The 2024 Grammys honor recordings released from Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 15, 2023. SZA is the top nominee, with nine nods for her album “SOS,” which topped the Billboard 200 for 10 straight weeks.
The R&B singer Victoria Monét and the indie rocker Phoebe Bridgers of boygenius both have seven, while Jon Batiste, boygenius, the Americana singer-songwriter Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift have six nods apiece.
Swift, who rocked the entertainment world with her record-breaking Eras Tour; Rodrigo, the 20-year-old singer-songwriter with a proclivity for rock; Cyrus, the child star turned hitmaker; and Batiste, the New Orleans musical scion, are competing with SZA for the three major all-genre categories: best album, record and song. SZA’s “Kill Bill,” Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” Rodrigo’s “Vampire,” Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” from the “Barbie” soundtrack and Cyrus’s “Flowers” are up for both record and song of the year. (Batiste’s “Worship” is up for record, and “Butterfly” for song, a songwriter’s award.)
The other best album contenders are boygenius’s “The Record,” Lana Del Rey’s “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” and Janelle Monáe’s “The Age of Pleasure.” Best record is rounded out by boygenius’s “Not Strong Enough” and Monét’s “On My Mama,” while song’s other entrants are Del Rey’s “A&W” and Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night.”
The biggest winner of the night could be the musicians behind the movie “Barbie,” Greta Gerwig’s meditation on what it means to be a woman today. The film’s soundtrack garnered 11 nominations across seven categories, with an eclectic mix of artists that includes Eilish, Lipa, Nicki Minaj and Sam Smith.
The show will feature performances from nominated artists, including Eilish, SZA, Lipa, Rodrigo, Travis Scott, U2, Luke Combs, Miley Cyrus, Burna Boy and Joni Mitchell, who will be making her Grammy debut. Billy Joel will perform his first pop song in nearly two decades, “Turn the Lights Back On.” Stevie Wonder will honor Tony Bennett, Annie Lennox will sing for Sinead O’Connor, Fantasia Barrino-Taylor will perform a tribute to Tina Turner and Jon Batiste will lead a memorial for the music executive Clarence Avant.
Trevor Noah, formerly host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, will return as host for the fourth straight year.
This year’s presenters include Christina Aguilera, Lenny Kravitz, Lionel Richie, Mark Ronson, Maluma, Meryl Streep, Samara Joy, Taylor Tomlinson and Oprah Winfrey.
