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It wouldn’t be the Grammys without a healthy dose of surprises, snubs and head-scratchers, and the slate of nominees for the February 2023 gala did not disappoint.
The following is a list of hot takes about the nominations: the open questions, amusing oddities—and questionable choices.
Will Beyonce finally triumph?
Beyonce is no stranger to the Grammys: the 41-year-old is the Recording Academy’s winningest woman, and is tied with her husband, the rap mogul Jay-Z, for the most ever nominations with 88.
But even as she rules over the Grammy record books, Queen Bey is also among the show’s most snubbed artists.
Over her storied career, she’s only triumphed in the top categories once: in 2010, she won Song of the Year for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”.
The pop deity had not one but two chances in 2021 to capture Record of the Year but it instead went to Billie Eilish, who had swept the top four categories a year prior.
It was hard not to see a parallel with 2017’s slights against Bey, who notoriously lost Album of the Year to Adele.
In both cases, Adele and Eilish said their awards should’ve gone to Beyonce.
The 2023 gala will see Adele and Beyonce square off once more—and the Beyhive is waiting with bated breath to see if it’s finally their Queen’s year.
Is Viola Davis next for EGOT?
It’s one of those Hollywood things that has entered the pop culture lexicon: EGOT.
