Grammy Awards 2023 nominations are out, and Beyonce is leading the race with 9 nods
The Grammy nominees for this season are finally here, with the Queen B leading the nominations race with 9 nods for her latest album Renaissance; and Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Brandi Carlile following close behind with 8 nods each.
What's changed: Following the award ceremony’s boycott by leading artists like Drake and The Weeknd, the Recording Academy changed its nomination procedure. Earlier, a group of music industry peers were in charge of ‘representing their genre communities’. Now, the final pool of nominees for nearly all Grammy awards will be decided by a majority vote of Academy voting members.
The 'Big Four' categories - Album, Song, and Record of the Year, and Best New Artist - as well as genre-specific categories will eliminate committees, but the craft-specific categories will continue to be decided by a select group of industry professionals.
- The Recording Academy has also committed to expanding its voter pool to further the cause of representation from historically underrepresented communities.
What's new: This year, the Academy has added five new categories to the competition. These new categories being recognized at the 65th Grammys include:
- Songwriter of the Year (Non-Classical),
- Best Alternative Music Performance,
- Best Americana Performance,
- Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media, and
- Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.
Here are the nominees for the Big Four categories:
Here are the list of nominees from the remaining major categories from last night’s Grammy Awards announcement:
BEST MUSIC VIDEO:
Adele - Easy on Me
BTS - Yet to Come
Doja Cat - Woman
Harry Styles - As It Was
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
Taylor Swift - All Too Well: The Short Film
BEST SOLO POP PERFORMANCE:
Adele - Easy on Me
Bad Bunny - Moscow Mule
Doja Cat - Woman
Harry Styles - As It Was
Lizzo - About Damn Time
Steve Lacy - Bad Habit
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE:
ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down
Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam
Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
Post Malone & Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song)
Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING:
Beyoncé - Break My Soul
Bonobo - Rosewood
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I’m Good (Blue)
Diplo & Miguel - Don’t Forget My Love
Kaytranada Featuring H.E.R. - Intimidated
Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC ALBUM:
Beyoncé - Renaissance
Bonobo - Fragments
Diplo - Diplo
Odesza - The Last Goodbye
Rüfüs Du Sol - Surrender
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE:
Beck - Old Man
The Black Keys - Wild Child
Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses
Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts
Idles - Crawl!
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9
Turnstile - Holiday
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE:
Ghost - Call Me Little Sunshine
Megadeth - We’ll Be Back
Muse - Kill or Be Killed
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi - Degradation Rules
Turnstile - Blackout
BEST ROCK SONG:
Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer
Turnstile - Blackout
The War on Drugs - Harmonia’s Dream
BEST ROCK ALBUM:
The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If
Idles - Crawler
Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout
Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9
Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE:
DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy - God Did
Doja Cat - Vegas
Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug - Pushin P
Hitkidd & Glorilla - F.N.F. (Let’s Go)
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE:
DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA - Beautiful
Future Featuring Drake & Tems - Wait for U
Jack Harlow - First Class
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer - Die Hard
Latto - Big Energy (Live)
BEST RAP SONG:
DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy - God Did
Future Featuring Drake & Tems - Wait for U
Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug - Pushin P
Jack Harlow Featuring Drake - Churchill Downs
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
BEST RAP ALBUM:
DJ Khaled - God Did
Future - I Never Liked You
Jack Harlow - Come Home the Kids Miss You
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE:
Arctic Monkeys - There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
Big Thief - Certainty
Florence and the Machine - King
Wet Leg - Chaise Lounge
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM:
Arcade Fire - WE
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Björk - Fossora
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE:
Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar - Udhero Na
Burna Boy - Last Last
Matt B & Eddy Kenzo - Gimme Love
Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro - Neva Bow Down
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode - Bayethe
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM:
Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf - Queen of Sheba
Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago - Between Us... (Live)
Berklee Indian Ensemble - Shuruaat
Burna Boy - Love, Damini
Masa Takumi - Sakura
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA:
Various Artists - Elvis
Various Artists - Encanto
Various Artists - Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4
Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga & Hans Zimmer - Top Gun: Maverick
Various Artists - West Side Story
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA (INCLUDES FILM AND TELEVISION):
Germaine Franco - Encanto
Hans Zimmer - No Time to Die
Jonny Greenwood - The Power of the Dog
Michael Giacchino - The Batman
Nicholas Britell - Succession: Season 3
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA:
Austin Wintory - Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Bear McCreary - Call of Duty®: Vanguard
Christopher Tin - Old World
Richard Jacques - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephanie Economou - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
A full, comprehensive list of nominees can be viewed here.
When and where: The Grammy Awards will take place on February 5, 2023 in Los Angeles, US.