The nominations for the 2013 Grammy Awards will be announced at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live! on December 5th but we don’t have to wait until then to kickoff the excitement! Continuing our annual series, The Lava Lizard happily presents predictions for next year’s ceremony and welcomes you to share your predictions!
The eligibility period for next year’s Grammy show spanned from October 1st 2011 to September 30th 2012. As such, The Lava Lizard team has compiled a list of possible nominees for the major fields of Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist for you to debate.
Note: these projections do not reflect the the best songs out today. Rather, they indicate the records most likely to be nominated based on popularity, quality and blatant industry politics. So, without further delay, see the full list of our predictions for the upcoming Grammy show below:
Album of the Year
Frank Ocean – ‘channel ORANGE’
Lionel Richie – ‘Tuskegee’
Drake – ‘Take Care’
Bruce Springsteen – ‘Wrecking Ball’
Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’
Song of the Year
Frank Ocean – ‘Thinkin’ Bout You’
Usher – ‘Climax’
Mumford & Sons – ‘I Will Wait’
Taylor Swift – ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’
Fun. – ‘We Are Young (Ft. Janelle Monae)’
Record of the Year
Usher – ‘Climax’
Fun. – ‘We Are Young (Ft. Janelle Monae)’
Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know (Ft. Kimbra)’
Drake – ‘Take Care’
Florence + the Machine – ‘Shake it Out’
Best New Artist
Frank Ocean
Emeli Sande
One Direction
Lianne La Havas
Elle Varner
Who should be nominated in the major fields for the 2013 Grammy ceremony? Which of the above songs or artists should be omitted? Share your opinions and make your predictions for the categories of Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop and others below!