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SZA, Phoebe Bridgers & Taylor Swift Take The Lead In 2024 Grammy Nominations

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 23: In this image released on May 23, SZA performs onstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for dcp)

On Friday morning, nominations were revealed for the 2024 66th Grammy Awards, and SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Victoria Monét and Taylor Swift dominated the top categories.

SZA led the nominations with nine nods in total. SZA’s extensive repertoire of songs reflects her unique blend of diverse influences, and her album SOS and its songs span pop, rap, and R&B categories. Her single “Kill Bill” is up for Song and Record of the Year.

The singer currently has won one Grammy award with 14 previous nominations.

SZA’s collaboration “Ghost in the Machine” with Bridgers was also nominated for the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Monét, Bridgers and Serban Ghenea all follow SZA with seven nominations each. Monét is also nominated for Best New Artist, alongside singers Coco Jones and Gracie Abrams.

Swift has six nominations and could set a new record as the first artist to ever win Album of the Year four times. Olivia Rodrigo, who has three previous Grammy awards, also has six nominations.

This year sees three new categories added: Best African Music Performance, Best Pop Dance Recording and Best Alternative Jazz Album.

Below is the complete nominations list:

Record of the Year

“Worship” – Jon Batiste
“Not Strong Enough” – boygenius
“Flowers” – Miley Cyrus
“What Was I Made For?” [from the 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 & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
“Anti-Hero” – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“Butterfly” – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
“Dance the Night” (from Barbie the Album)– Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
“Flowers”– Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
“Kill Bill”– Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
“vampire” – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Oliva Rodrigo)
“What Was I Made For?” [from the motion picture Barbie]– Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist

Gracie Abrams
Fred again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
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 Dillon
Shane McAnally
Theron Thomas
Justin Tranter

Best Pop Vocal Album

chemistry – Kelly Clarkson
Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus
GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo
– (Subtract) – Ed Sheeran
Midnights – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Dance Recording

“Baby Don’t Hurt Me” – David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray
“Miracle” – Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding
“Padam Padam” – Kylie Minogue
“One in a Million” – Bebe Rexha & 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 Rock Album

But Here We Are – Foo Fighters
Starcatcher – Greta Van Fleet
72 Seasons – Metallica
This Is Why – Paramore
In Times New Roman… – Queens of the Stone Age

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 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 Melodic Rap Performance

“Sittin’ on Top of the World” – Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage
“Attention” – Doja Cat
“Spin Bout U” – Drake & 21 Savage
“All My Life” – Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole
“Low” – SZA

Best Rap Song

“Attention” – Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini & Ari Starace, songwriters (Doja Cat)
“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 & Eryn Allen Kane)

Best Alternative Jazz Album