PKM’s Grammy Predictions

When I looked over the Grammy nominations list I was surprised about some things and ecstatic for others. Below are my predictions for the 2016 Grammy's. Record Of The Year • Really Love D'Angelo And The Vanguard D'Angelo, producer; Russell Elevado & Ben Kane, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer Track from: Black Messiah [RCA Records] • Uptown Funk       Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars       Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer       Track from: Uptown Special       [RCA Records] • Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran Jake Gosling, producer; Jake Gosling, Mark 'Spike' Stent & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer Track from: X [Atlantic] • Blank Space Taylor Swift Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Track from: 1989 [Big Machine Records] • Can't Feel My Face The Weeknd Max Martin & Ali Payami, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Sam Holland, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer [Republic] Album Of The Year • Sound & Color Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes & Blake Mills, producers; Shawn Everett, engineer/mixer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer • To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar Bilal, George Clinton, James Fauntleroy, Ronald Isley, Rapsody, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat & Anna Wise, featured artists; Taz Arnold, Boi-1Da, Ronald Colson, Larrance Dopson, Flying Lotus, Fredrik "Tommy Black" Halldin, Knxwledge, Koz, Lovedragon, Terrace Martin, Rahki, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Thundercat, Whoarei & Pharrell Williams, producers; Derek "Mixedbyali" Ali, Thomas Burns, James "The White Black Man" Hunt, 9th Wonder & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer • Traveller Chris Stapleton Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton, producers; Vance Powell, engineer/mixer; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer [Mercury Nashville] • 1989       Taylor Swift       Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer       [Big Machine Records] • Beauty Behind The Madness       The Weeknd       Lana Del Rey, Labrinth & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Dannyboystyles, Ben Diehl, Labrinth, Mano, Max Martin, Stephan Moccio, Carlo Montagnese, Ali Payami, The Pope, Jason Quenneville, Peter Svensson, Abel Tesfaye & Kanye West, producers; Jay Paul Bicknell, Mattias Bylund, Serban Ghenea, Noah Goldstein, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jean Marie Horvat, Carlo Montagnese, Jason Quenneville & Dave Reitzas, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Dave Kutch, mastering engineers       [Republic] Song Of The Year • Alright Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly [TDE/Aftermath/Interscope; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, EMI Music Inc., More Water From Nazareth, Sounwave TDE Productions, SonyATV] • Blank Space Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) Track from: 1989 [Big Machine Records; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music/MXM admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc.] • Girl Crush Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town) Track from: Pain Killer [Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Hoodie Songs, HillarodyRathbone Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC] • See You Again       Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)       Track from: Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack       [Atlantic; Publisher(s): Artist Publishing Group West/J Franks Publishing/Andrew Cedar Publishing admin. by WB Music Corp./Wiz Khalifa Publishing admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Charlie Puth Music Publishing/Artist 101 Publishing Group admin. by Warner Chappell Music, Universal Pictures Music, UPG Music Publishing] • Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran) Track from: X [Atlantic; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Music Publishing/BDi Music Limited] 2016 Grammys: 10 Surprising Snubs Best New Artist • Courtney Barnett • James Bay • Sam Hunt • Tori Kelly • Meghan Trainor Best Pop Solo Performance • Heartbeat Song Kelly Clarkson Track from: Piece By Piece [RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited] • Love Me Like You Do Ellie Goulding Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Republic] • Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran Track from: X [Atlantic] • Blank Space       Taylor Swift       Track from: 1989       [Big Machine Records] • Can't Feel My Face The Weeknd Track from: Beauty Behind The Madness [Republic] Best Pop Duo/Group Performance • Ship To Wreck Florence + The Machine Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful [Republic] • Sugar Maroon 5 Track from: V [222 Records/Interscope] • Uptown Funk Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Track from: Uptown Special [RCA Records] • Bad Blood Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar [Big Machine Records] • See You Again       Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth       Track from: Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack       [Atlantic] Best Pop Vocal Album • Piece By Piece Kelly Clarkson [19/RCA] • How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence + The Machine [Republic] • Uptown Special Mark Ronson [RCA