The race between “Birds of a Feather” and “Espresso” was impossible to call until the very last minute, but Eilish eventually came out victorious. She took the top spot on the last day of the year, crossing 1,775,000,000 streams and defeating “Espresso” by just 650,000 streams, according to Chart Data.
“Birds of a Feather” was released as the second single from Eilish’s third studio album Hit Me Hard and Soft. It will enter this year’s Grammy Awards with three nods – song of the year, record of the year, and best pop solo performance – while the album itself is in the running for album of the year and best pop vocal album.
Despite topping Spotify’s list of most-streamed songs of 2024, both “Birds of a Feather” and “Espresso” failed to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year. “Birds of a Feather” peaked at No. 2 behind Shaboozey’s record-breaking hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”, while “Espresso” took the No. 3 spot behind Carpenter’s own “Please Please Please”, her first No. 1 single in the US.
Despite holding the record for most Grammys ever won with 32 awards, Beyoncé was never honored with the coveted album of the year trophy. She’ll get another chance to right that wrong next year with Cowboy Carter, competing against the likes of Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Billie Eilish.
Beyoncé is also vying for song and record of the year with her hit single “Texas Hold ‘Em”. The list of contenders in both categories also includes “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish, “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift and Post Malone, “Good Luck Babe” by Chappell Roan, “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar.
Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter are the only artists nominated for the “big four” Grammys. In addition to scoring a nod for album, song, and record of the year, they’re also contenders for the best new artist award alongside Benson Boone, Raye, Shaboozey, and more.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will return to the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025.
Record of the Year
The Beatles – Now and Then
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX – 360
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Album of the Year
André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Charli XCX – Brat
Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 4
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Song of the Year
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Doechii
Chappell Roan
Khruangbin
Raye
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Daniel Nigro
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyoncé – Bodyguard
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX – Apple
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine – Remix
Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone – Levii’s Jeans
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess Featuring Billie Eilish
Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift – Us.
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Disclosure – She’s Gone, Dance On
Four Tet – Loved
Fred Again.. & Baby Keem – Leavemealone
Justice & Tame Impala – Neverender
Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino – Witchy
Best Dance Pop Recording
Ariana Grande – Yes, And?
Billie Eilish – L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]
Charli XCX – Von Dutch
Madison Beer – Make You Mine
Troye Sivan – Got Me Started
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Charli XCX – Brat
Four Tet – Three
Justice – Hyperdrama
Kaytranada – Timeless
Zedd – Telos
Best Remixed Recording
Charli XCX – Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Featuring Addison Rae
Doechii & Kaytranada Featuring JT – Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix)
Julian Marley & Antaeus – Jah Sees Them (Amapiano Remix)
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)
Shaboozey & David Guetta – A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix)
Best Rock Performance
The Beatles – Now and Then
The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing Me
Idles – Gift Horse
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
St. Vincent – Broken Man
Best Metal Performance
Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor le Masne – Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
Judas Priest – Crown of Horns
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy – Suffocate
Metallica – Screaming Suicide
Spiritbox – Cellar Door
Best Rock Song
The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – Dilemma
Idles – Gift Horse
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
St. Vincent – Broken Man
Best Rock Album
The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Green Day – Saviors
Idles – Tangk
Jack White – No Name
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Best Alternative Music Performance
Cage the Elephant – Neon Pill
Fontaines D.C. – Starburster
Kim Gordon – Bye Bye
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Song of the Lake
St. Vincent – Flea
Best Alternative Music Album
Brittany Howard – What Now
Clairo – Charm
Kim Gordon – The Collective
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Wild God
St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown – Residuals
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Jhené Aiko – Guidance
Muni Long – Made for Me (Live on BET)
SZA – Saturn
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Kenyon Dixon – Can I Have This Groove
Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald – No Lie
Lucky Daye – That’s You
Marsha Ambrosius – Wet
Muni Long – Make Me Forget
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Kehlani – After Hours
Muni Long – Ruined Me
SZA – Saturn
Tems – Burning
Best Progressive R&B Album
Avery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know You
Childish Gambino – Bando Stone and the New World
Durand Bernarr – En Route
Kehlani – Crash
NxWorries – Why Lawd?
