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Here is a look at the nominees:

Record of the Year

"Worship" – Jon Batiste
"Not Strong Enough" – boygenius
"Flowers" – Miley Cyrus
"What Was I Made For?" [from the motion picture "Barbie"] – Billie Eilish
"On My Mama" – Victoria Monét
"vampire" – Olivia Rodrigo
"Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift
"Kill Bill" – SZA

Album of the Year

World Music Radio – Jon Batiste
the record – boygenius
Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus
Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey
The Age of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe
GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo
Midnights – Taylor Swift
SOS – SZA

Song of the Year

"A&W" – Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
"Anti-Hero" – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
"Butterfly" – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
"Dance the Night" (from Barbie the Album) – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
"Flowers" – Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
"Kill Bill" – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
"vampire" – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Oliva Rodrigo)
"What Was I Made For?" [from the motion picture Barbie] – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist

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

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Jack Antonoff
Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II
Hit-Boy
Metro Boomin
Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Shane McAnally
Theron Thomas
Justin Tranter

Best Pop Vocal Album

chemistry – Kelly Clarkson
Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus
GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo
- (Subtract) – Ed Sheeran
Midnights – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Dance Recording

"Baby Don't Hurt Me" – David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray
"Miracle" – Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding
"Padam Padam" – Kylie Minogue
"One in a Million" – Bebe Rexha & David Guetta
"Rush" – Troye Sivan

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Playing Robots Into Heaven – James Blake
For That Beautiful Feeling – The Chemical Brothers
Actual Life 3 (January 1-September 9 2022) – Fred again..
Kx5 – Kx5
Quest For Fire – Skrillex

Best Rock Album

But Here We Are – Foo Fighters
Starcatcher – Greta Van Fleet
72 Seasons – Metallica
This Is Why – Paramore
In Times New Roman... – Queens of the Stone Age

Best Alternative Music Album

The Car – Arctic Monkeys
the record – boygenius
Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey
Cracker Island – Gorillaz
I Inside the Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey
 
Best R&B Performance

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

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Simple,” Babyface featuring Coco Jones
“Lucky,” Kenyon Dixon
“Hollywood,” Victoria Monét featuring Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét
“Good Morning,” PJ Morton featuring Susan Carol
“Love Language,” SZA

Best R&B Song

“Angel,” Halle Bailey, Theron Feemster and Coleridge Tillman, songwriters (Halle)
“Back to Love,” Darryl Andrew Farris, Robert Glasper and Alexandra Isley, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring SiR and Alex Isley)
“ICU,” Darhyl Camper Jr., Courtney Jones, Raymond Komba and Roy Keisha Rockette, songwriters (Coco Jones)
”On My Mama,” Dernst Emile II, Jeff Gitelman, Victoria Monét, Kyla Moscovich, Jamil Pierre and Charles Williams, songwriters (Victoria Monét)
“Snooze,” Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe and Leon Thomas, songwriters (SZA)

Best Progressive R&B Album

“Since I Have a Lover,” 6lack
“The Love Album: Off the Grid,” Diddy
“Nova,” Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy
“The Age of Pleasure,” Janelle Monáe
“SOS,” SZA

Best R&B Album

“Girls Night Out,” Babyface
“What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe),” Coco Jones
“Special Occasion,” Emily King
"Jaguar II,” Victoria Monét
“Clear 2: Soft Life EP,” Summer Walker

Best Rap Performance

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

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“Sittin’ on Top of the World,” Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage
“Attention,” Doja Cat
“Spin Bout U,” Drake & 21 Savage
“All My Life,” Lil Durk featuring J. Cole
“Low,” SZA

Best Rap Song

“Attention,” Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini and Ari Starace, songwriters (Doja Cat)

“Barbie World” from “Barbie: The Album,” Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. and Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua)

“Just Wanna Rock,” Mohamad Camara, Symere Woods and Javier Mercado, songwriters (Lil Uzi Vert)

“Rich Flex,” Brytavious Chambers, Isaac “Zac” De Boni, Aubrey Graham, J. Gwin, Anderson Hernandez, Michael “Finatik” Mule and Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, songwriters (Drake & 21 Savage)

“Scientists & Engineers,” Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore and Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane)

Best Rap Album

“Her Loss,” Drake & 21 Savage
“Michael,” Killer Mike
“Heroes & Villains,” Metro Boomin
“King’s Disease III,” Nas
“Utopia,” Travis Scott

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Love In Exile – Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
Quality Over Opinion – Louis Cole
SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree – Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue
Live at the Piano – Cory Henry
The Omnichord Real Book – Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Country Album

Rolling Up the Welcome Mat – Kelsea Ballerini
Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne
Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan
Rustin' in the Rain – Tyler Childers
Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson

Best Americana Album

Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
The Chicago Sessions – Rodney Crowell
You're the One – Rhiannon Giddens
Weathervanes – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
The Returner – Allison Russell

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Bordado a Mano – Ana Bárbara
La Sánchez – Lila Downs
Motherflower – Flor de Toloache
Amor Como en las Películas de Antes – Lupita Infante
GÉNESIS – Peso Pluma

Best African Music Performance

"Amapiano" – ASAKE & Olamide
"City Boys" – Burna Boy
"UNAVAILABLE" – Davido Featuring Musa Keys
"Rush" – Ayra Starr
"Water" – Tyla

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

Barbie – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, composers
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ludwig Göransson, composer
The Fabelmans – John Williams, composer
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams, composer
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson, composer
 
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SZA deserves some trophies. That along with Nas possibly getting another Rap Album Grammy are all I give a shit about.
 
People still put weight behind these ceremonies?
The Grammys does this really weird thing where they go half-arse on appealing to the masses and half-arse on appealing to those into the critically acclaimed stuff (e.g. Pitchfork type audience) an an attempt at appealing to everyone while trying to hold some credibility, but instead gets it all completely wrong, appeasing no one and has its credibility and relevance endlessly questioned. Every year's nominations list is awful, they get accused of being out of touch and whoever wins always draws criticism as not actually being the best of whatever category its in

End of the day it's just a popularity and marketing ceremony designed to sell music - anyone who genuinely claims to enjoy music wouldn't take it seriously or give it the light of day which is why I'm surprised each year with how much people on here get invested (and then disappointed) in it
 
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