2020 Grammy's Preview

Best R&B Album:
"1123", BJ The Chicago Kid
"Painted", Lucky Daye
"Ella Mai", Ella Mai
"Paul", PJ Morton
"Ventura", Anderson .Paak

I could see Ella Mai take this, given her Grammy last year for R&B Song, but I'm leaning towards "Ventura" by Anderson .Paak. He's just so unique with what he does.

Best Country Solo Performance:
"All Your'n", Tyler Childers
"Girl Goin' Nowhere". Ashley McBryde
"Ride Me Back Home", Willie Nelson
"God's Country", Blake Shelton
"Bring My Flowers Now", Tanya Tucker

This could easily go the safe route with "God's Country", but in terms of the country field, this feels like its going to be Tanya Tucker's year, so I'm going with "Bring My Flowers Now".

Best Country Album:
"Desperate Man", Eric Church
"Stronger Than The Truth", Reba McEntire
"Interstate Gospel", Pistol Annies
"Center Point Road", Thomas Rhett
"While I'm Livin'", Tanya Tucker

A fairly loaded field; I could see Pistol Annies winning, but like I said with country solo performance, I'm going with "While I'm Livin'" by Tanya Tucker.

Best Rock Album:
"Amo", Bring Me The Horizon
"Social Cues", Cage The Elephant
"In the End", The Cranberries
"Trauma", I Prevail
"Feral Roots", Rival Sons

I'll admit, I'm flying a bit blind with this category. Anyway, I'm going with "Amo" by Bring Me The Horizon.

Best Rock Performance:
"Pretty Waste", Bones UK
"This Land", Gary Clark Jr.
"History Repeats", Brittany Howard
"Woman", Karen O & Danger Mouse
"Too Bad", Rival Sons

There's certainly a wide array of nominees. You could make a solid case for any winner, but I'm leaning towards "History Repeats" by Brittany Howard. It was a really solid solo outing for her.

Best Rap Album:
"Revenge Of The Dreamers III", Dreamville
"Championships", Meek Mill
"I Am > I Was", 21 Savage
"Igor", Tyler, The Creator
"The Lost Boy", YBN Cordae

Like with Rock Album, I'm not all that familiar here, but I'm going with "Igor", by Tyler, The Creator.

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Boyfriend", Ariana Grande & Social House
"Sucker", Jonas Brothers
"Old Town Road", Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
"Sunflower", Post Malone & Swae Lee
"Senorita", Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

I went back and forth between "Old Town Road", "Sunflower" and "Senorita". Given its overall international success, I decided to go with "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello.

Best Pop Solo Performance:
"Spirit", Beyonce
"Bad Guy", Billie Eilish
"7 Rings", Ariana Grande
"Truth Hurts", Lizzo
"You Need To Calm Down", Taylor Swift

Like with most of the main awards, I foresee a duel between Billie Eilish and Lizzo. In this case, I'm going with "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish.

Best New Artist:
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalia
Tank and The Bangas
Yola

Again, I chose between Lizzo and Billie Eilish. In this case, I went with Lizzo. I think she'll get honored here for her breakout over the last year.

Best Song Of The Year:
"Always Remember Us This Way", Lady Gaga
"Bad Guy", Billie Eilish
"Bring Me Flowers Now", Tanya Tucker
"Hard Place", H.E.R
"Lover", Taylor Swift
"Noram F***ing Rockwell", Lana Del Rey
"Someone You Loved", Lewis Capaldi
"Truth Hurts", Lizzo

The battle between Billie Eilish and Lizzo continues. In this case, I'm going with "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish. Given how song of the year honors the song-writer, I think "Bad Guy" gets the edge.

Best Record Of The Year:
"Hey, Ma", Bon Iver
"Bad Guy", Billie Eilish
"7 Rings", Ariana Grande
"Hard Place", H.E.R
"Talk", Khalid
"Old Town Road", Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
"Truth Hurts", Lizzo
"Sunflower", Post Malone & Swae Lee

I could see "Old Town Road" playing spoiler here, but I'm going with "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo.

Best Album Of The Year:
"I, I" Bon Iver
"Norman F***ing Rockwell" Lana Del Rey
"When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" Billie Eilish
"Thank U, Next" Ariana Grande
"I Used To Know Her" H.E.R
"7" Lil Nas X
"Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)" Lizzo
"Father Of The Bride" Vampire Weekend 

I linked my album of the year reviews to the nominees list. As you'll see, I thought this was a solid field of nominees, but only 1 album received a perfect score....and that was "When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" by Billie Eilish.