If Shazam, Spotify, and Facebook Determined GRAMMY Award Outcomes, the Winners Would Be…

By Adam Flomenbaum 

Although the winners of tonight’s GRAMMY Awards are determined by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, everyday folk using Shazam, Spotify, and Facebook have made their preferences clear throughout the year.

Below, a roundup of how the nominees have stacked up against one another this year on Shazam, Spotify, and Facebook.

Shazam

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Rank Record Of The year
1 Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
2 Sam Smith – Stay With Me
3 Iggy Azalea Feat. Charli XCX – Fancy
4 Sia – Chandelier
5 Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

 

Rank Song of the year
1 All About That BassMeghan Trainor, Kevin Kadish
2 Stay with MeSam Smith, William Phillips, James Napier
3 ChandelierSia, Jesse Shatkin
4 Take Me to ChurchHozier
5 Shake It OffTaylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback

 

Rank Best New Artist
1 Sam Smith
2 Iggy Azalea
3 Bastille
4 Haim
5 Brandy Clark

 

Rank Best Pop Duo/Group
1 Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – Fancy
2 Katy Perry feat. Juicy J – Dark Horse
3 Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
4 A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera – Say Something
5 Coldplay feat. Avicii – A Sky Full Of Stars

 

 

Rank Best Dance
1 Clean Bandit – Rather Be
2 ZHU – Faded
3 Duke Dumont – I Got U
4 Disclosure – F For You
5 Basement Jaxx Feat. ETML – Never Say Never

 

Rank Best R&B
1 Chris Brown Feat. Usher & Rick Ross – New Flame
2 Beyonce Feat. Jay Z – Drunk In Love
3 Usher – Good Kisser
4 Jennifer Hudson Feat. R Kelly – It’s Your World
5 Ledisi – Like This

 

Rank Best Rap
1 Kendrick Lamar – i
2 Childish Gambino – 3005
3 Drake – 0 to 100/The Catch Up
4 Eminem – Rap God
5 Lecrae – All I Need Is You

 

Rank Best Country
1 Eric Church – Give Me Back My Hometown
2 Keith Urban – Cop Car
3 Miranda Lambert – Automatic
4 Hunter Hayes – Invisible
5 Carrie Underwood – Something In The Water

Spotify

Most Streamed Record of the Year

  1. Chandelier – Sia
  2. Stay With Me – Sam Smith
  3. Fancy – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
  4. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
  5. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift**

Most Streamed Album of the Year

  1. Ed Sheeran – X
  2. Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
  3. Pharrell Williams – G I R L
  4. Beyoncé – Beyoncé
  5. Beck – Morning Phase

Most Streamed Song of the Year

  1. Chandelier – Sia
  2. Stay With Me – Sam Smith
  3. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
  4. Take Me To Church – Hozier
  5. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift**

Best New Artist

  1. Sam Smith
  2. Iggy Azalea
  3. Bastille
  4. HAIM
  5. Brandy Clark

Facebook

Record of the Year (note: Shake It Off won every single state)

  1. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
  2. Stay With Me – Sam Smith
  3. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
  4. Fancy – Iggy Azalea
  5. Chandelier – Sia

Album of the Year

  1. Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
  2. Beyonce – Beyonce
  3. Beck – Morning Phase
  4. Ed Sheeran – X
  5. Pharrell Williams – Girl

Best New Artist

  1. Sam Smith
  2. Iggy Azalea
  3. HAIM
  4. Brandy Clark
  5. Bastille

Best Pop Vocal Album

  1. In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
  2. My Everything – Ariana Grande
  3. Prism – Katy Perry
  4. Ghost Stories – Coldplay
  5. Ed Sheeran – X
  6. Bangerz- Miley Cyrus

Best Rap Album

  1. Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa
  2. The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
  3. Oxymoron – Schoolboy Q
  4. Nobody’s Smiling – Common
  5. Because the Internet – Childish Gambino
  6. The New Classic – Iggy Azalea

Best Pop Duo or Group Performance

  1. Bang Bang – Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
  2. Dark Horse – Katy Perry
  3. Fancy – Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
  4. A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
  5. Say Something – A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera

Best Rock Album

  1. Songs of Innocence – U2
  2. Morning Phase – Beck
  3. Turn Blue – Black Keys
  4. Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  5. Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams

Best Alternative Music Album

  1. Lazaretto – Jack White
  2. This Is All Yours – Alt-J
  3. Reflektor – Arcade Fire
  4. Melophobia – Cage the Elephant
  5. St. Vincent – St. Vincent

Best Country Album

  1. The Outsiders – Eric Church
  2. Platinum – Miranda Lambert
  3. 12 Stories – Brandy Clark
  4. Riser – Dierks Bentley
  5. The Way I’m Livin’ – Lee Ann Womack

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