each year, when the grammy nominees are announced, i like to take to the ol’ blog to make a few predictions.

if you peruse that post, you can see all the said predictions and i’m here now to take a look at how i did. last year, i was pretty spot-on, so let’s go pick-by-pick and see how i did this year.

Album of the Year: WRONG 🙁

who i picked to win: macklemore & ryan lewis’ the heist

who actually won: daft punk’s random access memories (i literally typed this in my original post, backspaced and went with macklemore. i should’ve known…)

Record of the Year: WRONG 🙁

who i picked to win: imagine dragons’ radioactive (i don’t know what i was thinking here…)

who actually won: daft punk’s get lucky

Best New Artist: CORRECT 🙂

who i picked to win: macklemore & ryan lewis

who actually won: macklemore & ryan lewis

Song of the Year: WRONG 🙁

who i picked to win: same love

who actually won: lorde’s royals (who i said i wanted to win)

Best Pop Solo Performance: WRONG 🙁

who i picked to win: justin timberlake

who actually won: lorde’s royals (i honestly think i mistyped when i picked justin timberlake to win this. i would’ve put cash on lorde winning this category.)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: WRONG 🙁

who i picked to win: rhianna & mikky ekko

who actually won: holy grail by jay z and justin timberlake

Best Pop Vocal Album: CORRECT 🙂

who i picked to win: bruno mars

who actually won: bruno mars

Best Rock Performance: WRONG 🙁

who i picked to win: david bowie

who actually won: imagine dragon’s radioactive

Best Alternative Music Album: CORRECT 🙂

who i picked to win: vampire weekend

who actually won: vampire weekend

Best Rap Album: WRONG 🙁

who i picked to win: kendrick lamar

who actually won: macklemore & ryan lewis (kanye is currently warming up for his next rant…)

Best Rap Performance: WRONG 🙁

who i picked to win: drake

who actually won: macklemore & ryan lewis

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well friends, let’s keep it real: this was a pretty sad showing from me. out of 11 picks, i only got 3 correct. correct me if i’m wrong, but 27% is a failing grade…

some of this year’s winners really surprised me, while others were ones that i came very, very close to picking but ultimately leaned another direction. i suspected that this could be a big year for macklemore & ryan lewis, but i didn’t foresee them sweeping the rap categories. those alone would’ve tipped the scales the other direction on my picks. and i should’ve known to pick daft punk for album of the year. i really disliked that album, but i should’ve know the grammy voters would want to reward it.

take a look at the list of all the winners.

how about we try again next year?