Sunday, February 8, 2009

51st Grammy Awards

Last week I made a few predictions about tonight's Grammy Awards so let's see how I did.

Radiohead stole the show with there performance with the USC marching band. WOW!


ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand ***Winner***
Radiohead - In Rainbows

Who should win - Radiohead all the way.

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Adele -"Chasing Pavements"
Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Please Read the Letter" *** Winner I didn't see this one coming

Who I thought should win - M.I.A. "Paper Planes"- All I want to do is Boom Boom Boom nuff said

BEST NEW ARTIST

Adele **** Winner *** I picked that one
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

BEST ROCK SONG

Coldplay Viva la Vida **** Winner ***
Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
Metallica - Death Magnetic
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Who I thought should win - Kings of Leon Only by the Night - This years surprise hit from New Zealand.

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

Beck - Modern Guilt
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Radiohead - In Rainbows ***Winner***

Who should win - Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs- Excellent album all the way though. A close second was Radiohead

BEST RAP ALBUM

Jay-Z - American Gangster
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III *** Winner ****
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Nas -
T.I. - Paper Trail

Other notables winners:

Best Hard Rock Performance: Wax Simulacra, The Mars Volta

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Sex On Fire, Kings Of Leon

Best Metal Performance: My Apocalypse, Metallica!

Best Rap Song: Lollipop, D. Carter Lil Wayne

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: American Boy, Estelle Featuring Kanye West.

Best Country Album: Troubadour, George Strait.

P.S. What's up with Chris Brown Beating on people and ending up in jail before the awards show anyway.

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