As an incredible year of music slowly comes to a close, the annual GRAMMY awards are right around the corner. Throughout this morning, The Recording Academy announced the nominees for every category including three new awards for Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album, and Best Pop Dance Recording. 2023 provided us with hit albums from some of the biggest names in music along with can’t-miss releases from refreshing faces. The Recording Academy voted on albums and songs from around the world with some surprise nominations in almost every category. The 66th GRAMMY Awards will air live on Sunday, February 4 on CBS, and Glide is here to highlight this morning’s nominations.
First up is the General Field section with categories like Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. Artists like Jon Batiste, boygenius, Victoria Monét SZA, Lana Del Rey, and Taylor Swift cleaned up these categories with each artist being nominated in all of the General Field categories. Victoria Monét is up all four with a nomination for Best New Artist along with artists like Fred Again…, Noah Kahan, The War and Treaty, Jellyroll, Gracie Abrams, and Ice Spice.
Next is the Rock, Metal, and Alternative section and it is brimming with talent. Boygenius gets another nomination for Best Rock Performance for “Not Strong Enough”, which is the same song up for Record of the Year. Boygenius is in good company with “More Than a Love Song” by Black Pumas, “Rescued” by Foo Fighters, “Sculptures of Anything Goes” by Arctic Monkeys, and “Lux Æterna” by Metallica also up for the award. Foo Fighters are also up for Best Rock Album for their But Here We Are LP along with Starcatcher by Greta Van Fleet, 72 Seasons by Metallica, This Is Why by Paramore, and In Times New Roman… by the iconic Queens Of The Stone Age. Metallica is back again with “72 Seasons” being up for Best Metal Performance along with “Bad Man” by Disturbed, “Phantom of the Opera” by Ghost, “Hive Mind” by Slipknot, and “Jaded” by Spiritbox.
The Gorillaz get their first nomination of the evening for Cracker Island in the Best Alternative Music Album. They’re up against Arctic Monkeys’ The Car, The Record by boygenius, Did You Know There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey, and I Inside The Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey.
The Hip-hop category is getting some rap giants involved at this year’s GRAMMY awards. The Best Rap Performance is stacked with Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar getting a nomination for their underrated single “The Hillbillies” along with Killer Mike and Black Thought being notable nominees. Killer Mike gets another nomination for Best Rap Album along with Nas, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin, and Drake & 21 Savage.
Jon Batiste is back again for Best Jazz Performance along with Samara Joy and Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding. That duo makes an appearance again in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category along with Nicole Zuratis and Patti Austin. The Best Jazz Instrumental album is equally competitive with Kenny Barron’s The Source, Phoenix’s Lakecia Benjamin, Adam Blackstone’s Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn, Billy Childs’s The Winds of Change, and Dream Box by Pat Metheny. The inaugural Best Alternative Jazz Album award has artists like the trio of Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, & Shahzad Ismaily along with Louis Cole, a second trio with Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, & SuperBlue. This category is rounded out with Cory Henry Meshell Ndegeocello.
The Country and American Roots field is arguably the most competitive field this year. For Record of the Year, we have “In Your Love” by Tyler Childs, “Buried” by Brandy Clark, “Fast Car” by Luke Combs, “The Last Thing On My Mind” by Dolly Parton, and Chris Stapleton’s “White Horse”. Jon Batiste makes yet another appearance in the Best American Roots Performance category for “Butterfly”. He is joined by The Blind Boys of Alabama’s “Heaven Help Us All”, “Inventing The Wheel” by Madison Cunningham “You Louisiana Man” by Rhiannon Giddens, and “Eve Was Black” by Allison Russell. Best Americana Album is a tough competition with Brandy Clark’s self-titled, Rodney Crowell’s The Chicago Sessions, Rhiannon Giddens’ You’re The One, Weathervanes by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, and The Returner by Allison Russell. Glide favorite Billy Strings racked up three nominations this year with Me/And/Dad up for Best Blue Grass Album, his Willie Nelson collaboration “California Sober” is up for Best American Roots Song, and his feature on Dierks Bentley’s “High Note” is nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
The Milk Carton Kids are up for Best Folk Album along with Dom Flemons, Joni Mitchell, Nickel Creek, The Old Crow Medicine Show, Paul Simon, and Rufus Wainwright. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram gets his third GRAMMY nomination with his Live in London album going up against Death Wish Blues by Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, Healing Time by Ruthie Foster, Blood Harmony by Larkin Poe, and Bettye LaVette’s LaVette! are up for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
With the nominations for the 66th GRAMMY Awards set in stone, it feels like 2024 is going to be one of the best shows in years. With performers still yet to be announced there is still more to come from The Recording Academy in the coming weeks before the big show on February 4. Check out the full list of nominees from some of the most exciting categories below.
