Recording Academy Announces Nominations for “The 65th Annual Grammy Awards” to Kick Off a Historic Season of Celebrating Music

Beyoncé Leads This Year’s Nominations with Nine and Is Now Tied as the Most-Nominated Artist of All Time; Kendrick Lamar, Adele, Brandi Carlile, Mary J. Blige, DJ Khaled, Future, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Randy Merrill, and Harry Styles Round Out the List of Top Nominees

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Nominees for THE 65TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS® have been announced and topping this year’s list are Beyoncé (9), Kendrick Lamar (8), Adele (7), Brandi Carlile (7), Mary J. Blige (6), DJ Khaled (6), Future (6), Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant (6), Randy Merrill (6) and Harry Styles (6). With this year’s nominations, Beyoncé and JAY-Z are now tied as the most-nominated artists in GRAMMY® history, with 88. As the only peer-voted music award, the GRAMMY Awards are selected by The Recording Academy®’s voting membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, composers, producers, mixers and engineers. The nominees were announced via a livestream on GRAMMY.com

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“Celebrating the miracle of music is at the core of everything we do at the Recording Academy and today we are proud and honored to celebrate music’s power to lift people up and to bring them together,” said Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of The Recording Academy. “I’m energized by this year’s slate of nominees and how each of them uses their craft to inspire us, and to remind us that music is our universal language. Each of these deserving nominees has helped provide the world with an incredible soundtrack and is a true testament to how vibrant our entire music community truly is.”

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The following is a sampling of nominations from THE GRAMMY AWARDS’ 27 fields and 91 categories. For a complete nominations list, visit www.grammy.com.

Record of the Year
Don’t Shut Me Down – ABBA
Easy on Me – Adele
BREAK MY SOUL – Beyoncé
Good Morning Gorgeous – Mary J. Blige
You and Me on the Rock – Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius
Woman – Doja Cat
Bad Habit – Steve Lacy
The Heart Part 5 – Kendrick Lamar
About Damn Time – Lizzo
As It Was – Harry Styles

Album of the Year
Voyage – ABBA
30 – Adele
Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
RENAISSANCE – Beyoncé
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) – Mary J. Blige
In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile
Music of the Spheres – Coldplay
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
Special – Lizzo
Harry’s House – Harry Styles

Song of the Year
abcdefu – Sara Davis, GAYLE & Dave Pittenger, songwriters (GAYLE)
About Damn Time – Melissa “Lizzo” Jefferson, Eric Frederic, Blake Slatkin & Theron Makiel Thomas, songwriters (Lizzo)
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film) – Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
As It Was – Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon & Harry Styles, songwriters (Harry Styles)
Bad Habit – Matthew Castellanos, Brittany Fousheé, Diana Gordon, John Carroll Kirby & Steve Lacy, songwriters (Steve Lacy)
BREAK MY SOUL – Beyoncé, S. Carter, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant & Christopher A. Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Easy on Me – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
GOD DID – Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts & Nicholas Warwar, songwriters (DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, JAY-Z, John Legend & Fridayy)
The Heart Part 5 – Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar & Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)

Best New Artist
Anitta
Omar Apollo
DOMi & JD Beck
Samara Joy
Latto
Måneskin
Muni Long
Tobe Nwigwe
Molly Tuttle
Wet Leg

Best Pop Vocal Album
Voyage – ABBA
30 – Adele
Music of the Spheres – Coldplay
Special – Lizzo
Harry’s House – Harry Styles

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
RENAISSANCE – Beyoncé
Fragments – Bonobo
Diplo – Diplo
The Last Goodbye – ODESZA
Surrender – RÜFÜS DU SOL

Best Rock Song
Black Summer – Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Blackout – Brady Ebert, Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Harmonia’s Dream – Robbie Bennett & Adam Granduciel, songwriters (The War On Drugs)
Patient Number 9 – John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo & Andrew Wotman, songwriters (Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck)

Best Alternative Music Album
WE – Arcade Fire
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You – Big Thief
Fossora – Björk
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Cool It Down – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Best R&B Performance
VIRGO’S GROOVE – Beyoncé
Here with Me – Mary J. Blige featuring Anderson .Paak
Over – Lucky Daye
Hrs & Hrs – Muni Long
Hurt Me So Good – Jazmine Sullivan

Best R&B Song
CUFF IT – Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Good Morning Gorgeous – Mary J. Blige, David Brown, Dernst Emile II, Gabriella Wilson & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (Mary J. Blige)
Hrs & Hrs – Hamadi Aaabi, Dylan Graham, Thaddis “Kuk” Harrell, Brandon John-Baptiste, Priscilla Renea, Isaac Wriston & Justin Nathaniel Zim, songwriters (Muni Long)
Hurt Me So Good – Akeel Henry, Michael Holmes, Luca Mauti, Jazmine Sullivan & Elliott Trent, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
Please Don’t Walk Away – PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)

