2024 Grammy Nominations

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On Feb. 4, 2024, the 66th Grammy Awards will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with a host yet to be announced. The televised ceremony is airing live on CBS, and will be available for streaming on Paramount+.

Three new categories are being included in this year’s ceremony: Best African Music Performance, Best Pop Dance Recording, and Best Alternative Jazz Album. On the Grammy Awards website, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Junior explained that the three new categories were introduced to “acknowledge and appreciate a broader array of artists…while also exposing a wider range of music to fans worldwide.” 

SZA, with nine Grammy nominations, has scored the most out of any other artist. Following right behind her, three nominees are tied with seven nominations: Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, and mixing engineer Serban Ghenea. 

Others who came away with six nominations include Brandy Clark, boygenius, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and producer Jack Antonoff.

This year's highly anticipated categories are dominated by female nominees, as Jon Batiste was the only male performer to achieve six grammy nominations in both the song and record categories. 

Many Canadian artists were also nominated this year. Among them were Drake — who has finally decided to end his long boycott of the Grammys this year — with a nomination for “Spin Bout U” in the best melodic rap category. Alvvays, the Canadian indie pop band, has also earned a nomination in best alternative music performance. 

The soundtrack of Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster hit, Barbie, collected 11 nominations, which was more than any musical artist.  Five of these nominations were bestowed upon the song “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish. Dua Lipa, Ice Spice, and Nicki Minaj have also brought in nominations for their songs in Barbie. 

Along with that, Ryan Gosling’s ballad “I’m Just Ken” was nominated in the best song written for visual media category. However, the actor himself was not nominated along with his song, as he was not one of the songwriters.

Album of the Year

This bestowal is the most prestigious award category, making it an honor to receive this prize commemorating an artist’s skills.

In the Album of the Year category, the eight nominees are: Midnights – Taylor Swift; SOS – SZA; GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo; the record – boygenius; World Music Radio – Jon Batiste; Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus; The Age of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe; and Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey. 

Record of the Year

This award is part of the four “general field categories”, and it is awarded for a single or one track from an album. The award is given to the artist, producers, recording and mastering engineers.

This year’s Record of the Year nominees consist of: “Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift; “Kill Bill” – SZA; “Vampire” – Olivia Rodrigo; “What Was I Made For? [from the motion picture ‘Barbie’]” – Billie Eilish; “Flowers” – Miley Cyrus; “not strong enough” – boygenius; “Worship” – Jon Batiste; and “On My Mama” – Victoria Monét.

Song of the Year

This category is very similar to record of the year, but unlike it the award is given to the writer(s) of the song and not just to the featured artist, but in many cases, might be the same person.

The eight nominated songs for Song of the Year are: “A&W” – Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey, and Sam Dew; “Anti-Hero” – Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift; “Butterfly” – Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson; “Dance the Night (from Barbie the album)” – Coraline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt; “Flowers” – Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein, and Michael Pollack; “Kill Bill” – Bob Bisel, Carter Lang, and Solána Rowe; “Vampire” – Olivia Rodrigo and Daniel Nigro; and “What Was I Made For?” – Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell.

Best New Artist

This last category recognizes an artist who has achieved a breakthrough in the past year. This does not mean that they are new to the industry, or just launched their first album, but rather that their careers just skyrocketed.

This year’s nominees are Gracie Abrams, Fred Again, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, Noah Kahan, Victoria Monét, and The War and Treaty.