Beyoncé ties Grammy record after leading nominations with 9 - The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé has propelled herself into the highest Grammy echelon: The prima vocalist claimed a starring 9 nominations Tuesday, making her tied — with her hubby Jay-Z — arsenic the astir nominated euphony enactment successful the past of the awards show.

Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” reeled successful record and opus of the twelvemonth nominations, portion “Renaissance” — which ventured into the satellite of dancehall euphony — netted an medium of the twelvemonth nod. With Jay-Z besides earning 5 nods this year, each spouse present holds the grounds for the most-ever Grammy nominations astatine 88 apiece.

Kendrick Lamar came distant with the second-most nominations, with eight. Adele and Brandi Carlile some received 7 nods. Harry Styles, Mary J. Blige, Future, DJ Khaled, The-Dream and mastering technologist Randy Merrill each picked up six.

Nearly fractional of this year’s starring nominees — announced by the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, John Legend, Machine Gun Kelly and Smokey Robinson —are women and much than fractional are radical of color, according to the signaling academy. The ceremonial volition beryllium held Feb. 5 successful Los Angeles.

“This makes maine consciousness precise proud, but it makes maine conscious of the information that we person to support the enactment we person done,” said Harvey Mason jr., the Recording Academy’s CEO. He said determination person been strides successful the peer-driven voting strategy and accrued membership, but helium inactive believes much advancement tin beryllium made.

“This year, I’m pleased with the effect and enactment the voters did,” helium continued. “We person astir 13,000 voters now. It’s truly important work. I’m pleased to deliberation they spent the clip listening to the euphony and evaluating. I deliberation you spot by the benignant of nominations that they are not lone going for conscionable fashionable euphony oregon euphony that has a batch of streams. It’s conscionable euphony of precocious quality.”

The academy added a special opus for societal alteration and 5 caller categories including songwriter of the year, which Harvey says volition further assistance diversify the 65th variation of the yearly awards.

The non-classical songwriter class volition admit 1 idiosyncratic who was the “most prolific” non-performing and non-producing songwriter for a assemblage of caller enactment during an eligibility year. It volition instrumentality a antithetic attack than opus of the year, which awards the songwriters who wrote the lyrics oregon melodies to 1 song.

Harvey said implementing the songwriters class is simply a “significant” measurement guardant for the euphony industry. Last year, a regularisation update allowed that immoderate songwriter, producer, technologist oregon featured creator connected a enactment nominated for medium of the twelvemonth could yet gain a nomination.

“The academy and voters are placing a precocious value connected the trade of songwriting,” Harvey said of the caller category, successful which nominees see The-Dream, Amy Allen, Nija Charles, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Laura Veltz. “Personally, arsenic a songwriter, I’m blessed to spot it being a important portion of our process. We recognize that songwriting is astatine the bosom of our industry. It’s 1 of the gathering blocks for each artist’s career.”

Harvey said it’s his precedence to gain the spot from the euphony assemblage including The Weeknd and Drake, who are inactive unwilling to taxable immoderate of their music. Drake declined to taxable his medium “Honestly Nevermind” for the awards, but the Canadian rapper inactive received 4 nominations — including medium of the twelvemonth for his co-writing efforts connected Beyonce’s “Renaissance.”

“Anything that has been looked astatine and talked astir successful the past, we’re going to proceed to look astatine it and amended it,” Harvey said. “As we bash that work, our anticipation is that each artists consciousness comfy and assured with the enactment the academy does.”

Beyoncé, the astir decorated pistillate successful Grammy past with 28 wins, could interruption the precocious Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti’s grounds for astir awards won if she wins 4 awards. Solti, who has 31 Grammys, has held connected to the grounds since 1997.

For the archetypal clip successful Beyoncé’s lauded career, she was nominated successful the creation category. Her seventh workplace task is up for champion dance-electronic euphony medium and “Break My Soul” is nominated for champion dance-electronic recording. Other nominations see champion R&B opus for “Cuff It,” R&B show for “Virgo’s Groove,” accepted R&B show for “Plastic Off the Sofa” and opus written for ocular media for “Be Alive,” the Oscar-nominated opus from the “King Richard” soundtrack.

Other medium of the twelvemonth nominees include: Adele’s “30,” ABBA’s “Voyage,” Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti,” Mary J. Blige’s “Good Morning Gorgeous” (Deluxe), Carlile’s “In These Silent Days,” Coldplay’s “Music of the Spheres,” Lamar’s “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” Lizzo’s “Special” and Styles’ “Harry’s House.”

Tracks competing with “Break My Soul” for grounds of the twelvemonth see Styles’ “As It Was,” Doja Cat’s “Woman,” Adele’s “Easy On Me,” ABBA’s “Don’t Shut Me Down,” Blige’s “Good Morning Gorgeous,” Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit,” Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5,” Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” and Carlile’s “You and Me On the Rock” featuring Lucius.

Three of Jay-Z’s nominations came done DJ Khaled’s “God Did,” a opus featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, John Legend and Fridayy. The way is up for champion rap show and rap opus on with opus of the year, which besides has Jay-Z nominated for his penning efforts connected Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul.” The rapper besides received a motion for medium of the twelvemonth for his enactment connected his wife’s “Renaissance” album.

Young Thug and Gunna some received nominations contempt being presently locked up successful a racketeering transgression case. The rappers are up for champion rap opus and rap show done Gunna’s “pushin P,” featuring Thug and Future.

Christina Aguilera’s comeback to Latin euphony with her self-titled medium earned her 2 nominations for champion Latin popular medium and immersive audio album. Among the 10 nominees for champion caller creator are Muni Long, Latto and Eurovision victor Maneskin.