Best Rap Performance
GOD DID – DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, JAY-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
Vegas – Doja Cat
pushin P – Gunna & Future featuring Young Thug
F.N.F. (Let’s Go) – Hitkidd & GloRilla
The Heart Part 5 – Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Song
Churchill Downs – Ace G, BEDRM, Matthew Samuels, Tahrence Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Jack Harlow & Jose Velazquez, songwriters (Jack Harlow featuring Drake)
GOD DID – Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts & Nicholas Warwar, songwriters (DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, JAY-Z, John Legend & Fridayy)
The Heart Part 5 – Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar, & Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
pushin P – Lucas Depante, Nayvadius Wilburn, Sergio Kitchens, Wesley Tyler Glass & Jeffery Lamar Williams, songwriters (Gunna & Future featuring Young Thug)
WAIT FOR U – Tejiri Akpoghene, Floyd E. Bentley III, Jacob Canady, Isaac De Boni, Aubrey Graham, Israel Ayomide Fowobaje, Nayvadius Wilburn, Michael Mule, Oluwatoroti Oke & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Future featuring Drake & Tems)

Best Country Solo Performance
Heartfirst – Kelsea Ballerini
Something in the Orange – Zach Bryan
In His Arms – Miranda Lambert
Circles Around This Town – Maren Morris
Live Forever – Willie Nelson

Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Evening : Live at APPARATUS – The Baylor Project
Linger Awhile – Samara Joy
Fade to Black – Carmen Lundy
Fifty – The Manhattan Transfer with The WDR Funkhausorchester
Ghost Song – Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Música Urbana Album
TRAP CAKE, VOL. 2 – Rauw Alejandro
Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
LEGENDADDY – Daddy Yankee
La 167 – Farruko
The Love & Sex Tape – Maluma

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
El Alimento – Cimafunk
Tinta y Tiempo – Jorge Drexler
1940 Carmen – Mon Laferte
Alegoría – Gaby Moreno
Los Años Salvajes – Fito Paez
MOTOMAMI – Rosalía

Best American Roots Song
Bright Star – Anaïs Mitchell, songwriter (Anaïs Mitchell)
Forever – Sheryl Crow & Jeff Trott, songwriters (Sheryl Crow)
High and Lonesome – T Bone Burnett & Robert Plant, songwriters (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)
Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
Prodigal Daughter – Tim O’Brien & Aoife O’Donovan, songwriters (Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell)
You and Me on the Rock – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius)

Best Americana Album
In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile
Things Happen That Way – Dr. John
Good to Be… – Keb’ Mo’
Raise the Roof – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Just Like That… – Bonnie Raitt

Best Global Music Album
Shuruaat – Berklee Indian Ensemble
Love, Damini – Burna Boy
Queen of Sheba – Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf
Between Us… (Live) – Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley featuring Manu Delago
Sakura – Masa Takumi

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Black Men Are Precious – Ethelbert Miller
Call Us What We Carry: Poems – Amanda Gorman
Hiding in Plain View – Malcolm-Jamal Warner
The Poet Who Sat by the Door – J. Ivy
You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly. – Amir Sulaiman

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Aliens: Fireteam Elite – Austin Wintory, composer
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök – Stephanie Economou, composer
Call of Duty®: Vanguard – Bear McCreary, composer
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Richard Jacques, composer
Old World – Christopher Tin, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media
Be Alive [from “King Richard”] – Beyoncé & Darius Scott Dixson, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Carolina [from “Where the Crawdads Sing”] – Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
Hold My Hand [from “Top Gun: Maverick”] – Bloodpop® & Stefani Germanotta, songwriters (Lady Gaga) Keep Rising (The Woman King) [from “The Woman King”] – Angélique Kidjo, Jeremy Lutito & Jessy Wilson, songwriters (Jessy Wilson featuring Angélique Kidjo) Nobody Like U [from “Turning Red”] – Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O’Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Grayson Villanueva)
We Don’t Talk About Bruno [from “Encanto”] – Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Carolina Gaitán [La Gaita], Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & “Encanto” cast)

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Nija Charles
Tobias Jesso Jr.
The-Dream
Laura Veltz

Best Classical Compendium
An Adoption Story – Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
Aspire – JP Jofre & Seunghee Lee; Enrico Fagone, conductor; Jonathan Allen, producer
A Concert for Ukraine – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; David Frost, producer
The Lost Birds – Voces8; Barnaby Smith & Christopher Tin, conductors; Sean Patrick Flahaven & Christopher Tin, producers

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