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This is something we used to do at FTR (oh how I miss thee), and I finally have an Flist big enough to host one myself, so here it is!

Steph's 2009 Grammy Contest!

Da Rules: In a comment to this entry, select what you think will win each of the following categories. After Grammy night on February 9, everyone's scores will be added up and the winner will receive 5 refrigerator magnets of their own design (magnets will be business card sized).


1.Record of the Year:
Chasing Pavements, Adele
Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis
Paper Planes, M.I.A
Please Read The Letter, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

2.Album of the Year
Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
Year of the Gentleman, NeYo
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
In Rainbows, Radiohead

3.Song of the Year
American Boy, Estelle Featuring Kanye West
Chasing Pavements, Adele
I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
Love Song, Sara Bareilles
Viva La Vida, Coldplay

4.Best New Artist
Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

5.Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Chasing Pavements, Adele
Love Song, Sara Bareilles
Mercy, Duffy
Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis
I Kissed A Girl, Katy Perry
So What, Pink

6.Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
All Summer Long, Kid Rock
Say, John Mayer
That Was Me, Paul McCartney
I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
Closer, Ne-Yo
Wichita Lineman, James Taylor

7.Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Waiting In The Weeds, Eagles
Going On, Gnarls Barkley
Won't Go Home Without You, Maroon 5
Apologize, OneRepublic

8.Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Lesson Learned, Alicia Keys & John Mayer
4 Minutes, Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
Rich Woman, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
If I Never See Your Face Again, Rihanna & Maroon 5
No Air, Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown

9.Best Pop Vocal Album
Detours, Sheryl Crow
Rockferry, Duffy
Long Road Out Of Eden, Eagles
Spirit, Leona Lewis
Covers, James Taylor

10.Best Dance Recording
Harder Better Faster Stronger, Daft Punk
Ready For the Floor, Hot Chip
Just Dance, Lady Gaga
Give It 2 Me, Madonna
Disturbia, Rihanna ok, just for my own comment, this is a dance song? I mean, other than Lance's tango...
Black and Gold, Sam Sparro

11.Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Gravity, John Mayer
I Saw Her Standing There, Paul McCartney
Girls In Their Summer Clothes, Bruce Springsteen
Rise, Eddie Vedder
No Hidden Path, Neil Young

12.Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Rock and Roll Train, AC/DC
Violet Hill, Coldplay
Long Road Out of Eden, Eagles
Sex On Fire, Kings of Leon
House of Cards, Radiohead

13.Best Hard Rock Performance
Inside The Fire, Disturbed
Visions, Judas Priest
Wax Simulacra, The Mars Volta
Saints Of Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe
Lords Of Salem, Rob Zombie

14.Best Rock Song
Girls In Their Summer Clothes, Bruce Springsteen
House of Cards, Radiohead
I Will Possess Your Heart, Death Cab For Cutie
Sex On Fire, Kings of Leon
Violet Hill, Coldplay

15.Best Rock Album
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, Coldplay
Rock N Roll Jesus, Kid Rock
Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon
Death Magnetic, Metallica
Consolers Of The Lonely, The Raconteurs

16.Best Alternative Music Album
Modern Guilt, Beck
Narrow Stairs, Death Cab For Cutie
The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley
Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket
In Rainbows, Radiohead

17.Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Me, Myself And I, Beyoncé
Heaven Sent, Keyshia Cole
Spotlight, Jennifer Hudson
Superwoman, Alicia Keys
Need U Bad, Jazmine Sullivan

18.Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
You're The Only One, Eric Benét
Take You Down, Chris Brown
Miss Independent, Ne-Yo
Can't Help But Wait, Trey Songz
Here I Stand, Usher

19.Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Ribbon In The Sky, Boyz II Men
Words, Anthony David Featuring India.Arie
Stay With Me (By The Sea), Al Green Featuring John Legend
I'm His Only Woman, Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia
Never Give You Up, Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton

20.Best R&B Song
Bust Your Windows, Jazmine Sullivan
Customer, Raheem DeVaughn
Heaven Sent, Keyshia Cole
Miss Independent, NeYo
Spotlight, Jennifer Hudson

21Best R&B Album
Love & Life, Eric Benét
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA, Boyz II Men
Lay It Down, Al Green
Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson
The Way I See It, Raphael Saadiq

22.Best Contemporary R&B Album
Growing Pains, Mary J. Blige
Back Of My Lac', J. Holiday
First Love, Karina
Year Of The Gentleman, Ne-Yo
Fearless, Jazmine Sullivan

23.Best Rap Solo Performance
Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..., Jay-Z
A Milli, Lil Wayne
Paris, Tokyo, Lupe Fiasco
N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master), Nas
Sexual Eruption, Snoop Dogg

24.Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Royal Flush, Big Boi Featuring Raekwon And Andre 3000
Swagga Like Us, Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
Mr. Carter, Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z
Wish You Would, Ludacris Featuring T.I.
Put On, Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West

25.Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
American Boy, Estelle Featuring Kanye West
Low, Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
Green Light, John Legend & Andre 3000
Got Money, Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain
Superstar, Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos

26.Best Rap Song
Lollipop, Lil Wayne feat. Static Major
Low, Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
Sexual Eruption, Snoop Dogg
Superstar, Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos
Swagga Like Us, Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne

27.Best Rap Album
American Gangster, Jay-Z
Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
The Cool, Lupe Fiasco
Nas, Nas
Paper Trail, T.I.

28.Best Spoken Word Album
An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore), Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood
Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
I Am America (And So Can You!), Stephen Colbert (& Various Artists)
Life Beyond Measure, Sidney Poitier
When You Are Engulfed In Flames, David Sedaris

29.Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
American Gangster
August Rush
Juno
Mamma Mia!
Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

30.Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Down To Earth (From Wall-E),Peter Gabriel
Ever Ever After (From Enchanted), Carrie Underwood
Say (From The Bucket List), John Mayer
That's How You Know (From Enchanted), Amy Adams
Walk Hard (From Walk Hard — The Dewey Cox Story), John C. Reilly

31.Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse
Nigel Godrich
Johnny K
Rick Rubin
will.i.am

32.Best Short Form Music Video
Honey, Erykah Badu
Who's Gonna Save My Soul, Gnarls Barkley
Another Way To Die, Alicia Keys & Jack White
House Of Cards, Radiohead
Pork And Beans, Weezer

33.Best Female Country Vocal Performance
For These Times, Martina McBride
What I Cannot Change, LeAnn Rimes
Last Name, Carrie Underwood
Last Call, Lee Ann Womack
This Is Me You're Talking To, Trisha Yearwood

34.Best Male Country Vocal Performance
You're Gonna Miss This, Trace Adkins
In Color, Jamey Johnson
Just Got Started Lovin' You, James Otto
Letter To Me, Brad Paisley
Troubadour, George Strait

35.Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
God Must Be Busy, Brooks & Dunn
Love Don't Live Here, Lady Antebellum
Every Day, Rascal Flatts
Blue Side Of The Mountain, The SteelDrivers
Stay, Sugarland

Tie Breaker:Best Native American Music Album
Songs From The Black Hills, Bryan Akipa
Spo'Mo'Kin'Nan, Black Lodge
Red Rock, Northern Cree
Come To Me Great Mystery — Native American Healing Songs (Various Artists), Tom Wasinger- producer
Faith, Kevin Yazzie


Good luck!