Kanye West and Amy Winehouse (if the poor girl survives her months-long bender) are poised to collect the most hardware Feb. 10 at the 2008 Grammy Awards (complete list). As expected, quite a few hacks (yeah, I'm talking to you T-Pain) got nominated, and it's criminal that M.I.A.'s Kala isn't up for Album of the Year.

Yeah, I could go on and on about all the acts that should have been honored with a nom, but instead of griping, here are my picks (in bold)  for who I'd like to see win in the major categories.

Record Of The Year

• Irreplaceable

Beyoncé

• The Pretender

Foo Fighters

• Umbrella

Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z

• What Goes Around…Comes Around

Justin Timberlake

• Rehab

  Amy Winehouse

Album Of The Year

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

• These Days

Vince Gill

• River: The Joni Letters

Herbie Hancock

• Graduation

Kanye West

• Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year

• Before He Cheats

Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

• Hey There Delilah

Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's)

• Like A Star

Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)

• Rehab

Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)

• Umbrella

Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart,

Best New Artist

• Feist

• Ledisi

• Paramore

• Taylor Swift

• Amy Winehouse

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Candyman

Christina Aguilera

• 1234

Feist

• Big Girls Don't Cry

Fergie

• Say It Right

Nelly Furtado

• Rehab

Amy Winehouse

Best Dance Recording

• Do It Again

The Chemical Brothers

• D.A.N.C.E.

Justice

• Love Today

Mika

• Don't Stop The Music

Rihanna

• LoveStoned/I Think She Knows

Justin Timberlake

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• We Are The Night

The Chemical Brothers

• †

Justice

• Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

• We Are Pilots

Shiny Toy Guns

• Elements Of Life

Tiësto

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• Timebomb

Beck

• Only Mama Knows

Paul McCartney

• Our Country

John Mellencamp

• Radio Nowhere

Bruce Springsteen

• Come On

Lucinda Williams

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• It's Not Over

Daughtry

• Working Class Hero

Green Day

• If Everyone Cared

Nickelback

• Instant Karma

U2

Track from: Instant Karma – The Campaign To Save Darfur

• Icky Thump

The White Stripes

Best Hard Rock Performance

• Sweet Sacrifice

Evanescence

• The Pretender

Foo Fighters

• I Don't Wanna Stop

Ozzy Osbourne

• Sick, Sick, Sick

Queens Of The Stone Age

• The Pot

Tool

Track from: 10,000 Days

[Volcano]

Best Metal Performance

• Nothing Left

As I Lay Dying

• Never Ending Hill

King Diamond

• Aesthetics Of Hate

Machine Head

• Redemption

Shadows Fall

• Final Six

Slayer

Track from: Christ Illusion

Best Rock Song

• Come On

Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)

• Icky Thump

Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)

• It's Not Over

Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters

• The Pretender

Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo

Fighters)

• Radio Nowhere

Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album

• Daughtry

Daughtry

[RCA Records]

• Revival

John Fogerty

[Fantasy]

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

[Roswell/RCA Records]

• Magic

Bruce Springsteen

[Columbia]

• Sky Blue Sky

Wilco

[Nonesuch Records]

Best Alternative Music Album

• Alright, Still…

Lily Allen

• Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

[Merge Records]

• Volta

Bjork

[Elektra/Atlantic]

• Wincing The Night Away

The Shins

[Sub Pop]

• Icky Thump

The White Stripes

[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

This article appears in Dec 5-11, 2007.