The 59th annual edition of the Grammy Awards begin at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb.12. Awards in the top categories will be handed out at the Staple Center in Los Angeles during a three-hour ceremony that airs live nationwide on CBS. “The Late Late Show” host James Corden will emcee the evening.
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We are predicting the winners of 32 Grammy Awards races. Our forecasts are based on a combination of five sets of predictions: music Experts, Gold Derby Editors who cover awards year-round, the Top 24 Users who got the top scores predicting last year’s Grammy winners, the All-Star Top 24 who got the highest scores when you combine the last two years’ Grammy results, and hundreds of total Users who make up the largest (and often savviest) bloc of predictors.
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We’re predicting that Beyonce, who is the most nominated artist at the 2017 Grammy Awards with nine bids, will be the biggest winner. She is forecast to win five awards including Album of the Year for “Lemonade.” It would be the first victory in the top category for Beyonce, and if she does indeed win all five categories we’re forecasting, that will bring her career total to 25 victories, tie her with classical composer Vladimir Horowitz as the fifth most awarded artist in history. If she somehow manages to win all nine, her total will be 29, which would place her second on the all-time Grammy winners list, right behind record-holding conductor Georg Solti with a whopping 31 wins.
Adele will be next in line with four victories out of her five nominations, including Record and Song of the Year for her mega-hit single “Hello.” The only category she’s forecast to lose is Album of the Year to Beyonce, but don’t feel too bad — Adele won that award five years ago for “21.”
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Though the late, great David Bowie isn’t nominated in the general field, he does have four nominations for his final album “Blackstar.” We’re predicting three of those categories, and he’s the frontrunner in all of them: Rock Performance, Rock Song and Alternative Album. Additionally, he could win Best Engineered Album, which is not in our predictions center.
Rap stars Chance the Rapper and Drake earned a combined 15 nominations and they’ll take two awards apiece. Chance is favored for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance (“No Problem”), while Drake is tipped to win Best Rap Album (“Views”) and Best Rap Song (“Hotline Bling”).
R&B singer Rihanna has eight nominations, and we’re predicting her twice, for Best R&B Performance (“Needed Me”) and Best R&B Song (“Kiss it Better”), categories where she benefits from the surprise absence of Beyonce. Rihanna also competes in one category we’re not predicting: Best Recording Package for “Anti (Deluxe Edition).”
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Gold Derby readers just like YOU often turn out to be our smartest prognosticators, so it’s important that you give us your predictions. You can continue to update and change your forecasts as often as you like before winner are announced on Feb. 12. Just click “Save” when you’ve settled on your choices. You’ll compete to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate, bragging rights and a place of honor on our leaderboard. Our racetrack odds change as you make your predictions, just as they do when you bet on the Emmys, Oscars, Golden Globes and more. Be sure to read our contest rules and sound off on the Grammy race in our music forum.
