Grammy Nominations: "brat" summer to continue through February 2nd

by Nathaniel R

 

While we never do much coverage of the Grammys (they aren't the Oscars!) we do like to share a few details whenever nominations arrive. A few categories always overlap with things we love (film, tv, stage). And truth be told I've experienced a strange reinassance in terms of listening to new music this past year so I'm more interested than usual. Here are the  nominees for the top prizes at the 67th Grammys which will take place on February 2nd 2025. Beyonce leads the pack (as per usual) and extends her own record of Most Nominated Artist Ever...

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• "brat" -Charli XCX has 7 nods this year
• "Cowboy Carter" -Beyonce has 11 nominations this year extending her own record of all time most nominated to a headspinning 99 honors.
• "Djesse Vol 4" - Jacob Collier
• "Hit Me Hard and Soft" - Billie Eilish has 7 nods this time. She's a Grammys favourite and she's the first artist in history to have her first three albums all nominated in the top category.
• "New Blue Sun" - Andre 3000
• "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" - Chappell Roan 
• "Short n' Sweet" - Sabrina Carpenter
• "The Tortured Poets Department"- Taylor Swift has only ("only") 6 nods this year but this nomination means she's the only female artist in history to have scored 7 nominations in Grammy's  top category.

Because the Grammys have a nearly infinite amount of categories the nominees in this category are usually also up for another 'album' honor in a subcategory. In this case that breaks down like so: Pop Vocal Album (Billie, Chappell, Sabrina, Taylor) Dance Electronic Album (Charlie) and Alternative Jazz Album (Andre)... though we didn't see where or if Jacob Collier's album placed elsewhere but there are so many album categories it's possible we scrolled right past it.

Surprises? Some people expected Ariana Grande to land here with "Eternal Sunshine". She had to settle for Pop Vocal Album nod instead. All of her competitors in that category made the list here. 

And the three other most high profile categories...

RECORD OF THE YEAR
for performers

• "360" - Charli XCX
• "Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish
• "Espresso" - Sabrina Carpenter
• "Fortnight" - Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
• "Good Luck Babe" -boygenius
• "Not Like Us" -Kendrick Lamar
• "Now & Then" - The Beatles
• "Texas Hold 'Em" - Beyonce

I expected to see Benson Boone's hit "Beautiful Things" here but he had to settle for a Best New Artist nod.

SONG OF THE YEAR
for songwriters

• "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" -Shaboozey
• "Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish
• "Die With a Smile" - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
• "Fortnight" - Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
• "Good Luck Babe" -boygenius
• "Not Like Us" -Kendrick Lamar
• "Please Please Please" - Sabrina Carpenter
• "Texas Hold 'Em" - Beyonce

The songs to make this list but NOT the best record list are the longlasting chart topper "A Bar Song (Tipsy)", the duet "Die With a Smile" and "Please Please Please" swapped in (instead of "Espresso") for Sabrina Carpenter. 

BEST NEW ARTIST

• Benson Boone
• Doechii (3 overall nominations)
• Chappell Roan (6 overall nominations)
• Khruangbin
• Raye
• Sabrina Carpenter (6 overall nominations)
• Shaboozey (5 overall nominations) 
• Teddy Swims

Rooting for Chappell Roan here and everywhere else essentialy. But have you heard Raye's song "Oscar Winning Tears"? It is brilliant. 

SO WITH THE FOUR 'TOP' CATEGORIES OUT OF THE WAY

Here are the categories for those of us who are into the acting arts (film, tv, stage)

MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

• Hell's Kitchen
• Merrily We Roll Along
• The Notebook
• The Outsiders
• Suffs
• The Wiz

Interesting to see The Wiz make it since the reviews were harsh and it closed quickly. Suffs won Score at the Tonys, The Outsiders won Best Musical, and Merrily We Roll Again won Best Revival. The winner could be any of them or it might also be the jukebox musical Hell's Kitchen since the Grammys are most familiar with Alicia Keys from this grouping. 

COMEDY ALBUM

• "Armageddon" - Ricky Gervais
• "The Dreamer" - Dave Chappelle
• "The Prisoner" -Jim Gaffigan
• "Someday You'll Die" - Nikki Glaser
• "Where Was I" - Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah and Dave Chappelle were also nominated last year for different albums.

AUDIO BOOK NARRATION

• "All You Need is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words" - Various Artists
• ...And Your Ass Will Follow" - George Clinton
• "Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones" - Dolly Parton
• "My Name is Barbra" - Barbra Streisand
• "Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration" - Jimmy Carter

Dolly Parton had had 10 wins across her career. We suspect Barbra Streisand is winning this category though (which would be her 9th Grammy) for reading her memoir. 

