Grammy Award Predictions from The Tower

The list of nominees was for a Grammy Awards, was released by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences earlier this week. Below is the Tower’s prediction in bold for the winners of the of the 2016 Grammy Awards.

Album of the Year
o Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd
o Traveller Chris Stapleton
o To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
o 1989 Taylor Swift
o Sound & Color Alabama Shakes

Song of Year
o “Girl Crush” Little Big Town
o “Thinking Out Loud” Ed Sheeran
o “Blank Space” Taylor Swift
o “Alright” Kendrick Lamar
o “See You Again” Wiz Khlaifa

Record of the Year
o “Can’t Feel My Face” The Weekend
o “Thinking Out Loud” Ed Sheeran
o “Blank Space” Taylor Swift
o “Really Love” D’Angelo and The Vanguard
o “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars

Best New Artist
o Tori Kelly
o Courtney Barnett
o Meghan Trainor
o James Bay
o Sam Hung

Best Pop Vocal Album
o Piece by Piece Kelly Clarkson
o Before This World James Taylor
o Uptown Special Mark Ronson
o 1989 Taylor Swift
o How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence
and the Machine

Best Rap Album
o 2014 Forest Hills Drive J.Cole
o Crompton Dr. Dre
o The Pinkprint Nicki Minaj
o To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
o If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Drake

Best Rock Album
o 5:The Gray Chapter Slipknot
o Drones Muse
o Chaos and the Calm James Bay
o Kintsugi Death Cab for Cutie

Best R&B Song
o “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)” The Weeknd
o “Coffee” Miguel
o “Really Love” D’Angelo
o “Shame” Tyrese Gibson
o “Let It Burn” Babyface

Best Rock Song
o “Lydia” Highly Suspect
o “Ex’s & Oh’s” Elle King
o “What Kind Of Man” Florence and the Machine
o “Hold Back The River” James Bay
o “Don’t Wanna Fight” Alabama Shakes

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
o “Bad Blood” Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar
o “Sugar” Maroon 5
o “See You Again” Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth
o “Ship To Wreck” Florence and the Machine
o “Uptown Funk” Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson

Best Pop Solo Performance
o “Can’t Feel My Face” The Weeknd
o “Thinking Out Loud” Ed Sheeran
o “Heartbeat Song” Kelly Clarkson
o “Blank Space” Taylor Swift
o “Love Me Like You Do” Ellie Goulding