The Pop Corporation

The 2024 Grammy nominations have been announced. Awards ceremonies suck, we know, we know.

But honestly, more than ever, recent ceremonies gave seemed so wildly out of step with what people are listening to, and looking at this year’s Grammy nominations, we’re insert shrug emoji here.

For starters – record of the year has the very likeable Jon Baptiste, but wasn’t it averagely received and didn’t break any records in sales?

Billie Eilish hasn’t really had the zeitgeist has she? Genuine question. We can’t remember it, but it’s a big ol’ world and it might have happened.

Let’s have a look at some of the categories because we can’t be bothered cutting and pasting them all out.

It’s inevitably a tussle between SZA, boygenius, Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo. Fair enough. At least it’s not a sausagefest, we guess.

You decide. It doesn’t feel like something worth tuning in for does it?

Record of the year

Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Jon Batiste – Worship
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Victoria Monét – On My Mama

Album of the year

boygenius – The Record
Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
Jon Batiste – World Music Radio
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS
SZA – SOS
Taylor Swift – Midnights

Song of the Year

Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
Jon Batiste – Butterfly
Lana Del Rey – A&W
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best new artist

Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty

Best pop solo performance

Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best rap performance

Baby Keem ft Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies
Black Thought – Love Letter
Coi Leray – Players
Drake and 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Killer Mike ft André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers

Best rock performance

Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Metallica – Lux Æterna

Best metal performance

Disturbed – Bad Man
Ghost – Phantom of the Opera
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Slipknot – Hive Mind
Spiritbox – Jaded

Best R&B performance

Chris Brown – Summer Too Hot
Coco Jones – ICU
Robert Glasper ft SiR and Alex Isley – Back to Love
SZA – Kill Bill
Victoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel

Best country solo performance

Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Brandy Clark – Buried
Luke Combs – Fast Car
Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on My Mind
Chris Stapleton – White Horse

Best global music performance

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces
Burna Boy – Alone
Davido – Feel
Silvana Estrada – Milagro y Desastre
Falu and Gaurav Shah (ft PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance in Millets
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain ft Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto
Ibrahim Maalouf ft Cimafunk and Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores

Best dance/electronic recording

Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21F
James Blake – Loading
Disclosure – Higher Than Ever Before
Romy and Fred again.. – Strong
Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan – Rumble