GRAMMYS PREDICTIONS

With no more football left to turn to after the big game, one can always find solace in this weekend's replacement, The Grammys. This Sunday, February 8th the biggest names in music will all compete for miniature golden statues handed out by an anonymous panel of secretive old men with poor music taste.

Grammy bashing aside, this years event at least promises some big name live acts. Among them highly similar rock acts (U2, Radiohead, Coldplay), living legends (BB King, Buddy Guy, Paul McCartney) as well as a host of country stars (Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney) tween acts The Jonas Brothers and Grammy lapdogs Dave Grohl and John Mayer.

To make things more interesting, MIA recently announced that she will be playing live at the Grammys on the due date of her baby, as reported by NME. Which presumably then sent advertisers salivating over the prospect of the event spiraling into a televised live birth to shake up ratings.

So as for the Grammy Predictions, each day this week I will be levying picks for the winners for four categories, so here goes.

BEST NEW ARTIST
Adele
Duffy
The Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

Prediction: How could this not go to the Jonas Brothers? It follows the old rule of he who performs for the grammys gets showered by awards.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, Raising Sand
Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Ne-Yo, Year Of The Gentleman
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Radiohead, In Rainbows

Prediction: This should go to Radiohead, but my guess is you'll see their terrible second rate imitators Coldplay walk home with the gold for their bland, all-encompassing everyman-ness. What you think they're gonna let Lil Wayne walk out with a trophy? Not on your life.

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Beck, Modern Guilt
Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
Radiohead, In Rainbows

If Radiohead doesnt get best album, they get this one. I personally love all these records (even DCFC's wasn't bad). Fingers crossed for MMJ and Gnarls Barkley.

BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
Kenny Chesney & George Strait, "Shiftwork"
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, "Killing The Blues"
George Strait & Patty Loveless, "House Of Cash"
Sugarland, Jake Owen, & Little Big Town, "Life In A Northern Town"
Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban, "Let The Wind Chase You"

I'm not going to pretend I know anything about country. So I'll use my gut feeling, served GWB well right?
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, the titan of hard rock doing folk songs with a bluegrass goddess? That's what wins Grammys.

tune in tomorrow for more first rate predictions. I love to say I told you so.