Grammy Awards
JAY-Z Surpasses Quincy Jones as Artist with Most Grammy Nominations
JAY-Z has set a new Grammys record, passing pioneering producer and composer Quincy Jones for most nominations in the history of the awards. He earned three nominations for the 2022 ceremony, pushing his total to 83. Previously tied with Jones at 80 nominations, the Brooklyn rapper added to his total thanks to collaborations with DMX (“Bath Salts”) and Kanye West (“Jail”), both of which are up for Best Rap Song. Thanks to the latter guest appearance, Jay earned an additional nod as part of Donda’s Album of the Year nomination. Thus far, he has collected 23 Grammys. Paul McCartney kept pace as the runner-up for most Grammy nominations, picking up a pair of nods in the Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album categories. He was previously tied for second place with Jay-Z’s arguably more famous wif...
Grammys 2022 Nominations: As Usual, The Best New Artist Category Is a Head-Scratching One
The Recording Academy, aka the voting body responsible for the Grammy Awards, has been vocal this past year about the internal work of growth and change. They are trying to put on a new face — one that’s more inclusive, one that is more equitable, and one with more voices in the room. They did away with nomination committees, an antiquated system that filtered final say for nominations. With that in mind, many expected the 2022 Grammy Nominations to look a bit different — or at least a little different from past years. At the end of the day, though, the more some things change, the more they stay the same. The Grammys seem to be one of those things, but their Best New Artist category is especially confusing. Best New Artist is, consistently, a pretty baffling category. Maybe the best way t...
How to Watch the 2022 Grammy Nominations Live With BTS & More
Nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards will be announced on Tuesday (Nov. 23), and you can find out who will be up for prizes at the very same time your favorite artists do by watching the Recording Academy’s livestream. The Recording Academy will broadcast the nominations live at noon ET/9 a.m. PT on Grammy.com, as well as across their YouTube, Twitter, TikTok and Facebook pages. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. and Board of Trustees chair Tammy Hurt will be joined by musicians BTS, H.E.R., Maneskin. Jon Batiste, Carly Pearce and Tayla Parx to reveal the nominations. CBS Mornings anchor Gayle King and comedian Nate Bargatze will also be part of the livestream. Last year at the Grammys, women stole the show, with Beyoncé breaking the record for most wins for a female artist when her ...
Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) Declared Ineligible for Comedy Album Grammy
For the 64th year running, the trophy for least intelligible award show goes to the Grammys. As Billboard reports, the Recording Academy has declared Bo Burnham‘s Inside (The Songs) ineligible to compete for Best Comedy Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards. Burnham shared his quarantine opus Inside in March, and it quickly became a pandemic sensation. Less a traditional comedy special than a musical exploration of an unravelling mind, it captured the zeitgeist a second time when Inside (The Songs) dropped in June. The special has already taken home trophies at other, more reputable award shows, including Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Writing, and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special at the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards. A Best Comedy Album Grammy for ...
Kacey Musgraves’ star-crossed Barred from Grammys Country Album Category
Country music’s ongoing identity crisis and the Recording Academy’s unceasing incompetence have joined together for one head-scratching decision. As Billboard reports, two-time Best Country Album Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves won’t be going for a threepeat in 2022, as her new studio set, star-crossed, has been declared ineligible for the country music categories. Musgraves has previously taken home top honors in the category for 2014’s Same Trailer, Different Park and 2018’s Golden Hour, which also won Album of the Year. On paper, star-crossed looks like a strong contender. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and six singles have placed on the Hot Country Songs chart: “justified,” “simple times,” “breadwinner,” star-crossed...
Taylor Swift Withdraws Re-Recorded Fearless from Grammy, CMA Awards Contention
Taylor Swift won’t have to compete with herself at the Grammys or CMA Awards this year, as she’s decided to pull Fearless (Taylor’s Version) from contention. A representative for Republic Records confirmed to Billboard that the re-recording of Swift’s 2008 sophomore record won’t be submitted “in any category at this year’s upcoming Grammy and CMA Awards.” As the statement went on to note, “Fearless has already won four Grammys including album of the year, as well as the CMA Award for album of the year in 2009/2010 and remains the most awarded country album of all time.” It’s certainly fair of Swift not to try and repeat her wins with essentially the same songs. But it also means that she won’t be competing with herself, as the Republic rep added that the singer’s ninth LP, December 2020’s ...
