The 2024 Grammy Awards aren’t set to take place until February 2024. But today, the conversations surrounding each category of the coveted award show have begun. Ans we’re here to talk about the R&B Grammy nominations for 2024.
Today (November 10), the official R&B nominee list was broadcast. With the sheer dominating force shown on the charts, many artists racked up multiple nominations. R&B’s golden child, SZA, is the star of today. The singer is the most nominated artist at the ceremony, with nine total nominations, including four nominations in R&B and one in rap. What are the R&B Grammy nominations for 2024?
View the complete 2024 R&B Grammy nominations below.
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 ft. Coco Jones – “Simple”
Kenyon Dixon – “Lucky”
Victoria Monét ft. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét – “Hollywood”
PJ Morton ft. Susan Carol – “Good Morning”
SZA – “Love Language”
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – “ICU”
Halle – “Angel”
Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – “Back to Love”
SZA – “Snooze”
Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
Best Progressive R&B Album
6lack — Since I Have a Lover
Diddy — The Love Album: Off the Grid
Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy — Nova
Janelle Monáe — The Age of Pleasure
SZA — SOS
Best R&B Album
Babyface — Girls Night Out
Coco Jones — What I Didn’t Tell You
Emily King — Special Occasion
Summer Walker — Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Victoria Monét — Jaguar II
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The Grammy Awards, despite some past controversies, remain the biggest night in music. While that night is still some months away, today, we learn which artists and works will compete for the most prestigious awards in music.
Works published between October 1, 2022, and September 15, 2023, are eligible to for nomination, while rule changes mean that fewer artists/works will be nominated for the “Big Four” awards. There will, however, be new categories for emerging genres.
Another decision sure to bring controversy is that AI songs have been declared eligible — but only for songwriting awards. Now, that doesn’t mean that one will be nominated, although one was submitted. But stranger things have happened (like Beyoncé being snubbed for Album of the Year — twice!).
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason, Jr. made a statement to clear up confusion about AI after a public backlash from fans online, saying, “I take this [AI] stuff very seriously. It’s all complicated, and it’s moving really, really quickly. I’m sure things are going to continue to have to evolve and change. But please, please, do not be confused. The Academy is here to support and advocate and protect and represent human artists, and human creators, period.”
To find out who wins, you’ll have to wait until February 4, 2024, when the ceremony airs. For now, though:
Check out the full list of 2024 Grammy nominees below. The list will be updated as nominations are revealed.
Record Of The Year
Jon Batiste — “Worship”
Boygenius — “Not Strong Enough”
Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For?”
Victoria Monét — “On My Mama”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero”
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Album Of The Year
Jon Batiste — World Music Radio
Boygenius — The Record
Miley Cyrus — Endless Summer Vacation
Lana Del Rey — Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Janelle Monáe — The Age Of Pleasure
Olivia Rodrigo — Guts
Taylor Swift — Midnights
SZA — SOS
Song Of The Year
Lana Del Rey — “A&W”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero”
Jon Batiste — “Butterfly”
Dua Lipa — “Dance The Night”
Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For?”
Best New Artist
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War And Treaty
Songwriter Of The Year — Non Classical
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Shane McAnally
Theron Thomas
Justin Tranter
Producer Of The Year — Non Classical
Jack Antonoff
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Hit-Boy
Metro Boomin
Daniel Nigro
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 Pop Duo/Group Performance
Miley Cyrus — “Thousand Miles” Feat. Brandi Carlile
Lana Del Rey — “Candy Necklace” Feat. Jon Batiste
Labrinth — “Never Felt So Alone” Feat. Billie EIlish
Taylor Swift — “Karma” Feat. Ice Spice
SZA — “Ghost In The Machine” Feat. Phoebe Bridgers
Best Pop Dance Performance
David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray — “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”
Calvin Harris — “Miracle” Feat. Ellie Goulding
Kylie Minogue — “Padam Padam”
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta — “One In A Milion”
Troye Sivan — “Rush”
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
Lana Del Rey —Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Gorillaz —Cracker Island
PJ Harvey —I Inside The Old Year Dying
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown — “Summer Too Hot”
Robert Glasper — “Back To Love” Feat. SiR & Alex Isley
Coco Jones — “ICU”
Victoria Monet — “How Does That Make You Feel”
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Best R&B Album
Babyface — Girls Night Out
Coco Jones — What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe)
Emily King — Special Occasion
Victoria Monet — Jaguar II
Summer Walker — Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem — “The Hillbillies” Feat. Kendrick Lamar
Black Thought — “Love Letter”
Drake & 21 Savage — “Rich Flex”
Killer Mike — “Scientists & Engineers” feat. André 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane
Coi Leray — “Players”
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Burna Boy — “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” Feat. 21 Savage
Doja Cat — “Attention”
Drake & 21 Savage — “Spin Bout U”
Lil Durk — “All My Life” Feat. J. Cole
SZA — “Low”
Best Rap Song
Doja Cat — “Attention”
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice — “Barbie World” Feat. Aqua
Lil Uzi Vert — “Just Wanna Rock”
Drake & 21 Savage — “Rich Flex”
Killer Mike — “Scientists & Engineers” feat. André 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane
