Today marks the 56th annual Grammy Awards. For the music professionals and enthusiasts, this is the award show for you! Originally called the Gramophone Award, the Grammy was created to recognize achievement in the music industry. This year, there are 81 categories being awarded along side live musical performances. I’ve chose a few categories to share my opinion on who I think will win (Bold) or who I want to win (Italic). I’ll be live tweeting during the awards show, as well. Follow along with our Twitter account, @TwistonPR!
For more categories + nominees click here.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
– Get Lucky | Daft Punk
-Radioactive | Imagine Dragons
-Royals | Lorde
-Locked Out of Heaven | Bruno Mars
– Blurred Lines | Robin Thicke Ft. T.I + Pharrell
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
-The Blessed Unrest | Sara Bareilles
-Random Access Memories | Daft Punk
-Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Kendrick Lamar
– The Heist | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
-Red | Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
-Just Give Me A Reason | Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess-Locked Out of Heaven | Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars
-Locked Out of Heaven | Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars
-Roar | Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter
-Royals | Joel & Ella Yelich O’Connor – Lorde
-Same Love | Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
BEST NEW ARTIST
-James Blake
-Kendrick Lamar
-Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
-Kacey Musgraves
-Ed Sheeran
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
-Brave | Sara Bareilles ( I LOVE that Sara is nominated!)
-Royals | Lorde
-When I was Your Man | Bruno Mars
-Roar | Katy Perry
-Mirrors | Justin Timberlake
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
-Get Lucky | Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers
-Just Give Me A Reason | Pink
-Stay | Rihanna Ft. Nate Ruess
-Blurred Lines | Robin Thicke ft. T.I & Pharrell
-Suit & Tie | Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
-Paradise | Lana Del Rey
-Pure Heroine | Lorde
-Unorthodox Jukebox | Bruno Mars
-Blurred Lines | Robin Thicke
– The 20/20 Experience | Justin Timberlake
BEST DANCE RECORDING
-Need U (100%) | Duke Dumont Ft. A*M*E & MNEK
-Sweet Nothing | Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch
-Atmosphere | Kaskade
– This Is What It Feels Like | Armin Van Buuren ft. Trevor Guthrie
-Clarity | Zedd ft. Foxes
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM
-Random Access Memories | Daft Punk
-Settle | Disclosure
-18 Months | Calvin Harris
-Atmosphere | Kaskade
-A Color Map Of The Sun | Pretty Lights
BEST ROCK ALBUM
-13 | Black Sabbath
-The Next Day | David Bowie
-Mechanical Bull | Kings Of Leon
-Celebration Day | Led Zeppelin
-…Like Clockwork | Queens Of The Stone Age
-Psychedelic Pill | Neil Young with Crazy Horse
BEST RAP ALBUM
-Magna Carta…Holy Grail | Jay Z
-Nothing Was The Same | Drake
-Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Kendrick Lamar
-The Hiest | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
-Yeezus | Kanye West
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
-Safe And Sound | Capital Cities
-Picasso Baby | Jay Z
-Can’t Hold Us | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
-Suit & Tie | Justin Timberlake
-I’m Shakin’ | Jack White
Rebecca Potzner 