Grammy Award Game 2007

[Jables]

This is more or less the same contest as I've run since 2004, which was a direct rip-off of CubedBee's Oscar contest (since passed on to Super Silver Haze and liztee123). There's way too many categories to pick them all, so we're mostly picking the big ones with a few exceptions mixed in... Of the awards that aren't handed out on the main telecast, I believe they are announced during the preshow (and will be named on the Grammy website)... so we'll make the deadline for entries at 5PM eastern on Grammy Day, February 11th... Don't PM me your picks, post them here and increase your post count. I'm going to be entering your picks into a spreadsheet for later reference, so if you change your mind, it's easier for me if you quote your old post and make the changes, rather than edit your original entry. In the event of a tie based on points, the earlier entry will win.

The offical scoring will be:

Album of the Year: 3 points
Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist: 2 points
Other Categories: 1 point

Tom has already given the good word that there's a prize at stake for the winner!

Album of the Year
Taking The Long Way, Dixie Chicks
St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley
Continuum, John Mayer
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake

Record of the Year
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt
"Not Ready To Make Nice", Dixie Chicks
"Crazy", Gnarls Barkley
"Put Your Records On", Corrine Bailey Rae

Song of the Year
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige
"Jesus, Take The Wheel", Carrie Underwood
"Not Ready To Make Nice", Dixie Chicks
"Put Your Records On", Corrine Bailey Rae
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Best New Artist
James Blunt
Chris Brown
Imogen Heap
Corrine Bailey Rae
Carrie Underwood

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Ain't No Other Man", Christina Aguilera
"Unwritten", Natasha Bedingfield
"You Can Close Your Eyes", Sheryl Crow
"Stupid Girls", Pink
"Black Horse And The Cherry Tree", KT Tunstall

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt
"Save Room", John Legend
"Waiting On The World To Change", John Mayer
"Jenny Wren", Paul McCartney
"Bad Day", Daniel Powter

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"My Humps", The Black Eyed Peas
"I Will Follow You Into The Dark", Death Cab For Cutie
"Over My Head (Cable Car)", The Fray
"Is It Any Wonder?", Keane
"Stickwitu", The Pussycat Dolls

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"For Once In My Life", Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder
"One", Mary J. Blige & U2
"Always On Your Side", Sheryl Crow & Sting
"Promiscuous", Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
"Hips Don't Lie", Shakira & Wyclef Jean

Best Pop Vocal Album
Back To Basics, Christina Aguilera
Back To Bedlam, James Blunt
The River In Reverse, Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Continuum, John Mayer
FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performace
"Nausea", Beck
"Someday Baby", Bob Dylan
"Route 66", John Mayer
"Saving Grace", Tom Petty
"Lookin' For A Leader", Neil Young

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Talk", Coldplay
"How To Save A Life", The Fray
"Steady, As She Goes", The Raconteurs
"Dani California", Red Hot Chili Peppers
"The Saints Are Coming", U2 & Green Day

Best Hard Rock Performance
"Crazy B****", Buckcherry
"Every Day Is Exactly The Same", Nine Inch Nails
"Lonely Day", System Of A Down
"Vicarious", Tool
"Woman", Wolfmother

Best Metal Performance
"Redneck", Lamb Of God
"Colony Of Birchmen", Mastodon
"Lies, Lies, Lies", Ministry
"Eyes Of The Insane", Slayer
"30/30-150", Stone Sour

Best Rock Album
Try!, John Mayer Trio
Highway Companion, Tom Petty
Broken Boy Soldiers, The Raconteurs
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Living With War, Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, Arctic Monkeys
At War With The Mystics, The Flaming Lips
St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley
Show Your Bones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Eraser, Thom Yorke

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Ring The Alarm", Beyonce
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige
"Don't Forget About Us", Maria Carey
"Day Dreaming", Natalie Cole
"I Am Not My Hair", India.Arie

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Heaven", John Legend
"So Sick", Ne-Yo
"Black Sweat", Prince
"I Call It Love", Lionel Richie
"Got You Home", Luther Vandross

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Breezin'", George Benson & Al Jarreau
"Love Changes", Jamie Foxx Featuring Mary J. Blige
"Everyday (Family Reunion)", Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams, & Carl Thomas
"Family Affair", Sly & The Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
"Beautiful, Loved And Blessed", Prince & Tamar

Best Contemporary R&B Album
B'Day, Beyonce
Chris Brown, Chris Brown
20 Y. O., Janet Jackson
Kelis Was Here, Kelis
In My Own Words, Ne-Yo

Best Rap Solo Performance
"Touch It", Busta Rhymes
"We Run This", Missy Elliott
"Kick, Push", Lupe Fiasco
"Undeniable", Mos Def
"What You Know", T.I.

