It’s music’s biggest night! The 68th Annual Grammy Awards take place this Sunday, February 1st in Los Angeles, California. The show will feature some of music’s biggest names from Justin Bieber and Kendrick Lamar to Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny.
It will certainly be a competition-filled night with many very deserving nominees. The winners will be determined by the Recording Academy Voting Members — a peer group composed of music creators, including artists, songwriters, producers, engineers, and more.
Some of the night’s most popular categories, often referred to as the “Big Four,” include Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.
It’s difficult to predict the outcome of each category with the often surprising choices of the Recording Academy’s 15,000+ voting members who have been known at times to produce unexpected results. But by examining the production quality, artist excellence and popularity of the song, album, or artist, it is possible to make an accurate prediction.
Ahead of the show this weekend, let’s see what the public and some NASH students are predicting for the night’s results.
1.Record of the Year
This award recognizes the top artistic performance, production, and engineering of a single, commercially released song.
The nominees include:
Bad Bunny, “DTMF”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild”
Doechii, “Anxiety”
Billie Eilish, “Wildflower”
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”
Kendrick Lamar with SZA, “Luther”
Chappell Roan, “The Subway”
Rosé and Bruno Mars, “Apt.”
Prediction market: Winner-”Luther”, Kendrick Lamar with SZA (vis kalshi)
NASH predictions: Winner- “Luther”, Kendrick Lamar with SZA
2. Album of the Year
This award recognizes artistic excellence, technical proficiency, and overall impact of an album-length recording. It is awarded to the artist(s), producers, engineers, and mastering engineers.
The nominees include:
Bad Bunny, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos”
Justin Bieber, “Swag”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Man’s Best Friend”
Clipse, “Let God Sort Em Out”
Lady Gaga, “Mayhem”
Kendrick Lamar, “GNX”
Leon Thomas, “Mutt”
Tyler, the Creator, “Chromakopia”
Prediction market: Winner-”Debí Tirar Más Fotos”, Bad Bunny
NASH predictions: Winner- Sabrina Carpenter, “Man’s Best Friend”
3. Song of the Year
This award honors artistic, technical, and songwriting excellence rather than commercial success. The award goes specifically to the songwriters.
The nominees include:
“Abracadabra,” written by Cirkut, Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt (performed by Lady Gaga)
“Anxiety,” written by Doechii (performed by Doechii)
“Apt.,” written by Amy Allen, Brody Brown, Rogét Chayahed, Cirkut, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Rosé and Theron Thomas (performed by Rosé and Bruno Mars)
“DTMF,” written by Bad Bunny, Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Spry and Roberto José Rosado Torres (performed by Bad Bunny)
“Golden,” written by Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick (performed by Huntr/x)
“Luther,” written by Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, SZA and Kamasi Washington (performed by Kendrick Lamar with SZA)
“Manchild,” written by Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter (performed by Sabrina Carpenter)
“Wildflower,” written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (performed by Billie Eilish)
Prediction market: Winner-”Golden” by Huntr/x
NASH predictions: Winner- “Golden”, by Huntr/x
4. Best New Artist
This award recognizes breakthrough performers who defined the year’s musical landscape. It highlights emerging talent across genres.
The nominees include:
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marías
Addison Rae
Sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Prediction market: Winner-Olivia Dean
NASH predictions: Winner- Olivia Dean
Tune in to the Grammy Awards this Sunday on CBS to see live performances from top artists, red carpet fashion, and who all will be taking home a golden trophy at the end of the night.
