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Grammys 2023 predictions: Who will win, who should win and who'll get robbed

Kim Petras, left, and Sam Smith perform onstage during the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 23, 2022, in Las Vegas.

LOS ANGELES — After a year with no audience and a year in Las Vegas, the 65th Grammy Awards will return to normal on Sunday evening with a full house at the ceremony's longtime home of Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.

Top nominees include Beyoncé with nine nods, followed by Kendrick Lamar with eight and Adele and Brandi Carlile with seven apiece; among the other superstars in the mix for major prizes are Bad Bunny, Harry Styles, Lizzo and Taylor Swift.

Here are our predictions for how the night will shake out in 10 top categories, offered with the caveat that the thing about the Grammys is that nothing is off the table. Just ask last year's surprise standout Jon Batiste.

Album of the year

ABBA, "Voyage"

Adele, "30"

Bad Bunny, "Un Verano Sin Ti"

Beyoncé, "Renaissance"

Mary J. Blige, "Good Morning Gorgeous"

Brandi Carlile, "In These Silent Days"

Coldplay, "Music of the Spheres"

Kendrick Lamar, "Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers"

Lizzo, "Special"

Harry Styles,

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