Taylor Swift to kick off the Grammy Awards with performance

So well try to predict how the top nominees will fare when the envelopes are open.

Yet, here we are.

The 2016 Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles next week, and this year the awards handed out will have something special: there’s a camera built into the base of each trophy.

Last year’s event was memorable because Kanye West did another, well, “Kanye”, by leaping on stage to interrupt Beck winning the Grammy for Album of the Year. Or to the rap of the “Butterfly”? Or, while alt-rock rule supreme once again, taking this award for Alabama Shakes? “To Pimp a Butterfly” is a dense and daring work that refused to conform to anyone’s expectations, a jarring listen and a master-level treatise on race and politics in America today. It can actually diversify into different types of music including some Latin music, Jazz and even Classical.

In 1994, Houston’s multi-platinum album was awarded Album of the Year.

WHO SHOULD WIN? Kendrick Lamar’s anthem “Alright” is an optimistic and intelligent song. Genius yet important lyrics aside, listen to “King Kunta” or “Alright” and try not to bob your head along.

I can’t be the only one who has some catching up to do before the 58th annual Grammys Awards. We can’t be too sure…

The British singer is not nominated for any awards this year because her album was not eligible due to its release date, but i t is likely to feature prominently in the 2017 nominations.

James Bay’s album Chaos and the Calm has seen a considerable amount of success in his native United Kingdom, but, despite doing the rounds on late night and touring with Taylor Swift, has yet to solidify his spot in the American market.

Best pop performance: Swift wraps up the win with “Blank Space”.

By appealing to the alt-leaning Album of the Year voters. Written for The Hunger Games, the song won for Best Song Written For Visual Media and Taylor graciously shared the stage with her collaborators, the Civil Wars. Precedent seems to indicate that Alabama Shakes may just pull a double sweep – taking this award from Lamar and Swift.

Who should win: Stapleton’s “Traveller” – and his performance on the CMAs – put him on country music’s map, and his nominations in the evening’s bigger categories signal a win here.

The 25-year-old, whose falsetto voice and pop R&B sound have invited comparisons to Michael Jackson, is nominated for Record of the Year for chart-topping single ‘Can’t Feel My Face‘.