The nomination list of the upcoming 2024 Grammy Awards dropped on November 10th, 2023, with a new category for African music called “Best African Music Performance.”
Nigerian artists, Davido, Ayra Starr, Olamide, Asake, Bloody Civilian and Blessing Offor, all got their first Grammy nominations, joining the growing list of nominees that includes Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti and Tems.
We bring you the list of categories and nominees you should care about.
Record of the Year
Worship – Jon Batiste
Not Strong Enough – boygenius
Flowers – Miley Cyrus
What Was I Made For? (From Motion Picture Barbie) – Billie Eilish
On My Mama – Victoria Monét
Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo
Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
Kill Bill – SZA
Album of the Year
World Music Radio – Jon Batiste
the record – boygenius
Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus
Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey
The Age of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe
GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo
Midnights – Taylor Swift
SOS – SZA
Song of the Year
A&W – Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey and Sam Drew
Anti-Hero – Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift
Butterfly – Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
Dance the Night (From Barbie The Album) – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
Flowers – Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein and Michael Pollack
Kill Bill – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang and Solána Rowe
Vampire – Daniel Nigro, Olivia Rodrigo
What Was I Made For? (From Motion Picture Barbie) – Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell
Best New Artist
Gracie Abrams
Fred again..
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kanan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
Jack Antonoff
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Hit-Boy
Metro Boomin
Daniel Nigro
Songwriter of the Year (Non-Classical)
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dilion
Shane McAnally
Theron Thomas
Justin Tranter
Best Pop Solo Performance
Flowers – Miley Cyrus
Paint The Town Red – Doja Cat
What Was I Made For? (From The Motion Picture Barbie)
Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo
Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Thousand Miles – Miley Cyrus
Candy Necklace – Lana Del Rey feat. Job Batiste
Never Felt So Alone – Labrinth feat. Billie Eilish
Karma – Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice
Ghost In The Machine – SZA feat. Phoebe Bridgers
Best Pop Vocal Album
Chemistry – Kelly Clarkson
Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus
GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo
– (Subtract) – Ed Sheeran
Midnights – Taylor Swift
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Blackbox Life Recorder 21F – Aphex Twin
Loading – James Blake
Higher Than Ever Before – Disclosure
Strong – Romy and Fred again..
Rumble – Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan
Best Pop Dance Recording
Baby Don’t Hurt Me – David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray
Miracle – Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding
Padam Padam – Kylie Minogue
One In A Million – Bebe Rexha and David Guetta
Rush – Troye Sivan
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Playing Robots Into Heaven – James Blake
For That Beautiful Feeling – The Chemical Brothers
Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) – Fred again..
Kx5 – Kx5
Quest For Fire – Skrillex
Best Alternative Music Performance
Belinda Says – Alvvays
Body Paint – Arctic Monkeys
Cool About It – boygenius
A&W – Lana Del Rey
This Is Why – Paramore
Best Alternative Music Album
The Car –Arctic Monkeys
The Record – boygenius
Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey
Cracker Island – Gorillaz
I Inside The Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey
Best R&B Performance
Summer Too Hot – Chris Brown
Back To Love – Robert Glasper feat. SiR and Alex Isley
ICU – Coco Jones
How Does It Make You Feel – Victoria Monét
Kill Bill – SZA
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Simple – Babyface feat. Coco Jones
Lucky – Kenyon Dixon
Hollywood – Victoria Monét feat. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét
Good Morning – PJ Morton feat. Susan Carol
Love Language – SZA
Best R&B Song
Angel – Halle Bailey, Theron Feemster and Coleridge Tillman
Back To Love – Darryl Andrew Farris, Robert Glasper and Alexandra Isley
ICU – Darhyl Camper Jr., Courtney Jones, Raymond Komba and Roy Keisha Rockette
On My Mama – Dernst Emile II, Jeff Gitelman, Victoria Monét, Kyla Moscovich, Jamil Pierre and Charles Williams
Snooze – Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe and Leon Thomas
Best Progressive R&B Album
Since I Have A Lover – 6LACK
The Love Album Off The Grid – Diddy
Nova – Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy
The Age Of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe
SOS – SZA
Best R&B Album
Girls Night Out – Babyface
What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe) – Coco Jones
Special Occasion – Emily King
JAGUAR II – Victoria Monét
CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP – Summer Walker
Best Rap Performance
The Hillbillies – Baby Keem feat. Kendrick Lamar
Love Letter – Black Thought
Rich Flex – Drake & 21 Savage
SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – Killer Mike feat. André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane
Players – Coi Leray
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Sittin’ On Top Of The World – Burna Boy feat. 21 Savage
Attention – Doja Cat
Spin Bout U – Drake & 21 Savage
All My Life – Lil Durk feat. J. Cole
Low – SZA
Best Rap Song
