Grammy nominations 2024: SZA dominates with nine nominations as Taylor Swift breaks record
Recording Academy have revealed the list of nominations for 2024
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Your support makes all the difference.The nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards have finally landed, with the Academy adding three new categories to its 94 overall categories for 2024.
Taylor Swift, SZA, Olivia Rodrigo and Miley Cyrus, as predicted, are dominating many of the top categories.
“Kill Bill” musician SZA is the most nominated artist this year with her album SOS and its songs scoring nods for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Performance and Best Melodic Rap Performance.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has broken the record for the most nominations for Song of the Year in Grammy history, thanks to her song “Anti-Hero” from last year’s album, Midnights.
Female artists have dominated many of the categories this year, including Record and Song of the Year.
The ceremony itself will take place on 4 February 2024.
Best R&B Performance nominations...
Chris Brown - “Summer Too Hot”
Coco Jones - “ICU”
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley - “Back to Love”
SZA - “Kill Bill”
Victoria Monét - “How Does It Make You Feel”
Song of the Year nominations are in...
It’s not surprising to see two Barbie: The Album songs in there!
Here are the Grammy nominees for Song of the Year:
Billie Eilish - “What Was I Made For?”
Dua Lipa - “Dance the Night”
Jon Batiste - “Butterfly”
Lana Del Rey - “A&W”
Miley Cyrus - “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo - “Vampire”
SZA - “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”
Ice Spice, Fred Again... and Gracie Abrams among Best New Artist nominees
Best New Artist nominees:
Coco Jones Gracie Abrams Fred Again.. Ice Spice Jelly Roll Noah Kahan Victoria Monét The War and Treaty
Taylor Swift, SZA and Miley Cyrus all among Record of the Year nominees
Here is the full list of Record of the Year nominees:
Billie Eilish - “What Was I Made For?”
Boygenius - “Not Strong Enough”
Jon Batiste - “Worship”
Miley Cyrus - “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo - “Vampire”
SZA - “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”
Victoria Monét - “On My Mama”
SZA is the most nominated artist this year
The “Kill Bill” musician is the most nominated artist this year, being among the Album of the Year, Best Record, Best Song, Best R&B Performance and Best Melodic Rap Performance for her album SOS.
Album of the Year nominations in full:
Boygenius - The Record
Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
Jon Batiste - World Music Radio
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
SZA - SOS
Taylor Swift - Midnights
“I’m Just Ken” from the Barbie soundtrack gets a nomination!
Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” made the list of nominees for Best Song Written for Visual Media, along with three more tracks from the Barbie film...
Here’s the full list:
Billie Eilish - “What Was I Made For?” Dua Lipa - “Dance the Night” Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua - “Barbie World” Rihanna - “Lift Me Up” Ryan Gosling - “I’m Just Ken”
Taylor Swift breaks the record for the most nominated Song Of The Year in Grammy history
Taylor Swift has broken the record for the most nominations for any person in the Song of the Year category in Grammy history.
“Anti-Hero” brings Swift back to the Song of the Year category, which she is very familiar with by now...
Barbie: The Album dominates Best Song Written for Visual Media category
In terms of songs written for films, all eyes are on Barbie: the soundtrack album for the hit film has received four of five nominations.
As well as Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken”, nominees include Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?”, “Dance the Night” by Dua Lipa and the infectious “Barbie World” by Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice featuring Aqua.
The only non-Barbie-affiliated song in the category is “Lift Me Up” by Rihanna for Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever.
Despite all the love the Grammy committee has shown Barbie: The Album, for The Independent’s reviewer Adam White, is was reminiscent of the film, in that it “can’t decide on a consistent tone or approach, instead ping-ponging between satire and celebration, sincerity and spoof”. Eek!
Here’s the review in full:
The Barbie soundtrack is as erratic as the movie that inspired it – review
Unusually, the bigger names here – including Dua Lipa and Sam Smith – are the most underwhelming
Who’s nominated for Album of the Year?
In case you missed it, here are your potential winners for Album of the Year – seven of eight slots are for female artists, with Jon Batiste being the only man nominated...
Midnights - Taylor Swift
SOS - SZA
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
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