BEY LEADS ARRAY OF FEMALE STARS IN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

Three of the era’s most successful and decorated artists will face off against a trio of insurgent pop stars at the 67th Grammy Awards.

In nominations announced Friday (11/8) via livestream, Beyoncé led all artists with 11 nods, including Album of the Year, for her acclaimed country LP, COUNTRY CARTER, and Record and Song of the Year, for the lead single, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM." Beyoncé, now the most-nominated artist in Grammy history, will compete in those three major categories against fellow superstars Taylor Swift, for THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT album and its lead single, “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone, and Billie Eilish, for her HIT ME HARD AND SOFT album and its hit song, “BIRDS OF A FEATHER.”

Over the course of her career, Beyoncé has received 99 nominations and won 32 Grammy Awards. Swift is a 14-time Grammy Award winner and the only artist ever to win Album of the Year four times. The 22-year-old Eilish is already a nine-time Grammy Award winner, including once for Album, twice for Record and twice for Song.

Those three will vie for the top awards against three streaming giants who came into their own in 2024: Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, both nominated in all four general-field categories—Album, Song and Record of the Year, and Best New Artist—and Charli xcx, nominated for Album and Record of the Year.

This marks only the second time in Grammy history that two artists have received the four general-field nominations in the same year (in 2020, Billie Eilish swept the Big 4, topping Lizzo in each category) and the first time that the two are on the same label (the red-hot Island Records).

All told, Charli xcx and Eilish each garnered seven nominations, while Roan, Carpenter and Swift each earned six. Nigerian American newcomer Shaboozey received five nominations, including Song of the Year, for his country-pop breakout, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” and Best New Artist.

Kendrick Lamar, nominated for Record and Song of the Year for his epochal “Not Like Us,” received seven nominations, dominating the Rap categories. Malone received six nominations, with Swift for “Fortnight” and in various Country categories for his F-1 Trillion album and songs therein.

The breadth of Beyoncé’s nominations reflects her singular presence in popular music and the range of work on COWBOY CARTER: She will vie for trophies in Pop, Rap, Country and Americana categories. Notably, despite her superior discography and outsized status among her peers, she has never been awarded Album of the Year, an omission pointedly noted by her husband, Jay-Z, during last year’s telecast.

For the coveted Best New Artist award, Roan and Carpenter lead a typically eclectic array of artists: Shaboozey, breakout singer-songwriter Benson Boone, pop-soul vocal powerhouse Teddy Swims, TDE's celebrated rapper-singer Doechii, the mostly instrumental vibe-rock trio Khruangbin and BRIT Award winner RAYE.

While this year’s star-studded field largely mirrors what most consider a spectacular year for mainstream pop music, there were some notable surprises and snubs sprinkled throughout the top categories. André 3000’s jazz odyssey, New Blue Sun, received an Album of the Year nod, as did British polymath Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4, while The Beatles’ wistful “Now and Then,” a feat of studio technology, was nominated for Record of the Year. Wicked co-star Ariana Grande, recipient of three nominations, was shut out in the general-field categories, as was country juggernaut Morgan Wallen, who did manage to earn his first-ever Grammy noms, for his collaboration with Malone, “I Had Some Help,” recognized in two Country categories.

Jack Antonoff, Producer of the Year, Non-classical award-winner the past three years, was not nominated in the category this year, despite his five nominations overall, for his writing and production work on Swift’s blockbuster album and on Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” a Song of the Year candidate. (Carpenter’s other smash, “Espresso,” co-written by Songwriter of the Year, Non-classical nominee Amy Allen, will compete for Record of the Year.)

“Die With a Smile,” the collaboration between powerhouses Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop/Duo Group Performance.

The strength of pop and country music this year is evident in those genres’ leading categories. For Best Pop Vocal album, the A-list nominees are Carpenter, Eilish, Grande, Roan and Swift. Meanwhile, Beyoncé, Malone, Kacey Musgraves (4 nominations overall), Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson will duel for the Best Country Album prize.

Some notable veterans can be found among the genre categories. Eminem received three nominations, including for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Album. Likewise, Green Day is thrice nominated, as are Pearl Jam and R&B singer Chris Brown. St. Vincent received four nominations, and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon received a pair of Alternative Music nods. In the Rap categories, old heads Common and Pete Rock can be found among the more contemporary likes of Future (4 nominations), Metro Boomin’ (4), Doechii (3) and GloRilla (2).

Other four-time nominees this year include top songwriter Allen, Americana artist Sierra Ferrell, bluegrass star Béla Fleck, Chappell Roan co-writer and producer Daniel Nigro, Eilish collaborator FINNEAS and R&B singer-songwriter Muni Long.

The 67th Grammy Awards will be held on 2/2 at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena.