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Beyonce led the way with an incredible nine nominations as nominations for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, while tying the all-time record for the most nominations with a total of 88.
The 40-year-old A-lister happened to have as many nominations as her own husband Jay-Z at 88, while the 52-year-old mogul held the previous record of 83 and earned another five, bringing her to the same total.
Not far behind the Queen Bey were British singing megastars Adele and Harry Styles, who both earned seven and six respectively, announced The Recording Academy during a livestreamed event from Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile also earned seven.
Epic: Beyonce (pictured last month) led the way with an incredible nine nominations as the 65th Annual Grammy Awards nominations, while tying the all-time record for most nominations with a total of 88
Queen and King: The 40-year-old A-lister just happened to have as many nominations as her own husband Jay-Z at 88 as the 52-year-old mogul held the previous record of 83 and racked up another five bringing them to the same total, will they be Pictured together in February 2019
The trio of stars will compete in several categories, including best album of the year.
The grand prize consists of an impressive and extensive field that includes ABBA – Voyage, Adele – 30, Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti, Beyoncé – Renaissance, Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days, Coldplay – Music of the Spheres, Harry Styles – Harry’s House, Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, Lizzo – Special and Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe).
In the same vein comes the Record of the Year, which is awarded for a single or for one track from an album and once again featured the three big stars, including: Beyoncé – Break My Soul, Adele – Easy on Me and Harry Styles – As It Was.
It won’t be an easy road to the top as they will be up against ABBA – Don’t Shut Me Down, Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius – You and Me on the Rock, Doja Cat – Woman, Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5, Lizzo – About Damned Time, Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous and Steve Lacy – Bad Habit.
Wow factor: Not far behind are British singing megastars Adele (pictured in London in July) and Harry Styles, who both earned seven and six respectively, announced The Recording Academy during a livestreaming event from Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Talented: Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile also earned seven
Song of the Year is also one of the most coveted awards of the night as the category includes: Adele – Easy on Me, Beyoncé – Break My Soul, Harry Styles – As It Was, Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 and Lizzo – About Damn Time and Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 minute version) (the short film).
If that wasn’t enough, they’re also taking on Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That, DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did, Gayle – ABCDEFU and Steve Lacy – Bad Habit .
The fourth major category is one where Beyonce, Adele, and Harry are not eligible for Best New Artist.
Nominees were: Anitta, Domi & JD Beck, Latto, Måneskin, Molly Tuttle, Muni Long, Omar Apollo, Samara Joy, Tobe Nwigwe and Wet Leg.
The first category revealed was Best Pop Solo Performance, which also had a competitive field including Adele – Easy On Me, Bad Bunny – Moscow Mule, Doja Cat – Woman, Steve Lacy – Bad Habit, Lizzo – About Damn Time and Harry Styles – As it was.
The nominations were announced by music stars such as Olivia Rodrigo, John Legend, Ledesi, Machine Gun Kelly and Smokey Robinson.
Big changes are on the way, as the academy made some major additions earlier this year with five new categories, including Songwriter of the Year honoring music’s best composer and a special award for a song for social change.
The non-classical songwriters category will recognize one individual who was the “most prolific” non-performing and non-producing songwriter for a range of new work.
It will take a different approach than song of the year, which rewards the songwriters who wrote the lyrics or melodies for one song.
The Songwriter of the Year, including non-classical field: Amy Allen, Nija Charles, Tobias Jesso Jr., The-Dream and Laura Veltz.
The new category for songwriters is a huge step forward. Last year, an update to the rules allowed any songwriter, producer, engineer, or artist on an album nominated for Album of the Year to eventually earn a nomination.
The four other categories include Best Spoken Word Poetry Album, Alternative Music Performance, Americana Music Performance, and Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media.
One highly decorated artist who was not nominated was Bruno Mars, who along with Anderson Paak withdrew their Silk Sonic album from consideration at the Grammy Awards – a year after taking home a whopping four awards at the 2022 ceremony .
Bruno, 37, who formed the musical super duo with Anderson, 37, in 2021, told Rolling stone that the pair’s only album, An Evening With Silk Sonic, would not be submitted for nomination at the 2023 awards.
The artist said they made the decision not to push the album forward for this year’s ceremony, feeling they “would be crazy to ask for any more” than they already received at the Grammys of 2022 – where they won four. awards for the album’s first track, Leave the Door Open.
Shock: One highly decorated artist who was not nominated was Bruno Mars, who along with Anderson Paak withdrew their Silk Sonic album from Grammy Awards consideration (pictured while accepting the Record of the Year gong at the awards ceremony 2022)
Bruno and Anderson’s hit won the coveted Record of the Year trophy – and the album it’s now featured on was a favorite to win Album of the Year in 2023.
But Bruno insisted the duo feel they “won the moment the world reacted to Leave the Door Open,” adding that “everything else was just the icing on the cake.”
Bruno continued: ‘We really put everything on this record, but Silk Sonic wants to graciously, humbly and above all sexually refrain from submitting our album this year.’
“We hope we can celebrate a great year of music with everyone and enjoy the party. Thank you for helping Silk Sonic thrive.”
The Grammy Awards will be presented on February 5, 2022 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The Grammy Awards will be presented on February 5, 2022 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (this is a general view of the April 3, 2022 event in Las Vegas)