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
Queen Sheba — A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited
Prentice Powell and Shawn William — For Your Consideration’24 -The Album
Kevin Powell — Grocery Shopping With My Mother
J. Ivy — The Light Inside
Aja Monet — When The Poems Do What They Do
Best Jazz Performance
Jon Batiste — “Movement 18’ (Heroes)”
Lakecia Benjamin — “Basquiat
Adam Blackstone — “Vulnerable (Live)” Feat. The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding — “But Not For Me”
Samara Joy — “Tight”
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily — Love In Exile
Louis Cole — Quality Over Opinion
Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue — SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
Cory Henry — Live At The Piano
Meshell Ndegeocello — The Omnichord Real Book
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 Country Album
Kelsea Ballerini — Rolling Up The Welcome Mat
Brothers Osborne — Brothers Osborne
Zach Bryan — Zach Bryan
Tyler Childers — Rustin’ In The Rain
Lainey Wilson — Bell Bottom Country
Best Latin Pop Album
Pablo Alborán — La Cuarta Hoja
AleMor — Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1
Paula Arenas — A Ciegas
Pedro Capó — La Neta
Maluma — Don Juan
Gaby Moreno —X Mí (Vol. 1)
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Ana Bárbara — Bordado A Mano
Lila Downs — La Sánchez
Flor De Toloache — Motherflower
Lupita Infante — Amor Como En Las Películas De Antes
Peso Pluma — GÉNESIS
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Barbie, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ludwig Göransson The Fabelmans, John Williams Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, John Williams Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice — “Barbie World” Feat. Aqua
Dua Lipa — “Dance The Night”
Ryan Gosling — “I’m Just Ken”
Rihanna — “Lift Me Up”
Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For?”
Music’s biggest night, the Grammys, is nearly here. Each year, entertainer’s biggest names gather to bask in their creative greatest. While every ceremony offers its own twists and turns, the 2024 Grammys will undoubtedly be the most interesting, given the expansion of who’s eligible (hello, AI creators) and award categories. So, how many Grammy Award categories are there for 2024?
In total, there are 98 categories for the 2024 Grammy Awards. The most coveted, of course, is Album Of The Year, followed by Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist. In June, the organization announced that in the “Big Four” categories, they’ve reduced the total nominees in the respective categories to eight from ten. Another significant change to the categories for the 2024 Grammy Awards includes the addition of three new slots — Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album, and Best Pop Dance Recording.
View the complete list of categories for the 2024 Grammy Awards below.
Pop & Dance/Electronic Music Field
Best Pop Solo Performance
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Best Pop/Dance Recording
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Rock, Metal & Alternative Music Field
Best Rock Performance
Best Metal Performance
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Album
Best Alternative Music Performance
Best Alternative Music Album
R&B, Rap & Spoken Word Poetry Field
Best R&B Performance
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Best R&B Song
Best Progressive R&b Album
Best R&B Album
Best Rap Performance
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Best Rap Song
Best Rap Album
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theatre Field
Best Jazz Performance
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Best Latin Jazz Album
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Best Musical Theater Album
Country & American Roots Music Field
Best Country Solo Performance
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Best Country Song
Best Country Album
Best American Roots Performance
Best Americana Performance
Best American Roots Song
Best Americana Album
Best Bluegrass Album
Best Traditional Blues Album
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Best Folk Album
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Gospel & Contemporary Christian Music Field
Best Gospel Performance/song
Best Contemporary Cristian Music Performance/song
Best Gospel Album
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Best Roots Gospel Album
Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient, or Chant Field
Best Latin Pop Album
Best Música Urbana Album
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Best Gospel Music Performance
Best African Music Performance
Best Global Music Album
Best Reggae Album
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Children’s, Comedy, Audio Book Narration and Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/film Field
Best Children’s Music Album
Best Comedy Album
Best Audiobook, Narration and Storytelling Recording
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (includes Film and Television)
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Best Music Video
Best Music Film
Package, Notes & Historical Field
Best Recording Package
Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition Package
Best Album Notes
Best Historical Album
Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement Field
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Producer of The Year, Classical
Best Remixed Recording
Best Immersive Audio Album
Best Instrumental Composition
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Classical Field
Best Orchestral Performance
Best Opera Recording
Best Choral Performance
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Best Classical Compendium
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
The nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards will be unveiled in just a few days, on November 10. In the meantime, fans wait in excitement to see if their favorite artists, songs, and albums will receive an acknowledgment from the Recording Academy. Beyond that, the winners will be revealed when the ceremony airs on February 4, 2024.
