TV One Oracle: Grammy Predictions

It’s Grammy nominations season again!

Per usual, we tapped our TV One Oracle to predict who will be taking the big award home for 16 major categories.

No need for too much chatter; let’s get to it:

1. Record Of The Year (performance, production)

Hello, Adele
Greg Kurstin, producer; Julian Burg, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Kurstin, Liam Nolan & Alex Pasco, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers

Formation, Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Will Made-It & Pluss, producers; Jaycen Joshua & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

7 Years, Lukas Graham

Future Animals & Pilo, producers; Delbert Bowers, Sebastian Fogh, Stefan Forrest & David LaBrel, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

Work, Rihanna Featuring Drake
Boi-1da, producer; Noel “Gadget” Campbell, Kuk Harrell, Manny Marroquin, Noah “40” Shebib & Marcos Tovar, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

Label: Westbury Road Entertainment

Stressed Out, Twenty One Pilots
Mike Elizondo & Tyler Joseph, producers; Neal Avron & Adam Hawkins, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

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2. Album Of The Year

25, Adele
Lemonade, Beyoncé
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Views, Drake
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, Sturgill Simpson

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3. Song Of The Year (songwriter)

Formation, Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Hello, Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
I Took A Pill In Ibiza, Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
Love Yourself, Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
7 Years, Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

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4. Best New Artist

Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak

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5. Best Pop Solo Performance

Hello, Adele
Hold Up, Beyoncé
Love Yourself, Justin Bieber
Piece By Piece (Idol Version), Kelly Clarkson
Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande

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6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Closer, The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
7 Years, Lukas Graham
Work, Rihanna Featuring Drake
Cheap Thrills, Sia Featuring Sean Paul
Stressed Out,Twenty One Pilots

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7. Best R&B Performance

Turnin’ Me Up, BJ The Chicago Kid
Permission, Ro James
I Do, Musiq Soulchild
Needed Me, Rihanna
Cranes In The Sky, Solange

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8. Best Traditional R&B Performance

The Three Of Me, William Bell
Woman’s World, BJ The Chicago Kid
Sleeping With The One I Love, Fantasia
Angel, Lalah Hathaway
Can’t Wait, Jill Scott

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9. Best R&B Song

Come See Me
J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake)

Exchange
Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)

Kiss It Better
Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)

Lake By The Ocean
Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

Luv
Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)

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10. Best Urban Contemporary Album

Lemonade, Beyoncé
Ology, Gallant
We Are King, KING
Malibu, Anderson .Paak
Anti, Rihanna

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11. Best R&B Album

In My Mind, BJ The Chicago Kid
Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway
Velvet Portraits, Terrace Martin
Healing Season, Mint Condition
Smoove Jones, Mya

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12. Best Rap Performance

No Problem, Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Panda, Desiigner
Pop Style, Drake Featuring The Throne
All The Way Up, Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
That Part, ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West

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13. Best Rap/Sung Performance

Freedom, Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Hotline Bling, Drake
Broccoli, D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty
Ultralight Beam, Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
Famous, Kanye West Featuring Rihanna

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14. Best Rap Song

All The Way Up
Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared)

Famous
Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Rihanna)

Hotline Bling
Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)

No Problem
Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)

Ultralight Beam
Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico “Donnie Trumpet” Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)

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