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AP writers predict Grammy winners
(AP)
Updated: 2006-02-02 11:33
BAUDER: Yeah, it's a name that's too easy for voters to write in.
Rap Album: "Be," Common; "The Cookbook," Missy Elliott; "Encore," Eminem;
"The Massacre," 50 Cent; "Late Registration," Kanye West.
BAUDER: Isn't Eminem retired yet? Kanye's prominent role in the industry
deserves notice, and here's where he will get it.
MOODY: Like last year, when Kanye won his trophies in the rap and R&B
categories instead of the more mainstream categories, history will repeat itself
with him winning here again.
Country Album: "Fireflies," Faith Hill; "Lonely Runs Both Ways," Alison
Krauss and Union Station; "Time Well Wasted," Brad Paisley; "All Jacked Up,"
Gretchen Wilson; "Jasper County," Trisha Yearwood.
MOODY: Though "All Jacked Up" didn't have nearly the impact of Wilson's debut
"Here for the Party," it's still just as potent. While Paisley will be a close
second, he will still be second to Wilson.
BAUDER: The others are all polite, nice albums. But Gretchen Wilson really
has it in gear, a formidable artist with a clear sense of who she is — and the
heck with anyone else. Score another for the former bartender.
Alternative Music Album: "Funeral," The Arcade Fire; "Guero," Beck; "Plans,"
Death Cab for Cutie; "You Could Have It So Much Better," Franz Ferdinand; "Get
Behind Me Satan," The White Stripes.
BAUDER: Simply because none of the other albums has a song as scintillating
as "My Doorbell," I'm going with The White Stripes.
MOODY: Though Arcade Fire has more momentum going into
the Grammys, I don't think Grammys will easily forget the sparkling work from
the White Stripes. We haven't.
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