In what appears to be the musical year of the femme; the 66th grammy awards is expected to hold on the 4th of February 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles it will be broadcast on CBS and ready on-demand and live streaming on Paramount+.
The Grammy award, which was created in 1958, will acknowledge the excellence of works submitted from October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023.
With more nominations than any other artists on the list, the year seems to be SZA’s season as the Pop princess has already bagged herself 9 nominations followed closely by a fellow femme, Phoebe bridges and they lead an all-female ensemble of excellence with women being nominated across the board competing toe-to-toe in predominantly male dominated genres like best rap song now having to fierce female contenders alongside the men who, however, aren’t slacking as we observe Drake entangled in what seems to be a rather interesting decision between the peak cultural, popular and artistic sounds of the year.
While all the way out in Nashville Nigerian-American artist Blessing Offor is being nominated for his first Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/song.
Disney alum Coco Jones has taken the mantle of limelight and decided to Let It Shine earning a nod or five in the process similar to 21 Savage who has done something for the culture and just in time as hip-hop turns 50 this year!
Taking a page off the Drake playbook, 21 took a foray into afrobeats, hopping on a song with the African giant Burna Boy which gives him a total 5 nominations from the Academy.
And just like the yearly software updates on your mobile OS, the Academy has updated the criteria once more to reflect the ever changing times in the entertainment business.
It announced several changes for different categories and eligibility rules as well as reducing ballots from 26 fields to 11, although this does not apply to the General Field.
The Grammy sets the stage for audio consumers worldwide to get a peak into the music industry’s interpretation of quality.
The full list of nominations are…
Record of the Year
Worship — Jon Batiste
Not Strong Enough — Boygenius
Flowers — Miley Cyrus
What Was I Made For? (from “Barbie”) —Billie Eilish
On My Mama — Victoria Monét
Vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Kill Bill — SZA
Album of the Year
World Music Radio — Jon Batiste
The Record — Boygenius
Endless Summer Vacation — Miley Cyrus
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd — Lana Del Rey
The Age of Pleasure — Janelle Monáe
Guts — Olivia Rodrigo
Midnights — Taylor Swift
SOS — SZA
Song of the Year
A&W
Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew.
songwriter: Lana Del Rey.
Anti-Hero
Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift.
songwriter: Taylor Swift.
Butterfly
Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson.
songwriters: Jon Batiste.
Dance the Night (From “Barbie the Album”)
Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt.
songwriters: Dua Lipa.
Flowers
Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack.
songwriters: Miley Cyrus.
Kill Bill
Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe.
songwriters: SZA.
Vampire
Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo.
songwriters: Oliva Rodrigo.
What Was I Made For?
[From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell.
songwriters: Billie Eilish.
Best New Artist
- Gracie Abrams
- Fred Again
- Ice Spice
- Jelly Roll
- Coco Jones
- Noah Kahan
- Victoria Monét
- The War and Treaty
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Jack Antonoff
- Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
- Hit-Boy
- Metro Boomin
- Daniel Nigro
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
- Edgar Barrera
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Shane McAnally
- Theron Thomas
- Justin Tranter
Best Pop Solo Performance
Flowers — Miley Cyrus
Paint the Town Red — Doja Cat
What Was I Made For? — from “Barbie — Billie Eilish
Vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Thousand Miles — Miley Cyrus
featuring Brandi Carlile
Candy Necklace — Lana Del Rey
featuring Jon Batiste
Never Felt So Alone — Labrinth
featuring Billie Eilish
Karma — Taylor Swift
featuring Ice Spice
Ghost in the Machine — SZA featuring
Phoebe Bridgers
Best Pop Dance Recording
Baby Don’t Hurt Me
David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray
Miracle
Calvin Harris
featuring Ellie Goulding
Padam Padam
Kylie Minogue
One in a Million
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta
Rush
Troye Sivan
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING
Aphex Twin — Blackbox Life Recorder 21F
James Blake — Loading
Disclosure — Higher Than Ever BEfore
Romy & Fred again.. — Strong
Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan — Rumble
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC ALBUM
James Blake — Playing Robots Into Heaven
The Chemical Brothers — For That Beautiful Feeling
Fred again.. — Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)
Kx5 — Kx5
Skrillex — Quest for Fire
Best Rock Album
But Here We Are — Foo Fighters
Starcatcher — Greta Van Fleet
72 Seasons — Metallica
This Is Why — Paramore
In Times New Roman… —Queens of the Stone Age
Best Alternative Music Performance
Belinda Says — Alvvays
Body Paint — Arctic Monkeys
Cool About It — boygenius
A&W — Lana Del Rey
This Is Why — Paramore
Best Alternative Music Album
The Car — Arctic Monkeys
The Record — boygenius
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd — Lana Del Rey
Cracker Island — Gorillaz
