2019 Grammy Nominations & Predictions

The 61^st Annual Grammy Awards is quickly approaching. Here are my personal predictions in the following categories.

Best R&B Performance

Personal Favorite: “Best Part” – H.E.R. Featuring Daniel Caesar
Winner Prediction: “Summer” – The Carters

• “Long as I Live” – Toni Braxton
• “Summer” – The Carters
• “Y O Y” – Lalah Hathaway
• “Best Part” – H.E.R. Featuring Daniel Caesar
• “First Began” – PJ Morton

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Personal Favorite: “Honest” – Major
Winner Prediction: “Bet Ain’t Worth the hand” – Leon Bridges

• Personal Favorite: “Honest” – Major
• “Bet ain’t worth the hand” – Leon Bridges
• “Don’t fall apart on me tonight” – Bettye LaVette
• “Honest” – MAJOR.
• “How Deep is your Love” – PJ Morton Featuring Yebba
• “Made for love” – Charlie Wilson Featuring Lalah Hathaway

Best R&B Song

Personal Favorite: “Come Through and Chill” – Miguel Featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi
Winner Prediction: “Feels like Summer” – Childish Gambino

• “Boo’d Up” – Ella Mai
• “Come through and chill” – Miguel Featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi
• “Feels like Summer” – Childish Gambino
• “Focus” –  H.E.R.
• “Long as I Live” – Toni Braxton

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Personal Favorite: War & Leisure – Miguel
Winner Prediction: Everything Is Love – The Carters

• Everything Is Love – The Carters
• The Kids are Alright – Chloe x Halle
• Chris Dave and The Drumhedz – Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
• War & Leisure – Miguel
• Ventriloquism – Meshell Ndegeocello

Best R&B Album

Personal Favorite: H.E.R. – H.E.R
Winner Prediction: Good Thing – Leon Bridges

• Sex & Cigarettes – Toni Braxton
• Good Thing – Leon Bridges
• Honestly – Lalah Hathaway
• H.E.R. – H.E.R.
• Gumbo Unplugged (LIVE) – PJ Morton

Best Rap Performance

Personal Favorite: Nice For What – Drake
Winner Prediction: Be Careful – Cardi B

• “Be Careful” – Cardi B
• “Nice for What” – Drake
• “King’s Dead” – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
• “Bubblin” – Anderson .Paak
• “Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk) & Swae Lee

Best Rap/Sung Performance

Personal Favorite: Pretty Little Fears – 6lack Featuring J. Cole
Winner Prediction: Rockstar – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage

• “Like I Do” – Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink
• “Pretty Little Fears” – 6lack Featuring J. Cole
• “This is America” – Childish Gambino
• “All the Stars” – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• “Rockstar” – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage

Best Rap Song

Personal Favorite: Win – Jay Rock
Winner Prediction: “God’s Plan” – Drake

• “God’s Plan” – Drake
• “King’s Dead” – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
• “Lucky You” – Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas
• “Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk) & Swae Lee
• “WIN” – Jay Rock

Best Rap Album

Personal Favorite: Swimming – Mac Miller
Winner Prediction: Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B

• Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
• SWIMMING – Mac Miller
• Victory Lap – Nipsey Hussle
• Daytona – Pusha T
• Astroworld – Travis Scott

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Personal Favorite: All the Stars – Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Track from: Black Panther
Winner Prediction: This is Me – Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble from The Greatest Showman

• All the Stars – Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Track from: Black Panther
• Mystery of Love – Sufjan Stevens, Track from: Call Me By Your Name
• Remember Me – Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade Track from: Coco
• Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Track from: A Star Is Born
• This is Me – Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble, Track from: The Greatest Showman

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Personal Favorite: Boi-1Da and Pharrell Williams
Winner Prediction: Boi-1Da

• Boi-1Da
• Larry Klein
• Linda Perry
• Kanye West
• Pharrell Williams

Best Music Video

Personal Favorite: Pynk – Janelle Monáe
Winner Prediction: This is America – Childish Gambino

• APES*** – The Carters 
• This is America – Childish Gambino 
• I’m Not Racist – Joyner Lucas
• PYNK – Janelle Monáe
• Mumbo Jumbo – Tierra Whack

Record Of The Year

Personal Favorite: God’s Plan -Drake
Winner Prediction: The Middle – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

• I Like It – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
• The Joke – Brandi Carlile
• This is America – Childish Gambino
• God’s Plan -Drake
• Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• All the Stars – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• Rockstar – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
• The Middle – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

Album Of The Year

Personal Favorite: SCORPION – Drake
Winner Prediction: Black Panther: The Album, Music from an insoired by – (Various Artists)

• Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
• By the Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile
• SCORPION – Drake
• H.E.R. – H.E.R.
• Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
• Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe
• Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
• Black Panther: The Album, Music from an insoired by – (Various Artists)

Song Of The Year

Personal Favorite: In my Blood – Shawn Mendes
Winner Prediction: The Middle – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

• All the Stars – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• Boo’d Up – Ella Mai
• God’s Plan – Drake
• In my Blood – Shawn Mendes
• The Joke – Brandi Carlil
• The Middle – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
• Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• This is America – Childish Gambino

Best New Artist

Personal Favorite: Jorja Smith
Winner Prediction: H.E.R.

• CHLOE X HALLE
• Luke Combs
• Greta Van Fleet
• H.E.R.
• Dua Lipa
• Margo Price
• Bebe Rexha
• Jorja Smit

Do you agree with the night’s predictions?

Alicia Keys is set to host The Grammy’s Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT