With music's biggest night happening tomorrow, it's truly anyone's game this year. With a historic night last year, it can be made yet again if things go in favor of Kendrick Lamar. If he wins four of his nine categories tomorrow, he can break Jay-Z's record as the rapper with the most Grammys, which would be an incredible achievement at just 38 years old. Can he also finally get his Album of the Year after each of his albums (plus a compilation album) has been nominated for the biggest award of the night?

Who else can make history? Bad Bunny could be the first-ever artist to win Album of the Year for a fully non-English album. The inaugural Best Album Cover will be presented this year, and it's really tough to pick the best one. An animated K-pop girl group has a really good chance of winning one of the big four awards of the night as well (and it would be well-deserved). Anything could happen!

See below for my predictions of who should, will, and could win at tomorrow's Grammys (for select categories).

Updated February 1st: Correct predictions highlighted

Album of the Year

I think it's finally K-Dot's time. He was able to keep five songs from gnx extremely relevant throughout all of 2025, even though it was released in November of 2024, and it was a pop cultural phenomenon. Then again, a similar argument could be said about 2017's DAMN., but look what happened then (it lost out to Bruno Mars' 24K Magic). Bad Bunny definitely has the momentum to squash all of his hopes and take home the big prize, and he'd rightfully earn it, but Kendrick had a monster of a year, which I strongly feel edges out Benito's just by a hair.

Gaga could also swoop in and surprise us all. After her mind-blowing Coachella performance that subsequently kicked off a sell-out tour, her strongest album in a very long time, MAYHEM, could spoil it.

Record of the Year

"luther" was inescapable in 2025, and for good reason. The production, melody, engineering, and songwriting fell into place to create a certified hit. Going back-to-back in this category for Kendrick would be legendary.

Song of the Year

I can't wait for a fictional girl group to win this award. An Asian one at that. Major kudos to EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI, and the rest of the contributing songwriters (Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo & Mark Sonnenblick) for penning a song that went beyond a children's movie soundtrack. That's history.

Best New Artist

Olivia Dean had a very solid, consistent, successful year, and an album that was critically acclaimed. This award is hers to lose. The only way I see this tipping to Leon Thomas' favor is his nod in the Album of the Year category. Lola Young also has a shot due to her strong songwriting ability, and "Messy" was a banger, but she actively avoided the spotlight (for mental health reasons), which could hurt her chances, but that's ok!

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Sounwave produced all of gnx. That's award-worthy in my book. However, Cirkut produced Gaga's MAYHEM, "APT.", and select tracks for The Weeknd, Coco Jones, and Ed Sheeran. Then there's Dijon, whose Baby! was excellent, and he also produced heavily on Justin Bieber's SWAG, including the hits "DAISIES" and "YUKON."

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Many times throughout the year, I will randomly check song credits, and in many of those cases, Amy Allen's name is there. ROSÉ, JENNIE, Dua Lipa, Sabrina Carpenter, Kacey Musgraves, Shaboozey. She's worked with some of your favorites who have had massive hits in 2025. I don't see anyone else winning here.

On the other hand, Tobias Jesso Jr. has also made an impression, though not as large. Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" was everywhere, but it's hard to compete with the other tracks that Allen has penned.

Best Album Cover

Tyler's mask and pose are now iconic, and the lighting is perfection. It's very commanding and is a great depiction of what type of character and world-building Tyler has built with his own two hands. However, Bad Bunny's DtMF cover, though it looks like nothing at first glance, actually tells a story. Especially of Puerto Rico and its deep culture.

Best Pop Solo Performance

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Best Pop Vocal Album

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Best Dance Pop Recording

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Best Rock Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Rock Song

Best Rock Album

NEVER ENOUGH was my favorite album of 2025, and for good reason. I would love the Baltimore band to get some love here and not just for their singles.

Best Alternative Music Performance

Wet Leg won this award the last time they were nominated in this category, and I think they'll win it again. "mangetout" is an excellent song and stands out from the other nominees.

Best Alternative Music Album

If Hayley gets one Grammy tomorrow night, it should be this one. Though it'd be kind of awesome if Tyler got it instead for his other album and not CHROMAKOPIA.

Best R&B Performance

Best R&B Song

"Folded" was not only the best R&B song of 2025, but it was also one of the best songs of the year. There's no way Kehlani loses here.

Best R&B Album

Best Rap Performance

MUSTAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Best Rap Song

TURN THIS TV OFF! TURN THIS TV OFF! TURN THIS TV OFF! TURN THIS TV OFF!

Best Rap Album

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Catch the Grammys on CBS on Sunday, February 1st at 5pm PT/8pm ET, hosted by Trevor Noah.