Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Adele dominate Grammy Award nominations



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Image source, Getty ImagesBy Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent

Beyoncé and Adele are the stars to conquer astatine the 2023 Grammy Awards, and could spell head-to-head for each the predominant prizes.

Both artists had been nominated for medium of the twelvemonth - Adele for her sumptuous 4th medium 30, and Beyoncé for her dancefloor opus Renaissance.

Adele's azygous Easy On Me and Beyoncé's Break My Soul are each up for way and record of the year.

British stars Harry Styles and Coldplay are besides wrong the moving for prime album, on Swedish popular icons Abba.

The quartet person obtained their archetypal ever medium of the 12 months information for past yr's Voyage - which noticed them look from a 39-yr hibernation.

The nominations person been announced connected Tuesday, and Beyoncé leads the % with 9 emblematic - including nods wrong the creation and R&B categories.

She is present tied with her hubby Jay-Z arsenic the most-nominated creator successful Grammy history, with a implicit of 88, overtaking Sir Paul McCartney and Quincy Jones.

Image supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Jay-Z and Beyoncé - the Grammys' biggest vigor couple

However, the large sanction has nary longer gained a prize successful immoderate of the 3 largest classes (album, grounds and euphony of the 12 months) due to the fact that Single Ladies became named way of the yr successful 2010.

But if she collects 4 (or more) awards adjacent February, she volition beryllium capable to bushed conductor Sir George Solti's all-time study of 31 Grammys.

Kendrick Lamar is this year's 2d biggest nominee, with 8 nods for his 4th medium Mr Morale and the Big Steppers - a pensive rumination connected the kingdom of the satellite and his idiosyncratic motivation failings - and the freestyle The Heart Part 5.

Adele and america of a large sanction Brandi Carli are tied successful 1/3 vicinity, with 7 nominations every.

Taylor Swift has acquired much than 1 nominations for her epic re-recording of 2012's All Too Well, but her ultra-modern album, Midnights, turned into released excessively precocious for inclusion successful the 2023 discipline.

And Puerto Rican rapper and vocalist Bad Bunny has made past via touchdown the archetypal ever medium of the 12 months information for a Spanish connection album.

His document, Un Verano Sin Ti (A Summer Without You), dominated the United States Billboard charts this summertime season, racking up 13 weeks astatine primary.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kendrick Lamar is the superior rapper to beryllium nominated for medium of the twelvemonth for 4 consecutive albums

British artists person had a successful peculiar beardown yr. Along with Adele, Harry Styles has nominations for medium of the twelvemonth (Harry's House) successful summation to study and opus of the 12 months (As It Was).

Ozzy Osbourne alternatives up galore nominations wrong the stone classes for his solo record Patient Number nine; adjacent arsenic the Isle Of Wight duo Wet Leg get a motion for fantabulous caller act.

Drake and The Weeknd, who could had been successful each likelihood frontrunners successful the cardinal categories, withdrew their modern time albums from attention. Both artists person lengthy maintained, with a fewer justification, that the Grammys sideline achromatic artists to style-primarily based classes.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, whose broadside assment Silk Sonic additionally declined to people their album. Rather than criticise the citizens, but, Mars said it "could beryllium loopy to invitation for thing extra" aft triumphing opus and study of the 12 months for Leave The Door Open astatine this yr's ceremony.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Bad Bunny made records with the first-ever Spanish connection medium of the 12 months nominee

Last month, the rapper Nicki Minaj protested that her deed euphony Super Freaky Girl had been moved from rap to the popular classes during the shortlisting procedure. In the stop, it did not prime retired up immoderate nominations.

Other snubs protected Elton John, whose deed collaboration with Dua Lipa, Cold Heart, turned into anticipated to prime retired up a information for bully popular duo/group performance; and Ed Sheeran, whose 5th medium = go wholly disregarded.

But the Grammys whitethorn beryllium strangely cautious of mainstream achievement. At this 12 months's rite, arsenic an example, Jon Batiste won medium of the yr for the good-looking psyche record We Are, beating ample sellers similar Olivia Rodrigo's Sour and Lil Nas X's Montero.

His triumph reinforced the cognition that Grammy electorate attraction much astir civilization and philharmonic chops than innovation and commercialized show - thing galore erstwhile nominees person grumbled about.

However, that mightiness speech this year, aft astir 2,000 caller members joined the ballot casting concern enterprise, forty four% of whom travel "from traditionally underrepresented communities," successful keeping with the Recording Academy. "And astir 50% are beneath the property of forty," stated person govt, Harvey Mason Jr.

The nominees were introduced successful a livestream from the Grammy Museum successful Los Angeles by erstwhile winners unneurotic with Olivia Rodrigo, Cyndi Lauper and John Legend.

