Predicting Grammy Nominations: Best New Artist

59th Annual Grammy nomination predictions: breakout country artist Maren Morris ('Hero') seems like a lock for a nomination.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype

59th Annual Grammy nomination predictions: breakout country artist Maren Morris ('Hero') seems like a lock for a nomination.

59th Annual Grammy nomination predictions: Adele (‘25’) should be a lock for pop vocal album nomination.
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In the latest edition of our column Pros & Cons, one of the music industry's most polarizing musicians is profiled – Kanye "I Am a God" West.

Sometimes the albums you expect to win the Grammy for Album of the Year don’t. Here are the most surprising albums that won album of the year since 2000.
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The 58th Annual Grammys ended predictably, with Taylor Swift earning her second Album of the Year honors with pop juggernaut, 1989.
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What artists and what songs and albums will earn Grammy nominations in the urban categories at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards?

West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar releases his second consecutive masterpiece with TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY; the album to beat in 2015.
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On his highly anticipated sophomore album 'G I R L,' Pharrell Williams easily outdoes himself, easily trumping 2006 debut, 'In My Mind.'
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French alternative rock collective Phoenix never miss a beat on Bankrupt! a compelling follow-up to their Grammy-winning 2009 LP, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.

'Babel,' the highly-anticipated sophomore album from Mumford & Sons, gives them a solid, but not necessarily innovative album.