Beyoncé becomes most nominated artist of all time: NPR

Beyoncé, already the most awarded artist in Grammy history, leads the field of artists nominated for the 67th Grammy Awards with 11 nominations. She secured nominations in three of the night's four general categories, including for critically acclaimed Album of the Year COWBOY CARTERas well as Song of the Year and Record of the Year for “TEXAS HOLD 'EM.”

In addition to Beyoncé, artists who are popular with the Recording Academy, the panel of musicians and music industry figures that votes on and presents the Grammys, also received nominations. Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish, who have dominated the album, record and song of the year categories for the past five years, will each compete again in all three categories.

2024 was also a successful year for standout stars, with some of them, including Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Charli xcx, receiving multiple nominations. Carpenter and Roan are the only artists nominated in all four “General” categories, which also include best new artist.

Beyonce's Rodeo

With this year's 11 nominations, Beyoncé is the most nominated artist in Grammys history with a total of 99 career nominations. In addition to her nominations in the Album, Song and Record of the Year categories – categories in which she was beaten multiple times – Beyoncé received nominations in a variety of genre categories, including pop, Americana, country and melodic rap. Even though the artist had previously claimed: “This is not a country album. “It's a 'Beyoncé' album.” COWBOY CARTER lands squarely in the category of best country albums, sitting between the more expected albums from leading stars Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson and rap-rocker-turned-country convert Post Malone.

Speaking of Posty, he's tied with Charli xcx, Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar with seven nominations each heading into the ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, February 2, 2025. A sought-after big-name feature artist this year, Post writes his recognition and standout performance on the Taylor Swift track “Fortnight” earned him nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. For his work on COWBOY CARTER With the track “LEVII'S JEANS,” the Syracuse-born collaborator earns a nomination for best pop duo/group performance, a category in which he'll be competing against himself thanks to his own track “I Had Some Help” with Morgan Wallen. The Drinkin' Buddy break-up Jaunt – one of the year's biggest hits – is also nominated for best country song.

Speaking of juicy country tracks: “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey, the defending champion in the competition for the longest-running No. 1 song of 2024 so far, is nominated for Song of the Year. The singer and rapper himself, who also lent his talents to two songs COWBOY CARTER, He joins Carpenter and Roan in the Best New Artist category, along with Benson Boone, Doechii, Khruangbin, RAYE and Teddy Swims.

10,000 Hours Artist

Two names who achieved great success in 2024 after long careers will be in the spotlight at the ceremony in February. Sabrina Carpenter's “Please Please Please” is nominated for song of the year, while the frothy “Espresso” is nominated for record of the year. Chappell Roan's festival-dominating queer anthem “Good Luck, Babe!” is nominated in both the Song and Record of the Year categories. Every woman's complete album, Short and sweet And The rise and fall of a Midwestern princess, will compete for album of the year.

Aside from the sweet and sapphic, there was one woman who ruled the summer of 2024 and could continue that reign into the next spring. After more than a decade of her career, Charli XCX has received her first Grammy nominations as a solo artist. The English electropop phenomenon BRAT is nominated for both Album of the Year and Best Dance/Electronic Album, with several singles from the album receiving nominations: “Guess” featuring Billie Eilish is nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, ” Apple” for Best Pop Solo Performance, “Von Dutch” for Best Pop Dance Recording and “360” for Best Music Video.

Well-known names in new territory

Although Kendrick Lamar didn't release an album this year, he made enough noise to alert the Recording Academy when he and Drake engaged in a merciless rap battle earlier this summer. The Compton MC's “Not Like Us,” the effective kill shot that ended the pair's tête-à-tête, is nominated for record of the year, song of the year and finally best rap performance, a category in which the rapper appears twice thanks to his contribution to the track “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin. The last time a rap diss song was nominated was in 2016, when Drake's diss to Meek Mill, “Back to Back,” secured a nomination for best rap performance, and ultimately against Kendrick's “Alright” this year Lamar lost.

Alicia Keys is no stranger to the Grammys stage, but this year the 16-time winner is nominated for the first time in the Best Musical Theater Album category for her semi-autobiographical Broadway musical. Hell's Kitchen. Meanwhile, Doechii, an acclaimed Florida rap protege, is the only MC nominated for best new artist this year (supported by her single “Nissan Altima,” which nabbed a nomination for best rap performance), and British R&B jazz maestro RAYE is the first artist ever to be nominated for songwriter of the year, non-classical artist and best new artist simultaneously.

Surprises and snubs

After more than three decades of making music, André 3000 is on the decline his debut solo album last year the experimental jazz joint New blue sun. Now ATLien's foray into ambient flute training has resulted in a nomination for Album of the Year. Although this is his first solo work to be nominated, it was only last year that André collected two gramophones for his contribution to Killer Mike's song “Scientists & Engineers,” which won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. He has won a total of nine Grammys in his career. The famous rapper/flautist will also compete for the best alternative jazz album alongside Arooj Aftab Night ReignRobert Glaspers Code derivationKeyon Harrold's Foreverland and Meshell Ndegeocellos No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin.

When it comes to omissions, not all are equal. Vampire Weekend received great reviews for its 2024 album Only God was above us, but was completely excluded from the rock and alternative categories. Three-time Grammy winner Dua Lipa received no nominations for her latest dance-pop album. Radical optimism. Although African artists Ayrra Starr, Tyla and Rema are making waves in the global market this year, none are represented in this year's categories. In the hip-hop world, 21 Savage's American dream is not nominated for an award despite critical reviews. Meanwhile Q4 heaters like Tyler, The Creator's Chromacopy and GloRillas Splendid are vacant in the rap categories because they were released after the deadline for next year's awards (although Glo's confidence booster “Yeah Glo!” made it into the Best Rap Performance category). The deadline for publication of the works will be August 30, 2024.