Adele: Grammy's go-to lady

AdeleWith final ballots for your 54th annual Grammy Honours due next Wednesday, the question looms: Can anybody wreak havoc on Adele's shot at glory?Accumulating for the Feb. 12 ceremony, the British singer is a type of this year's top nominees with six nods, including records in three in the four major groups.Smart money favors a triumph for Adele, whose achievements, both commercial and aesthetic, would appear to produce her a shoo-looking for a sweep in their groups. (If she handles the job, Adele would match Beyonce's six trophies this season, accurate documentation for just about any female artist.)Nonetheless, Recording Academy voters are actually proven to toss a curveball or two on "Music's Finest Evening." Last year's wins by Arcade Fire's "The And surrounding and surrounding suburbs" as album of year and Esperanza Spalding in addition to new artist are simply the latest good good examples of those surprises.Adele's sophomore Columbia set "21," an album of year nominee, was the overwhelming bestseller of 2011, topping 5 million sales mark in December. Its sales greater than bending people of Lady Gaga's "Born Using This Method,Inch which displaced "21" at No. one out of June getting a splashy 1.millions of-unit bow, and Michael Buble's late-year hit "Christmas."If ubiquity means everything to Grammy voters, Adele stands to attain points. Her "Moving inside the Deep" -- nominated for record and song of year -- will be a radio constant through lots of a year ago, and was been effective round the airwaves by "You.InchAnd even the singer registered with balloters in the gate: This Past Year, she received the coveted new artist trophy.The conventional that may play most effective for Adele is her broad-based appeal. Her music talks with equal potency to clients and experts bloggers at organs like the NY Occasions as well as the La Occasions sang her praises in year-finish wrap-ups. A pop-soul pressure inside the tradition of Dusty Springfield and Amy Winehouse, she's like Sara Lee -- nobody isn't keen on her.The likeliest candidate for spoiler is singer-songwriter-producer Bruno Mars, who faces offered by Adele in five groups (together with her producers in the sixth). Though his album "Doo-Wops and Hooligans" faded within the album chart with the finish of 2011, he re-emerged while using No. 1 single "It'll Rain," within the "Twilight: Breaking Beginning -- The BeginningInch soundtrack.In the diva face-off, Rhianna could rain on Adele's album-of-the-year parade. Some experts considered "Born Using This MethodInch to become pallid successor to her debut collection "The Celebrity,Inch 5-time Grammy champion has her boffo debut sales together with a formidable repetition just like a artist used in her favor. Her previous two releases were nominated but went unrewarded inside the album-of-the-year category.The Dork Grohl-fronted unit Foo Mma fighters could accomplish an album-of-the-year upset. The rock act has acquired six Grammys, which is beloved by NARAS affiliates.Another potential spoiler is Mumford & Sons, whose song "The Cave" expires for record and song of year. The British folk-rock quartet, whose 2010 debut "Sigh Forget AboutInch has progressively offered greater than 2 million copies, missed within the completely new-artist race against bassist-singer Spalding a year ago, so a make-good award may be in order.To date because the 2011 best new artist area goes, many view female rapper Nicki Minaj, whose debut album "Pink Friday" will be a late-2010 smash, since the apparent front-runner. However, neo-folkie Bon Iver (also called Justin Vernon) cannot be easily wiped off: "Holocene," from his eponymous second album, may also be nominated for record and song of year.Return TO MUSIC FOR SCREENS: WINTER 2012 Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com