2027 Grammy General Field winner predictions (June 2026 edition)
AOTY: The Art of Loving - Olivia Dean
Zach Nahome, producer; TBA on Grammy nominations day this November 16, engineers/mixers; Olivia Dean, Bastian Langebæk & Max Wolfgang, songwriters; Simon Francis, mastering engineer
Runner-up: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love - Olivia Rodrigo
ROTY: The Fate of Ophelia - Taylor Swift
Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, producers; Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, Lasse Mårtén, Max Martin & Shellback, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
Runner-up: Man I Need - Olivia Dean
SOTY: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! - RAYE
Runner-up: The Fate of Ophelia - Taylor Swift
Best New Artist: Ella Langley
Runner-up: Sienna Spiro
Thoughts and explanation:
AOTY - With 9 weeks left in the 2027 Grammy eligibility period, AOTY race seems to be the race between the two Olivias. While I do love both The Art of Loving and You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, I have Olivia Dean winning AOTY where she also takes Pop Vocal Album. This is reminiscent of 2023 Harry/2024 Taylor. Olivia Rodrigo should win, but it all depends if Phoebe Bridgers get nominated with her upcoming album Lost Weekend because this would lead to rock and alternative vote splitting.
ROTY - It remains to be a showdown between the two biggest hits: The Fate of Ophelia and Man I Need. The former is still leading despite having 10 weeks at number one on Billboard Hot 100. Taylor Swift is definitely going for 2024 Miley Cyrus route winning ROTY and Pop Solo Performance. Man I Need could win, but Olivia Dean still needs to deal with R&B and Jazz vote splitting between her, RAYE, and Bruno Mars. Taylor could totally get not just pop votes, but also some country, dance, EDM, producers & engineers votes given that Max Martin is the former Producer of the Year Grammy winner. It’s more likely that the NARAS will spread the wealth so Taylor and OD will get 2 televised wins each. After luther by Kendrick Lamar & SZA won ROTY this year despite going 13 weeks at the top of Hot 100, it seems plausible that the Grammys will reward ROTY to a song that went ten or more weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for second straight Grammy season.
SOTY - It seems to be a wide open race like it’s anyone ball game. Expect a Record/Song GF split for 2nd straight year.
Best New Artist - Ella Langley is my top choice to win BNA with Sienna Spiro and Geese in top 3.
Overall: The 2027 Grammys GF winners could be similar to 2024 Grammys.