However, worth considering before all that is the window of time that a piece of work must have been released between that would make it acceptable for consideration. The current nomination window looks at everything from October 1, 2022 to September 15, 2023. (As an example, this means that while Taylor Swift’s Midnights would be in the running, her 1989 (Taylor’s Version) would be included as a possibility for 2025, as it missed the 2024 cut-off.)
Another thing to note is that, according to the Recording Academy’s official website, the recordings had to be “commercially released” in the United States to be considered. Once the nominations are out, voters of the Academy will then cast their ballots for the final round of voting. For more about the selection process, visit their official website here.
The Recording Academy will be livestreaming the nomination announcement both on its official website and on YouTube. More information on how to watch the 2024 Grammy nomination ceremony can be found here.
In just a few days on November 10, artists like Kim Petras, Jeff Tweedy, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and more will be uniting to unveil the nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards. Given that fans have been waiting to see if their favorites will get a nod in any of the major categories, they also might be wondering how to livestream the announcement.
Here’s what to know.
On that day, fans will be able to watch the Grammy nominees get revealed through a stream that will run on both YouTube and their official website here. The ceremony will start by announcing the general and then select categories.
According to Billboard, this year the awards show is limiting the number of nominees in categories like Album Of The Year and more down to just 8. (It used to be up to 10.) Rounding out the general awards are Song Of The Year; Record Of The Year; Best New Artist; and now, the added Producer Of The Year; Non-Classical; and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical.
The Grammy nominations pre-show will start at 10:45 a.m. ET. At 11, the livestream event will then kick off and will run until 11:25 a.m. ET. For those who miss the stream, the nominees will be posted online immediately after it finishes.
Then, the 2024 Grammy Awards will be held on February 4, 2024, where the winners will be revealed.
As The Hollywood Reporter reports, “a source close to the situation” says Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss was submitted for Album Of The Year and Best Rap Album, while songs like “Rich Flex” and “Spin Bout U” were submitted for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Melodic Rap Performance.
THR added a note worth considering, though: “At the Grammys, Academy members involved in albums or songs — including songwriters, producers, and engineers — can submit material they worked on for awards. For example, a producer or engineer who worked on most of Her Loss, who is a member of the Academy, could submit the project for album of the year, or a songwriter who co-wrote ‘Rich Flex’ could submit it for Song Of The Year and Best Rap Song.”
So, it’s possible Drake didn’t submit the album himself or personally approve its submission. Another possibility is that he put his Grammys beef aside to not prevent 21 Savage from being nominated. Neither Drake, 21 Savage, nor the Recording Academy responded to THR‘s request for comment.
For weeks, the music was divided after a way of AI-generated songs began circling online. Rappers such as Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne verbalized that they weren’t in the least bit worried. However, things quickly took a turn when The Recording Academy, the organizers behind the Grammys, announced that these works would be eligible for awards during the 2024 season. At the center of these landmark decision is a viral AI track using Drake and The Weeknd’s programmed vocals.
Although the song “Heart On My Sleeve” has been removed from streaming platforms, rumors began circulating that it had been submitted for a highly sought-after Gramophone trophy consideration. Grammy’s CEO Harvey Mason, Jr., fanned the flames by telling The New York Times on September 4 that it did meet the eligibility requirements. But today (September 8), Mason took a moment to clarify his original statement.
“I’m sorry, but I have to clear up some of this bad and really inaccurate information that’s starting to float around. This version of “Heart on My Sleeve” uses AI voice modeling that sounds like Drake and The Weeknd, it’s not eligible for Grammy consideration. Let me be extra, extra clear, even though it was written by a human creator, the vocals were not legally obtained, the vocals were not cleared by the label or the artists, and the song is not commercially available, and because of that, it’s not eligible,” Mason remarked to The Hollywood Reporter.