BEST MUSIC FILM

• American Symphony - Jon Baptiste
• The Greatest Night in Pop - Various Artists
• June - June Carter Cash
• Kings from Queens - Run DMC
• Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple - Steven Van Zandt

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Hmmm. What'cha think of these choices?

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

• "The Color Purple" - Various Artists
• "Deadpool & Wolverine" - Various Artists
• "Maestro: The Music of Leonard Bernstein" - Bradley Cooper, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and London Symphony Orchestra
• "Saltburn" - Various Artists
• "Twisters: The Album" - Various Artists

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

• "American Fiction" - Laura Karpman
• "Challengers" - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• "The Color Purple" - Kris Bowers
• "Dune Part Two" - Hans Zimmer
• "Shogun" - Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA

• "Aint No Love in Oklahoma" - Luke Combs from Twisters
• "Better Place" - Nsync & Justin Timberlake from Trolls Band Together
• "Can't Catch Me Now" - Olivia Rodrigo from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
• "It Never Went Away" - Jon Baptiste from American Symphony
• "Love Will Survive" - Barbra Streisand from The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Last year this was far more Oscar adjacent but since most of these songs were eligible a year ago they won't be in the mix in the upcoming Oscar race.

Some random favourite nominations elsewhere

• Best Recording Package -"brat" Charli XCX
  
  
• Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Guess" Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish (cannot get enough of this song/video)
  
  
• Best Dance Pop Recording - "Got Me Started" Troye Sivan
  
  
• Best Alternative Jazz Album - "No More Water" Meshell Ndegeocello (just the other day I was wondering what happened to her. Now I'll have to listen)
  
  
• Best Country Song - "The Architect" Kacey Musgraves (such a beautiful song)
  
  
• Best Country Duo/Group Performance - "II Most Wanted" - Beyonce & Miley Cyrus (love)
  
  
• Best Historical Album "Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews- The Sound of Music" Super Deluxe Edition (wouldn't it be fun to see Julie Andrews win again? She has only two Grammys. One for Spoken Word for Children 14 years ago and the other won for Best Recording for Children for Mary Poppins way back at the 7th annual Grammy Awards. 

What were your fav Grammy nominations? 

Comments

[Mr Ripley79]

I have never heard a one of these songs not even Beyonce,seen any of these videos or know who half of these people are,Teddy Swims Chappel Roan who?,

I'm officially old and uncool.

I thought GaGa's new song was Disease that's more my sort of pop,no Kylie Minogue to me is a travesty.

[Finbar McBride]

Streisand will surely win audio book narration. The experience was fascinating. Her perfectionism was evident in the lengthy tape that seemed to defy exhaustion.

I am happy.

[thevoid99]

I'm rooting for the Beatles & NIN. Wait, there's an error. Trent Reznor didn't do score music for Shogun. It was someone else.

[Owl]

Interesting to see three female conductors who are leading orchestras and big ensembles nominated for Best Orchestral Performance Award. I don't think it has ever happened before.

Susanna Mälkki (J Sibelius)
JoAnn Falletta (Z Kodály)
Marin Alsop (J Adams)

Lydia Tár should be proud. Or maybe not.

They are up against two other (male) conductors: G Dudamel and E-P Salonen.

[Mike in Canada]

They did pretty well this year!
Certainly a sign of the times that the 6 (!) top contenders for album of the year are women - and that all 6 albums sound nothing alike.

[andrewfraser]

On the whole, a pretty good set of nominees. The only major snub I feel is nothing for Sufjan Steven's brilliant JAVELIN, which would've been a worthy album of the year nominee. Brat is pretty clearly THE album of the year.

My votes would be:

Album of the Year: Brat - Charli xcx
Best New Artist: Chappell Roan
Record of the Year: Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
Song of the Year: Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish

And the ALBUM OF THE YEAR contenders ranked
1. Brat - Charli xcx
2. New Blue Sun - Andre 3000
3. Hit Me Hard and Soft - Billie Eilish
4. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan
5. Cowboy Carter - Beyonce
6. Short n Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter
7. The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift
8. Djesse Vol. 4 - Jacob Collier

So glad you love the Guess video, Nathaniel. And it feels right to see you love Chappell Roan

[jules]

Weird to me that Cowboy Carter feels so underrated by music fans. It was the album that turned me into a Beyonce fan. I love that it serves as a history lesson alongside a great musical experience.