The Recording Academy Attempts to Boost Diversity With 2021 Class Invitees
In response to accusations of corruption and a lack of diversity among its Grammy Awards voting body, the Recording Academy announced today that they’ve extended invitations to over 2,700 musicians and industry professionals to join the 2021 class of new members, with 55 percent of those coming from “traditionally underrepresented groups.” Via Pitchfork, the Academy’s membership is currently “26 percent female and 27 percent from traditionally underrepresented groups.” In recent years, artists like The Weeknd, Fiona Apple, and Frank Ocean have chastised the Grammys over a lack of diversity in their awards process. Though the Academy has attempted to reform their nomination process multiple times over, they’ve long been plagued by problems, culminating in a lengthy public complain...
Wizkid receives Grammy award plaque for Brown Skin Girl
Nigerian music icon Wizkid has taken delivery of his Grammy Award plaque from the Recording Academy. Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun better known as Wizkid has received his Grammy award plaque for his contribution to Beyonce’s hit single “Brown Skin Girl“. Wizkid’s win at the Grammy was announced in March after “Brown Skin Girl” won the Best Music Video category at the 63rd Grammys. The Starboy became the only contemporary Nigerian musician besides Burna Boy to have bagged a Grammy award. The folks at the Recording Academy finally sent in the plaque to Wizkid who only got to receive it recently. One of his associates shared a picture of the award via Instagram. Meet Big Wiz the first Afrobeats artist to win a Grammy 🐐🏅 pic.twitter.com/CC5AjQLAsD — Starwiz_whizboi➐🇬&#x...
Burna Boy drinks champagne out of his Grammy plaque at the club
Nigerian singer Burna Boy finally got to lay hands on his Grammy award plaque after it was delivered to him in Nigeria. After receiving his Grammy award plaque, Burna Boy posed with it on the Grammy in his robes. Shortly after getting his play the “Dangote” crooner went to the club with his plaque to celebrate. In a recent video shared online, Burna Boy was seen sipping champagne from his Grammy award plaque. The singer was at the club with his goons as he celebrated his Grammy Award win. He won the “Best Global Music Album” with “Twice As Tall” at this year’s Grammys. Watch the clip below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make mo...
Burna Boy Finally Gets His Grammy Awards Plaque In Lagos
Nigerian Afrobeat star, Burna Boy has received his Grammy Plaque after winning the awards. The singer became the first Nigerian to win the awards based on his sole album project at the 63rd Grammys held in March this year. He won the awards with his “Twice As Tall” album in the category of ‘Best Global Music Album” beating three other international stars to it. Burna Boy who received his Grammy plaque in Lagos today took to social media to flaunt it with the caption “Early morning deliveries from across the pond” and went on a short epistle about his family knack for success. He made the post on Instagram alongside a short video with his longtime producer Friend Leriq. See his post below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating s...
New Grammy Award Rules Include Update to Dance/Electronic Category
Amid transformative times for the Grammy Awards, The Recording Academy has announced a slew of rule changes to be implemented in 2022. Following criticism of the organization’s controversial Nominations Review Committee, the metamorphosis of the Grammys took another step forward today after The Recording Academy shared a laundry list of updates to the award ceremony’s annual guidelines, including a change to the Dance/Electronic category. Billboard reports that the category formerly known as Best Dance Recording has now been renamed Best Dance/Electronic Recording. The change was reportedly made to align with its corresponding category related to albums, which has been called Best Dance/Electronic Album. Kaytranada won the Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording and Best Da...
Recording Academy Announces More Grammy Rule Changes Affecting Album of the Year, Dance/Electronic Music & More
Here’s a summary of approved rule changes which go into effect immediately: Album of the year: Expanding eligibility Moving forward, if an album is up for album of the year, all credited featured artists, songwriters of new material, producers, recording engineers, mixers and mastering engineers who worked on that album are automatically nominated. Previously, the rule stated that all of these pros had to be credited with 33 percent or more of playing time to be nominated. This is a retreat on the Academy’s part. Colbie Caillat received a Grammy for album of the year because she was featured on one track (“Breathe”) on Taylor Swift’s Fearless, the 2009 album of the year winner. The Grammys subsequently tightened up their rules to make Grammys a little harder to get. They now are going back...
