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One of the biggest events of the next year, which actually Awards Albums and Songs that aren't from 2017, stands in the front door. (the 12th February 2017)

I am talking about the Oscars of the Music world, but with less understandable nominations and winners.

The Grammys (Yay!)

So in this Thread, I do not only want to Keep the Music Board alive, I also want to go through the Nominations.

So, things start with the main categories:

Record of the Year (nominees)

Hello - Adele
Formation - Beyoncé
7 Years - Lukas Graham
Work - Rihanna feat. Drake
Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots

Album of the Year

25 - Adele
Lemonade - Beyoncé
Purpose - Justin Bieber
Views - Drake
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth - Sturgill Simpson

Song of the Year

Formation - Beyoncé (Authors: Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles, Michael L. Williams II)
Hello - Adele (Authors: Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin)
I Took a Pill in Ibiza - Mike Posner
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber (Authors: Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin, Ed Sheeran)
7 Years - Lukas Graham (Authors: Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard, Morten Ristorp)

Best Newcomer

Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance the Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson Paak

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

Hello - Adele
Hold Up - Beyoncé
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
Piece by Piece (Idol Version) - Kelly Clarkson
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Closer - The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
7 Years - Lukas Graham
Work - Rihanna featuring Drake
Cheap Thrills - Sia featuring Sean Paul
Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots

Best Pop Vocal Album

25 - Adele
Purpose - Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande
Confident - Demi Lovato
This Is Acting - Sia

Dance and Electronica

Best Dance Recording

Tearing Me Up - Bob Moses
Don’t Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers feat. Daya
Never Be Like You - Flume feat. Kai
Rinse & Repeat - Riton feat. Kah-Lo
Drinkee - Sofi Tukker

Best Electronic/Dance Album

Skin - Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine - Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch - Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future - Underworld
Louie Vega Starring … XXVIII - Louie Vega

(Not Electronic/Dance anymore)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Human Nature - Herb Alpert
When You Wish Upon a Star - Bill Frisell
Way Back Home: Live from Rochester, NY - The Steve Gadd Band
Unspoken - Chuck Loeb
Culcha Vulcha - Snarky Puppy

Rock

Best Rock Perfromance

Joe (Live from Austin City Limits) - Alabama Shakes
Don’t Hurt Yourself - Beyoncé feat.Jack White (Yep, I am not kidding)
Blackstar - David Bowie
The Sound of Silence (Live on Conan) - Disturbed
Heathens - Twenty One Pilots

Best Metal Perfromance

Shock Me - Baroness
Silvera - Gojira
Rotting in Vain - Korn
Dystopia - Megadeth
The Price Is Wrong - Periphery

Best Rock Song

Blackstar - David Bowie (Autor: David Bowie)
Burn the Witch - Radiohead (Author: Radiohead)
Hardwired - Metallica(Authors: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich)
Heathens - Twenty One Pilots (Author: Tyler Joseph)
My Name Is Human - Highly Suspect (Authors: Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer, Johnny Stevens)

Best Rock Album

California - Blink-182
Tell Me I’m Pretty - Cage the Elephant
Magma - Gojira
Death of a Bachelor - Panic! at the Disco
Weezer - Weezer

Best Alternative Music Album

22, a Million - Bon Iver
Blackstar - David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project - PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression - Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

Rap

Best Rap Performance

No Problem - Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Panda - Desiigner
Pop Style - Drake feat. the Throne
All the Way Up - Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared
That Part - Schoolboy Q feat. Kanye West

Best Rap Song

All the Way Up - Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared (Authors: Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Marcello Valenzano, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie)

Famous - Kanye West feat. Rihanna (Authors: Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West, Cydel Young)

Hotline Bling - Drake (Authors: Aubrey Graham, Paul Jefferies)

No Problem - Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz (Authors: Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter, Tauheed Epps)

Ultralight Beam - Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream (Authors: Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West, Cydel Young)

Best Rap Album

Coloring Book - Chance the Rapper
And the Anonymous Nobody - De La Soul
Major Key - DJ Khaled
Views - Drake
Blank Face LP - Schoolboy Q
The Life of Pablo - Kanye West

Now some other Categories I wanted to include too, but not fully:

Best Country Album

Big Day in a Small Town - Brandy Clark
Full Circle - Loretta Lynn
Hero - Maren Morris
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth - Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord - Keith Urban

Best Country Song

Blue Ain’t Your Color - Keith Urban (Authors: Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey, Steven Lee Olsen)
Die a Happy Man - Thomas Rhett (Authors: Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett, Joe Spargur)
Humble and Kind - Tim McGraw (Authors: Lori McKenna)
My Church - Maren Morris (Authors: Michael Busbee, Maren Morris)
Vice - Miranda Lambert (Authors: Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne)

Best New Age Album

Orogen - John Burke
Dark Sky Island - Enya
Inner Passion - Peter Kater & Tina Guo
Rosetta - Vangelis
White Sun II - White Sun

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Sound of Red - René Marie
Upward Spiral - Branford Marsalis Quartet with special Guest Kurt Elling
Take Me to the Alley - Gregory Porter
Harlem on My Mind - Catherine Russell
The Sting Variations - Tierney Sutton Band

Best Jazz Ensemble Album

Real Enemies - Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Monk’estra, Vol. 1 - John Beasley
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatles - John Daversa
All L. A. Band - Bob Mintzer
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom - The Ted Nash Big Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Book of Intuition - Kenny Barron Trio
Dr. Um - Peter Erskine
Sunday Night at the Vanguard - Fred Hersch Trio
Nearness - Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
Country for Old Men - John Scofield

Best Reggae Album

Sly & Robbie Presents … Reggae for Her - Devin Di Dakta & J.L
Rose Petals - J Boog
Ziggy Marley - Ziggy Marley
Everlasting - Raging Fyah
Falling into Place - Rebelution
Soja: Live in Virginia - SOJA

Last but not least Best World Music Album

Destiny - Celtic Woman
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Sing Me Home - Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Land of Gold - Anoushka Shankar
Dois Amigos, Um Seculo De Música: Multishow Live - Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil

(Didn't include the Rest because it was too much, sorry if you're a fan of Latin, Gospel, American Roots or Classical Music)

Predictions and Rants desired.

The only entries I even remotely care about are both the Radiohead entries and the Periphery entry. Radiohead better win at least one of the two catagories they're nominated for, I'll lose all hope if they don't.

The Price Is Wrong is a [censored] jam and deserves to win, at least over the other four tracks selected for best metal performance.

There we go:

Predictions:

Record of the year: Hello - Adele (but stressed out seems very realistic too) (Won)
Album of the year: probably Adele or Beyoncé (Drake was bad, Justin is hated and Simpson too unknown) (Adele Won)
Song of the year: Hello (won)
Best Newcomer: The Chainsmokers (but not quite sure) (wrong prediction)
Pop Solo: Adele (won)
Pop Duo: Stressed out by Twenty One Pilots (won)
Pop Vocal: (you know my prediction) (Adele won as I predicted)
Best Dance Recording: Sofi Tukker (but not sure) (wrong)
Best Electronic Album: Louie Vega (wrong)
Best Instrumental: Steve Gadd Band (wrong)
Best Rock Performance: David Bowie (or Disturbed) (won)
Best Metal Performance: GIVE IT TO GOJIRA! (Dystopia won, I mean, seriously?)
Best Rock Song: David Bowie's Blackstar (won)
Best Rock Album: California by Blink-182 (but Gojira and Weezer could be possible winners too) (Cage the Elephant won)
Best Rap Performance: Chance the Rapper (won)
Best Rap Song: probably one of Kanye West's Songs (HOTLINE BLING! AWWWWYEEEAAAHH)
Best Rap Album: probably/sadly Drake or Kanye West (it was Chance)
Best Country Album: Sturgill Simpsons A Sailor's Guide to Earth (won)
Country Song: My Church - Maren Morris (wrong, but Close)
New Age Album: Enya or Burke (WHITE F************************ SUN)
Jazz Vocal: Gregory Porter (won)
Jazz Ensemble: The Ted Nash Big Band (won)
Jazz Instrumental: (I hope it goes to) The Kenny Barron Trio (wrong)
Reggae Album: J Boog or Ziggy Marley (Ziggy took it (yay))
Best World Music Album: probably Celtic Woman (Sing me home from YoYoMa was the winner)

14 from 25 Predictions were right.

The fact that Megadeth's Dystopia won is underlining how incompetent the Grammy Jury is when it Comes to metal.

AAAAAANNND HOTLINE BLING WON A GRAMMY! Too much for me to handle.