winehouse, who’s probably the fave to win.
Yoshke
haha. true, natatakot din ako ke Amy Winehouse. Waaah, isa lang yung alam kong song ni Feist eh. yung parang pang-kinder, joke.
Lalon
Many of your predictions did win (well, it’s kinda easy to predict who’ll win if you’re quite aware of what typically, is liked by the jurors ^^,).
I love Amy Winehouse and I think her 5 Grammy Awards nabs are well-deserved. Hope she gets well soon.
PS.
I was kinda expecting Christina to win too, or at least see her perform on stage. Oh well, hehe.