NEW YORK, United States — Pop royalty
Beyonce and
Adele will face off at the Grammys once again, after the music
titans released blockbuster albums that vaulted them to the front of the list
of 2023 nominees.
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Beyonce leads the pack with nine chances to win
during the performance-heavy ceremony on February 5 that honors the industry’s
best, the Recording Academy announced on Tuesday.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar notched eight nods, while
Adele and fellow balladeer Brandi Carlile scored seven each.
Beyonce’s “Renaissance”, a pulsating club track
collection, will face off with Adele’s introspective, ugly-cry ode “30” in the
most prestigious categories — six years after the British artist shut out Queen
Bey’s culture-shaking “Lemonade”.
Adele’s sweep left both women in tears, with the
crooner calling Beyonce her “idol” and telling the audience her fellow
megastar’s paradigm-shifting record should have won.
That contest fueled criticism that the Academy
consistently fails to pay Black artists their due.
The 2023 nomination slate sees Beyonce continue on
her history-making path: she moved into a tie with her husband, Jay-Z, as the
most nominated artists ever with 88 each.
Already the woman with the most Grammys, Beyonce
could overtake classical conductor Georg Solti for the most wins by any artist,
with four victories; she’s already tied for second place with music power
player Quincy Jones.
After years of pandemic-induced delays and
scalebacks, the 65th annual Grammys will head to
Los Angeles early next year
for what looks primed to be the Recording Academy’s most star-studded gala in
recent memory.
Bad Bunny, indisputably the world’s biggest
commercial artist, came away with three nominations for his major drop “Un
Verano Sin Ti”, which is in the running for Album of the Year.
It is the first time an all Spanish-language album
has a chance at that coveted award, and the Puerto Rican reggaeton megastar’s
first time landing a solo nomination in the major Grammy categories.
R&B legend Mary J. Blige won a surprise six
nominations off her album “Good Morning Gorgeous”. She is tied with rapper
Future, who dominated the rap categories, and DJ Khaled, for his album “God
Did”.
Pop juggernaut Harry Styles, who the Academy has
repeatedly snubbed, will also vie for six awards, including alongside Beyonce,
Lamar, and Adele for Record and Album of the Year.
Beyonce’s “Renaissance” was a boon for songwriters,
including Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, who received six nominations
thanks to his work on the album.
Lizzo and Doja Cat
also figure among the top nominees, cementing their status as Grammy regulars.
Taylor Swift — who has been making good on a vow to
re-record her first six albums so she can control the rights to them — returned
to her country roots by earning one of the genre’s down-ballot nominations for
“I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”.
She also snagged a nod for best music video, and
another in the prestigious Song of the Year contest, which celebrates
songwriters, for her 10-minute version of “All Too Well”.
The Best New Artist field was once again one of the
ballot’s most eclectic, featuring Brazil’s Anitta, Mexican-American Omar
Apollo, and Eurovision winners Maneskin, who hail from Italy.
The Academy — comprised of music-makers including
artists, composers, and engineers — also honored a coterie of the industry’s
enduring stars, with Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, and ABBA garnering a handful
of nominations each.
Familiar faces cropped up in the global categories,
including Angelique Kidjo and Burna Boy, while
South Korea’s boy band sensation
BTS — who earlier this year declared they were taking a hiatus — will vie once
again for their first elusive Grammy.
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