2012 Grammy Awards

Just wondering, are you more likely to watch to see how the show deals with Whitney's death? Seems like it will be a sad strange night.

The nominees: Who wins?

Record of the Year
"Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
"Holocene" - Bon Iver
"Grenade" - Bruno Mars
"The Cave" - Mumford & Sons
"Firework" - Katy Perry

Album of the Year
"21" - Adele
"Wasting Light" - Foo Fighters
"Born This Way" - Lady Gaga
"Doo-Wops & Hooligans" - Bruno Mars
"Loud" - Rihanna

Song of the Year
"All Of The Lights" - Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
"The Cave" - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
"Grenade" - Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Holocene" - Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)
"Rolling In The Deep" - Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Best New Artist
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex

Best Pop Solo Performance
"Someone Like You" - Adele
"Yoü And I" - Lady Gaga
"Grenade" - Bruno Mars
"Firework" - Katy Perry
"... Perfect" - Pink

Best Rock Performance
"Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" - Coldplay
"Down By The Water" - The Decemberists
"Walk" - Foo Fighters
"The Cave" - Mumford & Sons
"Lotus Flower" - Radiohead

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
"On The Backs Of Angels" - Dream Theater
"White Limo" - Foo Fighters
"Curl Of The Burl" - Mastodon
"Public Enemy No. 1" - Megadeth
"Blood In My Eyes" - Sum 41


Best Rap Performance
"Look At Me Now" - Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
"Otis" - Jay-Z & Kanye West
"The Show Goes On" - Lupe Fiasco
"Moment 4 Life" - Nicki Minaj & Drake
"Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa

Best Country Solo Performance
"Dirt Road Anthem" - Jason Aldean
"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" - Martina McBride
"Honey Bee" - Blake Shelton
"Mean" - Taylor Swift
"Mama's Song" - Carrie Underwood

More nominees here: http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/la-et-env-grammy-nominees-2011-list,0,6070937.htmlstory

 

I hope Adele sweeps hers, and anyone but Bon Iver wins best new artist.

 

Adele sweeps four of the first five.

The Band Perry for Top New Artist. If Minaj beats them, I will claw my eyes out.

 

Also, Shelton's "Honey Bee" was my guilty pleasure this past year.

 

Rooting for Bon Iver, purely for the kicks from the hysterical overreaction it will cause (though Barbra Streisand's WTF opening the envelope is hard to top).

 

It's gonna be that stupid fucking dirt road shit, though. What a waste of airtime that motherfucker is.

 

I'm surprised they didn't nominate Adele for "Best New Artist." Given their standards for that award, I can't imagine the fact that she won it a few years ago would disqualify her.

 

Just youtubed it. Had never heard it. It is terrible.

 

I think there's money to be made betting The Band Perry as Best New Artist. Nicki Minaj is a prohibitive favorite, and falls into the demographic of the person who traditionally wins BNA -- young solo female. But with a young female fronting The Band Perry, they could get in there ala Evanescence from 2004.

Adele will win everything she's nominated for.

 

I had a passing interest in watching the Grammy Awards before last night. Now, I will be all over it. I love Adele; I know nothing about The Band Perry. Gonna check them out now...

 

Jennifer Hudson to do the Whitney tribute tonight http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/02/grammy-awards-preview-jennifer-hudsons-tribute-to-whitney-houston-and-more/

 

so glad to see rebecca black made it to the grammys