Billboard wins!
Yep, the numbers are in. Out of 13 Grammy award, Billboard picked 7 correctly, while my web crawling approach picked 6. Congrats to the a Billboard editorial team for winning (this round!). Let me know where to send the milkshakes!
Here are the details. All the raw data is at Paul vs. Billboard.
Category Paul's prediction Billboard's prediction Actual Grammy Who was right? Album Of The Year Adele Adele Adele Both Record Of The Year Adele Adele Adele Both Song of the Year Adele Bruno Mars Adele Paul Best New Artist Bon Iver The Band Perry Bon Hiver Paul Best Pop Solo Performance Adele Lady Gaga Adele Paul Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera Tony Bennett Tony Bennet Billboard Best R&B Album Kelly Price Chris Brown Chris Brown Billboard Best Country Album Jason Aldean Taylor Swift Lady Antebellum Neither Best Dance/Electronica Album Cut/Copy Skrillex Skrillex Billboard Best Rock Album Red Hot Chili Peppers Foo Fighters Foo Fighters Billboard Best Alternative Music Album Bon Iver Bon Iver Bon Hiver Both Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album Calle 13 Calle 13 Maná Neither Best Rap Album Kanye West & Jay-Z Nicki Minaj Kanye West Neither