Sudden sensation Lady Gaga also scored in those fields, with “Poker Face” up for record and song of the year and her debut The Fame competing for album of the year. Knowles aren’t the only acts to pull off the top-prize hat-trick with these nominations. She also faces stiff threats for best female pop vocal performance, where she squares off yet again against Beyoncé along with Adele, Katy Perry and Pink.Īnd keep this in mind: Swift and Ms. That’s half of the record-setting total she needs right there, with six more noms to go.īy comparison, Taylor more than once faces some big guns in the country categories - not so much fellow females as guys like Keith Urban and George Strait, who may hold more sway for best country album, or other newcomers like Jamey Johnson and Lady Antebellum, who have shots at best country song. She has the advantage of weaker competition - no way is she gonna lose best female R&B vocal performance to four talented novices, nor best contemporary R&B album to Jamie Foxx or T-Pain, nor are the likes of Anthony Hamilton and Ann Nesby apt to trump her already cherished rendition of “At Last” for best traditional R&B vocal performance. Anyone betting his sad-sack auto-tuned annoyance 808s & Heartbreak stood a chance at any major nods was sorely mistaken.)Īt a glance, however, I’d say Beyoncé stands the better chance of emerging as pop’s most-decorated queen of queens this decade.
She’s so omnipresent and industry-embraced right now that it’s easy to figure she’d steamroll her way on to history - and wouldn’t that really put perennial Grammy-grouser Kanye West in his place? (Note this, by the way: all six of his nominations this time were for collaborations with others - for “Run This Town” with Jay-Z & Rihanna, of course, but also with Young Jeezy, Keri Hilson & Ne-Yo, Kid Cudi & Common and, natch, Beyoncé. Swift, who just dominated both the American Music Awards and the Country Music Awards, was showered with eight nods, also including record and song of the year (both for “You Belong with Me”) and album of the year, for her second disc, Fearless.
Curiously, her infectious single “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” landed in the song of the year category, when a softer, more timeless tune like “Halo,” nominated for record of the year, would seem the more likely choice, and vice versa. This time she racked up a leading 10 nominations, including a nod for I Am … Sasha Fierce for album of the year. ( Click here for a slide show of nominees or click for a complete list of nominations in all 110 categories.)īeyoncé, owner of 10 trophies so far (three with Destiny’s Child), is already tied for the record of five wins by a female act in a single ceremony her prizes in 2004 matched the batches taken home by Lauryn Hill (1999), Alicia Keys (2002), Norah Jones (2003) and the Dixie Chicks (2006). The nominees were partially revealed during Wednesday night’s second annual edition of The Grammy Nominations Live!!, this year held at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
Jay-Z at least have enough nominations to make such a record-smashing ceremony a possibility when the 52nd annual Grammy Awards are handed out Jan. So I wanted to uplift, encourage, and celebrate all of the beautiful Black queens and kings that continued to inspire me and inspire the whole world.Will Taylor Swift’s recent sweep of award shows continue? Or will Beyoncé make good on a second chance to break the record for most wins by a female performer in a single night? "As an artist I believe it's my job and all of our jobs to reflect the times," she said. I want to thank James, Inez, and Betty and their parents, who are the second and third people I play the songs I write.”īeyoncé used her speech for "Black Parade" to explain her commitment to uplifting people through music. "I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine. “ Joe, who is the first person that I play every single song that I write," she said about her longtime boyfriend, Joe Alwyn. Taylor made sure to thank the people in her life during her acceptance speech.
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