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Jon Batiste – Worship
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Album of the Year
Boygenius – The Record
Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
Jon Batiste – World Music Radio
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
SZA – SOS
Taylor Swift – Midnights
Song of the Year
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (From Barbie the Album)
Jon Batiste – Butterfly
Lana Del Rey – A&W
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best New Artist
Coco Jones
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty
Best Rock Performance
“Sculptures of Anything Goes,” Arctic Monkeys
“More Than a Love Song,” Black Pumas
“Not Strong Enough,” boygenius
“Rescued,” Foo Fighters
“Lux Æterna,” Metallica
Best Rock Song
“Angry,” Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Andrew Watt, songwriters (the Rolling Stones)
“Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl,” Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
“Emotion Sickness,” Dean Fertita, Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Jon Theodore and Troy Van Leeuwen, songwriters (Queens of the Stone Age)
“Not Strong Enough,” Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, songwriters (boygenius)
“Rescued,” Dave Grohl, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Best Metal Performance
“Bad Man,” Disturbed
“Phantom of the Opera,” Ghost
“72 Seasons,” Metallica
“Hive Mind,” Slipknot
“Jaded,” Spiritbox
Best Rock Album
“But Here We Are,” Foo Fighters
“Starcatcher,” Greta Van Fleet
“72 Seasons,” Metallica
“This Is Why,” Paramore
“In Times New Roman…,” Queens of the Stone Age
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Belinda Says,” Alvvays
“Body Paint,” Arctic Monkeys
“Cool About It,” boygenius
“A&W,” Lana Del Rey
“This Is Why,” Paramore
Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies
Black Thought – Love Letter
Coi Leray – Players
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Best Alternative Music Album
“The Car,” Arctic Monkeys
“The Record,” boygenius
“Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” Lana Del Rey
“Cracker Island,” Gorillaz
“I Inside the Old Year Dying,” PJ Harvey
Best Rap Song
Doja Cat – Attention
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua – Barbie World [From Barbie the Album]
Best Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
Killer Mike – Michael
Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
Nas – King’s Disease III
Travis Scott – Utopia
Best Jazz Performance
Adam Blackstone Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté – Vulnerable (Live)
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – But Not for Me
Jon Batiste – Movement 18’ (Heroes)
Lakecia Benjamin – Basquiat
Samara Joy – Tight
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – Alive at the Village Vanguard
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – Lean In
Nicole Zuraitis – How Love Begins
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – For Ella 2
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Adam Blackstone – Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn
Billy Childs – The Winds of Change
Kenny Barron – The Source
Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix
Pat Metheny – Dream Box
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily – Love in Exile
Cory Henry – Live at the Piano
Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue – SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion
Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
Best Country Solo Performance
Brandy Clark – Buried
Chris Stapleton – White Horse
Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on My Mind
Luke Combs – Fast Car
Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne – Nobody’s Nobody
Carly Pearce Featuring Chris Stapleton – We Don’t Fight Anymore
Dierks Bentley Furingeat Billy Strings – High Note
Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson – Save Me
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin – Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)
Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
Best Country Song
Brandy Clark – Buried
Chris Stapleton – White Horse
Morgan Wallen – Last Night
Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
Best Country Album
Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne
Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome Mat
Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
Tyler Childers – Rustin’ in the Rain
Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan
Best American Roots Performance
Allison Russell – Eve Was Black
Blind Boys of Alabama – Heaven Help Us All
Jon Batiste – Butterfly
Madison Cunningham – Inventing the Wheel
Rhiannon Giddens – You Louisiana Man
Best Americana Performance
Allison Russell – The Returner
Blind Boys of Alabama – Friendship
Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma
Tyler Childers – Help Me Make It Through the Night
Best American Roots Song
Allison Russell – The Returner
Billy Strings Featuring Willie Nelson – California Sober
Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cast Iron Skillet
The War and Treaty – Blank Page
Best Americana Album
Allison Russell – The Returner
Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions
Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings – Me/And/Dad
Michael Cleveland – Lovin’ of the Game
Mighty Poplar – Mighty Poplar
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of Gold
Sam Bush – Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
Willie Nelson – Bluegrass
Best Traditional Blues Album
Bobby Rush – All My Love for You
Eric Bibb – Ridin’
John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim Live at Rosa’s Lounge
Mr. Sipp – The Soul Side of Sipp
Tracy Nelson – Life Don’t Miss Nobody
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Bettye LaVette – LaVette!
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London
Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony
Ruthie Foster – Healing Time
Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues
Best Folk Album
Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire
Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the Moon
Nickel Creek – Celebrants
Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee
Paul Simon – Psalms
Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy
