Beyonce landed nine nominations for the highest honours in music. That brought her career total to 88, tying her with husband Jay-Z as the most nominated artist in Grammy history.
Her dance-heavy album “Renaissance” will compete for album of the year with Adele’s “30”, “Harry’s House” from Harry Styles, “Special” from Lizzo, and entries from ABBA, Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile and Coldplay.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar, also in the running for album of the year for “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”, received eight nominations overall, followed by British singer Adele and singer-songwriter Carlile with seven each.
The nominations again put Beyonce in competition with Adele, who won album of the year in 2017. Adele said at the time she thought that award should have gone to Beyonce’s “Lemonade”. Beyonce has never won the album award, even though she boasts the most Grammy wins of any female artist with 28.
Classical conductor Georg Solti, who has 31 Grammy trophies, holds the record for most wins overall.
At the awards ceremony in February, Beyonce’s single “Break My Soul” will compete for record and song of the year against Adele’s “Easy on Me”.
Taylor Swift’s 10-minute version of her 2012 song “All Too Well” also landed a nod for best song. Swift’s latest album, “Midnights”, was released after this year’s eligibility window, which ran from October 2021 through September 2022.
In the best new artist category, contenders include Italian rock band Maneskin, Brazilian singer Anitta and American singer-songwriter Molly Tuttle.
The Grammys will be handed out at a ceremony in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 5. Winners will be chosen by the nearly 13,000 musicians, producers and songwriters who belong to the Recording Academy.
The awards will be broadcast live on U.S. broadcast network CBS and streamed on Paramount+.
The following is a list of nominations in key categories.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Don’t Shut Me Down” – ABBA
“Easy On Me” – Adele
“BREAK MY SOUL” – Beyonce
“Good Morning Gorgeous” – Mary J. Blige
“Woman” – Doja Cat
“Bad Habit” – Steve Lacy
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“Voyage” – ABBA
“30” – Adele
“Un Verano Sin Ti” – Bad Bunny
“RENAISSANCE” – Beyonce
“Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)” – Mary J. Blige
“In These Silent Days” – Brandi Carlile
“Music Of The Spheres” – Coldplay
“Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” – Kendrick Lamar
“Special” – Lizzo
“Harry’s House” – Harry Styles
SONG OF THE YEAR
“abcdefu” – Sara Davis, GAYLE & Dave Pittenger, songwriters
“About Damn Time” – Lizzo
“All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film)” – Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
“As It Was” – Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon & Harry Styles
“Bad Habit” – Matthew Castellanos, Brittany Foushee, Diana Gordon, John Carroll Kirby & Steve Lacy, songwriters (Steve Lacy)
“BREAK MY SOUL” – Beyonce, S. Carter, Terius “The-Dream”
Gesteelde – Diamant & Christopher A. Stewart, songwriters (Beyonce)
“Easy On Me” – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
“GOD DID” – DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy)
“The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar
“Just Like That” – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Anitta
Omar Apollo
DOMi & JD Beck
Muni Long
Samara Joy
Latto
Maneskin
Tobe Nwigwe
Molly Tuttle
Wet Leg
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“Don’t Shut Me Down” – ABBA
“Bam Bam” – Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran
“My Universe” – Coldplay & BTS
“I Like You (A Happier Song)” – Post Malone & Doja Cat
“Unholy” – Sam Smith & Kim Petras
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
“Voyage”-ABBA
“30”-Adele
“Music Of The Spheres”-Coldplay
“Special” – Lizzo
“Harry’s House” – Harry Styles
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“GOD DID” – DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z,
John Legend & Fridayy
“Vegas” – Doja Cat
“pushin P” – Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug
“F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” – Hitkidd & GloRilla
“The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
“So Happy It Hurts” – Bryan Adams
“Old Man” – Beck
“Wild Child” – The Black Keys
“Broken Horses” – Brandi Carlile
“Crawl!” – Idles
“Patient Number 9” – Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck
“Holiday” – Turnstile
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
“Growin’ Up” – Luke Combs
“Palomino” – Miranda Lambert
“Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville” – Ashley McBryde
“Humble Quest” – Maren Morris
“A Beautiful Time” – Willie Nelson
