Yep..A GRAMMY thread!
Yes...IT IS A POPULARITY CONTEST..that's why it's televised yearly. So let's deal with it.

Here are a few catagories of the nominees. So, tell us 1.Who you THINK will win the catagorey and 2. Who you would LIKE to win.

I tried to choose the ones with artists that are mostly mentioned in the threads.

for a complete listing go here>GRAMMYS

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Category 1

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

Crazy In Love
Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z

Where Is The Love
The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake

Clocks
Coldplay

Lose Yourself
Eminem

Hey Ya!
OutKast


Category 2

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

Under Construction
Missy Elliott

Fallen
Evanescence

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast

Justified
Justin Timberlake

Elephant
The White Stripes


Category 3

Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Beautiful
Linda Perry, songwriter (Christina Aguilera)

Dance With My Father
Richard Marx & Luther Vandross, songwriters (Luther Vandross)

I'm With You
Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters (Avril Lavigne)

Keep Me In Your Heart
Jorge Calderón & Warren Zevon, songwriters (Warren Zevon)

Lose Yourself
J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters (Eminem)



Category 4

Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

Evanescence

50 Cent

Fountains Of Wayne

Heather Headley

Sean Paul


Category 5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Beautiful
Christina Aguilera

Miss Independent
Kelly Clarkson

White Flag
Dido

I'm With You
Avril Lavigne

Fallen
Sarah McLachlan


Category 6

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Any Road
George Harrison

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Michael McDonald

Send Your Love
Sting

Cry Me A River
Justin Timberlake

Keep Me In Your Heart
Warren Zevon



Category 7

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Misunderstood
Bon Jovi

Hole In The World
Eagles

Stacy's Mom
Fountains Of Wayne

Unwell
Matchbox Twenty

Underneath It All
No Doubt


Category 8

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Can't Hold Us Down
Christina Aguilera & Lil' Kim

La Vie En Rose
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang

Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples

Feel Good Time
Pink Featuring William Orbit

Whenever I Say Your Name
Sting & Mary J. Blige



Category 9

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Patricia
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán

Marwa Blues
George Harrison

Honey-Dipped
Dave Koz

Seabiscuit
Randy Newman

The Nutcracker Suite
The Brian Setzer Orchestra





Category 10

Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Peace
Jim Brickman

Mambo Sinuendo
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán

Wishes
Kenny G

N.E.W.S.
Prince

Night Divides The Day -The Music Of The Doors
George Winston


Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Stripped
Christina Aguilera

Brainwashed
George Harrison

Bare
Annie Lennox

Motown
Michael McDonald

Justified
Justin Timberlake


Category 12

Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Love One Another
Cher

Easy
Groove Armada

Die Another Day
Madonna

Come Into My World
Kylie Minogue

Breathe
Télépopmusik Featuring Angela McCluskey





Category 13

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

A Wonderful World
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang

The Last Concert
Rosemary Clooney

Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook
Bette Midler

As Time Goes By...The Great American Songbook: Volume II
Rod Stewart

The Movie Album
Barbra Streisand



Category 14

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Are You Happy Now?
Michelle Branch

Losing Grip
Avril Lavigne

Trouble
Pink

Time Of Our Lives
Bonnie Raitt

Righteously
Lucinda Williams


Category 15

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

New Killer Star
David Bowie

Down In The Flood
Bob Dylan

If I Could Fall In Love
Lenny Kravitz

Gravedigger
Dave Matthews

Return Of Jackie & Judy
Tom Waits



Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Times Like These
Foo Fighters

There There
Radiohead

Calling All Angels
Train

Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes

Disorder In The House
Warren Zevon & Bruce Springsteen



Category 17

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Like A Stone
Audioslave

Bring Me To Life
Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy

Straight Out Of Line
Godsmack

Just Because
Jane's Addiction

Go With The Flow
Queens Of The Stone Age


Category 18

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Did My Time
Korn

mOBSCENE
Marilyn Manson

St. Anger
Metallica

Smothered
Spineshank

Inhale
Stone Sour



Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Rain On Me
Ashanti

Back In The Day
Erykah Badu

Dangerously In Love 2
Beyoncé

Ooh!
Mary J. Blige

I Wish I Wasn't
Heather Headley



Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Step In The Name Of Love
R. Kelly