Records] • 1989       Taylor Swift       [Big Machine Records] • Before This World James Taylor [Concord Records] Best Dance Recording • We're All We Need Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston Andrew Bayer, Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki, producers; Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki, mixers [Ultra/Anjunabeats] • Go The Chemical Brothers Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers; Steve Dub Jones & Tom Rowlands, mixers [Astralwerks] • Never Catch Me Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar Steven Ellison, producer; Kevin Marques Moo, mixer Track from: You're Dead! [Warp Records] • Runaway (U & I) Galantis Linus Eklöw, Christian Karlsson & Svidden, producers; Linus Eklöw, Niklas Flyckt & Christian Karlsson, mixers Track from: Pharmacy [Big Beat/Atlantic] • Where Are Ü Now       Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber       Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, producers; Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, mixers       Track from: Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü       [Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic] Best Dance/Electronic Album • Our Love Caribou [Merge Records] • Born In The Echoes The Chemical Brothers [Astralwerks] • Caracal Disclosure [Capitol Records] • In Colour Jamie XX [Young Turks Recordings] • Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü       Skrillex And Diplo       [Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic] Best Rock Performance • Don't Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes [ATO Records] • What Kind Of Man Florence + The Machine Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful [Republic] • Something From Nothing Foo Fighters Track from: Sonic Highways [RCA Records] • Ex's & Oh's       Elle King       Track from: Love Stuff       [RCA Records] • Moaning Lisa Smile Wolf Alice Track from: My Love Is Cool [RCA Records/Dirty Hit] Best Rock Song • Don't Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes) [ATO Records; Publisher(s): Alabama Shakes Publishing/Break Mirrors Music] • Ex's & Oh's       Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King)       Track from: Love Stuff       [RCA Records; Publisher(s): Elle King Music/EMI Music Publishing, Inc./Bassett Songs/EMI April Music, Inc.] • Hold Back The River Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay) Track from: Chaos And The Calm [Republic; Publisher(s): B-Unique/Kobalt/Iain Archer/Kobalt] • Lydia Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect) Track from: Mister Asylum [300 Entertainment; Publisher(s): MCID] • What Kind Of Man John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine) Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful [Republic; Publisher(s): Rodeoman Music/EMI April Music/Universal Music Publishing] Best R&B Performance • If I Don't Have You Tamar Braxton Track from: Calling All Lovers [Epic Records] • Rise Up Andra Day Track from: Cheers To The Fall [Warner Bros. Records] • Breathing Underwater Hiatus Kaiyote Track from: Choose Your Weapon [Flying Buddha / Sony Masterworks] • Planes Jeremih Featuring J. Cole [Def Jam Recordings] • Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)       The Weeknd       Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)       [Universal Studios/Republic Records] Best R&B Song • Coffee Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel) Track from: Wildheart [RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment; Publisher(s): Art Dealer Chic, Pop Killer/Dleaurean] • Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)       Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd)       Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)       [Universal Studios/Republic Records; Publisher(s): SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, o/b/o Songs Of SMP, Songs Of Universal, Inc. and Sing Little Penguin, Universal Music Corp, CP Music Group, Inc., Universal Pictures Music and UPG Music Publishing] • Let It Burn Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan) Track from: Reality Show [RCA Records; Publisher(s): JazLady Publishing, Dwane M. Weir II/Sean Michael Anderson Music LLC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Sony/ATV Songs LLC] • Really Love D'Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D'Angelo And The Vanguard) Track from: Black Messiah [RCA Records; Publisher(s): Ah Choo Music Publishing/12:00 AM Music admin. by Universal Polygram International Publishing, Ear Kandy Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.] • Shame Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson & DJ Rogers Jr, songwriters (Tyrese) [Voltron Recordz; Publisher(s): Peer Music/Sounds From The Soul/Campbell Kids Music/Warner Chappell/@PenTorious D.J. Rogers Jr. Sounds From The Soul/Gibson & Gibson Music Publishing] Best Urban Contemporary Album • Ego Death The Internet [Odd Future/Columbia] • You Should Be Here Kehlani [Tsunami Mob/Atlantic] • Blood Lianne La Havas [Nonesuch] • Wildheart Miguel [RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment] • Beauty Behind The Madness       The Weeknd       [Republic] Best R&B Album • Coming Home Leon Bridges [Columbia Records] • Black Messiah       D'Angelo And The Vanguard       [RCA Records] • Cheers To The Fall Andra Day [Warner Bros. Records] • Reality Show Jazmine Sullivan [RCA Records] • Forever Charlie Charlie Wilson [RCA Records] Best Rap