The ultimate gauntlet of popular music is upon us once again: it's Grammy season, and this year, the competition is pretty tight across the board. Big ticket A-listers like Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, and Lady Gaga occupy three of the four big categories (Song, Record, and Album of the Year), while folks like Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Leon Thomas, and Addison Rae duke it out in Best New Artist.

On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie, Nate, and Reanna take a look at the "big four" categories, and stump for their respective frontrunners in order to predict who will be taking home a golden phonograph (or two).

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Songs discussed:

Bad Bunny – DtMF
Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Kendrick Lamar – squabble up
Olivia Dean – Nice To Each Other
Olivia Dean – Man I Need
Lola Young – Messy
Addison Rae – Headphones On
Addison Rae – New York
Addison Rae – Fame is a Gun
Kendrick Lamar, SZA – luther
Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER
HUNTR/X – Golden
Chappell Roan – The Subway
Kendrick Lamar – tv off (feat. lefty gunplay)
Justin Bieber – ALL I CAN TAKE
Bad Bunny – NUEVAYoL
Bad Bunny – VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR
Bad Bunny – LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii
Bad Bunny – LA MuDANZA

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