Who do you think should win? here is the list of nominations:

Record of the Year: ''A Thousand Miles,'' Vanessa Carlton; ''Without Me,'' Eminem; ''Don't Know Why,'' Norah Jones; ''Dilemma,'' Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland; ''How You Remind Me,'' Nickelback.

Album of the Year: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks; ''The Eminem Show,'' Eminem; ''Come Away With Me,'' Norah Jones; ''Nellyville,'' Nelly; ''The Rising,'' Bruce Springsteen.

Song of the Year: ''Complicated,'' Avril Lavigne & The Matrix (Avril Lavigne); ''Don't Know Why,'' Jesse Harris (Norah Jones); ''The Rising,'' Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen); ''A Thousand Miles,'' Vanessa Carlton (Vanessa Carlton); ''Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),'' Alan Jackson (Alan Jackson).

New Artist: Ashanti; Michelle Branch; Norah Jones; Avril Lavigne; John Mayer.

Pop Vocal Album: ''Come Away With Me,'' Norah Jones; ''Let Go,'' Avril Lavigne; ''Rock Steady,'' No Doubt; ''M!ssundaztood,'' Pink; ''Britney,'' Britney Spears.

Rock Album: ''When I Was Cruel,'' Elvis Costello; ''C'Mon, C'Mon,'' Sheryl Crow; ''Dreamland,'' Robert Plant; ''The Rising,'' Bruce Springsteen; ''Head on Straight,'' Tonic.

Rap Album: ''The Eminem Show,'' Eminem; ''Word of Mouf,'' Ludacris; ''Tarantula,'' Mystikal; ''Nellyville,'' Nelly; ''Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry,'' Petey Pablo.

Country Album: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks; ''Drive,'' Alan Jackson; ''The Great Divide,'' Willie Nelson; ''Man With a Memory,'' Joe Nichols; ''Halos & Horns,'' Dolly Parton.

HERE IS WHO I THINK SHOULD WIN

Record of the Year: ''Without Me,'' Eminem

Album of the Year: ''The Eminem Show,'' Eminem;

Song of the Year: ''Don't Know Why,'' Jesse Harris (Norah Jones);

New Artist: Norah Jones or John Mayer

Pop Vocal Album: ''Come Away With Me,'' Norah Jones or "Let Go," Avril Lavigne

Rock Album: ''The Rising,'' Bruce Springsteen

Rap Album: ''The Eminem Show,'' Eminem

Country Album: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks;

Personally, I think the Grammy Awards are a joke and so do most of the people in the music business.

It is a total pop fest where hundreds of artists are overlooked and throughout history some of the best bands and albums have been completely ignored.

Just check out the list of artists that never won or were never nominated. You'll be shocked and start to get the picture.

No real musician is hurt by not being nominated or winning, because it has always been a laughable process supposedly honoring the best in music.

Of all the major Awards - Academy, Emmy, Tony- this is the joke of the litter.

My choices:

Record of the Year: ''A Thousand Miles,'' Vanessa Carlton

Album of the Year: ''The Eminem Show,'' Eminem

Song of the Year: ''Complicated,'' Avril Lavigne

New Artist: Michelle Branch or Avril Lavigne (I hope Michelle wins, Avril is already popular)

Pop Vocal Album: ''Let Go,'' Avril Lavigne

Rock Album: ''C'Mon, C'Mon,'' Sheryl Crow

Rap Album: ''The Eminem Show,'' Eminem

Country Album: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks;

My Choices

Record Of The Year
"A Thousand Miles"- Vanessa Carlton (I don't like her, but she deserves it :o )

Album Of The Year
"The Eminem Show,"- Eminem

(Hopefully next year, Christina Aguilera, TLC, and Coldplay will be nominated in this category)

Song Of The Year
"Complicated,"- Avril Lavigne

New Artist
Michelle Branch

Pop Vocal Album
"M!ssundaztood,"- Pink

Rock Album
"C'mon, C'mon,"- Sheryl Crow

Rap Album
"The Eminem Show,"- Eminem

Country Album
"Home," Dixie Chicks

George Harrison's "Brainwashed" is a glaring omission. I'd have to agree with dlemond, the grammys are a joke.

Perhaps one good thing will come out of it, George Carlin (my favorite comedian) is up for another grammy for Comedy album. Maybe he'll win it yet again.

Record of the Year: ''Without Me,'' Eminem

Album of the Year: ''The Rising,'' Bruce Springsteen.

Song of the Year: ''Complicated,'' Avril Lavigne & The Matrix (Avril Lavigne)

New Artist: Michelle Branch

Pop Vocal Album: ''Britney,'' Britney Spears. :dance:

Rock Album: ''C'Mon, C'Mon,'' Sheryl Crow

Rap Album: ''Nellyville,'' Nelly

Country Album: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks

I know Britneys not gonna win, but I want her to so bad!!!! As for the album of the year, I didnt buy any of those..I just like Bruce lol.

The Grammy's are a joke. A bunch of old rich men decided who wins. That doesn't say much.

and about half of the people listed don't even deserve to be nominated.

Record of the Year: ' ''Without Me,'' Eminem;

Album of the Year: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks;

Song of the Year: ''Complicated,'' Avril Lavigne & The Matrix (Avril Lavigne); or either ''Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),'' Alan Jackson (Alan Jackson).

