The superstar Beyonce dominates the list of Grammy Award nominees that was just announced this Friday, earning 11 nominations, including album of the year for his foray into country music with ‘Cowboy Carter.’
Behind Beyoncé are Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone They tied with seven nominations each. The pop phenomenon Taylor Swift and the newcomers Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter They got six each.
Women dominated the ‘Album of the Year’ category, the Grammys’ top award. Beyoncé, winner of more Grammy Awards throughout her career than any other artist, has never taken home the trophy for best album. However, Taylor Swift He’s won the honor four times and is in the running again with his breakup album ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’
At the awards ceremony in February, albums by Beyoncé and Swift will compete with Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’; ‘Brat’, by Charli XCX; ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft, by Eilish and ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’, by Roan.
The two male artists nominated in the album category were rapper Andre 3000 with ‘New Blue Sun’ and jazz artist Jacob Collier for ‘Djesse Vol. 4’.
Winners will be chosen by the approximately 13,000 singers, songwriters, producers, engineers and others who make up the Recording Academy.
Most nominated in history
Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” was seen by experts and fans as a vindication and tribute to a forgotten legacy of African Americans in country music and culture. It became the first album by a black woman to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart when it was released last spring. However, Beyoncé’s album was rejected by Country Music Awards voters in September.
Beyoncé has also been nominated for a Grammy Award for her single ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’, including best record and song of the year. His 11 nominations brought his nomination total to 99, more than any other artist. Before Friday, she was tied for first place with her husband, rapper Jay-Zwho is 88.
In the best new artist category, ‘Espresso’ singer Carpenter will go up against Roan, pop-rock singer Benson Boone, hip-hop/country artist Shaboozey, multi-genre musician Teddy Swims and others . Another name on the Grammy nominations list? The Beatles. ‘Now and Then’, produced with artificial intelligence to bring John Lennon’s voice to life, was nominated for record of the year.
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