52nd Annual Grammy Awards Predictions

We’re only hours away from the music-industry’s premier awards show, the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, and we would like to share with you our predictions (and who we think should actually win).

Our predictions are noted with an asterisk (*) and who we think should win have a plus (+) sign.

SONG OF THE YEAR
*+ Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Maxwell, “Pretty Wings”
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”

RECORD OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, “Halo”
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
+ Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
* Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, I Am… Sasha Fierce
The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
+ Lady Gaga, The Fame
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
* Taylor Swift, Fearless

BEST NEW ARTIST
+ Keri Hilson
* MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
Zac Brown Band

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Adele, “Hometown Glory”
+ Beyonce, “Halo”
Katy Perry, “Hot N Cold”
Pink, “Sober”
* Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
John Legend, “This Time”
Maxwell, “Love You”
* Jason Mraz, “Make It Mine”
+ Seal, “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
Stevie Wonder, “All About The Love Again”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP
*+ The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
Bon Jovi, “We Weren’t Born To Follow”
The Fray, “Never Say Never”
Daryl Hall & John Oates, “Sara Smile”
MGMT, “Kids”

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
*+ The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
Colbie Caillat, Breakthrough
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
The Fray, The Fray
Pink, Funhouse

BEST DANCE RECORDING
The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”
+ David Guetta, & Kelly Rowland, “When Love Takes Over”
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Madonna, “Celebration”
* Britney Spears, “Womanizer”

BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
The Crystal Method, Divided By Night
+ David Guetta, One Love
*+ Lady Gaga, The Fame
LMFAO, Party Rock
Pet Shop Boys, Yes

BEST ROCK SONG
Pearl Jam, “The Fixer”
U2, “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”
Green Day, “21 Guns”
*+ Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Bruce Springsteen, “Working On A Dream”

BEST ROCK ALBUM
AC/DC, Black Ice
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Live At Madison Square Garden
* Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
+ U2, No Line On The Horizon

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Death Cab For Cutie, The Open Door
*+ Depeche Mode, Sounds Of The Universe
Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
+ Beyonce & Kanye West, “Ego”
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo, “Knock You Down”
* Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”
The Lonely Island & T-Pain, “I’m On A Boat”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake, “Dead And Gone”

BEST RAP SONG
Drake, “Best I Ever Had”
Kid Cudi, “Day ‘N’ Nite”
* T.I. & Justin Timberlake, “Dead And Gone”
Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)”
+ Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”

BEST RAP ALBUM
Common, Universal Mind Control
* Eminem, Relapse
+ Flo Rida, R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def, The Ecstatic
Q-Tip, The Renaissance

BEST COUNTRY SONG
Trace Adkins, “All I Ask For Anymore”
Jamey Johnson, “High Cost Of Living”
+ Lady Antebellum, “I Run To You”
Billy Currington, “People Are Crazy”
* Taylor Swift, “White Horse”

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Zac Brown Band, The Foundation
George Strait, Twang
* Taylor Swift, Fearless
+ Keith Urban, Defying Gravity
Lee Ann Womack, Call Me Crazy

Watch the Grammy Awards tonight (Sunday, January 31st) live on CBS at 8:00 pm (ET) for the results.