With the 58th Grammy Awards soon upon us, we decided to offer up our own selections for music's biggest awards ceremony.
Since there are so many categories to choose from and we are super busy getting ready for our own nomination at this year's Social Good Awards in Branded Campaign for a Digital or Mobile Platform, we decided to narrow down our choices to five of the most popular categories.
We are going to be making our picks from Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, and Best Rap Album.
Between artists such as Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, and Drake, it sure wasn't easy. However, since we have some major music heads in the building, we were able to come to some conclusions without breaking each other's keyboards.
We, unfortunately, can't say the same for our Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal accounts. They have definitely been overworked recently and we probably owe some sort of surplus charge. You can listen below on Spotify to this year's nominees as you read.
Be sure to pick out who you think is going to win and share in the comments!
"Between me and my daughters, Taylor Swift plays almost constantly in our house. Gotta pull for our girl!" - Lisa
Record of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift - 1989
Song of the Year: Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth - "See You Again"
Best New Artist: James Bay
Best Rap Album: Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
"Taylor Swift's take-no-prisoners anthem is the Song of the Century, OK?" - Kalae
Record of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift - 1989
Song of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Kim
Record of the Year: Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk"
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift - 1989
Song of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Best Rap Album: Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
Camille
Record of the Year: D'Angelo - "Really Love"
Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Song of the Year: Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Rafael
Record of the Year: The Weeknd - "Can't Feel My Face"
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift - 1989
Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"
Best New Artist: James Bay
Best Rap Album: Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
Victor
Record of the Year: The Weeknd - "Can't Feel My Face"
Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Song of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Best Rap Album: Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
Cate
Record of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift - 1989
Song of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Best New Artist: Sam Hunt
Best Rap Album: Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
Claire
Record of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Song of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Best Rap Album: Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
"There is a reason Kendrick Lamar got nominated for the most Grammys this year — this album is absolutely incredible." - Cory
Record of the Year: The Weeknd - "Can't Feel My Face"
Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Song of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"
Best Rap Album: Dr. Dre - Compton
"Uptown Funk" was No. 1 for 14 weeks, which ties it for second place with a number of other historically massive hits. Plus, EVERYONE jammed to this song." - Joel
Record of the Year: Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk"
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift - 1989
Song of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Best New Artist: Tori Kelly
Best Rap Album: J. Cole - Forest Hills Drive
Clarissa
Record of the Year: D'Angelo - "Really Love"
Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Song of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"
Best New Artist: Courtney Barnett
Best Rap Album: Dr. Dre - Compton
"Dr. Dre's and Drake's albums were amazing, but I think it's going to be Nicki Minaj picking up her first-ever Grammy for Best Rap Album. It's about time she won a Grammy and she deserves it." - Jason
Record of the Year: Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Song of the Year: Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth - "See You Again"
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Best Rap Album: Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
Danuté
Record of the Year: The Weeknd - "Can't Feel My Face"
Album of the Year: The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
Song of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"
Best New Artist: James Bay
Best Rap Album: Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
Isaac
Record of the Year: The Weeknd - "Cant Feel My Face"
Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"
Best New Artist: Sam Hunt
Best Rap Album: J. Cole - Forest Hills Drive
