Beyonce leads Grammy nominations in female-dominated list
Superstar singer Beyonce has topped the list of Grammy Award contenders, earning 11 nods including an album of the year nomination for her venture into country music, Cowboy Carter.
Behind Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone tied with seven nominations each. Pop phenomenon Taylor Swift and newcomers Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter scored six each in the nominations unveiled on Friday.
Troye Sivan was named best solo artist at the 2023 ARIA Awards.Credit: Getty Images
Beyonce’s nominations brought her career total to 99, more than any other artist. She had been tied for the lead with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, who has 88.
Australian artist Troye Sivan’s Got Me Started was nominated for best dance pop recording, while fellow local talent Tame Impala were nominated for best electronic recording for their hit Neverender with French electronic duo Justice.
Women dominated the album of the year category, the top Grammy honour.
Despite her lifetime lead in nominations, and an unrivalled 32 wins, Beyonce has never taken home the album trophy. Jay-Z called out that fact at the last Grammys ceremony, arguing that voters had failed to give proper recognition to black artists.
Swift has won the top prize four times and is in the running again with The Tortured Poets Department.
At the awards ceremony to be held on February 2, Beyonce and Swift will compete against Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, Brat from Charli XCX, Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft and Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.
The nominated male artists were Andre 3000 with New Blue Sun and jazz artist Jacob Collier for Djesse Vol. 4.
Beyonce’s country album failed to receive a single nod from the Country Music Awards.Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Winners will be chosen by the 13,000 singers, songwriters, producers, engineers and others who comprise the Recording Academy. The organisation has taken steps to diversify its ranks, and said 38 per cent were people of colour, a 65 per cent increase since 2019.
Cowboy Carter was viewed by experts and fans as a reclamation and homage to an overlooked legacy of black Americans within country music. It became the first album by a black woman to land at No.1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart when it was released in March.
The Beyonce album was snubbed, however, by voters for the Country Music Awards in September.
Beyonce’s other Grammy nods included record and song of the year for the single Texas Hold ’Em. And she also nominated in pop, rap and Americana categories.
In the best new artist field, Espresso singer Carpenter will face Roan, Benson Boone, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims and others.
The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, pioneers of rock’n’roll in the 1960s, also landed on this year’s nominations list.
Now and Then, a Beatles song produced with artificial intelligence to bring the voice of John Lennon to life, was nominated for song of the year.
The Stones were recognised with a nomination for rock album of the year for Hackney Diamonds.
with Reuters
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