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Ridin", Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
"Georgia", Ludacris & Field Mobb (Featuring Jamie Foxx)
"Grillz", Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
"Mighty "O"", Outkast
"Don't Feel Right", The Roots

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Smack That", Akon Featuring Eminem
"Déjà Vu", Beyonce Featuring Jay-Z
"Shake That", Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg
"Unpredictable", Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris
"My Love", Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.

Best Rap Album
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, Lupe Fiasco
Release Therapy, Ludacris
In My Mind, Pharrell
Game Theory, The Roots
King, T.I.

Best Country Album
Taking The Long Way, Dixie Chicks
Like Red On A Rose, Alan Jackson
The Road To Here, Little Big Town
You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker, Willie Nelson
Your Man, Josh Turner

Best Country Song
"Every Mile A Memory", Dierks Bentley
"I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today", Gretchen Wilson
"Jesus, Take The Wheel", Carrie Underwood
"Like Red On A Rose", Alan Jackson
"What Hurts The Most", Rascal Flatts

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Solo Acoustic Vol. 1, Jackson Browne
Black Cadillac, Roseanne Cash
Workbench Songs, Guy Clark
Modern Times, Bob Dylan
All The Roadrunning, Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris

Best Reggae Album
Too Bad, Buju Banton
Love Is My Religion, Ziggy Marley
Youth, Matisyahu
Rhythm Doubles, Sly & Robbie
Who You Fighting For, UB40

Best Comedy Album
Blue Collar Comedy Tour - One For The Road, Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Larry The Cable Guy
The Carnegie Hall Performance, Lewis Black
Life Is Worth Losing, George Carlin
Straight Outta Lynwood, "Weird Al" Yankovic
You Can't Fix Stupid, Ron White

[shadyridr]

Album of the Year
Continuum, John Mayer

Record of the Year
"Crazy", Gnarls Barkley


Song of the Year
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Best New Artist
Carrie Underwood

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Ain't No Other Man", Christina Aguilera

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"My Humps", The Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"One", Mary J. Blige & U2

Best Pop Vocal Album
Continuum, John Mayer

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performace
"Someday Baby", Bob Dylan

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"The Saints Are Coming", U2 & Green Day

Best Hard Rock Performance
"Woman", Wolfmother

Best Metal Performance
"Eyes Of The Insane", Slayer

Best Rock Album
Living With War, Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album
St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Got You Home", Luther Vandross

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Family Affair", Sly & The Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt

Best Contemporary R&B Album
B'Day, Beyonce

Best Rap Solo Performance
"What You Know", T.I.

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (song of the year!)
"Ridin", Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"My Love", Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.

Best Rap Album (if this doesnt win its a joke)
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, Lupe Fiasco

Best Country Album
Taking The Long Way, Dixie Chicks

Best Country Song
"I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today", Gretchen Wilson

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Modern Times, Bob Dylan

Best Reggae Album
Rhythm Doubles, Sly & Robbie

Best Comedy Album
Straight Outta Lynwood, "Weird Al" Yankovic

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[LoneGirl]

I never get these right, but this is fun so here goes nothin':


Album of the Year
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers


Record of the Year
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige

Song of the Year
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige

Best New Artist
Carrie Underwood

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Black Horse And The Cherry Tree", KT Tunstall

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"Over My Head (Cable Car)", The Fray


Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"Promiscuous", Nelly Furtado & Timbaland


Best Pop Vocal Album
FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performace
"Nausea", Beck


Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Dani California", Red Hot Chili Peppers


Best Hard Rock Performance
"Lonely Day", System Of A Down


Best Metal Performance
"30/30-150", Stone Sour

Best Rock Album
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Alternative Music Album
St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley


Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Heaven", John Legend

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Family Affair", Sly & The Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Chris Brown, Chris Brown


Best Rap Solo Performance
"What You Know", T.I.

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Ridin", Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Shake That", Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg


Best Rap Album
King, T.I.

Best Country Album
Taking The Long Way, Dixie Chicks

Best Country Song
"What Hurts The Most", Rascal Flatts

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Modern Times, Bob Dylan


Best Reggae Album
Youth, Matisyahu


Best Comedy Album
Straight Outta Lynwood, "Weird Al" Yankovic

[The Waiting Hurts]

I'm in!

Edit: I've completed my selections, they are all correct. Jables, please send me my prize. Thanks!

Album of the Year
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Record of the Year
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Song of the Year
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige

Best New Artist
Carrie Underwood

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"You Can Close Your Eyes", Sheryl Crow

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"My Humps", The Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"Always On Your Side", Sheryl Crow & Sting

Best Pop Vocal Album
FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performace
"Lookin' For A Leader", Neil Young

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Dani California", Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Hard Rock Performance
"Lonely Day", System Of A Down

Best Metal Performance
"Eyes Of The Insane", Slayer

Best Rock Album
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Alternative Music Album
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, Arctic Monkeys

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Heaven", John Legend

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Breezin'", George Benson & Al Jarreau

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Chris Brown, Chris Brown

Best Rap Solo Performance
"What You Know", T.I.

