Singer Beyonce leads with nine Grammy nominations
This year, Grammy Award nominations are all about women power with Beyonce, Taylor Swit and Dua Lipa leading the way. The award ceremony will be aired on Jan. 31
The 2021 Grammy Awards nominations are all about women power with Beyonce, Taylor Swit and Dua Lipa leading the way. Beyonce is leading the contender at the 2021 Grammy Awards with nine nods. She is followed by Taylor Swit, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa, who earned six nominations each. Britany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, earned five nominations for her solo debut. Earning four each were Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Dababy, Phoebe Bridgers, Justin Bieber, jazz pianist John Beasley and classical producer David Frost, reports Variety.
As a shocker, The Weeknd didn’t get nominated. Despite being predicted to dominate the nominations at the 63rd annual Grammys, the pop-r&b superstar’s “Blinding lights” single and “Ater Hours” album got zero nominations. Beyonce will be competing against herself in the Record of the Year category. She is nominated in the category for “Black Parade” as well as “Savage”. She fights Black Pumas, Dababy, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Post Malone for the trophy. Swit’s six nominations include five for her “Folklore” album or its “Cardigan” single and one for her collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber on an original song for the film version of “Cats”.
Her competition in the Album of the Year category include Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Coldplay, Jhen Aiko, Jacob Collier, HAIM and Black Pumas. K-pop super band BTS got a Best Pop Duo/group Performance nod for their first single sung entirely in English, “Dynamite”. Dua Lipa got nominations in the categories of Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Don’t Start Now” and Album of the Year for “Future Nostalgia”. Dua Lipa and Beyonce are joined in the Song of the Year category by fellow six-time nominees Roddy Ricch and Taylor Swit. Ricch has the most Grammy nominations for any male artiste this year. He is up for Song of the Year for “The Box” and Record of the Year for “Rockstar” with Dababy.
Meanwhile,“thedailyshow”hostandcomedian Trevor Noah has been tapped to host the 2021 Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy made the announcement hours before the nominees for the upcoming show are revealed. It would mark Noah’s first time hosting the Grammys. Earlier this year, Noah competed for his first Grammy Award: The 36-year-old Emmy winner was nominated for best comedy album with “Son of Patricia,” but lost to Dave Chappelle. “Despite the fact that I am extremely disappointed that the Grammys have refused to have me sing or be nominated for best pop album, I am thrilled to be hosting this auspicious event,” Noah said in a statement. “I think as a one-time Grammy nominee, I am the best person to provide a shoulder to all the amazing artists who do not win on the night because I too know the pain of not winning the award! See you at the 63rd Grammys!” Alicia Keys was the most recent Grammy host.