My Picks For The Grammys

Music's biggest night of the year is Sunday when the Grammy Awards are presented. To keep my interest past the red carpet I always pick the winners ahead of time and then love to see how well I do.

The Grammy Nominations are made up for 6 different categories; General, Rock and Metal, Pop, Rap and R&B, Country and Other. I only make my picks from General and Pop. Sunday night at 6PM on CBS we will find out how well I did and if I should have made some off-shore prop bet.

GENERAL CATEGORY
Record of the Year
•Iggy Azalea, “Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)”
•Sia, “Chandelier”
•Sam Smith, “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
•Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”-WINNER
•Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”

 Best New Artist
•Bastille
•Iggy Azalea
•Brandy Clark
•Haim
•Sam Smith-WINNER (As much as I hate his music, I pick him)

Song of the Year
•Sia, “Chandelier”
•Sam Smith, “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
•Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”-WINNER
•Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”

Album of the Year
•Morning Phase, Beck
•Beyoncé, Beyoncé
•x, Ed Sheeran
•G I R L, Pharrell-WINNER
•In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith

 Best Music Video
•“We Exist,” Arcade Fire-WINNER
•“Chandelier,” Sia
•“Turn Down for What,” DJ Snake and Lil Jon
•“The Golden Age,” Woodkid feat. Max Richter
•“Happy,” Pharrell

POP CATEGORY
Best Pop Vocal Album
•Coldplay, Ghost Stories
•Miley Cyrus, Bangerz
•Ariana Grande, My Everything
•Katy Perry, Prism-WINNER (She's never won!)
•Ed Sheeran, X
•Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

 Best Pop Solo Performance
•John Legend, “All of Me (Live Version)”
•Sia, “Chandelier”
•Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
•Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
•Pharrell Williams, “Happy”-WINNER

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
•Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek-WINNER
•Johnny Mathis, Sending You a Little Christmas
•Annie Lennox, Nostalgia
•Barbra Streisand, Partners
•Barry Manilow, Night Songs

Best Pop Solo Performance
•“All of Me (Live Version),” John Legend
•“Chandelier,” Sia
•“Stay With Me,” Sam Smith
•“Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift-WINNER
•“Happy,” Pharrell Williams

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
•“Bang Bang,” Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj-WINNER
•“Fancy,” Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
•“Say Something,” A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
•“A Sky Full of Stars,” Coldplay
•“Dark Horse,” Katy Perry feat. Juicy J

One of our 12 Listener's, Courtney Shippy, will be in the audience at the Grammy's! We will have all the actual winners and Grammy coverage for you, right here Sunday night!