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2008 Grammy Predictions
The 2008 Grammys are sure to be a knock-out production as they are every year but this time the tables are slightly turned. With the Writer’s strike bringing the Oscars to a halt, the Grammys are one of the only remaining chances celebrities have to strut down the red carpet and show off their newest Botox injection, Pimp Cup or Boob job. Of course, you never know which artist will rock the stage and which ones will deliver less than perfect performances. But one thing that you can be sure of is the anticipation of who will win that sleek gold Grammy statuette.
All hype aside, there are some pretty great nominees this year, as well as some pretty terrible ones. Amy Winehouse, for example snagged six nominations even though we all know she spent more time doing drugs and wasting away before our eyes than focusing on her music. In all seriousness, no one really knows what she’s up to anymore, but eating and staying sober are likely not among them.
Sadly, it’s doubtful she’ll actually win any of the categories that she’s nominated for except for maybe Song of the Year with her ironically titled song, Rehab. However, she’s rivaled by Carrie Underwood’s, Before he Cheats and Rhianna’s hit, Umbrella with Jay Z, which are probably much more likely to win. Since Carrie Underwood’s song proved popular on not only the country charts but pop charts too, I’d say she’s got this one in the bag, unless Rhianna and Jay Z steal it out from under her.
For Album of the year the stakes are high and the competition is close. Vince Gill, a long-favored country star who’s been dominating country charts since the mid 1980’s is up for his album titled, These Days. Although a great album, up for this award is also the Foo Fighters for, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, and Kanye West for Graduation, as well as others who although great nominees, aren’t worth dwelling on for this award. With the fresh, young competition dominating this category, I’d say the Foo Fighters or Kanye West are most likely to take home this one, with Kanye a little more likely to end up on top.
Best Country Album will without a doubt go to the infamous George Strait for, It Just Comes Natural. He’s rivaled by Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley. All great albums worthy of this nomination, yet overshadowed by the prestige and longevity Strait has held for so long. With It Just Comes Natural likely to be Strait’s last album the award is even more likely to go to him.
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is a battle of the bitches. With a category that includes Nelly Furtado, Fergie, Amy Winehouse, Feist and new mommy Christina Aguilera I smell a cat fight at the end of this award announcement. Christina Aguilera’s, Candyman is indicative of her soul/pop/diva music style but might not cut it for this Grammy award. It’s likely that almost no one has even heard of the Canadian native, Feist and Winehouse is…well…not just singing about rehab anymore. I’d say Fergie’s , Big Girls Don’t Cry is probably going to try to steal this award, with Fergie’s, Say it Right performance a close second.
Finally, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance is a no-brainer. Justin Timberlake will take the cake with his What Goes Around… Comes Around performance. Let’s face it, he may have been a top notch boy band phenomenon for a while, but he’s racing even higher up the ranks as his solo career continues to boom. He can shake it, sing it, and I have no doubt that he’ll take it…the shiny gold Grammy that is.
This year’s Grammy’s are definitely going to be a show, but you never know who will screw up just enough on the red carpet to make headlines for weeks. So be sure to watch on February 10th to see who makes a fool of themselves and who makes history-it’s going to be good.
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