{"id":481902,"date":"2019-02-06T07:03:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T14:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=790269"},"modified":"2019-02-06T07:03:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T14:03:55","slug":"grammys-2019-the-major-awards-who-ya-got","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/grammys-2019-the-major-awards-who-ya-got\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammys 2019: The Major Awards \u2014 Who Ya Got?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Kendrick finally win Album of the Year? Is Ariana the new queen of pop? Will Taylor go home empty-handed?<\/em><\/p>\n

Record of the Year<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cI Like It\u201d<\/span> Cardi B<\/a>, Bad Bunny<\/a> and J Balvin<\/a>
<\/span>\u201cThe Joke\u201d<\/span> Brandi Carlile<\/a>
<\/span>\u201cThis Is America\u201d<\/span> Childish Gambino<\/a>
<\/span>\u201cGod\u2019s Plan\u201d<\/span> Drake<\/a>
<\/span>\u201cShallow\u201d<\/span> Lady Gaga<\/a> and Bradley Cooper
<\/span>\u201cAll the Stars\u201d<\/span> Kendrick Lamar<\/a> and SZA
<\/span>\u201cRockstar\u201d<\/span> Post Malone<\/a> feat. 21 Savage
<\/span>\u201cThe Middle\u201d<\/span> Zedd, Maren Morris<\/a> and Grey<\/span><\/p>\n

The Experts Pick
<\/strong>\u201cGod\u2019s Plan\u201d
\u201cThe Grammys have never given this prize to a hip-hop track,\u201d notes Scott Plagenhoef, global head of music programming at Apple Music. \u201cIt\u2019d be nice to see \u2018I Like It\u2019 honored \u2014 multicultural and multi-genre hits were the pop narrative of the year \u2014 but Drake is the likely winner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Middle\u201d
Shannon Cook, trends expert at Spotify, says \u201cGod\u2019s Plan\u201d \u201chad godlike status\u201d with her listeners, who streamed it more than 1.1 billion times. But \u201cdon\u2019t count out \u2018The Middle,\u2019 a dance-country collaboration that\u2019s been popular with everyone from young kids to gymgoers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vegas Favors
<\/strong>\u201cThis Is America\u201d 1-1<\/span><\/p>\n

Bear in Mind
<\/strong>Expect a fierce competition. Unlike Song of the Year, this award honors the recording itself \u2014 it\u2019s more a producer\u2019s than songwriter\u2019s award \u2014 making \u201cI Like It,\u201d \u201cThis Is America,\u201d \u201cAll the Stars\u201d and \u201cThe Middle\u201d strong contenders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who Will Win<\/strong>
<\/strong>\u201cThis Is America\u201d<\/span> A first-ever win for a hip-hop track here would be a political statement, and \u201cThis Is America\u201d adds actual politics to that. Also, notes odds-maker RJ Bell \u2014 founder of the sports-betting company Pregame.com \u2014 bookies are usually on the nose with every award.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best New Artist<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chloe x Halle
<\/span>Luke Combs
<\/span>Greta Van Fleet
<\/span>H.E.R.
<\/span>Dua Lipa
<\/span>Margo Price
<\/span>Bebe Rexha
<\/span>Jorja Smith<\/span><\/p>\n

The Experts Pick
<\/strong>Dua Lipa
\u201cMargo Price has quietly been making outstanding records,\u201d says Plagenhoef. \u201cBut the nomination is likely the reward for her.\u201d He expects Lipa, the \u201cNew Rules\u201d hitmaker, to win.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"R&B<\/p>\n

H.E.R. Photo credit: Victoria Will\/Invision\/AP\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

H.E.R.
\u201c[The R&B singer\u2019s] stack of surprise nominations shows Grammy voters are rooting for her,\u201d says music marketing consultant Andrew Hampp of 1803 LLC. \u201cShe\u2019s barely scratched the surface of her talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke Combs
Cook thinks Combs is a dark horse: \u201cCountry doesn\u2019t always get to shine in this category, but maybe Combs can turn that around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vegas Favors
<\/strong>H.E.R. 2-1<\/span><\/p>\n

Bear In Mind
<\/strong>The Academy ruled Cardi B (right) and Post Malone ineligible, but not Bebe Rexha, who\u2019s charted songs since 2015.<\/span> Hmm<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who Will Win<\/strong>
H.E.R.<\/strong> Alessia Cara won this award last year over SZA, Khalid and Lil Uzi Vert. But in a year in which R&B has been resurgent, look for H.E.R. to take home the trophy. The enigmatic singer is exactly the sort of artist Grammy voters love: progressive, but firmly rooted in tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Album of the Year<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Invasion of Privacy<\/em>
<\/span>Cardi B<\/span><\/p>\n

By the Way, I Forgive You<\/em>
Brandi Carlile<\/span><\/p>\n

Scorpion
<\/em>Drake<\/span><\/p>\n

H.E.R.<\/em>
H.E.R.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beerbongs & Bentleys<\/em>
Post Malone<\/span><\/p>\n

Dirty Computer<\/em>
Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/span><\/p>\n

Golden Hour<\/em>
Kacey Musgraves<\/span><\/p>\n

Black Panther: The Album<\/em>
<\/strong>Various Artists<\/span><\/p>\n

The Experts Pick
<\/strong>Golden Hour<\/strong><\/em>
Hampp calls Musgraves \u201ca lock in this category. It\u2019s the rare album that appeals to both the old guard and the new guard of the Recording Academy. Many nominees sound more like playlists, but this was a true album lover\u2019s album.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Post<\/p>\n

Post Malone. Photo credit: Roger Goodgroves\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Beerbongs & Bentleys<\/em><\/strong>
<\/em><\/strong>Cook thinks Post Malone will take it \u2014 at the expense of her fave. \u201cIt would be really cool to see this one go to Brandi Carlile,\u201d she says. \u201cBy the Way, I Forgive You<\/em> is a glorious, gutsy album, and as the Grammys\u2019 most nominated woman, a win here for Carlile would be -meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vegas Favors
<\/em><\/strong>Golden Hour<\/em> and Black Panther<\/em> 4-1<\/span><\/p>\n

Bear In Mind<\/strong>
The toss-up for a betting favorite is interesting: Bell notes music experts tend to pick Musgraves, while the public puts its money on the Kendrick Lamar-helmed<\/span> Black Panther<\/em> soundtrack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who Will Win
<\/em><\/strong>Black Panther<\/em>
After denying Lamar (right) AOTY in 2016 (Taylor Swift\u2019s<\/span> 1989<\/em> won) and 2018 (to Bruno Mars\u2019<\/span> 24K Magic<\/em>), voters will do the right thing \u2014 or the closest they can come to it this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Pop Vocal Album<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Camila<\/em> Camila Cabello
<\/span>Meaning of Life<\/em> Kelly Clarkson
<\/span>Sweetener<\/em> Ariana Grande<\/a>
<\/span>Shawn Mendes<\/em> Shawn Mendes
<\/span>Beautiful Trauma\u00a0<\/em>P!nk
<\/span>Reputation\u00a0<\/em>Taylor Swift<\/span><\/p>\n

The Experts Pick<\/strong>
Ariana Grande<\/strong>
\u201cShe\u2019s the dominant capital-P pop star of the moment,\u201d says Plagenhoef. \u201cAnd she made the strong-est album statement of her career.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ariana<\/p>\n

Ariana Grande. Photo credit: Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Grande<\/strong>
\u201cThis will surely go to Ariana Grande,\u201d says Cook. As she points out, Grande\u2019s late-2018 non\u2013album smash \u201cthank u, next\u201d put her at the top of voters\u2019 minds just as the nominations were announced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grande<\/strong>
It\u2019s a landslide: Hampp calls Sweetener<\/em> Grande\u2019s Ray of Light<\/em>, pointing out that LP won Madonna her first non-music-video Grammy back in 1999.<\/p>\n

Vegas Favors<\/strong>
Ariana Grande 1-1<\/p>\n

Bear In Mind<\/strong>
Snub alert: Swift received -exactly one nomination \u2014 a career low \u2014 for<\/span> Reputation<\/em>, and it came in this cate-gory. Among the shifts of this year\u2019s Grammys may be Swift going home empty-handed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who Will Win<\/strong>
Ariana Grande
<\/strong>Cook says Grande\u2019s odds are better expressed as \u2013110, so you\u2019d have to bet $1.10 to get a dollar back. Sorry, Taylor.<\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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