The 61st 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” – 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 –
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” –
- “Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk) & 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) & 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 Black Panther
- of Love – Sufjan Stevens, Track from: Call Me By Your Name
- Remember Me – Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade Track Coco
- Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Track from: A Star Is Born
- This is Me – Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble, Track 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: – 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 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 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
- 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