Vote: Who should win at the Grammys on Sunday?

Beyoncé and Adele are leading contenders for Album of the Year heading into the Grammys. (WTOP collage via AP)
Beyoncé and Adele are leading contenders for Album of the Year heading into the Grammys. So, which artists should win music’s biggest prizes? Look through the gallery to see more of the nominees. Then vote below in the major categories. (WTOP collage via AP)
Record of the Year:
“Hello”— Adele
“Formation” — Beyoncé
“7 Years” — Lukas Graham
“Work” — Rihanna Featuring Drake
“Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Album of The Year:
25 — Adele
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Views — Drake
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Singer Adele performs on stage during her North American tour at Staples Center on August 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BT PR)
Song of The Year:
“Formation”— Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“Hello” — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
“I Took A Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
“Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
“7 Years” — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham) (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BT PR)
Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak (Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP, File)
Best Pop Solo Performance:
“Hello” — Adele
“Hold Up” — Beyoncé
“Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber
“Piece By Piece” (Idol Version) — Kelly Clarkson
“Dangerous Woman” — Ariana Grande (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Singer Sia performs as part of the V Festival at Hylands Parks, Chelmsford, Saturday, Aug 20, 2016. (Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Closer” — The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
“7 Years” — Lukas Graham
“Work” — Rihanna Featuring Drake
“Cheap Thrills” — Sia featuring Sean Paul
“Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots (Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Cinema — Andrea Bocelli
Fallen Angels — Bob Dylan
Stages Live — Josh Groban
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin — Willie Nelson
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)
Demi Lovato performs "Hello" during a tribute to MusiCares Person of the Year honoree Lionel Richie at the 58th annual Grammy Awards on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Best Pop Vocal Album:
25 — Adele
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande
Confident — Demi Lovato
This Is Acting — Sia (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Best Dance Recording:
“Tearing Me Up” — Bob Moses
“Don’t Let Me Down” — The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
“Never Be Like You” — Flume featuring Kai
“Rinse & Repeat” — Riton featuring Kah-Lo
“Drinkee” — Sofi Tukker (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Flume performs on day 4 at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Saturday, July 31, 2016, in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Skin — Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch — Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)
Guitarist Chuck Loeb of the All Stars Band of U.S., performs during a jazz concert in Kiev, Ukraine, late Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Human Nature — Herb Alpert
When You Wish Upon A Star — Bill Frisell
Way Back Home Live From Rochester, NY — Steve Gadd Band
Unspoken — Chuck Loeb
Culcha Vulcha — Snarky Puppy (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes performs at the 58th annual Grammy Awards on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Best Rock Performance:
“Joe” (Live From Austin City Limits) — Alabama Shakes
“Don’t Hurt Yourself” — Beyoncé featuring Jack White
“Blackstar” — David Bowie
“The Sound Of Silence” (Live On Conan) — Disturbed
“Heathens” — Twenty One Pilots (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Best Rock Song:
“Blackstar” — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
“Burn The Witch” — Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
“Hardwired” — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
“Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
“My Name Is Human” — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect) (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)
Brian Bell, from left, Patrick Wilson, Rivers Cuomo, and Scott Shriner of Weezer perform at the 2016 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Best Rock Album:
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage The Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco
Weezer — Weezer (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Best Alternative Music Album:
22, A Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Best R&B Performance:
“Turnin’ Me Up” — BJ The Chicago Kid
“Permission” — Ro James
“I Do” — Musiq Soulchild
“Needed Me” — Rihanna
“Cranes In The Sky” — Solange (Saint Records via AP)
Best R&B Song:
“Come See Me” — J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake)
“Exchange” — Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
“Kiss It Better” — Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Teddy Sinclair, songwriters (Rihanna)
“Lake By The Ocean” — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
“Luv” — Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez) (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — KING
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna (Warner Bros. Records via AP)
Best Rap/Sung Performance:
“Freedom” — Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Hotline Bling” — Drake
