Grammy nominations 2024: SZA leads a female-dominated year

Female artists are set to dominate next year’s Grammy awards with SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Victoria Monét and Taylor Swift leading the way.

SZA has scored the most nominations with nine overall for her album SOS and the songs from it, covering pop, rap and R&B fields. The singer has so far won one Grammy from her 14 previous nominations. She competes in the record of the year category with Billie Eilish, boygenius, Jon Batiste, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and Victoria Monét.

Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers and the mixing engineer Serban Ghenea all follow with seven nominations apiece. Monét is also nominated in the category of best new artist alongside others including Ice Spice and Jelly Roll.

Both song and record of the year categories are almost entirely female with just Batiste as the male nominee in both. Batiste won five key Grammy awards in 2022.

Swift, with six nominations, could potentially make Grammys history if she wins album of the year, which would make her the first artist ever to win in that category four times. Rodrigo, who has previously won three Grammy awards, has scored six nominations for her album GUTS and the song Vampire.

The Barbie album has also made a strong showing with 12 nominations and songs from Eilish, Nicki Minaj and Dua Lipa featuring prominently. Songs from the soundtrack make up four out of the five nominees for best song from visual media.

Nominees beyond the world of music include Meryl Streep, Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders and Dave Chappelle, for audiobook, storytelling or comedy awards.

This year sees three new categories: best African music performance, best alternative jazz album and best pop dance recording. Kylie Minogue and Troye Sivan are among the nominees for the latter category.

Notable snubs include country singer Morgan Wallen, who scored just one nomination for Last Night for best country song. The song has spent 16 weeks at No 1 in the US this year.

Earlier this year, Beyoncé become the most awarded artist in Grammys history, winning four awards at the 65th ceremony and bringing her total to 32. Harry Styles took home album of the year for Harry’s House.

The 66th Grammy awards will take place on 4 February with a host yet to be announced.

2024 Grammy nominations: the major categories
Record of the year

Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Jon Batiste – Worship
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Victoria Monét – On My Mama

Album of the year

boygenius – The Record
Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
Jon Batiste – World Music Radio
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS
SZA – SOS
Taylor Swift – Midnights

Song of the year

Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
Jon Batiste – Butterfly
Lana Del Rey – A&W
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best new artist

Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty

Best pop solo performance

Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best rap performance

Baby Keem ft Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies
Black Thought – Love Letter
Coi Leray – Players
Drake and 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Killer Mike ft André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers

Best rock performance

Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Metallica – Lux Æterna

Best metal performance

Disturbed – Bad Man
Ghost – Phantom of the Opera
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Slipknot – Hive Mind
Spiritbox – Jaded

Best R&B performance

Chris Brown – Summer Too Hot
Coco Jones – ICU
Robert Glasper ft SiR and Alex Isley – Back to Love
SZA – Kill Bill
Victoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel

Best country solo performance

Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Brandy Clark – Buried
Luke Combs – Fast Car
Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on My Mind
Chris Stapleton – White Horse

Best global music performance

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces
Burna Boy – Alone
Davido – Feel
Silvana Estrada – Milagro y Desastre
Falu and Gaurav Shah (ft PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance in Millets
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain ft Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto
Ibrahim Maalouf ft Cimafunk and Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores

Best dance/electronic recording

Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21F
James Blake – Loading
Disclosure – Higher Than Ever Before
Romy and Fred again.. – Strong
Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan – Rumble