The 2016 Grammy nominations are being announced Monday and I decided to list out my predications of who might be nominated like I do every year. The list is not complete, these are just brain waves I had and wanted to put out there.
Album of the Year
1989 – Taylor Swift
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
The Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
If You Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake
Song of the Year
“Blank Space” by Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, artist)
“See You Again” by DJ Frank E, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa, and Andrew Cedar (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, artists)
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge (Ed Sheeran, artist)
“Here” by Andrew “Pop” Wansel, Isaac Hayes, Warren “Oak” Felder, Alessia Caracciolo, Terence Lam, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco, and Coleridge Tillman (Alessia Cara, artist)
“Glory” by John Stephens, Lonnie Lynn, and Che Smith (John Legend feat. Common, artists)
“Girl Crush” by Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey, and Liz Rose (Little Big Town, artist)
“Fight Song” by Rachel Platten and Dave Bassett (Rachel Platten, artist)
Record of the Year
“Blank Space” or “Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar)” by Taylor Swift
“Here” by Alessia Cara
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
“Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
“See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
“Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd
“FourFiveSeconds” by Rihanna feat. Kanye West and Paul McCartney
“Fight Song” by Rachel Platten
Best New Artist
Meghan Trainor
Hozier
Elle King
The Weeknd
Tori Kelly
Walk the Moon
Fetty Wap
Sam Hunt
Best Pop Vocal Album
1989 – Taylor Swift
Title – Meghan Trainor
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence and the Machine
Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift
“Lips Are Movin'” by Meghan Trainor
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
“Here” by Alessia Cara
“Fight Song” by Rachel Platten
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
“Bad Blood” by Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Like I’m Gonna Lose You” by Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend
“See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth (*they may put this under the Rap category)
Best Song Written For a Visual Media
From Selma, “Glory” by John Stephens, Lonnie Lynn, and Che Smith (John Legend feat. Common, artists)
From Furious 7, “See You Again” by DJ Frank E, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa, and Andrew Cedar (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, artists)
From Spectre, “Writing’s on the Wall” by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes (Sam Smith, artist).
Anyway, those are the thoughts I had at the moment and I’ll add to it until Monday when they release the official list. Some of these probably won’t be nominated, but I figure they deserve a shout out because they were great in 2015. Just as a fun fact, Adele cannot be nominated this year for “Hello” or 25 because both were released well outside the nomination period. She’ll definitely be nominated for the 2017 Grammys.