Attention – Rogét Chahayed and Amala
Barbie World (From Barbie The Album – Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. & Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua)
Just Wanna Rock – Mohamad Camara, Symere Woods & Javier Mercado, songwriters (Lil Uzi Vert)
Rich Flex – Brytavious Chambers, Isaac “Zac” De Boni, Aubrey Graham, J. Gwin, Anderson Hernandez, Michael “Finatik” Mule & Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, songwriters (Drake & 21 Savage)
SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane)
Best Rap Album
Her Loss – Drake & 21 Savage
MICHAEL – Killer Mike
HEROES & VILLIANS – Metro Boomin
King’s Disease III – Nas
UTOPIA – Travis Scott
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited – Queen Sheba
For Your Consideration’24 -The Album – Prentice Powell and Shawn William
Grocery Shopping With My Mother – Kevin Powell
The Light Inside – J. Ivy
When The Poems Do What They Do – Aja Monet
Gospel and Contemporary Christian Music
God Is Good – Stanley Brown Featuring Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard; Stanley Brown, Karen V Clark Sheard, Kaylah Jiavanni Harvey, Rodney Jerkins, Elyse Victoria Johnson, J Drew Sheard II, Kierra Valencia Sheard & Hezekiah Walker, songwriters
Feel Alright (Blessed) – Erica Campbell; Erica Campbell, Warryn Campbell, William Weatherspoon, Juan Winans & Marvin L. Winans, songwriters
Lord Do It For Me (Live) – Zacardi Cortez; Marcus Calyen, Zacardi Cortez & Kerry Douglas, songwriters
God Is – Melvin Crispell III
All Things – Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Believe – Blessing Offor; Hank Bentley & Blessing Offor, songwriters
Firm Foundation (He Won’t) [Live] – Cody Carnes
Thank God I Do – Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle & Jason Ingram, songwriters
Love Me Like I Am – for KING & COUNTRY feat. Jordin Sparks
Your Power – Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard
God Problems – Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine; Daniel Bashta, Chris Davenport, Ryan Ellis & Naomi Raine, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
I Love You – Erica Campbell
Hymns (Live) – Tasha Cobbs Leonard
The Maverick Way – Maverick City Music
My Truth – Jonathan McReynolds
All Things New: Live In Orlando – Tye Tribbett
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
My Tribe – Blessing Offor
Emanuel – Da’ T.R.U.T.H.
Lauren Daigle – Lauren Daigle
Church Clothes 4 – Lecrae
I Believe – Phil Wickham
Best Roots Gospel Album
Tribute To The King – The Blackwood Brothers Quartet
Echoes Of The South – Blind Boys Of Alabama
Songs That Pulled Me Through The Tough Times – Becky Isaacs Bowman
Meet Me At The Cross – Brian Free & Assurance
Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light – Gaither Vocal Band
Best Global Music Performance
Shadow Forces – Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily
Alone – Burna Boy
FEEL – Davido
Milagro Y Disastre -Silvana Estrada
Abundance In Millets – Falu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi)
Pashto – Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia
Todo Colores – Ibrahim Maalouf Featuring Cimafunk & Tank And The Bangas
Best African Music Performance
Amapiano – Asake & Olamide
City Boys – Burna Boy
UNAVAILABLE — Davido feat. Musa Keys
Rush – Ayra Starr
Water – Tyla
Best Global Music Album
Epifanías – Susana Baca
History – Bokanté
I Told Them… – Burna Boy
Timeless – Davido
This Moment – Shakti
Best Reggae Album
Born For Greatness – Buju Banton
Simma – Beenie Man
Cali Roots Riddim 2023 – Collie Buddz
No Destroyer – Burning Spear
Colors Of Royal – Julian Marley & Antaeus
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
AURORA – (Daisy Jones & The Six)
Barbie The Album – (Various Artists)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From And Inspired By – (Various Artists)
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3 – (Various Artists)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – Weird Al Yankovic
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Barbie – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (composers)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ludwig Göransson (composer)
The Fabelmans – John Williams, (composer)
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
– John Williams (composer)
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson, (composer)
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Barbie World (From Barbie The Album) – Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. and Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice feat. Aqua)
Dance The Night (From Barbie The Album) – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
I’m Just Ken (From Barbie The Album) – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Ryan Gosling)
Lift Me Up [From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From And Inspired By) – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty and Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Rihanna)
What Was I Made For? (From Barbie The Album) – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Music Video
I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
(Em Cooper, video director; Jonathan Clyde, Sophie Hilton, Sue Loughlin & Laura Thomas, video producers)
In Your Love – Tyler Childers
(Bryan Schlam, video director; Kacie Barton, Silas House, Nicholas Robespierre, Ian Thornton & Whitney Wolanin, video producers)
What Was I Made For? – Billie Eilish
(Billie Eilish, video director; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson & David Moore, video producers)
Count Me Out – Kendrick Lamar
(Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, video producers)
Rush – Troye Sivan
(Gordon Von Steiner, video director; Kelly McGee, video producer)
Find the full list here.