“Broccoli” — D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty
“Ultralight Beam” — Kanye West featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
“Famous” — Kanye West featuring Rihanna (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this June 26, 2016 file photo, DJ Khaled speaks at the BET Awards in Los Angeles.  The hip-hop producer and artist, radio personality and Snapchat favorite has a deal with Crown Archetype for “The Keys,” to be published Nov. 22. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Best Rap Album:
Coloring Book — Chance The Rapper
And The Anonymous Nobody — De La Soul
Major Key — DJ Khaled
Views — Drake
Blank Face LP — ScHoolboy Q
The Life Of Pablo — Kanye West (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Carrie Underwood accepts the award for female vocalist of the year at the 50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Best Country Solo Performance:
“Love Can Go To Hell” — Brandy Clark
“Vice” — Miranda Lambert
“My Church” — Maren Morris
“Church Bells” — Carrie Underwood
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” — Keith Urban (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
“Different For Girls” — Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King
“21 Summer” — Brothers Osborne
“Setting The World On Fire” — Kenny Chesney & P!nk
“Jolene” — Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton
“Think Of You” — Chris Young with Cassadee Pope (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
Best Country Album:
Big Day In A Small Town — Brandy Clark
Full Circle — Loretta Lynn
Hero — Maren Morris
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord — Keith Urban (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
Best Americana Album:
True Sadness — The Avett Brothers
This Is Where I Live — William Bell
The Cedar Creek Sessions — Kris Kristofferson
The Bird & The Rifle — Lori McKenna
Kid Sister — The Time Jumpers (American/Republic Records via AP)
Best Reggae Album:
Sly & Robbie Presents… Reggae For Her — Devin Di Dakta & J.L
Rose Petals — J Boog
Ziggy Marley — Ziggy Marley
Everlasting — Raging Fyah
Falling Into Place — Rebelution
SOJA: Live In Virginia — SOJA (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Margaret Cho, a cast member in the television series "Fashion Police," arrives at the NBCUniversal Television Critics Association summer press tour on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Best Comedy Album:
…America…Great… — David Cross
American Myth — Margaret Cho
Boyish Girl Interrupted — Tig Notaro
Live At The Apollo — Amy Schumer
Talking For Clapping — Patton Oswalt (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Leon Bridges seen at 2016 Essence Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday, July 3, 2016, in New Orleans. (Photo by [Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Best Music Video:
Formation — Beyoncé
River — Leon Bridges
Up & Up — Coldplay
Gosh — Jamie XX
Upside Down & Inside Out — OK Go (Photo by [Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
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Beyoncé and Adele are leading contenders for Album of the Year heading into the Grammys. (WTOP collage via AP)
Singer Adele performs on stage during her North American tour at Staples Center on August 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BT PR)
Singer Sia performs as part of the V Festival at Hylands Parks, Chelmsford, Saturday, Aug 20, 2016. (Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
Demi Lovato performs "Hello" during a tribute to MusiCares Person of the Year honoree Lionel Richie at the 58th annual Grammy Awards on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Flume performs on day 4 at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Saturday, July 31, 2016, in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)
Guitarist Chuck Loeb of the All Stars Band of U.S., performs during a jazz concert in Kiev, Ukraine, late Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes performs at the 58th annual Grammy Awards on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Brian Bell, from left, Patrick Wilson, Rivers Cuomo, and Scott Shriner of Weezer perform at the 2016 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
FILE - In this June 26, 2016 file photo, DJ Khaled speaks at the BET Awards in Los Angeles.  The hip-hop producer and artist, radio personality and Snapchat favorite has a deal with Crown Archetype for “The Keys,” to be published Nov. 22. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Carrie Underwood accepts the award for female vocalist of the year at the 50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Margaret Cho, a cast member in the television series "Fashion Police," arrives at the NBCUniversal Television Critics Association summer press tour on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Leon Bridges seen at 2016 Essence Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday, July 3, 2016, in New Orleans. (Photo by [Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
November 21, 2024 | WTOP's Jason Fraley previews the Grammys (Jason Fraley)

WASHINGTON — The 59th annual Grammy Awards are Sunday night on CBS.

The night is shaping up to be a battle between Adele and Beyoncé for their respective smash albums “25” and “Lemonade,” which spawned the respective hit songs “Hello” and “Formation.”

Which artists should win music’s biggest prizes?

Look through the gallery to see more of the nominees, then vote below in the major categories:


















Click here for the full list of nominees.

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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