By Daniela Chamarro Angeles ’27
Staff Writer
Taylor Swift, SZA and the “Barbie” film soundtrack were some of the most prolific nominees for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy announced on Nov. 10.
SZA secured the most nominations, including Album of the Year, scoring nine in total, AP News reported. Her sophomore album “SOS” has been critically acclaimed since its release, and her R&B ballad “Kill Bill” secured her the Record of the Year and Song of the Year nomination. This Grammy season is the second time the artist has been nominated for Album, Song and Record of the Year in the same year.
According to Billboard, Phoebe Bridgers, Victoria Monét and audio engineer Serban Ghenea followed with seven nominations. Other popular artists that earned multiple nominations this year include boygenius, Jon Batiste, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift, according to BBC News.
Swift broke the record for most nominations in the Song of the Year category in Grammy Awards history. Swift has achieved seven nominations in this category throughout her career. Currently, she is tied with Barbra Streisand for the most Album of the Year nominations received by a female artist, USA Today reported.
The “Barbie” film soundtrack earned 11 nominations, receiving four out of the five slots in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category, according to CBS News. Eilish’s song “What Was I Made For?” received the most nominations out of the soundtrack with a total of five, including for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Overall, in the Song, Record and Album of the Year categories, the majority of the performers nominated are women, with Batiste the only male artist featured, Forbes reported.
The Recording Academy provided an official list of the nominees on the official Grammy Awards website.
The nominees for Record of the Year were Batiste for “Worship,” boygenius for “Not Strong Enough,” Cyrus for “Flowers,” Eillish for “What Was I Made For?”, Monét for “On My Mama,” Rodrigo for “vampire,” Swift for “Anti-Hero” and SZA for “Kill Bill.”
In the Album of the Year Category, the nominated albums were “World Music Radio” by Batiste, “the record” by boygenius, “Endless Summer Vacation” by Cyrus, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” by Lana Del Rey, “The Age of Pleasure” by Janelle Monáe, “GUTS” by Rodrigo, “Midnights” by Swift and “SOS” by SZA.
For Song of the Year, the nominees were “A&W” by Lana Del Rey, “Anti-Hero” by Swift, “Butterfly” by Batiste, “Dance the Night” by Dua Lipa, “Flowers” by Cyrus, “Kill Bill” by SZA, “vampire” by Rodrigo and “What Was I Made For?” by Eilish.
For the Best New Artist category, the nominated artists were Gracie Abrams, Fred Again, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, Noah Kahan, Victoria Monét and The War and Treaty.
This year, three new categories will be included in the 2024 Grammy Awards: Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording. According to the Recording Academy CEO, these categories are aimed to “acknowledge and appreciate a broader array of artists,” as stated on the Grammy Awards website. Four of the five artists in the Best African Music Performance category were nominated for the first time, including ASAKE & Olamide for their song “Amapiano,” Davido featuring Musa Keys for his song “UNAVAILABLE,” Ayra Starr for her song “Rush” and Tyla for her song “Water.” The fifth artist was Grammy-winning Burna Boy for his song “City Boys.”
The award ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, according to ABC News.