Beyonce and Taylor Swift make history as Grammy nominations revealed



Beyonce and Taylor Swift have made Grammy history, with the nominations for this year’s awards revealed.

Beyonce leads this year’s nominations, receiving 11 nods – making her the most nominated artist in the show’s history.

Her success as the most-nominated artist comes after her country album, Cowboy Carter, was roundly snubbed at this year’s County Music Association Awards.

Meanwhile, Swift’s seventh nod in the album category for The Tortured Poets Department means she overtakes Barbra Streisand, who formerly tied with the Shake It Off star with six nominations.

Swift won the category last year with Midnights.

Following Beyonce in the lead for nominations, Charli XCX – whose trend setting album Brat saw the moniker become word of the year – has seven nods, as does Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, and Post Malone.

The annual ceremony – which is music’s biggest night and gives out over 90 gongs in total – has four main categories – album, record and song of the year and best new artist.

Nominations were announced by past Grammy winners including Kylie Minogue, Mark Ronson and last year’s best new artist recipient, Victoria Monet.

The annual music awards – which gives out over 90 gongs in total – has four big categories – album, record and song of the year and best new artist.

The Recording Academy have adjusted to those categories this year, reducing the number of potential nominees from 10 to eight.

It’s also updated some of its rules to keep up with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in music and introduced three new categories – best African music performance, best pop dance recording, and best alternative jazz album.

The eligibility period for work ran from 16 September 2023 to 30 August 2024.

Women dominated last year’s awards, with Taylor Swift taking album of the year, Billie Eillish winning song of the year and Miley Cyrus taking home record of they year.

The 67th Grammy Awards take place on Sunday 2 February 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

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