The Verdict Is In

So….turns out I’m only half psychic. Here’s what I got right…

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group - Lady Antebellum
Best Country Song - Lady Antebellum
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Jay Z Empire State of Mind
Best Rap Solo - Eminem Not Afraid
Best Contemporary R&B Album - Usher
Best Urban/Alternative Performance – CeeLo
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - Usher
Best Pop Vocal Album - Lady GaGa
Best Pop Performance by a duo or group - Train
Best Male Pop Vocal – Bruno Mars
Song of the Year - Lady Antebellum or CeeLo (I get half a point for this. It went to Lady Antebellum)

…and here’s what I got wrong…

Record of the Year – CeeLo(I thought) Lady Antebellum (actual winner)
Album of the Year – GaGa(I thought) Arcade Fire (actual winner)
Best New Artist – Beiber(I thought)Esperanza Spalding (actual winner)
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Beyonce(I thought) GaGa(actual winner)
Best Pop Collaboration - B.O.B.(I thought) Herbie Hancock/Pink, etc.(actual winner)
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance – Kelly Price(I hoped) Fantasia (actual winner)
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance – R Kelly(I thought)John Legend(actual winner)
Best R&B song - Fantasia(I thought) John Legend (actual winner)
Best R&B Album - Raheem DeVaughn(I thought) John Legend (actual winner)

I knew Lady Antebellum was going to win big this year so I should’ve picked them for everything. I’m extremely pissed about Arcade Fire winning Album of the Year and Esperanza Spalding winning Best New Artist. In these two categories it seems like the academy said hey, let’s give the award to whoever is least likely to win. I’m sorry, but there is no way in hell that Esperanza Spalding is the best new artist. I didn’t like her when she did that Stevie Wonder thing at the White House and I don’t like her now! Oh and if I wasn’t already mad enough, then they don’t even give Raheem the award for Best R&B Album, they give it to John Legend aka the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz (you know that’s what he sounds like when he sings). There is no way in hell John Legend’s cd is better than Raheem’s! So turns out I was also wrong about the Best Pop Collaboration. I thought it would go to B.O.B and that girl for Airplanes, but it went to Herbie Hancock for Imagine, which I wasn’t even familiar with. Of course I’m familiar with the Beatles song, but didn’t even know Herbie had a version with all these great peeps on it. I can thank the Grammys for bringing this little pearl to my attention. Click here to listen to Imagine by Herbie and his friends.