57th Grammy Awards: The Grammy Gods’ Winner Predictions
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BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
1 | BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM | Erik | Haley | Zac | George | Matthew | Joaquim | David | Federico | Jeffery | TOTAL |
2 | Sail Out, Jhene Aiko | * | 1 | ||||||||
3 | Beyoncé, Beyoncé | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 8 | |
4 | X, Chris Brown | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Mali Is, Mali Music | 0 | |||||||||
6 | G I R L, Pharrell Williams | 0 |
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BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
1 | BEST RAP PERFORMANCE | Erik | Haley | Zac | George | Matthew | Joaquim | David | Federico | Jeffery | TOTAL |
2 | "3005," Childish Gambino | * | 1 | ||||||||
3 | "0 to 100/The Catch Up," Drake | 0 | |||||||||
4 | "Rap God," Eminem | * | 1 | ||||||||
5 | "i," Kendrick Lamar | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 7 | ||
6 | "All I Need Is You," Lecrae | 0 |
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BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
1 | BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION | Erik | Haley | Zac | George | Matthew | Joaquim | David | Federico | Jeffery | TOTAL |
2 | "Blak Majik," Common ft. Jhené Aiko | * | * | 2 | |||||||
3 | "The Monster," Eminem ft. Rihanna | * | 1 | ||||||||
4 | "Tuesday," I Love Makonnen ft. Drake | 0 | |||||||||
5 | "Studio," ScHoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid | 0 | |||||||||
6 | "Bound 2," Kanye West & Charlie Wilson | * | * | * | * | * | * | 6 |
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BEST RAP SONG
1 | BEST RAP SONG | Erik | Haley | Zac | George | Matthew | Joaquim | David | Federico | Jeffery | TOTAL |
2 | "Anaconda," Nicki Minaj | * | * | 2 | |||||||
3 | "Bound 2," Kanye West & Charlie Wilson | 0 | |||||||||
4 | "i," Kendrick Lamar | * | * | * | * | * | * | 6 | |||
5 | "We Dem Boyz," Wiz Khalifa | * | 1 | ||||||||
6 | "0 to 100/The Catch Up," Drake | 0 |
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BEST RAP ALBUM
1 | BEST RAP ALBUM | Erik | Haley | Zac | George | Matthew | Joaquim | David | Federico | Jeffery | TOTAL |
2 | The New Classic, Iggy Azalea | * | * | * | 3 | ||||||
3 | Because the Internet, Childish Gambino | * | 1 | ||||||||
4 | Nobody's Smiling, Common | 0 | |||||||||
5 | The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem | * | * | * | * | * | 5 | ||||
6 | Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q | 0 | |||||||||
7 | Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa | 0 |
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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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