The Grammy Awards also called the Grammys, are awards offered by the Recording Academy to recognise excellent achievements within the music trade.
They’re regarded by many as probably the most prestigious and vital awards within the music trade worldwide. Grammys was initially referred to as the Gramophone Awards, because the trophy depicts a gilded gramophone.
In accordance with the Recording Academy, its mission is “to recognise excellence within the recording arts and sciences, domesticate the well-being of the music group, and be certain that music stays an indelible a part of our tradition.”
Because the 66th version of the Grammy is billed for February 4, 2024, in Los Angeles, United States of America, under are a part of what to keep watch over:
- Nigerians emergence
Because the listing of the nominees reduce throughout completely different elements of the world, Nigerian artistes equivalent to Damini Ogulu, popularly often known as Burna Boy; Olamide Adedeji (Olamide); Ahmed Ololade (Asake); David Adeleke (Davido); Oyinkansola Aderigbigbe (Ayra Starr), Temilade Openiyi (Tems) additionally earned nominations within the Finest African Music Efficiency class.
Whereas Burna Boy bagged nominations in three classes —‘Finest Melodic Rap’, ‘Finest World Music Album’, and ‘Finest World Music Efficiency’; Ayra Starr was nominated for her hit ‘Rush’, on her debut studio album “19 & Harmful”; Tems was nominated within the Finest tune written for Visible Media Class for her work on the tune, ‘Raise Me Up’, which is a soundtrack for the movie, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly’’; Olamide and Asake bag nomination for his or her hit tune ‘Amapiano’; whereas Davido luggage nomination by way of his “Unavailable” tune. He was additionally nominated for Finest World Album and Finest World Music Efficiency.
In the meantime, in 2023, Burna Boy, Tems, Ayra Starr, Asake have been nominated for the BET award
- Taylor eyes historical past, no Travis
Swift is up for six gramophones this yr, together with Album of the 12 months for her most up-to-date new quantity of labor, “Midnights.”
If she wins the celebrated trophy, it might be her fourth – probably the most of any artiste, breaking the tie she is at the moment in with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Surprise.
Her high-profile relationship with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce is among the many myriad causes Swift’s identify is headline catnip as of late, however the NFL celebrity shouldn’t be set to attend Sunday’s gala along with her.
Kelce will probably be busy making ready to play in subsequent weekend’s Tremendous Bowl in Las Vegas, wherein the Chiefs will face the San Francisco 49ers.
“I want I can go and assist Taylor on the Grammys and watch her win each award that she is nominated for,” Kelce stated in a current interview.
- The comeback of Tracy Chapman?
The Recording Academy fingers out most of its dozens of awards earlier than the greater than three-hour, performance-heavy essential broadcast, to air on US community CBS.
Anticipated on stage is Luke Combs, the nation singer whose omission from the night’s main prizes was a shock.
Combs dropped a canopy of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 traditional “Quick Automotive” to resounding success, incomes a single nod within the nation classes.
It’s rumoured that Combs’ efficiency will embody Chapman herself, who not often seems in public.
Viewers may also stay up for a set from Billy Joel, who simply launched a brand new single, his first authentic music in almost twenty years.
- Joni takes the stage
Icon Joni Mitchell additionally will serenade the gala, her first Grammy efficiency ever regardless of a half-century relationship with the Academy.
The 80-year-old obtained a people album nomination for her reside report “Joni Mitchell at Newport,” when she delivered a set simply years after an aneurysm led to fears she may by no means play once more.
Mitchell isn’t the one OG up for a prize: two compilations from Bob Dylan and the late Lou Reed are within the working for Finest Historic Album.
The winner of that prize will go to the albums’ producers and engineers, reasonably than the artist, however the identify recognition might enhance their possibilities.
The identical goes for a music video set to “I’m Solely Sleeping” by The Beatles.
The Fab 4 aren’t up for the award themselves, the video’s director and producers are; however their look on a shortlist that features Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler Childers and Troye Sivan was somewhat far-out.
- Barbie Women
Girls have extra illustration than ever at this yr’s Grammys, with SZA incomes 9 nods adopted carefully by the likes of Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and supergroup boygenius.
But it surely’s Barbie who raked in probably the most possibilities at Grammy gold, with 11.
The eclectic, star-powered soundtrack to the billion-dollar summer time blockbuster earned nominations for songs carried out by Eilish, Dua Lipa, Finest New Artist favorite Ice Spice and the Oscar contender Ryan Gosling.
Eilish gained a Golden Globe final month for her spare, wrenching ballad “What Was I Made For?” which earned her Grammy nominations for each Finest Music and Finest File — and will additionally see her win an Oscar subsequent month.
It’s a uncommon hit that wins each a Music of the 12 months Grammy and an Academy Award for Finest Unique Music: others to perform the feat are Barbra Streisand’s “The Approach We Have been” and Celine Dion’s “My Coronary heart Will Go On.”
- Bernie’s second probability to win
- Bernie Sanders has a second probability to win a Grammy within the audiobook and narration class.
The leftist senator’s studying of “It’s Okay to Be Indignant About Capitalism” is up in opposition to efforts by Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, William Shatner and Rick Rubin in one of many evening’s quirkier classes.
If former First Woman Obama wins, it might be her second audiobook victory; her husband Barack has two already.
Additionally in competition is Trevor Noah, the comic internet hosting the gala for the fourth consecutive yr.
Noah misplaced the Finest Comedy Album honour in 2020 to Dave Chappelle, one yr earlier than he started his stint as Grammy grasp of ceremonies.
Talking to Folks just lately, Noah joked that his internet hosting gig is only a marketing campaign to win: “It’s all been an extended con.”
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