Why wait for the official announcement of Grammy Award winners when RedEye’s Audio Doc can tell you who should win right now?
Album of the Year
“Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” Foo Fighters
“These Days,” Vince Gill
“River: The Joni Letters,” Herbie Hancock
“Graduation,” Kanye West
“Back to Black,” Amy Winehouse
Audio Doc’s pick: “Graduation”
Record of the Year (awarded to artists and producer, engineer and/or mixer)
“Irreplaceable,” Beyonce
“The Pretender,” Foo Fighters
“Umbrella,” Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
“What Goes Around … Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake
“Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
Audio Doc’s pick: “Rehab”
Song of the Year (a songwriter’s award)
“Before He Cheats,” Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins (performed by Carrie Underwood)
“Hey There Delilah,” Tom Higgenson (Plain White T’s)
“Like A Star,” Corinne Bailey Rae
“Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
“Umbrella,” Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash and Christopher Stewart (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z)
Audio Doc’s pick: “Rehab”
Best New Artist
Feist, Ledisi, Paramore, Taylor Swift, Amy Winehouse
Audio Doc’s pick: Paramore
Best Pop Vocal Album
“Lost Highway,” Bon Jovi
“The Reminder,” Feist
“It Won’t Be Soon Before Long,” Maroon 5
“Memory Almost Full,” Paul McCartney
“Back to Black,” Amy Winehouse
Audio Doc’s pick: “Back to Black”
Best Rock Album
“Daughtry,” Daughtry
“Revival,” John Fogerty
“Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” Foo Fighters
“Magic,” Bruce Springsteen
“Sky Blue Sky,” Wilco
Audio Doc’s pick: “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace”
Best Rap Album
“Finding Forever,” Common
“Kingdom Come,” Jay-Z
“Hip Hop is Dead,” Nas
“T.I. vs T.I.P.,” T.I.
“Graduation,” Kanye West
Audio Doc’s pick: “Graduation”
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