If Music Services Influenced Grammys, This Is Who Would Win

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Brian Anthony Hernandez
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If Music Services Influenced Grammys, This Is Who Would Win

LOS ANGELES -- Nominees for the 56th Grammy Awards on Sunday will be up all night to get lucky, including "Get Lucky" performers Daft Punk. But who will take home the coveted gramophone trophies? While observers continue to predict who will win, two music services -- Spotify and Shazam -- are placing their bets based on their users' engagement.

Spotify based its predictions, below, on streaming data to see which artists, songs and albums its users listen to the most. Last year, Spotify accurately guessed the winners for Record of the Year ("Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye feat. Kimbra) and Album of the Year (Babel by Mumford and Sons).

Meanwhile, the folks music-identification service Shazam analyzed total activity for each nominee. In 2013, Shazam correctly predicted three out of the four top categories.

Here are Spotify and Shazam's predicted winners (the two companies looked at a few different categories), along with a list of contenders in each category.

Album of the Year

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Ryan Lewis, left, and Macklemore pose backstage at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live! on Dec. 6. Credit: Richard Shotwell

Nominees: The Blessed Unrest by Sara Bareilles; Random Access Memories by Daft Punk; Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar; The Heist by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis; Red by Taylor Swift

Spotify winner: The Heist by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Shazam winner: The Heist by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Record of the Year

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Imagine Dragons performs a free concert at the Allstate Fan Fest in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 1. Credit: Cheryl Gerber

Nominees: "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers; "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons; "Royals" by Lorde; "Locked Out Of Heaven" by Bruno Mars; "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell

Spotify winner: "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons

Shazam winner: "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell

Best New Artist

Nominees: James Blake; Kendrick Lamar; Macklemore and Ryan Lewis; Kacey Musgraves; Ed Sheeran

Spotify winner: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Shazam winner: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Song of the Year

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Nominees: "Just Give Me A Reason" by songwriters Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess; "Locked Out Of Heaven" by songwriters Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars; "Roar" by songwriters Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter; "Royals" by songwriters Joel Little and Ella Yelich O'Connor; "Same Love" by songwriters Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert and Ryan Lewis

Shazam winner: "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink feat. Nate Ruess

Best Pop Solo Performance

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Lorde performs an at the Alt 98.7 Penthouse inside the Hollywood Tower on Sept. 25 in Los Angeles. Credit: Paul A. Hebert

Nominees: "Brave" by Sara Bareilles; "Royals" by Lorde; "When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars; "Roar" by Katy Perry; "Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake

Spotify winner: "Royals" by Lorde

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

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Thomas Bangalter, left, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, from the group Daft Punk pose for a portrait. Credit: Matt Sayles

Nominees: "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and and Nile Rodgers; "Just Give Me A Reason" by Pink feat. Nate Ruess; "Stay" by Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko; "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams; "Suit & Tie" by Justin Timberlake and Jay Z

Spotify winner: "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers

Best Country Album

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Taylor Swift performs on Good Morning America in New York in 2012. Credit: Charles Sykes

Nominees: Night Train by Jason Aldean; Two Lanes Of Freedom by Tim McGraw; Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves; Based On A True Story by Blake Shelton; Red by Taylor Swift

Shazam winner: Red by Taylor Swift

Best Rap Album

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Macklemore performs at Gwinnett Arena in Atlanta in 2013. Credit: Robb D. Cohen

Nominees: Nothing Was The Same by Drake; Magna Carta Holy Grail by Jay Z; Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar; The Heist by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis; Yeezus by Kanye West

Shazam winner: The Heist by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Best Dance/Electronica Album

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Calvin Harris performs at the Isle of Wight festival in Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Credit: Paul Jeffers

Nominees: Random Access Memories by Daft Punk; Settle by Disclosure; 18 Months by Calvin Harris; Atmosphere by Kaskade; A Color Map Of The Sun by Pretty Lights

Shazam winner: 18 Months by Calvin Harris

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