If Swift wins the prestigious album of the year, she will be the first to earn the honor four times. She’s tied with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder with three victories.
If this year’s class of top Grammy nominees proves anything, it’s that persistence pays off and girl power still exists.
While plenty of familiar names abound, including Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus and Olivia Rodrigo — who all fared respectably with six nominations each — the biggest catch went to SZA with a leading nine nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards, to be held on Feb. 4 in Los Angeles.
Of her 24 career nominations, the alt-R&B/soul songstress born Solána Rowe has won only once and has never been nominated as a solo artist in the major categories of record and song of the year, as she is for “Kill Bill,” nor album of the year, as she is for “SOS.”
Following SZA’s impressive haul of nods are Phoebe Bridgers, Victoria Monét and audio engineer Serban Ghenea with seven each and Jack Antonoff, Jon Batiste, boygenius, Brandy Clark, Cyrus, Eilish, Rodrigo and Swift with six apiece.
Bridgers, who is part of the indie folk rock trio boygenius with Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, has been nominated four times before this year. Six of her seven nominations for the 2024 ceremony are with boygenius, including record of the year (“Not Strong Enough”) and album of the year (“The Record”).
The frequently lauded Swift — 52 career nominations and 12 wins — can potentially add even more achievements to her resume.
Her album of the year nod for “Midnights” ties her with Barbra Streisand for the most nominations by a female artist in the category (each has six). If Swift wins the prestigious album of the year, she will be the first to earn the honor four times. She’s tied with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder with three victories.
This is also a notable year for relative veteran Cyrus, who, despite her significant popularity and consistent chart presence since 2007, only snagged two career nominations leading into this year’s list. Her “Endless Summer Vacation” marks her initial arrival in the album of the year category, while “Flowers” drops her in the record and song of the year races for the first time.
Among the 94 Grammy categories are three newcomers: best African music performance, best alternative jazz album and best pop dance recording.
The “big four” categories — song, record and album of the year, plus best new artist — have also been pared down from 10 nominees in each to eight.
The eligibility period for the 66th annual Grammy Awards ran from Oct. 1, 2022 to Sept. 15, 2023.
The ceremony will air live from the Crypto.com Arena on CBS and stream live and on demand on Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. on Feb. 4. Grammy 2024 nominations in key categories (see the full list at grammy.com):
“Worship” Jon Batiste
“Not Strong Enough” boygenius
“Flowers” Miley Cyrus
“What Was I Made For?” (From The Motion Picture “Barbie”) Billie Eilish
“On My Mama” Victoria Monét
“Vampire” Olivia Rodrigo
“Anti-Hero” Taylor Swift
“Kill Bill” SZA
“World Music Radio” Jon Batiste
“the record” boygenius
“Endless Summer Vacation” Miley Cyrus
“Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” Lana Del Rey
“The Age Of Pleasure” Janelle Monáe
“GUTS” Olivia Rodrigo
“SOS” SZA
“Midnights” Taylor Swift
“A&W” Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters performed by Lana Del Rey
“Anti-Hero” Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters performed by Taylor Swift
“Butterfly” Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters performed by Jon Batiste
“Dance The Night” (From Barbie The Album) Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters performed by Dua Lipa
“Flowers” Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters performed by Miley Cyrus
“Kill Bill” Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters performed by SZA
“Vampire” Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters performed by Olivia Rodrigo
“What Was I Made For?” (From The Motion Picture “Barbie”) Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters performed by Billie Eilish
Ice Spice
Gracie Abrams
Fred again
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War And Treaty
“Flowers” Miley Cyrus
“Paint The Town Red” Doja Cat
“What Was I Made For?” (From The Motion Picture “Barbie”) Billie Eilish
“Vampire” Olivia Rodrigo
“Anti-Hero” Taylor Swift
“Thousand Miles” Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile
“Candy Necklace” Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste
“Never Felt So Alone” Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish
“Karma” Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice
“Ghost In The Machine” SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers
“Chemistry” Kelly Clarkson
“Endless Summer Vacation” Miley Cyrus
“GUTS” Olivia Rodrigo
“(Subtract)” Ed Sheeran
“Midnights” Taylor Swift
“I’m Only Sleeping” The Beatles
“In Your Love” Tyler Childers
“What Was I Made For” Billie Eilish
“Count Me Out” Kendrick Lamar
“Rush” Troye Sivan
“The Hillbillies” Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Love Letter” Black Thought
“Rich Flex” Drake & 21 Savage
“SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS” Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane
“Players” Coi Leray
“Her Loss” Drake & 21 Savage
“MICHAEL” Killer Mike
“HEROES & VILLIANS” Metro Boomin
“King’s Disease III” Nas
“UTOPIA” Travis Scott
“Attention” Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini & Ari Starace, songwriters performed by Doja Cat
“Barbie World” (From “Barbie The Album”) Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr.