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda
Brian McKnight

Superstar
Ruben Studdard

How You Gonna Act Like That
Tyrese

Dance With My Father
Luther Vandross



Category 25

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

The Closer I Get To You
Beyoncé & Luther Vandross

Where Is The Love
Stanley Clarke Featuring Glenn Lewis & Amel Larrieux

Say Yes
Floetry

I'll Stay
Roy Hargrove & The RH Factor Featuring D'Angelo

Busted
The Isley Brothers With Ronald Isley aka Mr. Biggs Featuring JS

Hands Up
TLC

Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Hold Me
Earth, Wind & Fire

Wonderful
Aretha Franklin

Comin' From Where I'm From
Anthony Hamilton

Way Up There
Patti LaBelle

He Proposed
Kelly Price


Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Danger
Erykah Badu

Milkshake
Kelis

J'veux D'la Musique
Les Nubians

Forthenight
Musiq

Hey Ya!
OutKast



Category 29

Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Worldwide Underground
Erykah Badu

Bittersweet
Blu Cantrell

So Damn Happy
Aretha Franklin

Body Kiss
The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley aka Mr. Biggs

Dance With My Father
Luther Vandross



Category 31

Best Female Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Got It Poppin'
Da Brat

Work It
Missy Elliott

Came Back For You
Lil' Kim

Ride Wit Me
MC Lyte

Go Head
Queen Latifah


Category 32

Best Male Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Pump It Up
Joe Budden

Lose Yourself
Eminem
Track from: 8 Mile - Music From And Inspired By The Motion

In Da Club
50 Cent

Stand Up
Ludacris

Get Busy
Sean Paul

Category 33

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

Gossip Folks
Missy Elliott Featuring Ludacris

Magic Stick
Lil' Kim Featuring 50 Cent

Shake Ya Tailfeather
Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee

Dipset (Santana's Town)
Juelz Santana Featuring Cam'Ron

Can't Stop Won't Stop
Young Gunz

Category 34

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Crazy In Love
Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z

Where Is The Love
The Black Eyed Peas With Justin Timberlake

Luv U Better
LL Cool J Featuring Marc Dorsey

Frontin'
The Neptunes Featuring Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z

Beautiful
Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell And Uncle Charlie Wilson



:RAZZ:

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)


Hey Ya!
OutKast



Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)



Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast




Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Beautiful
Linda Perry, songwriter (Christina Aguilera)


Category 4

Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

I don't like any of them



Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Beautiful
Christina Aguilera



Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)


Send Your Love
Sting




Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Underneath It All
No Doubt

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

none of them



Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Honey-Dipped
Dave Koz

Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

N.E.W.S.
Prince


Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

none of them

Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Breathe
Télépopmusik Featuring Angela McCluskey

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

none of them



Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Trouble
Pink

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

New Killer Star
David Bowie

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Times Like These
Foo Fighters

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Bring Me To Life
Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Did My Time
Korn

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Back In The Day
Erykah Badu

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Step In The Name Of Love
R. Kelly


Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

I'll Stay
Roy Hargrove & The RH Factor Featuring D'Angelo

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Comin' From Where I'm From
Anthony Hamilton

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Danger
Erykah Badu

Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Worldwide Underground
Erykah Badu

Best Female Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Work It
Missy Elliott

Best Male Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

none of them


Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

none of them

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Frontin'
The Neptunes Featuring Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z

Category 1

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

Hey Ya!
Outkast


Category 2

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

Elephant
The White Stripes


Category 3

Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)


Dance With My Father
Richard Marx & Luther Vandross, songwriters (Luther Vandross)


Category 4

Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

Heather Headley (the only one I can stand...had a great single that got a lot of radioplay on the light R&B stations here)


Category 5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)


White Flag
Dido



Category 6

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Michael McDonald



Category 8

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Can't Hold Us Down
Christina Aguilera & Lil' Kim



Ctegory 10

Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

N.E.W.S.
Prince (as if I could vote for any of the others!)



Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)


Bare
Annie Lennox

Category 12

Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Love One Another
Cher


Category 14

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Time Of Our Lives
Bonnie Raitt



Category 15

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

New Killer Star
David Bowie

Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)


Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes

Category 17

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Go With The Flow
Queens Of The Stone Age


Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)


Dangerously In Love 2
Beyoncé


Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Dance With My Father
Luther Vandross (should have been in pop though)



Category 25

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Busted
The Isley Brothers With Ronald Isley aka Mr. Biggs Featuring JS


Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Way Up There
Patti LaBelle



Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Danger
Erykah Badu


Category 29

Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Worldwide Underground
Erykah Badu


Category 31

Best Female Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)


Work It
Missy Elliott

Category 32

Best Male Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)


Stand Up
Ludacris

Category 33

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

Gossip Folks
Missy Elliott Featuring Ludacris


Category 34

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Crazy In Love
Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z



I only voted for ones I was kind of interested in.