grammy predictions/hopefuls? Options

[sammi rules you]

i am so pumped.
bolded is who i want, italicized is my prediction.
i didn't include every category, just music people on cb would listen to (most likely) and some little tidbits i just wanted to put up..

--Record Of The Year
Let's Get It Started
The Black Eyed Peas

Here We Go Again
Ray Charles & Norah Jones

American Idiot
Green Day

Heaven
Los Lonely Boys

Yeah!
Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

--Album Of The Year
Genius Loves Company
Ray Charles & Various Artists

American Idiot
Green Day

The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys

Confessions
Usher

The College Dropout
Kanye West

--Song Of The Year
Daughters
John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)

If I Ain't Got You
Alicia Keys, songwriter (Alicia Keys)

Jesus Walks
Miri Ben Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)

Live Like You Were Dying
Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman, songwriters (Tim McGraw)

The Reason
Daniel Estrin & Douglas Robb, songwriters (Hoobastank)

--Best New Artist
Los Lonely Boys

Maroon5

Joss Stone

Kanye West

Gretchen Wilson

--Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Oceania
Björk

The First Cut Is The Deepest
Sheryl Crow

Sunrise
Norah Jones

What You Waiting For?
Gwen Stefani

You Had Me
Joss Stone

--Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (these are pop???..)
Let's Misbehave
Elvis Costello

You Raise Me Up
Josh Groban

Daughters
John Mayer

Cinnamon Girl
Prince

Love's Divine
Seal

--Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
My Immortal
Evanescence

The Reason
Hoobastank

Heaven
Los Lonely Boys

She Will Be Loved
Maroon5

It's My Life
No Doubt

--Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Redemption Song
Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Ray Charles & Elton John

Here We Go Again
Ray Charles & Norah Jones

Something
Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton

Moon River
Stevie Wonder & Take 6

--Best Pop Instrumental Performance (no opinion)
Chasing Shadows
Herb Alpert, Russ Freeman, James Genus, Gene Lake And Jason Miles

Take You Out
George Benson

11th Commandment
Ben Harper

Song F
Bruce Hornsby

Rat Pack Boogie
Brian Setzer

--Best Pop Instrumental Album (no opinion)
Pure
Boney James

Saxophonic
Dave Koz

Forever, For Always, For Luther
Various Artists

Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar
Various Artists

EP 2003: Music For The Epicurean Harkener
Mason Williams

--Best Pop Vocal Album
Genius Loves Company
Ray Charles & Various Artists

Feels Like Home
Norah Jones

Afterglow
Sarah McLachlan

Mind, Body & Soul
Joss Stone

Brian Wilson Presents Smile
Brian Wilson

--Best Dance Recording (no prediction)
Good Luck
Basement Jaxx Featuring Lisa Kekaula

Get Yourself High
The Chemical Brothers Featuring K-OS

Slow
Kylie Minogue

Comfortably Numb
Scissor Sisters

Toxic
Britney Spears

--Best Electronic/Dance Album (no opinion)
Kish Kash
Basement Jaxx

Legion Of Boom
The Crystal Method

Creamfields
Paul Oakenfold

Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
The Prodigy

Reflections
Paul Van Dyk

--Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Wonderwall
Ryan Adams

The Revolution Starts Now
Steve Earle

Breathe
Melissa Etheridge

Code Of Silence
Bruce Springsteen

Metropolitan Glide
Tom Waits

--Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (ok, three choices)
Monkey To Man
Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand

American Idiot
Green Day

Somebody Told Me
The Killers

Vertigo
U2

--Best Hard Rock Performance (nickelback, are you freaking kidding me?)
Megalomaniac
Incubus

Some Kind Of Monster
Metallica

Feelin' Way Too Damn Good
Nickelback

Duality
Slipknot

Slither
Velvet Revolver

--Best Metal Performance (can't say i have too much of an opinion)
Nymphetamine
Cradle Of Filth

Live For This
Hatebreed

The End Of Heartache
Killswitch Engage

Whiplash
Motörhead

Vermilion
Slipknot

--Best Rock Instrumental Performance (no prediction)[/b]
Instrumental Illness
The Allman Brothers Band

Onda
Los Lonely Boys

O Baterista
Rush

Whispering A Prayer
Steve Vai

Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
Brian Wilson
(just look at the name of the song. that's the only reason i want this to win. )

--Best Rock Song (2 choices)
American Idiot
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)

[i]Fall To Pieces
Duff, Dave Kushner, Slash, Matt Sorum & Scott Weiland, songwriters (Velvet Revolver)

Float On
Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy & Benjamin Weikel, songwriters (Modest Mouse)

Somebody Told Me
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The Killers)

Vertigo
Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, songwriters (U2)

--Best Rock Album (2 choices)
The Delivery Man
Elvis Costello & The Imposters

American Idiot
Green Day

The Reason
Hoobastank

Hot Fuss
The Killers

Contraband
Velvet Revolver

--Best Alternative Music Album (3 choices)
Medulla
Björk

Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand

Uh Huh Her
PJ Harvey

Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Modest Mouse

A Ghost Is Born
Wilco

--Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
I Want You
Janet Jackson

If I Ain't Got You
Alicia Keys

I'm Still In Love
Teena Marie

Whatever
Jill Scott

U-Haul
Angie Stone
Track from: Stone Love

--Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (no opinion)
Charlene
Anthony Hamilton

Happy People
R. Kelly

What We Do Here
Brian McKnight

Call My Name
Prince

Burn
Usher

--Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals (no opinion)
Lose Your Breath
Destiny's Child

Show Me The Way
Earth, Wind & Fire Featuring Raphael Saadiq

Say Yes
Floetry

Diary
Alicia Keys Featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!

