Grammy Nomination Predictions

On November 24 the Recording Academy will announce its nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards.  The noms will be announced via livestream starting at 9 a.m.  The Tribune’s own Hiley Kresse has made her predictions for 6 of the coveted 84 categories:

Album of the Year

  1. After Hours – The Weeknd
  2. Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
  3. Folklore – Taylor Swift
  4. Gaslighter – The Chicks
  5. Fine Line – Harry Styles
  6. Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
  7. Chromatica – Lady Gaga
  8. Hollywood’s Bleeding – Post Malone

Record of the Year

  1. Adore You – Harry Styles
  2. Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
  3. Savage – Megan Thee Stallion
  4. Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
  5. Say So – Doja Cat
  6. Cardigan – Taylor Swift 
  7. Circles – Post Malone
  8. Gaslighter – The Chicks

Song of the Year

  1. Adore You – Harry Styles
  2. Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
  3. Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
  4. Cardigan – Taylor Swift
  5. Gaslighter – The Chicks
  6. No Time To Die – Billie Eilish
  7. Circles – Post Malone
  8. Savage – Megan Thee Stallion

Best New Artist

  1. Megan Thee Stallion
  2. Phoebe Bridgers
  3. Doja Cat
  4. Conan Gray 
  5. Morgan Wallen
  6. Summer Walker
  7. Rina Sawayama
  8. Blackpink

Best Pop Vocal Album

  1. Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
  2. Fine Line – Harry Styles
  3. Folklore – Taylor Swift
  4. Chromatica – Lady Gaga
  5. After Hours – The Weeknd

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

  1. Rain on Me – Lady Gaga ft. Ariana Grande 
  2. If The World Was Ending – Julia Michaels ft. JP Saxe
  3. Dynamite – BTS 
  4. The Bones – Maren Morris ft. Hozier
  5. Exile – Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver

Featured Photo: Courtesy of the Recording Academy® / Getty Images © 2020