The Grammy Awards nominations have been announced. For all 94 categories. Ninety Four! It’s just too many, isn’t it? And there are only four that anyone really talks about, so I don’t know why they bother with the other 90, really. Seems like a lot of effort.
This year there are three new categories too. They are Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording. Their addition, says the CEO of Grammys organiser the Recording Academy, Harvey Mason Jr, will make the awards "more fair, transparent and accurate”. So that’s good. Probably.
Anyway, I’m not about to list the nominees for all 94 categories - you can view them all here if you really want to - but just in case you were wondering, Flamy Grant wasn’t shortlisted for Best Pop Vocal Album.
The ceremony itself will take place on 4 Feb 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Now, here are the nominees for what I think we can all agree are the big and truly important prizes that will be presented on the night:
Record Of The Year
- Jon Batiste - Worship
- boygenius - Not Strong Enough
- Miley Cyrus - Flowers
- Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?
- Victoria Monét- On My Mama
- Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
- Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
- SZA - Kill Bill
Album Of The Year
- Jon Batiste - World Music Radio
- boygenius - The Record
- Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation
- Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
- Janelle Monáe - The Age Of Pleasure
- Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
- Taylor Swift - Midnights
- SZA - SOS
Song Of The Year
- Lana Del Rey - A&W (Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew)
- Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift)
- Jon Batiste - Butterfly (Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson)
- Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt)
- Miley Cyrus - Flowers (Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack)
- SZA - Kill Bill (Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe)
- Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo)
- Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell)
Best New Artist
- Gracie Abrams
- Fred Again…
- Ice Spice
- Jelly Roll
- Coco Jones
- Noah Kahan
- Victoria Monét
- The War And Treaty
Best New Age, Ambient Or Chant Album
- Kirsten Agresta-Copely - Aquamarine
- Omar Akram - Moments Of Beauty
- Ólafur Arnalds - Some Kind Of Peace (Piano Reworks)
- David Darling & Hans Christian - Ocean Dreaming Ocean
- Carla Patullo Featuring Tonality And The Scorchio Quartet - So She Howls