Some Grammy Predictions

Record of the Year:
will win: "Empire State of Mind" -- Jay Z & Alicia Keyes
should win: "Fuck You" -- Cee Lo Green
note: where is "Bad Romance" in this category?

Album of the Year
will win: Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
should win: Recovery -- Eminem

Best New Artist
will win: Justin Bieber
should win: Drake
note: even as obnoxious as Ke$ha is, she should have been in this category

Perfromace PopDuo/Group
will win: "Hey, Soul Sister" -- Train
should win: Train

Hard Rock Performance
will win: "Black Rain" -- Soundgarden
should win: "Let Me Hear You Scream"-- Ozzy Osbourne

Metal Performance
will win: "Sudden Death" -- Megadeth
should win: "World Painted Blood" -- Slayer
note: why is the award only televised if Metallica is nominated, which they aren't this year?

Best Rock Album
will win: Le Noise -- Neil Young
should win: Resistance -- Muse

Best Rap Album
will win: Recovery -- Eminem
should win: Eminem

Best Music Video, Short Form
will win: "Stylo" -- Gorillaz
should win: "Bad Romance" -- Lady Gaga

Best Soundtrack Album, Motion Picture/Televsion
will win: Crazy Heart
should win: Crazy Heart

Best Contemporary Gospel Album
will win: Beauty Will Rise -- Stephen Curtis Chapman
should win: Tonight -- Toby Mac

Pop Performance, Male
will win: "This is It" -- Michael Jackson
should win: Michael Jackson

Country Collaboration
will win: "Bad Angel" -- Dierks Bently, Miranda Lambert, Jamey Johnson
should win: "I Run to You" -- Marty Stuart & Connine Smith

Best Comedy Album
will win: Stark Raving Black -- Lewis Black
should win: Weapons of Self Destruction -- Robin Williams
note: the other nominees here are: Margaret Cho (wait..who??), Kathy Griffin (really?) and Flight of the Conchords (ummmm...)... with all due respect to Black and Willaims, aren't people nominated in this category supposed to actually be funny?  where are Ron White or Jeff Dunham?