My Boo
Usher & Alicia Keys

--Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (no opinion)
You're My Everything
Anita Baker

Sinner's Prayer
Ray Charles & B.B. King

I Can't Stop
Al Green

New Day
Patti LaBelle

Musicology
Prince
Track from: Musicology

--Best Urban/Alternative Performance (no opinion)
Sex, Love & Money
Mos Def

Are You Experienced?
Musiq

She Wants To Move
N.E.R.D

Star
The Roots

Cross My Mind
Jill Scott

--Best R&B Song (no opinion)
Burn
Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri & Usher Raymond, songwriters (Usher)

Call My Name
Prince, songwriter (Prince)

My Boo
Jermaine Dupri, Alicia Keys, Usher Raymond, Manuel Seal & Adonis Shropshire, songwriters (Usher & Alicia Keys)

Yeah!
Chris Bridges, Sean Garrett, LaMarquis Jefferson, Robert McDowell, James Phillips, Jonathan Smith & Patrick J. Que Smith, songwriters (Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris)

You Don't Know My Name
Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly & Kanye West, songwriters (Alicia Keys)

--Best R&B Album (no opinion)
My Everything
Anita Baker

I Can't Stop
Al Green

The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys

Musicology
Prince

Beautifully Human: Words & Sounds Vol. 2
Jill Scott

--Best Contemporary R&B Album (no opinion)
Afrodisiac
Brandy

Damita Jo
Janet Jackson

It's About Time
Christina Milian

Confessions
Usher

Hurt No More
Mario Winans

--Best Rap Solo Performance (no prediction)
On Fire
Lloyd Banks

Just Lose It
Eminem

99 Problems
Jay-Z

Overnight Celebrity
Twista

Through The Wire
Kanye West

--Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group (no opinion)
Ch-Check It Out
Beastie Boys

Let's Get It Started
The Black Eyed Peas

Don't Say Nuthin'
The Roots

Drop It Like It's Hot
Snoop Dogg & Pharrell

Lean Back
Terror Squad

--Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (no prediction)
Why
Jadakiss Featuring Anthony Hamilton

Dip It Low
Christina Milian Featuring Fabolous

Slow Jamz
Twista Featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx

Yeah!
Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

All Falls Down
Kanye West & Syleena Johnson

--Best Rap Song (no prediction)
Drop It Like It's Hot
Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Snoop Dogg & Pharrell)

Hey Mama
Will Adams & Anthony Henry, songwriters (The Black Eyed Peas)

Jesus Walks
Miri Ben Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)

Let's Get It Started
Will Adams, Mike Fratantuno, Jaime Gomez, George Pajon, Jr., Allan Pineda & Terence Yoshiaki, songwriters (The Black Eyed Peas)

99 Problems
Shawn Carter & Rick Rubin, songwriters (Jay-Z)

--Best Rap Album (no opinion)
To The 5 Boroughs
Beastie Boys

The Black Album
Jay-Z

The Definition
LL Cool J

Suit
Nelly

The College Dropout
Kanye West

--Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (no prediction)
Cold Mountain
Various Artists - T Bone Burnett, compilation producer

De-Lovely
Various Artists - Peter Asher & Stephen Endelman, compilation producers

Garden State
Various Artists - Zach Braff, compilation producer

Kill Bill Vol. 2
Various Artists - Quentin Tarantino, compilation producer

Shrek 2
Various Artists - Andrew Adamson, Chris Douridas & Michael Ostin, compilation producers

--Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (no prediction)
Angels In America
Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman)

Big Fish
Danny Elfman, composer (Various Artists)

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Jon Brion, composer (Various Artists)

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
John Williams, composer (Various Artists)

The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)

--Best Short Form Music Video (2 choices)
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Jonas Odell, video director; Julia Parfitt, video producer

American Idiot
Green Day
Samuel Bayer, video director; Tim Lynch, video producer

Flawless
George Michael
Jake Scott, video director; David Mitchell, video producer

Walkie Talkie Man
Steriogram
Michel Gondry, video director; Julie Fong, video producer

Vertigo
U2
Alex & Martin, video director; Grace Bodie, video producer

--Best Long Form Music Video (no prediction)
John Adams: The Death Of Klinghoffer
John Adams & London Symphony Orchestra
Penny Woolcock, video director; Madonna Baptiste, video producer

Coldplay Live 2003
Coldplay
John Durrant & Russell Thomas, video directors; Sarah Layish-Melamed, Lee Lodge & Melanie Vaughton, video producers

Concert For George
Various Artists
David Leland, video director; Ray Cooper, Olivia Harrison & Jon Kamen, video producers

Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues - A Musical Journey
Various Artists
Margaret Bodde, Michael B. Borofsky, Alex Gibney, Richard Hutton, Jeffrey Peisch & Martin Scorsese, video producers

Tom Dowd & The Language Of Music
Various Artists
Mark Moormann, video director; Scott L. Gordon, Mark Hunt & Mark Moormann, video producers

[heyyfrankie]

i want gwen to win best vocals. i want drop it like it's hot to win best rap performance.