New Artist: Michelle Branch;

Pop Vocal Album: ''Let Go,'' Avril Lavigne;

Rock Album: ''The Rising,'' Bruce Springsteen;

Rap Album: ''The Eminem Show,'' Eminem;

Country Album: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks;

MY CHOICES

Record of the Year: ....umm hard to choose, either Without Me or Delimma
Album of the Year: Nellyville or Eminem show
New Artist: Michelle Branch
Pop Vocal Album: Britney
Song of the Year: Dont Know Why by Norah Jones
Rock Album: (dunno)
Rap Album: Nellyville or Word of Mouf!!!!!!!!!!!!(i do NOT want eminem to win for rap album!!!)
Country: (dunno)

I'd have to agree the Grammy's are a joke, and like Santana did that year, the same artist's win them ALL! It's better when the people that listen to the music vote for the awards!
But my choices are:

Record of the Year: Without Me by Eminem
Album of the Year: Nellyville by Nelly
Song of the Year: Where were you by Alan Jackson
New Artist: Avril Lavinge
Pop Vocal Album: Rock Steady by No Doubt
Rock Album: C'Mon C'Mon by Sheryl Crow
Rap Album: The Eminem Show by Eminem
Country Album: Home by Dixie Chicks
:)

Sorry folks, the Hawkeye Awards nomination comittee doesn't vote on music, so you'll get no picks from me...

The Best New Artist category should be an interesting contest.
Will it be the retro Nora Jones, lone male nominee John Mayer, or will the Grammy voters try to be "down" with the kids and go for Avril or Ashanti?

Anyone know who's hosting the show?
When the heck are the Grammy Awards anyway?
Where have all the cowboys gone?

;)

Record of the Year: ''A Thousand Miles,'' Vanessa Carlton

Album of the Year: "Home" Dixie Chicks

Song of the Year: ''Complicated,'' Avril Lavigne

New Artist: Michelle Branch

Pop Vocal Album: ''Let Go,'' Avril Lavigne

Rock Album: ''C'Mon, C'Mon,'' Sheryl Crow

Rap Album: "The Eminem Show" Eminem, i guess

Country Album: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks

Originally posted by TJL

Where have all the cowboys gone?

;)

I've got that song in my head now. lol

Record of the Year: ''How You Remind Me,'' Nickelback.

Album of the Year: ''Nellyville,'' Nelly (grr Avril should have been nominated)

Song of the Year: ''Complicated,'' Avril Lavigne. I SAW AVRIL TALK ABOUT THIS ON TV OMG SHE DESERVES IT!!! :)

New Artist: Avril Lavigne... OMG YAY! :D

Pop Vocal Album: ''Let Go,'' Avril Lavigne... OMG!!!!! YES!!!!! :)

Rock Album: umm none

Rap Album: ''Nellyville,'' Nelly

Country Album: ''Home,'' Dixie Chicks... I only know who they were sooo yeah.

The Grammys is just a big promotional tool for the music industry. They don't honor the artists or the music. If it did, I doubt Britney Spears or Avril Lavigne would've been nominated. It's just the music business celebrating itself.

Originally posted by *Mogwai*
The Grammys is just a big promotional tool for the music industry. They don't honor the artists or the music. If it did, I doubt Britney Spears or Avril Lavigne would've been nominated. It's just the music business celebrating itself.

Actually the grammys are based on talent (which is why Britney has never won a grammy or VMA, I believe.) Avril is very talented and is up for FIVE grammys so yeah thats very good, she deserves it. So shut up.

The Grammys are 99.9% based on what is popular. Its a crock. Notice how No Doubt makes a crappy album that they knew would be popular, and it gets all those nominations. Their last album got none, and it was 10X's better, just because they were pretty dead at that time, and the album wasn't what was "in". If the Grammy's is based on talent, Avril sure as hell wouldn't be nominated. I bet La Reid is ****ting his pants right now on whats hes created.

Avril is very talented and is up for FIVE grammys so yeah thats very good, she deserves it. So shut up.

Wow, and Britney's been up for what, 4? And if Avril wins a Grammy, Britney better demand one.

Originally posted by Avril Lavigne


Actually the grammys are based on talent (which is why Britney has never won a grammy or VMA, I believe.) Avril is very talented and is up for FIVE grammys so yeah thats very good, she deserves it. So shut up.

It's based on popularity and what the mainstream record labels put out. Can you name one artist that isn't signed to a major record label that has been nominated for Grammy this year? There are plenty of more deserving artists than Avril Lavigne, Britney, and almost every artist that has been nominated this year. They just don't have that major labels backing them up or the top ten hits.....and top ten hits, major labels,etc. do not make you talented.

I hope Avril and Eminem win

Originally posted by Avril Lavigne


Actually the grammys are based on talent (which is why Britney has never won a grammy or VMA, I believe.) Avril is very talented and is up for FIVE grammys so yeah thats very good, she deserves it. So shut up.

The Grammy's aren't based on talent.

Like, everyone else said... they are based on popularity. The production teams behind the albums are the ones that pick, and nominate the winners.

Originally posted by dlemond
Personally, I think the Grammy Awards are a joke and so do most of the people in the music business.

It is a total pop fest where hundreds of artists are overlooked and throughout history some of the best bands and albums have been completely ignored.

Just check out the list of artists that never won or were never nominated. You'll be shocked and start to get the picture.

No real musician is hurt by not being nominated or winning, because it has always been a laughable process supposedly honoring the best in music.

Of all the major Awards - Academy, Emmy, Tony- this is the joke of the litter.

The Grammies since their inception have always been chosen by a bunch of unhip prunefaces who have no clue about music. I have read that they were originally started in order to hype up performers in the music industry who felt threatened by the rising popularity of rock & roll in the 50's. Funny how Metallica were chosen to be the first hard rock/heavy metal band to play live on the Grammies in 1989 (I watched that and it was killer!!!). So they lost to Jethro Tull. You don't need Grammy validation.

Jethro Tull's song/album "Crest of a Knave" was really good, tho.:cool: