There are only so many perfect songs in the world. “Fast Car” is one. Tracy Chapman’s 1988 single had a renaissance last year when country music star Luke Combs covered the song (earning Chapman a reported $500,000 in royalties — she also became the first Black woman to have the sole writing credit on a No. 1 country song) They performed the song together for the first time during the 2024 Grammys, after reports leading up to the show suggested they would.
“I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I’m honored to be there. I’m happy for Luke and his success and grateful that new fans have found and embraced ‘Fast Car,’” the reclusive Chapman told Billboard about the cover.
Combs replied, “I have played it in my live show now for six-plus years and everyone — I mean everyone — across all these stadiums relates to this song and sings along. That’s the gift of a supernatural song writer. The success of my cover is unreal and I think it’s so cool that Tracy is getting recognized and has reached new milestones. I love that she is out there feeling all the love and that she gave me a shout-out! Thank you, Tracy!”
In case you didn’t get to see it, here is the full video of Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs singing “Fast Car” at the Grammys pic.twitter.com/4RyBSFgjsW
It’s officially Grammys night for 2024! The best artists in the music industry will be honored for their work in 2023, and hours before the main ceremony, a number of artists were graced with awards during the Grammys pre-show. Jack Antonoff won in the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category while Paramore won in the Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music Performance categories. The R&B ladies shined as SZA won Best Progressive R&B Album, Victoria Monét won Best R&B Album, and Coco Jones won Best R&B Performance. Killer Mike swept the rap categories with wins in the Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Album categories.
A lot of categories were announced tonight, but there are still a good bunch of winners that will be announced in between performances for the Grammy Awards 2024. The remaining categories for the night are Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best R&B Song, Best Country Album, Best Musicá Urbana Album, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Pop Vocal Album.
As of press time, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” was announced as the first winner of the night as it was selected in the Best Pop Solo Performance category. To see the full list of winners from the 2024 Grammy Awards, visit our updated list here.
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Killer Mike had a tremendous start to the 2024 Grammys. During the pre-show awards, he picked up three awards, every one for which he was nominated. Not long after that, though, things took a turn, as he was spotted being taken away in handcuffs.
On X (formerly Twitter), The Hollywood Reporter‘s Chris Gardner shared a video of Mike, with his hands in cuffs and behind his back, being escorted through a Crypto.com Arena hallway by law enforcement. Gardner noted in a follow-up tweet, “An official tells someone on his team that it’s possible he may be released later tonight from the arena. Unclear if he’s being booked here and what he’s charged with. Trying to find out.”
In an additional update, Gardner conveyed that the situation appears to not be a big deal, tweeting, “Just spoke to an official who tells me it’s a misdemeanor and has nothing to do with anything that happened today here inside the arena. Likely he will be released once it’s sorted. ‘It’s a big nothing,’ source says.”
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. caught wind of what happened and was seen talking with Mike’s team and with officials. After a few minutes, Gardner noted, “Harvey Mason Jr is now headed backstage after spending time here talking to security and Killer Mike’s team. The scene by security has calmed but Mike is still detained back there.”
Gardner also said he attempted to get more information about the situation from somebody on Mike’s team, but they declined to comment.
Find Gardner’s tweets below.
Breaking: Rapper Killer Mike has been taken away in handcuffs in https://t.co/aF2yiyTHol arena after winning 3 #Grammys during telecast (Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for “Scientists & Engineers,” Best Rap Album for Michael) “Free Mike” someone shouts as he walks past. pic.twitter.com/4epfmzqMt8
An official tells someone on his team that it’s possible he may be released later tonight from the arena. Unclear if he’s being booked here and what he’s charged with. Trying to find out. #Grammyspic.twitter.com/undjtECFu1
Just spoke to an official who tells me it’s a misdemeanor and has nothing to do with anything that happened today here inside the arena. Likely he will be released once it’s sorted. “It’s a big nothing,” source says.
Harvey Mason Jr is now headed backstage after spending time here talking to security and Killer Mike’s team. The scene by security has calmed but Mike is still detained back there. pic.twitter.com/RB7zfRUumD
The 2024 Grammys are just as nerve-wracking for musicians as it is for the team that makes the ceremony possible. Unfortunately, considering that it is music’s biggest, there is no margin for era. Sadly, the poor social media manager over at The Recording Academy is learning this the hard way.
As the rap categories were being announced, the organization’s social media team got one coveted winner wrong. In a screengrab captured by Pop Crave, The Recording Academy announced Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World” as the winner of the Best Rap Song. The only problem is, as the ceremony was being broadcast, Killer Mike was the actual winner.
The #GRAMMYs X account mistakenly announced “Barbie World” as the Best Rap Song winner, instead of “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS”. pic.twitter.com/ww6xPZybcv
Minaj’s die-hard fans, the Barbz, have already begun to slam The Recording Academy online for the mix-up. Some have even started conspiracy theories that Roc Nation pulled strings to get the win pulled due to Minaj’s ongoing beef with Megan Thee Stallion.
Although the record, which was featured on the Barbie movie soundtrack, the compilation has already pulled in other wins, including Best Song Written for Visual Media (for Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
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Music’s biggest night is here. The 2024 Grammys are proving to be a night to remember. So far, the ceremony has been filled with stunning performances and long-deserved wins. One of the lucky musicians taking home a coveted gramophone is Killer Mike.
But he isn’t taking home just one trophy. Killer Mike will be going home with three in total. That’s one for every category he was nominated for, including Best Rap Album for Michael, Best Rap Song for “Scientists & Engineers,” and Best Rap Performance (again for “Scientists & Engineers”).
During his final acceptance speech, Killer Mike didn’t play modestly. Instead, he leaned into the significant accomplishment, bragging about the feat. “That’s a sweep,” screened Killer Mike after taking the stage for the last time. The line was echoed by Silk Sonic at the 2022 ceremony.
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod (@big_business_) February 4, 2024
Killer Mike’s last win at the Grammys was over 20 years ago. During the 45th annual ceremony, Killer Mike took his first Grammy in 2003 for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group (“The Whole World”).
Killer Mike’s Michael was one of this year’s most nominated rap projects. Others nominated in the rap category included Drake, Doja, and Lil Durk.
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards have arrived, and a lot of artists have a lot on the line this year. SZA racked up nine nominations to lead all artists, while Phoebe Bridgers and Victoria Monét are tied for second with seven nods apiece. After them, all with six nominations each, are Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Brandy Clark, Jon Batiste, and Jack Antonoff.
If you’re wondering why a certain artist isn’t nominated, one thing to remember is that to be eligible for this year’s awards, a work must have been released between October 1, 2022 and September 15, 2023. (Or, maybe they were eligible but just got snubbed. Sorry!)
Whatever the case, as for who actually won what, check out our list of all the 2024 Grammy winners below, updated as the victors are revealed.
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
Coco Jones
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Daniel Nigro
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Hit-Boy
Jack Antonoff
Metro Boomin
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Justin Tranter
Shane McAnally
Theron Thomas
Best Pop Solo Performance
Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For?”
Doja Cat — “Paint the Town Red”
Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish — “Never Felt So Alone”
Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste — “Candy Necklace”
Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile — “Thousand Miles”
SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers — “Ghost in the Machine”
Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice — “Karma”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ed Sheeran — – (Subtract)
Kelly Clarkson — Chemistry
Miley Cyrus — Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo — Guts
Taylor Swift — Midnights
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Aphex Twin — “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f”
Disclosure — “Higher Than Ever Before”
James Blake — “Loading”
Romy & Fred Again.. — “Strong”
Skrillex, Fred Again.. & Flowdan — “Rumble”
Best Pop Dance Recording
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta — “One in a Million”
Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding — “Miracle”
David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray — “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”
Kylie Minogue — “Padam Padam”
Troye Sivan — “Rush”
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
James Blake — Playing Robots Into Heaven
The Chemical Brothers — For That Beautiful Feeling
Fred Again.. — Actual Life 3 (January 1 — September 9 2022)
Kx5 — Kx5
Skrillex — Quest for Fire
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”
Boygenius — “Not Strong Enough”
Foo Fighters — “Rescued”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”
Queens of the Stone Age — “Emotion Sickness”
The Rolling Stones — “Angry”
Best Rock Album
Foo Fighters — But Here We Are
Greta Van Fleet — Starcatcher
Metallica — 72 Seasons
Paramore — This Is Why
Queens of the Stone Age — In Times New Roman…
Best Alternative Music Performance
Alvvays — “Belinda Says”
Arctic Monkeys — “Body Paint”
Boygenius — “Cool About It”
Lana Del Rey — “A&W”
Paramore — “This Is Why”
Best Alternative Music Album
Arctic Monkeys — The Car
Boygenius — The Record
Gorillaz — Cracker Island
Lana Del Rey — Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
PJ Harvey — I Inside the Old Year Dying
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown — “Summer Too Hot”
Coco Jones — “ICU”
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley — “Back to Love”
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Victoria Monét — “How Does It Make You Feel”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Babyface Featuring Coco Jones — “Simple”
Kenyon Dixon — “Lucky”
PJ Morton Featuring Susan Carol — “Good Morning”
SZA — “Love Language”
Victoria Monét Featuring Earth, Wind & Fire & Hazel Monét — “Hollywood”
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones — “ICU”
Halle — “Angel”
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley — “Back to Love”
SZA — “Snooze”
Victoria Monét — “On My Mama”
Best Progressive R&B Album
Diddy — The Love Album: Off the Grid
Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy — Nova
Janelle Monáe — The Age of Pleasure
SZA — SOS
6lack — Since I Have a Lover
Best R&B Album
Babyface — Girls Night Out
Coco Jones — What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe)
Emily King — Special Occasion
Summer Walker — Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Victoria Monét — Jaguar II
Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar — “The Hillbillies”
Black Thought — “Love Letter”
Coi Leray — “Players”
Drake & 21 Savage — “Rich Flex”
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane — “Scientists & Engineers”
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage — “Sittin’ on Top of the World”
Doja Cat — “Attention”
Drake & 21 Savage — “Spin Bout U”
Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole — “All My Life”
SZA — “Low”
Best Rap Song
Doja Cat — “Attention”
Drake & 21 Savage — “Rich Flex”
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane — “Scientists & Engineers”
Lil Uzi Vert — “Just Wanna Rock”
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua — “Barbie World”
Best Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage — Her Loss
Killer Mike — Michael
Metro Boomin — Heroes & Villains
Nas — King’s Disease III
Travis Scott — Utopia
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Aja Monet — When the Poems Do What They Do
J. Ivy — The Light Inside
Kevin Powell — Grocery Shopping With My Mother
Prentice Powell and Shawn William — For Your Consideration ’24
Queen Sheba — A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited
Best Jazz Performance
Adam Blackstone Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté — “Vulnerable (Live)”
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding — “But Not for Me”
Jon Batiste — “Movement 18′ (Heroes)”
Lakecia Benjamin — “Basquiat”
Samara Joy — “Tight”
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Cécile McLorin Salvant — Mélusine
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding — Alive at the Village Vanguard
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke — Lean In
Nicole Zuraitis — How Love Begins
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band — For Ella 2
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Adam Blackstone — Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn
Billy Childs — The Winds of Change
Kenny Barron — The Source
Lakecia Benjamin — Phoenix
Pat Metheny — Dream Box
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla — The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute — Ritmo
The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart — Basie Swings the Blues
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society — Dynamic Maximum Tension
Mingus Big Band — The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions
Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest — Olympians
Best Latin Jazz Album
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band — Vox Humana
Eliane Elias — Quietude
Ivan Lins With the Tblisi Symphony Orchestra — My Heart Speaks
Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente — Cometa
Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo — El Arte del Bolero Vol. 2
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily — Love in Exile
Cory Henry — Live at the Piano
Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue — SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
Louis Cole — Quality Over Opinion
Meshell Ndegeocello — The Omnichord Real Book
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Bruce Springsteen — Only the Strong Survive
Laufey — Bewitched
Liz Callaway — To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
Pentatonix — Holidays Around the World
Rickie Lee Jones — Pieces of Treasure
Various — Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia — As We Speak
Ben Wendel — All One
Bob James — Jazz Hands
House of Waters — On Becoming
Julian Lage — The Layers
Best Musical Theater Album
Kimberly Akimbo Parade Shucked Some Like It Hot Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Country Solo Performance
Brandy Clark — “Buried”
Chris Stapleton — “White Horse”
Dolly Parton — “The Last Thing on My Mind”
Luke Combs — “Fast Car”
Tyler Childers — “In Your Love”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne — “Nobody’s Nobody”
Carly Pearce Featuring Chris Stapleton — “We Don’t Fight Anymore”
Dierks Bentley Furingeat Billy Strings — “High Note”
Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson — “Save Me”
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin — “Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)”
Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves — “I Remember Everything”
Best Country Song
Brandy Clark — “Buried”
Chris Stapleton — “White Horse”
Morgan Wallen — “Last Night”
Tyler Childers — “In Your Love”
Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves — “I Remember Everything”
Best Country Album
Brothers Osborne — Brothers Osborne
Kelsea Ballerini — Rolling Up the Welcome Mat
Lainey Wilson — Bell Bottom Country
Tyler Childers — Rustin’ in the Rain
Zach Bryan — Zach Bryan
Best American Roots Performance
Allison Russell — “Eve Was Black”
Blind Boys of Alabama — “Heaven Help Us All”
Jon Batiste — “Butterfly”
Madison Cunningham — “Inventing the Wheel”
Rhiannon Giddens — “You Louisiana Man”
Best Americana Performance
Allison Russell — “The Returner”
Blind Boys of Alabama — “Friendship”
Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile — “Dear Insecurity”
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — “King of Oklahoma”
Tyler Childers — “Help Me Make It Through the Night”
Best American Roots Song
Allison Russell — “The Returner”
Billy Strings Featuring Willie Nelson — “California Sober”
Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile — “Dear Insecurity”
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — “Cast Iron Skillet”
The War and Treaty — “Blank Page”
Best Americana Album
Allison Russell — The Returner
Brandy Clark — Brandy Clark
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — Weathervanes
Rodney Crowell — The Chicago Sessions
Rhiannon Giddens — You’re the One
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings — Me/And/Dad
Michael Cleveland — Lovin’ of the Game
Mighty Poplar — Mighty Poplar
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway — City of Gold
Sam Bush — Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
Willie Nelson — Bluegrass
Best Traditional Blues Album
Bobby Rush — All My Love for You
Eric Bibb — Ridin’
John Primer — Teardrops for Magic Slim Live at Rosa’s Lounge
Mr. Sipp — The Soul Side of Sipp
Tracy Nelson — Life Don’t Miss Nobody
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Bettye LaVette — LaVette!
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram — Live in London
Larkin Poe — Blood Harmony
Ruthie Foster — Healing Time
Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton — Death Wish Blues
Best Folk Album
Dom Flemons — Traveling Wildfire
Joni Mitchell — Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
The Milk Carton Kids — I Only See the Moon
Nickel Creek — Celebrants
Old Crow Medicine Show — Jubilee
Paul Simon — Psalms
Rufus Wainwright — Folkocracy
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band — New Beginnings
Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers — Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra — Live: Orpheum Theater Nola
New Breed Bass Band — Made in New Orleans
New Orleans Nightcrawlers — Too Much to Hold
The Rumble Feature Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. — Live at the Maple Leaf
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Erica Campbell — “Feel Alright (Blessed)”
Melvin Crispell III — “God Is”
Kirk Franklin — “All Things”
Stanley Brown Featuring Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard — “God Is Good”
Zacardi Cortez — “Lord Do It for Me (Live)”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Blessing Offor — “Believe”
Cody Carnes — “Firm Foundation (He Won’t) (Live)”
For King & Country Featuring Jordin Sparks — “Love Me Like I Am”
Lauren Daigle — “Thank God I Do”
Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard — “Your Power”
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine — “God Problems”
Best Gospel Album
Erica Campbell — I Love You
Maverick City Music — The Maverick Way
Jonathan McReynolds — My Truth
Tasha Cobbs Leonard — Hymns (Live)
Tye Tribbett — All Things New: Live in Orlando
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Blessing Offor — My Tribe
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. — Emanuel
Lauren Daigle — Lauren Daigle
Lecrae — Church Clothes 4
Phil Wickham — I Believe
Best Roots Gospel Album
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet — Tribute to the King
Blind Boys of Alabama — Echoes of the South
Becky Isaacs Bowman — Songs That Pulled Me Through the Tough Times
Brian Free & Assurance — Meet Me at the Cross
Gaither Vocal Band — Shine: The Darker the Night the Brighter the Light
Best Latin Pop Album
AleMor — Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1
Gaby Moreno — X Mi (Vol. 1)
Maluma — Don Juan
Pablo Alborán — La Cuarta Hoja
Paula Arenas — A Ciegas
Pedro Capó — La Neta
Best Música Urbana Album
Karol G — Mañana Será Bonito
Rauw Alejandro — Saturno
Tainy — Data
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Cabra — Martínez
Diamante Eléctrico — Leche de Tigre
Fito Paez — EADDA9223
Juanes — Vida Cotidiana
Natalia Lafourcade — De Todas las Flores
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Ana Bárbara — Bordado a Mano
Flor de Toloache — Motherflower
Lila Downs — La Sánchez
Lupita Infante — Amor Como en las Películas de Antes
Peso Pluma — Génesis
Best Tropical Latin Album
Carlos Vives — Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así
Grupo Niche y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia — Niche Sinfónico
Luis Figueroa — Voy a Ti
Omara Portuondo — Vida
Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta — Siembra: 45° Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022)
Tony Succar, Mimy Succar — Mimy & Tony
Best Global Music Performance
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily — Shadow Forces
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia — Pashto
Burna Boy — Alone
Davido — Feel
Falu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi) — Abundance in Millets
Ibrahim Maalouf Featuring Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas — Todo Colores
Silvana Estrada — Milagro y Disastre
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Olamide — Amapiano
Ayra Starr — Rush
Burna Boy — City Boys
Davido Featuring Musa Keys — Unavailable
Tyla — Water
Best Global Music Album
Bokanté — History
Burna Boy — I Told Them…
Davido — Timeless
Shakti — This Moment
Susana Baca — Epifanías
Best Reggae Album
Buju Banton — Born for Greatness
Beenie Man — Simma
Burning Spear — No Destroyer
Collie Buddz — Cali Roots Riddim 2023
Julian Marley & Antaeus — Colors of Royal
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Carla Patullo Featuring Tonality and The Scorchio Quartet — So She Howls
David Darling & Hans Christian — Ocean Dreaming Ocean
Kirsten Agresta-Copely — Aquamarine
Omar Akram — Moments of Beauty
Ólafur Arnalds — Some Kind of Peace (Piano Reworks)
Best Children’s Music Album
Andrew & Polly — Ahhhhh!
DJ Willy Wow! — Hip Hope for Kids!
Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon — Ancestars
Uncle Jumbo — Taste the Sky
123 Andrés — We Grow Together Preschool Songs
Best Comedy Album
Chris Rock — Selective Outrage
Dave Chappelle — What’s in a Name?
Sarah Silverman — Someone You Love
Trevor Noah — I Wish You Would
Wanda Sykes — I’m An Entertainer
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Meryl Streep — Big Tree
Michelle Obama — The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Rick Rubin — The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Senator Bernie Sanders — It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
William Shatner — Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Daisy Jones & the Six — Aurora
Various Artists — Barbie The Album
Various Artists — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Music From and Inspired By
Various Artists — Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3
“Weird Al” Yankovic — Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
John Williams — The Fabelmans
John Williams — Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Ludwig Göransson — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ludwig Göransson — Oppenheimer
Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt — Barbie
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Bear McCreary — God of War Ragnarök
Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory — Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers “Sea” — Hogwarts Legacy
Sarah Schachner — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab — Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For?” (From the Motion Picture Barbie)
Dua Lipa — “Dance the Night” (From Barbie the Album)
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua — “Barbie World” (From Barbie the Album)
Rihanna — “Lift Me Up” (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Music From and Inspired By)
Ryan Gosling — “I’m Just Ken” (From “Barbie the Album”)
Best Music Video
The Beatles — “I’m Only Sleeping”
Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For” (From the Motion Picture Barbie)
Kendrick Lamar — “Count Me Out”
Troye Sivan — “Rush”
Tyler Childers — “In Your Love”
Best Music Film
David Bowie — Moonage Daydream
Kendrick Lamar — Live From Paris, the Big Steppers Tour
Lewis Capaldi — How I’m Feeling Now
Little Richard — I Am Everything
Tupac Shakur — Dear Mama
Best Recording Package
The Arcs — Eletrophonic Chronic
Brad Breeck — Gravity Falls
Caroline Rose — The Art of Forgetting
Dry Cleaning — Stumpwork
Ensemble Cadenza 21′ — Cadenza 21′
Leaf Yeh — Migration
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Bo Burnham — Inside: Deluxe Box Set
Lou Reed — Words & Music, May 1965 — Deluxe Edition
Neutral Milk Hotel — The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
Ngọt — Gieo
Various Artists — For the Birds: The Birdsong Project
Best Album Notes
Howdy Glenn — I Can Almost See Houston
Iftin Band — Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions
John Coltrane — Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live)
Various Artists — Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971
Various Artists — Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Best Historical Album
Bob Dylan — Fragments — Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17
Lou Reed — Words & Music, May 1965 — Deluxe Edition
Various Artists — The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922
Various Artists — Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971
Various Artists — Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Bokanté — History
Boygenius — The Record
Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Feist — Multitudes
Victoria Monét — Jaguar II
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic — Fandango
Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry — Sanlikol: A Gentleman of Istanbul — Symphony for Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor
Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Contemporary American Composers
Shara Nova & A Far Cry — The Blue Hour
Producer of the Year, Classical
Brian Pidgeon
David Frost
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Morten Lindberg
Best Remixed Recording
Depeche Mode — “Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix)”
Gorillaz Featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown — “New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)”
Lane 8 — “Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)”
Mariah Carey — “Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)”
Turnstile & BadBadNotGood Featuring Blood Orange — “Alien Love Call”
Best Immersive Audio Album
Alicia Keys — The Diary of Alicia Keys
Bear McCreary — God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)
George Strait — Blue Clear Sky
Madison Beer — Silence Between Songs
Ryan Ylyate — Act 3 (Immersive Edition)
Best Instrumental Composition
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia — “Motion”
John Williams — “Helena’s Theme”
Lakecia Benjamin Feuringat Angela Davis — “Amerikkan Skin”
Ludwig Göransson — “Can You Hear the Music”
Quartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band — “Cutey and the Dragon”
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band Featuring Paquito D’Rivera — “I Remember Mingus”
Just 6 — “Angels We Have Heard on High”
Ludwig Göransson — “Can You Hear the Music”
The String Revolution Featuring Tommy Emmanuel — “Folsom Prison Blues”
Wednesday Addams — “Paint It Black”
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Cécile McLorin Salvant — “Fenestra”
Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Metropole Orkest — “Com Que Voz (Live)”
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band — “April in Paris”
Säje Featuring Jacob Collier — “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”
Samara Joy — “Lush Life”
Best Orchestral Performance
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra — “Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem of Ecstasy”
Los Angeles Philharmonic — “Adès: Dante”
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra — “Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Pieces”
The Philadelphia Orchestra — “Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony”
San Francisco Symphony — “Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring”
Best Opera Recording
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus — Blanchard: Champion
Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus — Corigliano: The Lord of Cries
The Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet — Little: Black Lodge
Best Choral Performance
The Clarion Choir — “Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil”
The Crossing — “Carols After a Plague”
Miró Quartet; Conspirare — “The House of Belonging”
San Francisco Symphony Chorus — “Ligeti: Lux Aeterna”
Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir — “Saariaho: Reconnaissance”
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet — “American Stories”
Catalyst Quartet — “Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker”
Roomful of Teeth — “Rough Magic”
Third Coast Percussion — “Between Breaths”
Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos — “Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastorale’ and Op. 1, No. 3”
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho — “Akiho: Cylinders”
Curtis Stewart — “Of Love”
Louisville Orchestra — “The American Project”
Robert Black — “Adams, John Luther: Darkness and Scattered Light”
Seth Parker Woods — “Difficult Grace”
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist — Because
Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) — Walking in the Dark
Karim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, accompanist — Broken Branches
Laura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlosberg, pianist — 40@40
Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist — Rising
Best Classical Compendium
Aaron Diehl & The Knights — Zodiac Suite
Andy Akiho, Omaha Symphony & Ankush Kumar Bahl — Sculptures
Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera della Sardegna — Sardinia
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers & Gustavo Castillo — Fandango
Peter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic & Tim Weiss — Missy Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright
Various Artists — Passion for Bach and Coltrane
Wild Up & Christopher Rountree — Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You’re so Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony — “Akiho: In That Space, at That Time”
Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful of Teeth — “Montgomery: Rounds”
Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic — “Adès: Dante”
Peter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic — “Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright”
Roomful of Teeth — “Brittelle: Psychedelics”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Beyonce fans just got some pretty disappointing news. All week, rumors have swirled that she could join the already announced cast of performers for this weekend’s Grammys. Foreign news agencies spread reports that Beyonce would be performing a tribute to the late Tina Turner. It sounds like the kind of thing that very well could happen given the Grammys history with tributing legendary figures in music and Beyonce’s continued critical and commercial success.
But earlier today the rumors were officially confirmed to be false. The Hollywood Reporter spoke to a representative for the “BREAK MY SOUL” hitmaker. They officially confirmed that the superstar will not be taking the Grammy stage this year. It comes just a few days after Taylor Swift went through a similar process. Following rumors that she could be performing during this year’s ceremony a representative officially confirmed that she isn’t. But fans hoping to watch the show will still get plenty of high-profile artists to watch. Burna Boy, 21 Savage, Luke Combs, Billie Eilish, Billy Joel, Dua Lipa, Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlisle, Travis Scott, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA, and U2 are all set to take the stage.
Earlier this week, footage of Beyonce seemingly shooting a music video leaked online. The clip of her in front of a green screen reignited fan’s hope that her 2022 album Renaissance would eventually get some kind of visuals. Calls for visuals have been coming from fans for months and Bey has only really addressed it once. Last year, during a tour stop she told fans “you are the visuals” seemingly implying that they didn’t exist.
Many fans took her word for that but the newly leaked video has them reconsidering. Bey could always have been working on visuals for something else entirely. What do you think of rumors about Beyonce’s potential Grammy performance not being true? Whose performance are you most excited to see during this year’s show? Let us know in the comment section below.
Each decade has its Black female pop music mainstay. In the 1970s, Donna Summer relished in international stardom with a husky voice and seductive image. Late powerhouse Whitney Houston took over the 1980s, possessing smoky and robust melodics that placed both her debut and sophomore albums atop the Billboard 200 upon release. Mariah Carey rightfully earned her ‘Songbird Supreme’ title in the 1990s for balladry and honeyed anthems that coated her five-octave range.
The aforementioned women – and tons more, including Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, and Rihanna – are Grammy-winning pop icons whose hits have defined generations. But as the musical landscape continues to appease the tastes of introspective-yet-lively Gen-Z listeners, standards for the quintessential Black female pop star have changed, and it’s reflected in the 2024 Grammy Awards nominations.
Three top contenders in this year’s ‘Big Four’ categories were once underdogs who had their eyes set on proving the mainstream wrong: SZA, Victoria Monét, and Coco Jones. Whilst SZA has one Grammy under her belt, split with Doja Cat for their 2021 collaboration “Kiss Me More,” Monét and Jones are meeting their breakthrough with seven and five respective introductory Grammy nominations. (Monét has previously been nominated as a writer, but not as the featured artist.)
The women were previously underappreciated as solo acts; SZA didn’t win a single trophy out of her five nominations for Ctrl, Monét was snubbed for her 2020 EP, Jaguar, and Jones was dropped from her first record deal as a teen. But where the emergence of the three is distinct, they all share a commonality: delivering vulnerability and rawness in their material rather than solely relying on a polished image and expert choreography.
Nabbing the most nominations (nine) at this year’s Grammys is SZA, who rose to the occasion in 2023 despite taking a five-year hiatus following her landmark 2017 debut Ctrl. Non-single standouts from SZA’s latest album are dominant in the categories of Best Traditional R&B Performance (“Love Language”), Best Melodic Rap Performance (“Low”), and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (“Ghost In The Machine”), and in December, 16-time Grammy-winner Adele told THR that she believes SZA “will win all of them.” It’s fair to say that SOS is the singer-songwriter’s current magnum opus, as it succeeded Whitney Houston’s eponymous 1987 album in spending its first seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It later sat ten non-consecutive weeks atop the chart, one of several historic feats that the LP would achieve in 2023. The “Snooze” vocalist also launched a massive headlining tour, her first arena outing since Top Dawg Entertainment’s ‘The Championship Tour’ in 2018.
Embarking on their first concert series last fall was Monét, who established herself as a household name during the Jaguar II rollout. Passing the torch to the Sacramento-raised artist on the album were past Grammy winners Lucky Daye (“Smoke”), Buju Banton (“Party Girls”), Kaytranada (“Alright”), and Earth, Wind And Fire (“Hollywood”). The latter even gave Monét’s 2-year-old daughter, Hazel, the recognition of becoming the youngest Grammy nominee in history for her bubbly cooing and laughter towards the song’s end. But it was Monét’s groundbreaking track “On My Mama” that gave the singer her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist, also becoming anthemic for unapologetic mamas and HBCU marching bands. 2023 signaled Monét getting long overdue flowers from nearly every aspect of the music industry, including MTV – who was previously unaware of her greatness – to veteran R&B acts. Since 9-time Grammy-winner Mary J. Blige danced alongside her sister to “On My Mama” in a nightclub, Monét could be a headlining performer for the third installment of Blige’s Strength Of A Woman Festival & Summit.
Scoring big in 2022 and 2023 was Jones, who received watershed praise for her affectionate single “ICU” and its accompanying EP What I Didn’t Tell You. The project showed maturation in the Bel-Air star, whose origins stemmed from being a former Disney Channel notable. Although Jones initially shied away from ballads, the tracks on WIDTY were appropriate fits for the passionate and husky-voiced chanteuse. Despite Jones originally being hesitant about recording slower-paced music, her growth was acknowledged at last year’s BET Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and Soul Train Awards, where she won in all three Best New Artist categories, albeit over ten years apart from her self-titled EP.
However, the Grammys could surprise us by giving a long-delayed gramophone to Janelle Monáe, who stripped down and soaked up good vibes on their fourth album, The Age Of Pleasure. To date, the Kansas City-born visionary — who doesn’t solely identify as a woman and has come out as non-binary — has lost all eight of their previous Grammy nominations, including Album Of The Year for the radical third LP, Dirty Computer. Regardless of stepping away from a concept album run on TAOP, Monáe has proven their star power for nearly 15 years, also giving us an occasional show-stopping film performance.
African artists Ayra Starr and Tyla are primed to be the leaders of tomorrow’s pop music class, due to both being nominated in the new Grammy category Best African Music Performance. Whereas many in the U.S. are newly discovering Starr – who’s been a pillar in Afropop since 2021 – Tyla’s amapiano smash “Water” was unavoidable across block parties and TikTok last summer. The latter has frequently affirmed wanting to introduce her South African roots to the world as a pop artist, and since crossing over from local notoriety to reaching global stages, she’s on the right track.
We’d be remiss not to mention the projects from the unsung women in pop and R&B that either went unsubmitted or slept on by the Recording Academy. Kelela bared her soul and gave us ripened singing on her first album in over five years, Raven. Tinashe kept pushing the boundaries of experimental pop on her sixth overall album, BB/Ang3l. Amaarae’s diverse sophomore LP Fountain Baby was refreshing in a time when modern pop can sometimes be monotonous and gimmicky. More names that deserve a shot in the Grammys spotlight: Ama Lou, Jorja Smith, Liv.e, Chlöe, and Arlo Parks. As the public readies themselves for a post-Beyoncé and post-Rihanna pop climate – although both are undisputed in their own right – the next female Black pop star standard could be anyone’s to gain because these women have already made their mark.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
So far, the 2024 award session has been the talk of the town (a.k.a. social media). That communal conversation will continue this week as the highly-anticipated Grammys ceremony is set to take place. With Trevor Noah on hosting duty for the evening, viewers and attendees are guaranteed an entertaining event (sorry, Jo Koy). But while the jokes make the night pass smoothly, the Grammys is all about who walks away with the coveted gramophone trophy.
Last year’s ceremony was filled with record-setting moments thanks to Beyoncé. This year’s event could follow suit as acts like SZA and Victoria Monét lead the nomination pack. So, when can you tune into the broadcast?
What Time Do The Grammys 2024 Start?
The 2024 Grammys are scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 4. Music’s biggest names will gather for the revered ceremony at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles, California. If you aren’t lucky enough to have secured a ticket to the event, you will just have to view it from the comfort of your couch like millions of others via CBS or log onto Paramount+.
The official award ceremony will begin broadcasting at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET). However, if you’re interested in checking out the fashion looks from the red carpet or pre-show interview, you can tune into the Recording Academy’s YouTube livestream at 3:30 p.m. ET. The pre-show can also be enjoyed on the official Grammys website. Find more information here.
Okay, okay, sorry. We writers like to amuse ourselves. But seriously, The Grammy Awards are “music’s biggest night,” your favorite artist is (hopefully) nominated, and you’d like to tune in and see if they win (or, alternatively, who beats them due to industry politics, racial bias, or whatever other reason we annually come up with to explain the many, many times the Recording Academy whiffs on an easy pick).
For the 2024 Grammys, you’ll want to tune into CBS or log onto Paramount+ Sunday at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET or if you’re in LA this weekend, maybe you can bribe a doorman or something (I kid, kid!). The Grammys will be held at Staples Center — alright, fine, Crypto.com Arena (ugh) — and be hosted once again by Trevor Noah (I guess this is his job now).
The nominees include Billie Eilish, Boygenius, Jon Batiste, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA, Taylor Swift, Victoria Monét, and more (that’s just in the Record Of The Year category). You can see Uproxx’s predictions for who will win (and who should) here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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