2023 GRAMMY Nominations
Spanish-Language Album Makes Grammy History
The 65th GRAMMY Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, where artists of all genres will be honored for their immaculate work. So with the 2023 Grammy Awards just a few months away, the list of nominees is here:
Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny, who is currently on tour, has made history with his hit album, “Un Verano Sin Ti.” This album becomes the first Spanish-language album to ever be nominated for Album Of The Year. In addition to this historic moment, Bad Bunny was also nominated in the categories of Best Pop Solo Performance for “Moscow Mule,” and Best Urban Music Album for “Un Verano Sin Ti.” According to Billboard, “Un Verano Sin Ti” has essentially been the default No. 1 all summer on the Billboard 200 albums chart.”
Beyoncé
Beyoncé emerged as the artist with the most nominations of the night, with nine in total. Among the categories in which she is nominated is Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Dance/Electronic Music Album, Best Traditional R&B Performance, Album Of The Year, Best R&B Song, Best Song Written for Visual Media. These nominations put the singer on a total of 88 career nominations, the same as her husband, rapper Jay-Z.
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar also leads the list with eight nominations, including Album Of The Year for “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” and Record Of The Year for “The Heart Part 5,” which is competing with Adele for “Easy On Me” and Beyoncé for “BREAK MY SOUL.” Also, Best Rap Performance for “The Heart Part 5”, DJ Khaled is also nominated in this category for “GOD DID”.
Harry Styles
Harry Styles got six nominations with his third solo album, “Harry’s House,” in the big four categories. “As It Was” has been nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance, Song of the Year, and Best Music Video. He also earned nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album, Album of the Year, and Record of the Year.
Taylor Swift
In addition, many fans were shocked that singer Taylor Swift got only four nominations. Her album “Midnights”, which earned all 10 spots on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, was not nominated because the GRAMMYs deadline was Oct. 1. and the album was released on Oct. 21. However, Swift’s nominations include Song of the Year for “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film), Best Song Written for Visual Media for “Carolina” [From Where The Crawdads Sing], Best Country Song for “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version), and Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical for “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault).
The Recording Academy has announced five new categories for the 2023 GRAMMY Awards: Songwriter of the Year (Non-Classical), Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media. Also, Best Spoken Word Poetry Album, Best Alternative Music Performance, and Best American Performance.
To see the full list visit https://www.grammy.com
Beatriz A. Martinez is a Journalism for Transfer major at Rio Hondo College. She plans to transfer Finding out what she was passionate about was difficult...