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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