Bay Area Music Experts Make Their GRAMMY Picks
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - This year's GRAMMY Awards are right around the corner so we've tapped some of our Bay Area music experts at CBS Radio to make their picks for some of the biggest categories. The music directors of Alice@97.3, LIVE 105, and 99.7 [NOW!] radio stations took on the task to predict who will walk away with statues.
Watch this year's GRAMMY Awards on KPIX 5/CBS on Sunday, January 26th at 8pm.
Our Experts:
Jayn
Alice@97.3
Music Director and on-air host weekdays 10am - 3pm.
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Aaron Axelsen
LIVE 105
Music Director and host of Subsonic & Soundcheck
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Jazzy
99.7 [NOW!]
Music Director
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Daft Punk (credit: Columbia Records)
GRAMMY Categories:
Album Of The Year:
Jazzy: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick Lamar
Aaron: Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
Jayn: Red — Taylor Swift
Record Of The Year:
Jazzy: "Royals" — Lorde
Aaron: "Royals" — Lorde
Jayn: "Royals" — Lorde
Song Of The Year:
Jazzy: "Royals" — Lorde (songwriters: Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor)
Aaron: "Royals" — Lorde (songwriters: Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor)
Jayn: "Just Give Me A Reason" — Pink Featuring Nate Ruess (songwriters: Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess)
Best New Artist:
Jazzy: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Aaron: James Blake
Jayn: Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Jazzy: "When I Was Your Man" — Bruno Mars
Aaron: "Royals" — Lorde
Jayn: "Royals" — Lorde
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Jazzy: "Just Give Me A Reason" — Pink Featuring Nate Ruess
Aaron: "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
Jayn: "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Vocal Album:
Jazzy: Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
Aaron: Pure Heroine - Lorde
Jayn: Pure Heroine - Lorde
Best Rock Performance:
Aaron: "My God Is The Sun" - Queens Of The Stone Age
Best Rock Song:
Aaron: "Panic Station" - Muse
Best Rock Album:
Aaron: Mechanical Bull - Kings Of Leon
Best Alternative Music Album:
Aaron: Modern Vampires Of The City - Vampire Weekend
Best Rap Song:
Jazzy: "Holy Grail" – Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Performance:
Jazzy: "Tom Ford" — Jay Z
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Jazzy: "Holy Grail" — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Album:
Jazzy: Magna Carta ... Holy Grail — Jay Z
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Jazzy: Settle — Disclosure
Aaron: Settle — Disclosure
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
Jazzy: "Young And Beautiful" – Lana Del Rey (From The Great Gatsby)
Aaron: "Young And Beautiful" – Lana Del Rey (From The Great Gatsby)
Jayn: "Young And Beautiful" – Lana Del Rey (From The Great Gatsby)
Best Music Video:
Jazzy: "Safe And Sound" – Capital Cities
Aaron: "Safe And Sound" – Capital Cities
Jayn: "Can't Hold Us" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
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