Performance • Apparently J. Cole Track from: 2014 Forest Hills Drive [Roc Nation/Columbia Records] • Back To Back Drake [Cash Money Records] • Trap Queen       Fetty Wap       Track from: Fetty Wap       [300 Entertainment/RGF Productions] • Alright Kendrick Lamar Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly [Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records] • Truffle Butter Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne Track from: The Pinkprint [Young Money/Cash Money] • All Day Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney [Def Jam Recordings] Best Rap/Sung Collaboration • One Man Can Change The World Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & John Legend Track from: Dark Sky Paradise [Universal/Def Jam] • Glory Common & John Legend [Def Jam Recordings] • Classic Man Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur [Epic Records] • These Walls Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly [Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records] • Only       Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown       Track from: The Pinkprint       [Young Money/Cash Money] Best Rap Song • All Day Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney) [Def Jam Recordings; Publisher(s): Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./MPL Communications Inc./TYLER BRANT PUBLISHING/WB Music Corp./ Hard Working Black Folks Inc./Top Dawg Music/Excuse My French Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Monarch Music/Abou Thiam Publishing/Victor Kwesi Mensah Publishing Designee/ALLEN KYARIGA/EMI Blackwood Music o/b/o Papa George Publishing/Kaya and Ethan Music/Primary Wave Brian/Noah Goldstein admin. by Reach Music Publishing/Ritter Boy LLC/Mario Winans Publishing Designee/Broken Locks/Songs of Universal Inc./Jabriel Iz Myne /Universal Music/Patrick Reynolds Publishing Designee/Smooth Thug Music/Noel Ellis Publishing Designee/Justin Combs Music Publishing administered by EMI April Music] • Alright Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly [TDE/Aftermath/Interscope; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, EMI Music Inc., More Water From Nazareth, Sounwave TDE Productions, SonyATV] • Energy Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake) Track from: If You're Reading This It's Too Late [Young Money/Cash Money; Publisher(s): Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing, 1damentional publishing LLC/Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC, Matthew O'Brien/otek north/WB Music Corp./Jack Russell Music Ltd./Notting Hill Music Ltd.] • Glory Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) Track from: Selma (Music From The Motion Picture) [Universal/Def Jam; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Pathe Productions Limited] • Trap Queen       Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap)       Track from: Fetty Wap       [300 Entertainment/RGF Productions; Publisher(s): RGF Publishing, Zoovier, BMG Gold Songs, Tony Fadd Beats] Best Rap Album • 2014 Forest Hills Drive J. Cole [Roc Nation/Columbia Records] • Compton Dr. Dre [Aftermath/Interscope] • If You're Reading This It's Too Late Drake [Cash Money/Young Money] • To Pimp A Butterfly       Kendrick Lamar       [Aftermath/Interscope] • The Pinkprint Nicki Minaj Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media • Empire: Season 1 (Various Artists) [Columbia] • Fifty Shades Of Grey (Various Artists) [Republic Records] • Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (Various Artists) [Big Machine Records] • Pitch Perfect 2 (Various Artists) [Universal Music Enterprises/Republic Records] • Selma (Various Artists) [Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions • Glory Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)   Best Music Video • LSD ASAP Rocky Dexter Navy, video director; Shin Nishigaki, video producer [RCA Records/A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds Music] • I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) The Dead Weather Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz, video directors; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers [Third Man Records] • Alright Kendrick Lamar The Little Homies & Colin Tilley, video directors; Brandon Bonfiglio, Dave Free, Andrew Lerios & Luga Podesta, video producers [Aftermath Records/Interscope Records] • Bad Blood Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Morhoff, video producer [Big Machine Records] • Freedom Pharrell Williams Paul Hunter, video director; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers [Columbia] Best Music Film • Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown James Brown Alex Gibney, video director; Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger & Victoria Pearman, video producers [Inaudible Films] • Sonic Highways Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, video director; John Cutcliffe, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek & Kristen Welsh, video producers [RCA Records/Roswell Records] • What Happened, Miss Simone? Nina Simone Liz Garbus, video director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes, video producers [Netflix] • The Wall Roger Waters Sean Evans & Roger Waters, video directors; Clare Spencer & Roger Waters, video producers [Back Lot Music] • Amy Amy Winehouse Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer [Universal Music Enterprises]  

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