Beyoncé Breaks Records and Leads Grammy Nominations

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Beyoncé is now the most-nominated artist in Grammy history. Her 11 nods for the 67th Grammy Awards to be held Feb. 2 bring her career total to 99, zooming ahead of her husband Jay-Z, with whom she’d been tied at 88 nominations.

Her nominations include those in top categories like album of the year for “Cowboy Carter,” along with record and song of the year, for her chart-topping “Texas Hold ‘Em.

Perhaps this year, the Carter family will be able to celebrate her win for album of the year, a prize she’s never won, to Jay-Z’s great displeasure. “Cowboy Carter” was also ignored by the Country Music Association when it announced its nominations recently, raising questions about Nashville’s inclusivity of Black talent.

Taylor Swift has taken that marquee prize four times including for last year with “Midnights,” and this year she’s also a contender in the category with “The Tortured Poets Department” and for record and song of the year with “Fortnight,” her duet with Post Malone.

Billie Eilish also scored a nomination for album of the year with her “Hit Me Hard and Soft” and is also up for record and song of the year with “Birds of a Feather.”

Nominations day also brought kudos for newer talent including Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX, making it a great year for female artists.

There were also some unexpected choices for album of the year like Andre 3000’s “New Blue Sun” in Jacob Collier’s “Djesse Vol.4.”

“You’re not excluded from consideration because you’re popular. But you’re also not excluded if you’re an artist that’s working in a genre other than one of the most popular genres,” said Recording Academy Chief Executive Harvey Mason Jr. “I’m gratified that there’s room for all different forms of music-making and creativity.”

For best new artist, Roan and Carpenter are up against Khruangbin, Benson Boone, Doechii, Teddy Swims, Shaboozey and Raye.

The full Grammy ballot runs to 94 categories, including audiobook, narration and storytelling recording.

Here are the nominees in the major categories:

Record of the Year
The Beatles – “Now and Then”
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Charli XCX – “360”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Album of the Year
André 3000 – “New Blue Sun”
Beyoncé – “Cowboy Carter”
Billie Eilish – “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
Chappell Roan – “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Charli XCX – “Brat”
Jacob Collier – “Djesse Vol. 4”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet”
Taylor Swift – “The Tortured Poets Department”

Song of the Year
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Doechii
Chappell Roan
Khruangbin
Raye
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Daniel Nigro
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye

Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyoncé – “Bodyguard”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Charli XCX – “Apple”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – “The Boy Is Mine” – Remix
Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone – “Levii’s Jeans”
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess” Featuring Billie Eilish
Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift – “Us.”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”

Best Pop Vocal Album
Ariana Grande – “Eternal Sunshine”
Billie Eilish – “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
Chappell Roan – “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet”
Taylor Swift – “The Tortured Poets Department”

Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Disclosure – “She’s Gone, Dance On”
Four Tet – “Loved”
Fred Again.. & Baby Keem – “Leavemealone”
Justice & Tame Impala – Neverender”
Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino – “Witchy”

Best Dance Pop Recording
Ariana Grande – “Yes, And?”
Billie Eilish – “L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”
Charli XCX – “Von Dutch”
Madison Beer – “Make You Mine”
Troye Sivan – “Got Me Started”

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Charli XCX – “Brat”
Four Tet – “Three”
Justice – “Hyperdrama”
Kaytranada – “Timeless”
Zedd – “Telos”

Best Remixed Recording
Charli XCX – “Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Featuring Addison Rae”
Doechii & Kaytranada Featuring JT – “Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix)”
Julian Marley & Antaeus – “Jah Sees Them (Amapiano Remix)”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”
Shaboozey & David Guetta – “A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix)”

Best Rock Performance
The Beatles – “Now and Then”
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Green Day – “The American Dream Is Killing Me”
Idles – “Gift Horse”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
St. Vincent – “Broken Man”

Best Metal Performance
Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor le Masne – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”
Judas Priest – “Crown of Horns”
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy – “Suffocate”
Metallica – “Screaming Suicide”
Spiritbox – “Cellar Door”

Best Rock Song
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Green Day – “Dilemma”
Idles – “Gift Horse”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
St. Vincent – “Broken Man”

Best Rock Album
The Black Crowes – “Happiness Bastards”
Fontaines D.C. – “Romance”
Green Day – “Saviors”
Idles – “Tangk”
Jack White – “No Name”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
The Rolling Stones – “Hackney Diamonds”

Best Alternative Music Performance
Cage the Elephant – “Neon Pill”
Fontaines D.C. – “Starburster”
Kim Gordon – “Bye Bye”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – “Song of the Lake”
St. Vincent – “Flea”

Best Alternative Music Album
Brittany Howard – “What Now”
Clairo – “Charm”
Kim Gordon – “The Collective”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – “Wild God”
St. Vincent – “All Born Screaming”

Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown – “Residuals”
Coco Jones – “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Jhené Aiko – “Guidance”
Muni Long – “Made for Me (Live on BET)”
SZA – “Saturn”

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Kenyon Dixon – “Can I Have This Groove”
Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald – “No Lie”
Lucky Daye – “That’s You”
Marsha Ambrosius – “Wet”
Muni Long – “Make Me Forget”

Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Kehlani – “After Hours”
Muni Long – “Ruined Me”
SZA – “Saturn”
Tems – “Burning”

Best Progressive R&B Album
Avery*Sunshine – “So Glad to Know You”
Childish Gambino – “Bando Stone and the New World”
Durand Bernarr – “En Route”
Kehlani – “Crash”
NxWorries – “Why Lawd?”

Best R&B Album
Chris Brown – “11:11 (Deluxe)”
Lalah Hathaway – “Vantablack”
Lucky Daye – “Algorithm”
Muni Long – “Revenge”
Usher – “Coming Home”

Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – “Enough (Miami)”
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos – “When the Sun Shines Again”
Doechii – “Nissan Altima”
Eminem – “Houdini”
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
Glorilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

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Author: Hillary Atkin

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