Editor’s note: Due to recent events, Whizzer’s Grammy predictions are being written with a 5-minute delay.
Hello, hello, hello?
Echo, echo, echo.
Cool.
OK, forget Super Bowl Sunday and get your minds focused on this Sunday night’s big event, the biggest Grammys show since, well, last year.
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Album of the year
– Missy Elliott, “Under Construction”
– Evanescence, “Fallen”
– Outkast, “Speakerboxxx/
The Love Below”
– Justin Timberlake, “Justified”
– The White Stripes, “Elephant”
The expected winner: OutKast, of course.
My wishful thinking: The White Stripes because everyone thought Dumbo had big ears, but he could fly. That’s just cool.
Record of the year
– Beyonce with Jay-Z,
“Crazy in Love”
– Black Eyed Peas and Justin
Timberlake, “Where Is the Love?”
– Coldplay, “Clocks”
– Eminem, “Lose Yourself”
– Outkast, “Hey Ya!”
The expected winner: What’s the difference between “album” and “record”? Little secret: There isn’t one. OutKast sweeps.
My wishful thinking: I’d like Coldplay to win this one for Yoko, sorry, I mean Gwynnie.
Best new artist
– 50 Cent
– Evanescence
– Fountains of Wayne
– Heather Headley
– Sean Paul
The expected winner: 50 Cent’s stock rises to a buck and a quarter.
My wishful thinking: Anyone but Sean Paul.
Pop album
– Christina Aguilera, “Stripped”
– George Harrison, “Brainwashed”
– Annie Lennox, “Bare”
– Michael McDonald, “Motown”
– Justin Timberlake, “Justified”
The expected winner: Timberlake wins, Janet Jackson does
not present.
My wishful thinking: Timberlake wins, Janet Jackson does present.
Rock album
– Audioslave, “Audioslave”
– Evanescence, “Fallen”
– Foo Fighters, “One by One”
– Matchbox Twenty, “More Than You Think You Are”
– Nickelback, “The Long Road”
The expected winner: Evanescence gets it because they have a fancy name.
My wishful thinking: Audioslave would be favored if they had a more creative album name. C’mon, fellas.
Alternative music album
– The Flaming Lips, “Fight Test”
– Radiohead, “Hail to the Thief”
– Sigur Ros, “Untitled”
– The White Stripes, “Elephant”
– Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Fever to Tell”
The expected winner: The White Stripes.
My wishful thinking: Whitesnake, but they are neither alternative nor nominated.
Rap album
– Missy Elliott, “Under Construction”
– 50 Cent, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’ “
– Jay-Z, “The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse”
– Outkast, “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below”
– The Roots, “Phrenology”
The expected winner: OutKast …never … goes … away.
My wishful thinking: Jay-Z so that Beyonce will finally stand up
and take notice.
