Grammy nominations are out, family, and that means only one thing: Time to speculate.
Beyonce is sitting pretty with 10 nominations. Taylor Swift is a close second with eight.
But who will win the most Gramophones? Who’ll take home the biggest prize? Who’ll provide the biggest upsets?

Already, a huge upset is the noticeable absence of Kanye West’s “808s and Heartbreaks” (arguably his most vulnerable, sincere body of work to date) in the Album of the Year category. (West has yet to win the coveted statue, despite being thrice nominated).
Also missing for the nominations lineup -- Whitney Houston’s “I Look To You,” in the Best R&B and Best Contemporary R&B categories, despite Team Whitney moving up the release date, just barely falling within Grammy 2010 eligibility.
But enough about who’s not on the list. Place your bets, music lovers, on who will nab these trophies.
*For a complete list of nominees, visit the Grammys official site. Tune in Jan. 31 to catch the awards broadcast live.
Record of the Year
- “Halo” - Beyoncé
- “I Gotta Feeling” - The Black Eyed Peas
- “Use Somebody” - Kings Of Leon
- “Poker Face” - Lady Gaga
- “You Belong With Me” - Taylor Swift
Album of the Year
- “I Am ... Sasha Fierce” - Beyoncé
- “The E.N.D.” - The Black Eyed Peas
- “The Fame” - Lady Gaga
- “Big Whiskey and The Groogrux King” - Dave Matthews Band
- “Fearless” - Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
- “Poker Face” - Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
- “Pretty Wings” - Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
- “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” - Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
- “Use Somebody” - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
- “You Belong With Me” - Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Best R&B Song
- “Blame It” - James T. Brown, John Conte, Jr., Jamie Foxx, Christopher Henderson, Brandon R. Melanchon, Breyon Prescott, T-Pain & Nathan L. Walker, songwriters (Jamie Foxx & T-Pain)
- “Lions, Tigers & Bears” - Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
- “Pretty Wings” - Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
- “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” - Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
- “Under” - D. Babbs, L. Bereal, M. Cooper, A. Dixon, J. Franklin, T. Jones, R. New & K. Stephens, songwriters (Pleasure P)
Best R&B Album
- “The Point Of It All” - Anthony Hamilton
- "Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics” - India.Arie
- “Turn Me Loose” - Ledisi
- “Blacksummers' Night” - Maxwell
- “Uncle Charlie” - Charlie Wilson
Best Contemporary R&B Album
- “I Am ... Sasha Fierce” - Beyoncé
- “Intuition” - Jamie Foxx
- “The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper” - Pleasure P
- “Ready” - Trey Songz
- “Thr33 Ringz” - T-Pain
Best Rap Solo Performance
- “Best I Ever Had” - Drake
- “Beautiful” - Eminem
- “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” - Jay-Z
- “Day 'N' Nite” - Kid Cudi
- “Casa Bey” - Mos Def
Best Rap Song
- “Best I Ever Had” - Aubrey Drake Graham, D. Hamilton & M. Samuels, songwriters (Drake)
- “Day 'N' Nite” - S. Mescudi & O. Omishore, songwriters (Kid Cudi)
- “Dead And Gone” - C. Harris, R. Tadross & J. Timberlake, songwriters (T.I. & Justin Timberlake)
- “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” - Shawn Carter & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, Janko Nilovic & Dave Sucky, songwriters) (Jay-Z)
- “Run This Town” - Shawn Carter, R. Fenty, M. Riddick, Kanye West & E. Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
Best Rap Album
- “Universal Mind Control” - Common
- “Relapse” - Eminem
- “R.O.O.T.S.” - Flo Rida
- “The Ecstatic” - Mos Def
- “The Renaissance” - Q-Tip
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