I Inside the Old Year Dying — PJ Harvey
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Metallica – Lux Æterna
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
Disturbed – Bad Man
Ghost – Phantom of the Opera
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Slipknot – Hive Mind
Spiritbox – Jaded
BEST ROCK SONG
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Olivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
Queens of the Stone Age – Emotion Sickness
The Rolling Stones – Angry
Best R&B Performance
Summer Too Hot — Chris Brown
Back to Love — Robert Glasper featuring SiR and Alex Isley
ICU — Coco Jones
How Does It Make You Feel — Victoria Monét
Kill Bill — SZA
Best R&B Album
Girls Night Out — Babyface
What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe) — Coco Jones
Special Occasion — Emily King
Jaguar II — Victoria Monét
Clear 2: Soft Life EP — Summer Walker
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
Babyface ft. Coco Jones – Simple
Kenyon Dixon – Lucky
Victoria Monét ft. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét – Hollywood
PJ Morton ft. Susan Carol – Good Morning
SZA – Love Language
BEST R&B SONG
Coco Jones – ICU
Halle – Angel
Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – Back to Love
SZA – Snooze
Victoria Monét – On My Mama
BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM
6lack – Since I Have a Lover
Diddy – The Love Album: Off the Grid
Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy – Nova
Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
SZA – SOS
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Sittin’ on Top of the World — Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage
Attention — Doja Cat
Spin Bout U — Drake & 21 Savage
All My Life — Lil Durk featuring J. Cole
Low —SZA
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies
Black Thought – Love Letter
Coi Leray – Players
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
BEST RAP SONG
Doja Cat – Attention
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice ft. Aqua – Barbie World
Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
BEST RAP ALBUM
Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
Killer Mike – Michael
Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
Nas – King’s Disease III
Travis Scott – Utopia
Best Country Solo Performance
In Your Love — Tyler Childers
Buried — Brandy Clark
Fast Car — Luke Combs
The Last Thing on My Mind — Dolly Parton
White Horse — Chris Stapleton
Best Country Album
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat— Kelsea Ballerini
Brothers Osborne — Brothers Osborne
Zach Bryan — Zach Bryan
Rustin’ in the Rainn — Tyler Childers
Bell Bottom Country — Lainey Wilson
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Dierks Bentley ft. Billy Strings — High Note
Brothers Osborne — Nobody’s Nobody
Zach Bryan Ft. Kacey Musgraves — I Remember Everything
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin — Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)
Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson — Save Me
Carly Pearce ft. Chris Stapleton — We Don’t Fight Anymore
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Brandy Clark — Buried
Chris Stapleton — White Horse
Morgan Wallen — Last Night
Tyler Childers — In Your Love
Zach Bryan Ft. Kacey Musgraves — I Remember Everything
BEST FOLK ALBUM
Dom Flemons — Traveling Wildfire
The Milk Carton Kids — I Only See the Moon
Joni Mitchell — Joni Mitchell at Newport [Live]
Nickel Creek — Celebrants
Old Crow Medicine Show — Jubilee
Paul Simon — Psalms
Rufus Wainwright — Folkocracy
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
La Cuarta Hoja — Pablo Alborán
Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1 — AleMor
A Ciegas —Paula Arenas
La Neta — Pedro Capó
Don Juan — Maluma
X Mí (Vol. 1) — Gaby Moreno
BEST MÚSICA URBANA ALBUM
“Saturno —Rauw Alejandro
Mañana Será Bonito — Karol G
Data — Tainy
BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Amapiano — Asake and Olamide
City Boys — Burna Boy
Unavailable — Davido featuring Musa Keys
Rush — Ayra Starr
Water — Tyla
BEST ALTERNATIVE JAZZ ALBUM
Love in Exile — Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
Quality Over Opinion — Louis Cole
SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree — Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue
Live at the Piano — Cory Henry
The Omnichord Real Book — Meshell Ndegeocello
BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE
Jon Batiste — Movement 18’ (Heroes)
Lakecia Benjamin — Basquiat
Adam Blackstone ft. the Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté — Vulnerable (Live)
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding — But Not For Me
Samara Joy — Tight
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band — For Ella 2
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding — Alive at the Village Vanguard
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke — Lean In
Cécile McLorin Salvant — Mélusine
Nicole Zuraitis — How Love Begins
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Kenny Barron — The Source
Lakecia Benjamin — Phoenix
Adam Blackstone — Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn
Billy Childs — The Winds of Change
Pat Metheny — Dream Box
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla — The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute — Ritmo
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society — Dynamic Maximum Tension
The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart — Basie Swings The Blues
Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest — Olympians
Mingus Big Band – The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
Eliane Elias — Quietude
Ivan Lins with the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra — My Heart Speaks
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band — Vox Humana
Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente — Cometa
Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo — El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Liz Callaway — To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
Rickie Lee Jones — Pieces of Treasure
Laufey – Bewitched
Pentatonix — Holidays Around the World
Bruce Springsteen — Only the Strong Survive
Various — Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer ft. Rakesh Chaurasia — As We Speak
House of Waters — On Becoming
Bob James — Jazz Hands
Julian Lage — The Layers
Ben Wendel — All One
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Erica Campbell — I Love You
Tasha Cobbs Leonard — Hymns (Live)
Maverick City Music — The Maverick Way
Jonathan McReynolds — My Truth
Tye Tribbett — All Things New: Live In Orlando
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
Stanley Brown ft. Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard — God Is Good
Erica Campbell — Feel Alright (Blessed)
Zacardi Cortez — Lord Do It For Me (Live)
Melvin Crispell III — God Is
Kirk Franklin — All Things
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
Blessing Offor — Believe
Cody Carnes — Firm Foundation (He Won’t) [Live]
Lauren Daigle — Thank God I Do
for KING & COUNTRY ft. Jordin Sparks – Love Me Like I Am
Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard — Your Power
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine — God Problems
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Blessing Offor — My Tribe
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. — Emanuel
Lauren Daigle — Lauren Daigle
Lecrae — Church Clothes 4
Phil Wickham — I Believe
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet — Tribute to the King
Blind Boys of Alabama — Echoes of the South
Becky Isaacs Bowman — Songs That Pulled Me Through the Tough Times
Brian Free & Assurance — Meet Me at the Cross
Gaither Vocal Band — Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light
BEST MÚSICA URBANA ALBUM
Rauw Alejandro — Saturno
Karol G — Mañana Será Bonito
Tainy — Data
BEST LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Cabra — Martínez
Diamante Eléctrico — Leche de Tigre
Juanes — Vida Cotidiana
Natalia Lafourcade — De Todas Las Flores
Fito Paez — EADDA9223
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily — Shadow Forces
Burna Boy — Alone
Davido — Feel
Silvana Estrada — Milagro Y Disastre
Falu & Gaurav Shah (ft. PM Narendra Modi) — Abundance In Millets
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain ft. Rakesh Chaurasia — Pashto
Ibrahim Maalouf ft. Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas — Todo Colores
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM
Susana Baca — Epifanías
Bokanté — History
Burna Boy — I Told Them…
Davido — Timeless
Shakti — This Moment
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Buju Banton — Born For Greatness
Beenie Man — Simma
Collie Buddz — Cali Roots Riddim 2023
Burning Spear — No Destroyer
Julian Marley & Antacus — Colors of Royal
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Trevor Noah — I Wish You Would
Wanda Sykes — I’m An Entertainer
Chris Rock — Selective Outrage
Sarah Silverman — Someone You Love
Dave Chappelle — What’s In A Name?
BEST SPOKEN WORD POETRY ALBUM
Aja Monet — When the Poems Do What They Do
J. Ivy — The Light Inside
Kevin Powell – Grocery Shopping With My Mother
Prentice Powell and Shawn William — For Your Consideration ’24 — The Album
Queen Sheba — A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited
BEST AUDIO BOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING
Meryl Streep — Big Tree
William Shatner — Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
Rick Rubin — The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Senator Bernie Sanders — It’s Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism
Michelle Obama — The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Call Of Duty®: Modern Warfare II
composer: Sarah Schachner.
God Of War Ragnarök
composer: Bear McCreary.
Hogwarts Legacy
composer: Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers “Sea”
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
composer: Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
composer: Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping
Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For
Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out
Troye Sivan – Rush
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
David Frost
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Brian Pidgeon
BEST REMIXED RECORDING
Depeche Mode — Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix)
Gorillas ft. Tame Impala & Booty Brown — New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)
Lane 8 — Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
Mariah Carey — Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)
Turnstile and Badbadnotgood ft. Blood Orange — Alien Love Call
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
The Clarion Choir — Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
The Crossing — Carols After a Plague
Miró Quartet; Conspirare — The House Of Belonging
San Francisco Symphony Chorus — Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir — Saariaho: Reconnaissance
