AUDIO Grammy Awards 2024: Singer SZA has the most nominations on a female-dominated list

The versatile artist SZA has the most nominations at the Grammy awards – nine, ahead of music industry heavyweights such as Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish, on a list dominated by women and the blockbuster “Barbie”, reports Reuters.

The winners will be announced during the awards gala that will take place on February 4.

SZA, 34, whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe, was nominated for album of the year with SOS and record of the year and song of the year for the song “Kill Bill”. The artist was also nominated in several categories dedicated to pop, melodic rap, progressive and traditional R&B genres.

The song “Kill Bill”, also nominated in the “best R&B performance” category, is named after the two-part film directed by Quentin Tarantino, and the lyrics talk about the murder of an ex-partner and his girlfriend.

In the “album of the year” category, along with “SOS” by SZA, the records “Midnights” by Taylor Swift, “Endless Summer Vacation” by Cyrus, “World Music Radio”, by Jon Batiste, ”the record”, by boygenius, ”Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd”, by Lana Del Rey, ”The Age of Pleasure”, by Janelle Monae and ”GUTS”, by Olivia Rodrigo.

Victoria Monet is in second place with seven nominations, including best new artist and album of the year, as well as best R&B song for On My Mother”.

Phoebe Bridgers, in addition to the nomination for the duet with SZA in the song “Ghost in the Machine”, obtained six other nominations as part of the band boygenius, where she has colleagues Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus.

Olivia Rodrigo received six nominations, and her hit “vampire” was nominated for “record of the year”, “song of the year” and “best pop solo performance”.

Country star Brandy Clark, Billie Eilish, Cyrus and Swift received a total of six nominations.

Swift made headlines this year with a spectacular tour and the eponymous film ”The Eras Tour”, a documentary about the concerts during the tour, but also about her relationship with the American football player Travis Kelce.

Although Swift does not lead the list of nominations, the six received at this edition bring to 52 the total number of nominations in the singer’s career. The artist has won 12 Grammy trophies so far.

The film “Barbie”, directed by Greta Gerwig, received four of the five nominations in the “best song for visual media” category.

Among the four nominations is “What Was I Made For?”, the song by Billie Eilish, an artist who was also nominated in the categories “record of the year”, “song of the year” and “best performance”. solo pop”.

The song “I’m Just Ken”, performed by actor Ryan Gosling, was also nominated in the “visual media” category.

At last year’s edition, the star Beyonce won four Grammy trophies, becoming the artist with the most Grammy awards – 32.

Jon Batiste has the most nominations – 6 – of any male artist.

List of Grammy Awards 2024 nominations

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”

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For?”

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”

SONG OF THE YEAR

Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For?”

Dua Lipa – “Dance the Night”

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 Monet

The War and Treaty

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For?”

Doja Cat – “Paint the Town Red”

Miley Cyrus – “Flowers”

Olivia Rodrigo – “Vampire”

Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish – “Never Felt So Alone”

Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste – “Candy Necklace”

Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile – “Thousand Miles”

SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers – “Ghost in the Machine”

Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice – “Karma”

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

Jack Antonoff

Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II,

Hit Boy

Metro Boomin

Daniel Nigro

BEST RAP ALBUM

Drake & 21 Savage – “Her Loss”

Killer Mike – “Michael”

Metro Boomin – “Heroes & Villains”

Nas – “King’s Disease III”

Travis Scott – “Utopia”

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar – “The Hillbillies”

Black Thought – “Love Letter”

Coi Leray – “Players”

Drake & 21 Savage – “Rich Flex”

Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – “Scientists & Engineers”

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 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 ROCK ALBUM

Foo Fighters – “But Here We Are”

Greta Van Fleet – “Starcatcher”

Metallica – “72 Seasons”

Paramore – “This Is Why”

Queens of the Stone Age – “In Times New Roman…”

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

Arctic Monkeys – “Sculptures of Anything Goes”

Black Pumas – “More Than a Love Song”

Boygenius – “Not Strong Enough”

Foo Fighters – “Rescued”

Metallica – “Eternal Light”

BEST R&B ALBUM

Babyface – “Girls Night Out”

Coco Jones – “What I Didn’t Tell You”

Emily King – “Special Occasion”

Summer Walker – “Clear 2: Soft Life EP”

Victoria Monét – “Jaguar II”

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

Chris Brown – “Summer Too Hot”

Coco Jones – “ICU”

Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – “Back to Love”

SZA – “Kill Bill”

Victoria Monét – “How Does It Make You Feel”

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

Arctic Monkeys – “The Car”

Boygenius – “The Record”

Gorillaz – “Cracker Island”

Lana Del Rey – “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”

PJ Harvey – “I Inside the Old Year Dying”