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Ridin", Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"My Love", Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.

Best Rap Album
King, T.I.

Best Country Album
Taking The Long Way, Dixie Chicks

Best Country Song
"Jesus, Take The Wheel", Carrie Underwood

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Modern Times, Bob Dylan

Best Reggae Album
Youth, Matisyahu

Best Comedy Album
Straight Outta Lynwood, "Weird Al" Yankovic

[Frenchie]

I am so out of touch! I hadn't heard of half of these - and I mean the mainstream ones, not the folk song and such. Also, are we sure this is for 2007?!?!?! Anybody else feel like we've stepped back in time. I mean, UB40??? WTF?


Album of the Year
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers


Record of the Year
"Not Ready To Make Nice", Dixie Chicks

Song of the Year
"Put Your Records On", Corrine Bailey Rae

Best New Artist
Corrine Bailey Rae

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Black Horse And The Cherry Tree", KT Tunstall

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"I Will Follow You Into The Dark", Death Cab For Cutie

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"One", Mary J. Blige & U2

Best Pop Vocal Album
Back To Basics, Christina Aguilera


Best Solo Rock Vocal Performace
"Lookin' For A Leader", Neil Young

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Dani California", Red Hot Chili Peppers


Best Hard Rock Performance
"Crazy B****", Buckcherry (I love this song. Album is awesome too!)

Best Metal Performance
"Lies, Lies, Lies", Ministry

Best Rock Album
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Alternative Music Album
St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Heaven", John Legend

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Family Affair", Sly & The Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt


Best Contemporary R&B Album
Chris Brown, Chris Brown


Best Rap Solo Performance
"We Run This", Missy Elliott


Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Georgia", Ludacris & Field Mobb (Featuring Jamie Foxx)


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Smack That", Akon Featuring Eminem

Best Rap Album
Release Therapy, Ludacris

Best Country Album
Taking The Long Way, Dixie Chicks

Best Country Song
"Jesus, Take The Wheel", Carrie Underwood

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
All The Roadrunning, Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris

Best Reggae Album
Who You Fighting For, UB40

Best Comedy Album
You Can't Fix Stupid, Ron White[/quote]

[udjw828]

Album of the Year
Continuum, John Mayer

Record of the Year
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Song of the Year
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Best New Artist
James Blunt

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"You Can Close Your Eyes", Sheryl Crow

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"Stickwitu", The Pussycat Dolls

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"One", Mary J. Blige & U2

Best Pop Vocal Album
Back To Basics, Christina Aguilera

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performace
"Saving Grace", Tom Petty

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"The Saints Are Coming", U2 & Green Day

Best Hard Rock Performance
"Every Day Is Exactly The Same", Nine Inch Nails

Best Metal Performance
"Eyes Of The Insane", Slayer

Best Rock Album
Living With War, Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album
At War With The Mystics, The Flaming Lips

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Be Without You", Mary J. Blige

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Black Sweat", Prince

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Love Changes", Jamie Foxx Featuring Mary J. Blige

Best Contemporary R&B Album
B'Day, Beyonce

Best Rap Solo Performance
"We Run This", Missy Elliott

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Mighty "O"", Outkast

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Unpredictable", Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris

Best Rap Album
Release Therapy, Ludacris

Best Country Album
Taking The Long Way, Dixie Chicks

Best Country Song
"Jesus, Take The Wheel", Carrie Underwood

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Modern Times, Bob Dylan

Best Reggae Album
Who You Fighting For, UB40

Best Comedy Album
Blue Collar Comedy Tour - One For The Road, Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Larry The Cable Guy

[Jables]

Originally Posted by Frenchie

Also, are we sure this is for 2007?!?!?! Anybody else feel like we've stepped back in time. I mean, UB40??? WTF?

And this Jamie Foxx? I mean, really, the guy from In Living Color???

[udjw828]

Originally Posted by Frenchie

I am so out of touch! I hadn't heard of half of these - and I mean the mainstream ones, not the folk song and such. Also, are we sure this is for 2007?!?!?! Anybody else feel like we've stepped back in time. I mean, UB40??? WTF?

I'm lucky to have heard of more than one or two in any given category! In most cases, I picked the one I'd heard of! And I did pick UB40...

[Frenchie]

Originally Posted by udjw828

I'm lucky to have heard of more than one or two in any given category! In most cases, I picked the one I'd heard of! And I did pick UB40...

I picked them too. And I have heard of the artists, just not necessarily the song/album. Like I didn't know some of these people had songs out this year.

[LoneGirl]

Originally Posted by Frenchie

I picked them too. And I have heard of the artists, just not necessarily the song/album. Like I didn't know some of these people had songs out this year.

I didn't know UB40 had put anything out since that remake of "I Can't Help FAlling in Love With You", which I think was early 90's.