And the winner is … Sasha Fierce! Um, or is it Beyonce?

By ThisGirl’s Jezza

The 2010 Grammy nominations confuse me.

How does Beyoncé’s “Halo” get nominated for Record of the Year, while “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” gets a nod for Song of the Year (a songwriter’s award)? Is “Single Ladies” a triumph of songwriting over sound?

Also, is there any doubt that in the Album of the Year category, Dave Matthews Band will trump Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift? Middle-aged and senior-citizen pop and rock always seem to prevail in that category (see 2009 winners Robert Plant and Alison Krauss for Raising Sand and 2008’s Herbie Hancock for River: The Joni Letters).