@SL_body_copy_ragged:The Grammy Awards air Sunday with pomp and pompousness.
Musical performances by Justin Timberlake, the Swagga Like Us gang and Jennifer Hudson interrupt the award-giving. Well, depending on how you look at it, the award-giving will interrupt the musical performances .
The Grammys may be considered overrated and meaningless in this day in age -- as the case seems to be with awards. However, they're still entertaining to watch and fun to predict. SE Live took an office poll of which acts would win which categories. We're a little ADD, though, and skipped some categories and completely lost interest by category number 82, or maybe before that.
For Record of the Year, "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay had the most votes, though one judge called them out as good but overrated. That same judge turned around and voted for "Viva La Vida" for Song of the Year. In my opinion, Adele's "Chasing Pavements" deserves a nod if not the award.
Album of the Year absolutely goes to Radiohead for "In Rainbows." Period.
Funny enough, only the girls voted on Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Pink with "So What" had the most, even though it sounds like every other Pink song that gets constant radio play.
I'm skipping around now because I don't want to decide the ties (like between Coldplay and Kings of Leon for Best Rock Album). So Best Alternative Music Album goes to "In Rainbows" (we told you it was an absolute winner).
Only two people voted on Best Country Album because the rest of us don't really listen to country. One judge admitted she could only recognize country songs from her time working at Logan's Roadhouse. The two people qualified to vote chose George Strait with "Troubadour."
With categories like Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album and Best Regional Mexican Album, we stop here and wait for Sunday so our predictions can be realized.
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