He continued, “I take this [AI] stuff very seriously. It’s all complicated, and it’s moving really, really quickly. I’m sure things are going to continue to have to evolve and change. But please, please, do not be confused. The Academy is here to support and advocate and protect and represent human artists, and human creators, period.”
Musicians such as Meek Mill and Grimes have responded relatively positively to the track. Drake, on the other hand, hasn’t been as approving. In April, when a fan recreated Ice Spice’s song “Munch” using Drake’s voice (via AI software), he immediately declared his disdain for it. The next Grammy Award ceremony isn’t set to take place until next year, so there’s no telling what the future has in store.
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Just a few weeks after the Recording Academy announced new rules to guard AI from being fully included in the Grammys main categories, the CEO/President Harvey Mason Jr. opened up to The Associated Press about how they will actually be adapting.
“Here’s the super easy, headline statement: AI, or music that contains AI-created elements, is absolutely eligible for entry and for consideration for Grammy nomination. Period,” Mason said. “What’s not going to happen is we are not going to give a Grammy or Grammy nomination to the AI portion.”
Mason went on to clarify that if “what is performing is not human creation” as a lead vocal, it would be included for a songwriting nomination, but not a performance one. “Conversely, if a song was sung by an actual human in the studio, and they did all the performing, but AI wrote the lyric or the track, the song would not be eligible in a composition or a songwriting category,” he added.
Basically put, the Grammys won’t be shutting out AI completely — as long as a real-life artist or team plays a larger role on the nominated piece.
“As long as the human is contributing in a more than de minimis amount, which to us means a meaningful way, they are and will always be considered for a nomination or a win,” he noted. “We don’t want to see technology replace human creativity. We want to make sure technology is enhancing, embellishing, or additive to human creativity. So that’s why we took this particular stand in this award cycle.”
The 2024 Grammy Awards are still months away, but as we enter the second half of the year, some buzz is starting to build over who will be honored during music’s biggest night. The Recording Academy added a spark today (June 29) when they answered some major questions about next year’s ceremony. For example: When will the nominations for the 2024 Grammys be announced?
The answer for when the 66th Annual Grammy Award nominees will be unveiled is November 10, 2023. More news about how that process will go down should be revealed closer to then.
We can hear the music already, can you?
The 66th #GRAMMYs nominees will be revealed on Nov. 10th, 2023 ahead of the Music’s Biggest Night’s return on Feb. 4th, 2024, which will air LIVE on @CBS from @cryptocomarena.
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) June 29, 2023
There are some other key dates to keep in mind as well. For starters, the eligibility window for works to be considered is from October 1, 2022 to September 15, 2023. After that, the first round of voting for Academy members will run from October 11 to 20, while the final round of voting will take place from this December 14 to January 4, 2024.
Then, there’s the actual show itself, which is currently scheduled for February 4, 2024 at Crypto.com Arena.
The 2024 Grammy Awards will be a bit different than ceremonies from prior years. For instance, The Recording Academy revealed earlier this week that three new categories have been added: Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album, and Best Pop Dance Recording. Now, the Academy has also addressed AI music and the eligibility of works created using artificial intelligence.
As Variety reports, there are new “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Protocols” that essentially say music made purely by AI cannot be nominated for a Grammy. However, human-created work made using AI technology is eligible, so long as there’s a significant human contribution.
Here’s what it says in full:
“The GRAMMY Award recognizes creative excellence. Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a GRAMMY Award. A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any Categories. A work that features elements of A.I. material (i.e., material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology) is eligible in applicable Categories; however: (1) the human authorship component of the work submitted must be meaningful and more than de minimis; (2) such human authorship component must be relevant to the Category in which such work is entered (e.g., if the work is submitted in a songwriting Category, there must be meaningful and more than de minimis human authorship in respect of the music and/or lyrics; if the work is submitted in a performance Category, there must be meaningful and more than de minimis human authorship in respect of the performance); and (3) the author(s) of any A.I. material incorporated into the work are not eligible to be nominees or GRAMMY recipients insofar as their contribution to the portion of the work that consists of such A.I material is concerned. De minimis is defined as lacking significance or importance; so minor as to merit disregard.”
So far, Grimes has been the most notable artist to dive headfirst into AI music: A song featuring “GrimesAI,” how tracks using an AI version of her voice are credited, was released last month.
We can hear the music already, can you? 
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