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Your Grammy Picks
Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are the big winners in our poll. Our users awarded each artist four awards, including Best Female Pop Performance and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Swift and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for Beyoncé
You picked Kings Of Leon for three awards, all for “Use Somebody” – Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals.
Lady Gaga snagged two of your selectons – Best Dance Recording for “Poker Face” and Best Electronic Dance Album for The Fame.
Other winners in our Grammy poll include Steve Martin, Jeff Beck, Willie Nelson, Judas Priest, Keith Urban and Los Tigres del Norte.
But it doesn’t stop here. Compare Pollstar.com’s user results with the Recording Academy’s picks this Sunday night when CBS presents the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. For more info, click here for the Grammy Web site.
Here are your picks for Grammy gold.
Record of the Year: “Use Somebody” – Kings Of Leon
Album Of The Year: Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King – Dave Matthews Band
Song Of The Year (for songwriters): “Use Somebody” – written by Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, recorded by Kings of Leon)
Best New Artist: The Ting Tings
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: “You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Make It Mine” – Jason Mraz
Best Pop Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals: “I Gotta Feeling” – The Black Eyed Peas
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Sea Of Heartbreak” – Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: “Throw Down Your Heart” – Bela Fleck
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole – Booker T. Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album: Funhouse – Pink
Best Dance Recording: “Poker Face” – Lady Gaga
Best Electronic Dance Album: The Fame – Lady Gaga
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: American Classic – Willie Nelson
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance – “Workin’ On A Dream” – Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals – “Use Somebody” – Kings Of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance: “War Machine” – AC/DC
Best Metal Performance: “Dissident Aggressor” – Judas Priest
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: “A Day In The Life” – Jeff Beck
Best Rock Song: “The Fixer” – written by Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, recorded by Pearl Jam
Best Rock Album: Black Ice – AC/DC
Best Alternative Music Album: Sounds Of the Universe – Depeche Mode
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” – Beyoncé
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Pretty Wings” – Maxwell
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Blame It” – Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “At Last” – Beyoncé
Best Urban / Alternative Performance: “Pearls” – India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
Best R&B Song (for songwriters): “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” – written by Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, recorded by Beyoncé
Best R&B Album: Blacksummers’ Night – Maxwell
Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce – Beyoncé
Best Rap Solo Performance: “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” – Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: ”Too Many Rappers” – Beastie Boys & Nas
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “I’m On A Boat” – The Lonely Island & T-Pain
Best Rap Song (songwriter’s award): “Dead And Gone” – written by C. Harris, R. Tadross & J. Timberlake, recorded by T.I. and Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Album: Relapse – Eminem
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: “White Horse” – Taylor Swift
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: “Sweet Thing” – Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Chicken Fried” – Zac Brown Band
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: “I Told You So” – Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
Best Country Instrumental Performance: “Producer’s Medley” – Steve Wariner
Best Country Song (songwriting award): “White Horse” – written by Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, recorded by Taylor Swift
Best Country Album: Fearless – Taylor Swift
Best New Age Album Vocal or Instrumental: In A Dream – Peter Kater, Dominic Miller, Kenny Loggins & Jaques Morelenbaum
Best Contemporary Jazz Album: Big Neighborhood – Mike Stern
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman – Kurt Elling
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “Dancin’ 4 Chicken” – Terence Blanchard, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group: Five Peace Band – Live – Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Book One – New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album: Juntos Para Siempre – Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
Best Americana Album: Wilco (The Album) – Wilco
Best Bluegrass Album: The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo – Steve Martin
Best Traditional Blues Album: Blue Again – The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free – The Derek Trucks Band
Best Traditional Folk Album: High, Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project – Loudon Wainwright III
Best Contemporary Folk Album: Townes – Steve Earle
Best Latin Pop Album: Gran City Pop – Paulina Rubio
Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album: Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo – Calle 13
Best Tropical Latin Album: Ciclos – Luis Enrique
Best Regional Mexican Album: Pegadito Al Corazón – Joan Sebastian
Best Tejano Album: Borders Y Bailes – Los Texmaniacs
Best Norteño Album: Tu Noche Con…Los Tigres Del Norte – Los Tigres del Norte
Best Banda Album: Mas Adelante – La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho