The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are almost upon us! Hey, we’d love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing Vegas-ready odds. However, we always seem to be dead wrong (fucking Esperanza Spalding). So here are some completely arbitrary, critical decisions on who should win the nine biggest categories, just in case you want to know who we’re rooting for on the SPIN couch.
Everything You Need to Know About the 54th Grammy Awards Nominations
Record of the Year
Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
Bon Iver – “Holocene”
Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
Katy Perry – “Firework”
Who Should Win: Adele
Why: This one goes to the producers, engineers, and performer for making the total pop package. Bon Iver and Mumford are a little to insular, Bruno and Katy a little too eager. Adele somehow lives right in between, both muted and bombastic, rockist-pleasing “authentic” and poptimist-pleasing immediate. It’s the “Heart Shaped Box” of a new generation. We had it all!
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