The Grammy Nominations for the 2020 show were announced on November 20th and simply put, it showcased the musical year of 2019 very well.
To begin, it was announced that Alicia Keys will be returning to host the Grammy Awards for the second time in a row. In addition to her hosting, we can likely expect an arrangement of different songs that she will perform. At the 2019 Grammy Award show, she did a medley of songs from artists like Juice WRLD, Drake, and Ella Mai.
And nobody is having a better year for the Grammys than some of the newer emerging artists that we’ve come to know and love. Lizzo had the most nominations with a whopping eight, which is more than any other artist this year. She was closely followed by both Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X, who trailed Lizzo with 6 nominations each. But unlike Lil Nas X, Billie and Lizzo were both nominated for all four major categories - Record of the year, album of the year, song of the year, and best new artist. The only category that Lil Nas X didn’t get a nomination for, in the top 4, was for “song of the year”. His hit song “Old Town Road” and the album that it was featured on “7” scored him nods for all of the other major categories. Lizzo’s new album “Cuz I Love You” is up for Album of the year, while “Truth Hurts” is nominated for both Song of the year and record of the year.
The difference between the two awards, record of the year has to deal with more the technical aspects - the artists, producers, and engineers who help with the recording of the song, while song of the year honors the songwriters and composition.
And if you’re also confused why “Truth Hurts” is up for multiple Grammys despite first coming out in 2016, it was announced earlier this year that the recording academy will consider songs that were never submitted in past years and were rereleased on an album that came out during the eligibility period for the upcoming show. So of all 8 of Lizzos nominations, the chances are pretty high that she will win at least one of them and become a Grammy award winning artist.
Besides Billie and Lil Nas, other nominees for Album of the year are Lana Del Rey for “Norman Rockwell”, Bon Iver for “I,I”, Ariana Grande for “Thank U, Next”, HER “I Used to Know Her”, and Vampire Weekend for “Father of the Bride”.
You might notice one or two of your favorite artists noticeably missing from this list. Fans of Taylor Swift and BTS were both shocked and appalled that neither “Lover” or “Map of the Soul” were nominated for an album of the year award, despite being two of the most celebrated albums this year.
Taylor got 3 nominations this year for “Song of the year” for “Lover”, Best pop vocal album, and best pop solo performance for “You Need to Calm Down”. But she still fared better than BTS, who didn’t get any Grammy nominations at all, which was very surprising considering their breakout last year at the Grammys. Other notable snubs were for Best New Artist, which didn’t include Da Baby or Megan Thee Stallion.
Nominees for Best New Artist include Black Pumas, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Maggie Rogers, Rosalia, Tank and the Bangas, and Yola.
It’s definitely been a surprising year for the Grammy nominations, and this is only the beginning. We’ll see who takes home the awards in January when the Grammy Awards finally air. Leave your predictions below! We are curious to see what you guys think!
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