Here's a rundown of the important categories, and who mightiness basal to triumph astatine the rite connected 5 February, 2023.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Even counting his clip arsenic a subordinate of One Direction, Harry Styles has ne'er been nominated successful immoderate of the Grammys main categories, until now

• Abba - Voyage
• Adele - 30
• Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
• Beyoncé - Renaissance
• Mary J Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous
• Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
• Lizzo - Special
• Coldplay - Music of the Spheres
• Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers
• Harry Styles - Harry's House

The header close present is the repetition of 2017's champion medium race, wherein Adele's 25 controversially bushed Beyoncé's Lemonade.

On level, Adele stated: "I cannot perchance beryllium fixed this award. I'm precise humbled and precise grateful and gracious but my lifestyles is Beyoncé." In the end, she hung connected to the trophy - nevertheless whilst it arrived wrong the message it was damaged successful . That's symbolism.

So who volition instrumentality pinnacle honours this time? Beyoncé's Renaissance is surely the amended medium - a ambitious blast of dancefloor catharsis, which champions the achromatic and queer roots of residence track. But Grammy electorate often play it safe, choosing "conventional" songcraft implicit innovation.

The academy's rank has been revamped due to the fact that the disillusioned of 2017, perchance tipping the equilibrium successful Beyoncé's favour. But Adele has won each thirteen Grammys she's been nominated for owed to the information 2012.

Image supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Taylor Swift is the lone pistillate creator to triumph medium of the twelvemonth 3 instances

• Gayle - ABCDEFU
• Lizzo - About Damn Time
• Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
• Harry Styles - As It Was
• Steve Lacy - Bad Habit
• Beyoncé - Break My Soul
• Adele - Easy On Me
• DJ Khaled - God Did
• Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part five
• Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That

This is Taylor Swift's sixth way of the 12 months information - meaning she present ties with Sir Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie due to the fact that the category's maximum-nominated writer. The designation comes for All To Well, a spoil-up ballad that astatine archetypal appeared connected her 2012 medium Red, but turned into re-recorded with much verses (and further juicy info) remaining year.

However, Swift has ne'er won large way - and her absorption this twelvemonth is particularly difficult.

Adele's comeback Easy On Me is the presumed frontrunner: A ample blustery ballad, it offered other wrong the US than her erstwhile way of the 12 months winner, Hello, and spent 10 weeks astatine primary.

Harry Styles tin bushed that, though. As It Was, a popular way whose nimble melody disguises lyrics astir loneliness and doubt, loved 15 weeks atop america charts successful beforehand this 12 months.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Adele is due to the fact that of statesman her Las Vegas residency this weekend

• Abba - Don't Shut Me Down
• Adele - Easy On Me
• Beyoncé - Break My Soul
• Mary J Blige - Good Morning
• Brandi Carlile feet Lucius - You And Me On The Rock
• Doja Cat - Woman
• Steve Lacy - Bad Habit
• Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part five
• Lizzo - About Damn Time
• Harry Styles - As It Was

While the opus of the 12 months grant recognises way and lyrics, grounds of the twelvemonth seems connected the finished merchandise - the existent dependable recording.

However, determination whitethorn beryllium wide crossover among the kinds, with Adele, Beyoncé, Lizzo and Styles each picking up replica nominations.

Once again, Adele leads the p.C., but Lizzo's outrageously charismatic About Damn Time could beryllium a contender.

Meanwhile, Swedish popular legends Abba won a astonishment information for Don't Shut Me Down, taken from their comeback medium Voyage.

The sumptuously-recorded vocals unsocial whitethorn beryllium capable to gain them a Grammy grant - which would beryllium the band's first.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Wet Leg had been 1 of the year's largest breakout acts

• Anitta
• Omar Apollo
• Domi and JD Beck
• Muni Long
• Samara Joy
• Latto
• Maneskin
• Tobe Nwigwe
• Molly Tuttle
• Wet Leg

Most years connection a breakout prima whose triumph wrong the champion caller creator class seems nailed on. Last yr it go Olivia Rodrigo. This 12 months, it's a wholly unfastened area.

Predicted nominations for rapper Jack Harlow and singer-songwriter Gayle didn't materialise, successful spite of nominations successful different classes.

As a result, the clever wealth is connected Atlanta rapper Latto, acknowledgment to her breakout deed Big Energy, for which she bagged a visitant look from way fable Mariah Carey.

Meanwhile, erstwhile Eurovision winners Maneskin person made immense inroads wrong the US, and British indie duo Wet Leg are gathering a sizeable people assemblage for quirky hits similar Chaise Longue and Ur Mum.

There's additionally a immense accidental for Brazilian large sanction Anitta - who has had a leap guardant 12 months wrong the States, aft freeing her 5th album, Versions Of Me, successful April.

While her decade-lengthy assemblage would perchance look grounds for disqualification, the standards for first-rate caller creator are reasonably relaxed.

Artists are eligible successful the lawsuit that they person breached into nationalist consciousness during the past 1 year, adjacent if they person got acquired anterior Grammy nominations.

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