First Grammy predictions! Lizzo and Billie Eilish will go home winners, as new acts triumph

The Grammy Awards can usually be counted on for a good head-to-head showdown.

In 2017, the annual event put music's preeminent divas, Adele and Beyonce, against each other for album, record and song of the year; in 2018, Jay Z and Kendrick Lamar scored more nominations than anyone else, setting the stage for an East Coast-West Coast hip-hop battle. (Alas, Bruno Mars ended up taking the biggest prizes, a reminder of the Grammys' predictable unpredictability.)

For the 62nd ceremony, set to take place Jan. 26 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the key rivalry is between Billie Eilish and Lizzo, each of whom is