My Choices for Grammy Awards 2018

Updated

Music Appreciation 

My favorite night of the year, the Grammys. Below I've selected my choices of who I think should win a Grammy.

8 out of 21. 38%

RECORD OF THE YEAR

24K Magic
Bruno Mars

Despacito

Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber

Josh Gudwin, Mauricio Rengifo & Andrés Torres, producers; Josh Gudwin, Jaycen Joshua, Chris ‘TEK’ O’Ryan, Mauricio Rengifo, Juan G Rivera “Gaby Music,” Luis “Salda” Saldarriaga & Andrés Torres, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

24K Magic
Bruno Mars

Melodrama

Lorde

Jack Antonoff & Lorde, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff & Ella Yelich-O'Connor, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

SONG OF THE YEAR

That's What I Like
Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Despacito

Ramon Ayala Rodriguez, Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton Jr, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)

BEST NEW ARTIST

Alessia Cara

SZA

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

÷ (Divide)

Ed Sheeran

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

Shape of You
Ed Sheeran

Praying

Kesha

BEST POP DUO / GROUP PERFORMANCE

Feel It Still
Portugal. The Man.

Despacito

Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

BEST ROCK ALBUM

A Deeper Understanding
The War on Drugs

Hardwired...To Self-Destruct

Metallica

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

Starboy
The Weeknd

"Awaken, My Love!"

Childish Gambino

BEST RAP / SUNG PERFORMANCE

Loyalty
Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna

Love Galore

SZA Featuring Travis Scott

BEST RAP ALBUM

Damn.

Kendrick Lamar

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

Either Way
Chris Stapleton

"Body Like a Back Road"

Sam Hunt

BEST COUNTRY DUO / GROUP PERFORMANCE

Better Man

Little Big Town

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

From a Room: Volume 1

Chris Stapleton

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

The Nashville Sound
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Southern Blood

Gregg Allman

BEST DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUM

3-D The Catalogue
Kraftwerk

Mura Masa

Mura Masa

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

Sleep Well Beast
The National

Everything Now

Arcade Fire

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

That's What I Like

Bruno Mars

BEST R&B ALBUM

24K Magic

Bruno Mars

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Humble.

Kendrick Lamar

The Little Homies & Dave Meyers, video directors; Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K. Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, video producers