Best R&B Album
Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway – Vantablack
Lucky Daye – Algorithm
Muni Long – Revenge
Usher – Coming Home
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – Enough (Miami)
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos – When the Sun Shines Again
Doechii – Nissan Altima
Eminem – Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey – Spaghettii
Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd – We Still Don’t Trust You
Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani – Kehlani (Remix)
Latto – Big Mama
Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – 3:AM
Best Rap Song
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Rapsody & Hit-Boy – Asteroids
¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid Featuring Playboi Carti – Carnival
Best Rap Album
Common & Pete Rock – The Auditorium Vol. 1
Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
Eminem – The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Future & Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust You
J. Cole – Might Delete Later
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Malik Yusef – Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word
Omari Hardwick – Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series
Queen Sheba – Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say
Skillz – The Seven Number Ones
Tank and the Bangas – The Heart, the Mind, the Soul
Best Jazz Performance
The Baylor Project – Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit)
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Juno
Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis Featuring Troy Roberts – Little Fears
Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – Twinkle Twinkle Little Me
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Catherine Russell & Sean Mason – My Ideal
Christie Dashiell – Journey in Black
Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner – Wildflowers Vol. 1
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – Milton + Esperanza
Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Ambrose Akinmusire – Owl Song
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance
Kenny Barron – Beyond This Place
Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Sullivan Fortner – Solo Game
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – And So It Goes
Dan Pugach – Bianca Reimagined
John Beasley Featuring Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Returning to Forever
Miguel Zenón – Golden City
Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band – Walk a Mile in My Shoe
Best Latin Jazz Album
Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero- As I Travel
Eliane Elias – Time and Again
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Collab
Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, John Beasley & Jose Gola – El Trio: Live in Italy
Michel Camilo & Tomatito – Spain Forever Again
Zaccai Curtis – Cubop Lives!
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Keyon Harrold – Foreverland
Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Robert Glasper – Code Derivation
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Aaron Lazar – Impossible Dream
Cyrille Aimée – À Fleur de Peau
Gregory Porter – Christmas Wish
Lake Street Dive – Good Together
Norah Jones – Visions
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue
Bill Frisell – Orchestras (Live)
Julian Lage – Speak to Me
Mark Guiliana – Mark
Taylor Eigsti – Plot Armor
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz
Best Country Solo Performance
Beyoncé – 16 Carriages
Chris Stapleton – It Takes a Woman
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus – II Most Wanted
Brothers Osborne – Break Mine
Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses
Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Best Country Song
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Country Album
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Chris Stapleton – Higher
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
Best American Roots Performance
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – Nothing in Rambling
Rhiannon Giddens – The Ballad of Sally Anne
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Sierra Ferrell – Lighthouse
Best Americana Performance
Beyoncé – Ya Ya
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Empty Trainload of Sky
Madi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves – Don’t Do Me Good
Madison Cunningham – Subtitles
Sarah Jarosz – Runaway Train
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming
Best American Roots Song
Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple – All in Good Time
Mark Knopfler – Ahead of the Game
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming
Best Americana Album
Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy
Maggie Rose – No One Gets Out Alive
Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
Sierra Ferrell – Trail of Flowers
T Bone Burnett – The Other Side
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built a World
Dan Tyminski – Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman
The Del McCoury Band – Songs of Love and Life
Sister Sadie – No Fear
Tony Trischka – Earl Jam
Best Traditional Blues Album
Cedric Burnside – Hill Country Love
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Struck Down
Little Feat – Sam’s Place
Sue Foley – One Guitar Woman
Taj Mahal – Swingin’: Live at the Church in Tulsa
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Antonio Vergara – The Fury
Joe Bonamassa – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
Ruthie Foster – Mileage
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – Friendlytown
Best Folk Album
Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
American Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork Quartet
Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
Madi Diaz – Weird Faith
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Big Chief Monk Featuring J’wan Boudreaux – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Kalani Pe’a – Kuini
New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The Rumble – Stories From the Battlefield
Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul – 25 Back to My Roots
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Big Chief Monk Featuring J’wan Boudreaux – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Kalani Pe’a – Kuini
New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The Rumble – Stories From the Battlefield
Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul – 25 Back to My Roots
Best Global Music Performance
Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – Sunlight to My Soul
Arooj Aftab – Raat Ki Rani
Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – A Rock Somewhere
Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – Kashira
Rocky Dawuni – Rise
Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – Bemba Colorá
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid – MMS
Burna Boy – Higher
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational
Tems – Love Me JeJe
Yemi Alade – Tomorrow
Best Global Music Album
Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II
Rema – Heis
Tems – Born in the Wild
Best Reggae Album
Collie Buddz – Take It Easy
Shenseea – Never Gets Late Here
Various Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By the Film (Deluxe)
Vybz Kartel – Party With Me
The Wailers – Evolution
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Anoushka Shankar – Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn
Chris Redding – Visions of Sounds De Luxe
Radhika Vekaria – Warriors of Light
Ricky Kej – Break of Dawn
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Opus
Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – Triveni
Best Children’s Music Album
Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids – World Wide Playdate
John Legend – My Favorite Dream
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – ¡Brillo, Brillo!
Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats – Creciendo
Rock for Children – Solid Rock Revival
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan – The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die
Ricky Gervais – Armageddon
Trevor Noah – Where Was I
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Barbra Streisand – My Name Is Barbra
Dolly Parton – Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
George Clinton – …And Your Ass Will Follow
Jimmy Carter – Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration
Various Artists – All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bradley Cooper – Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein
Various Artists – The Color Purple
Various Artists – Deadpool & Wolverine
Various Artists – Saltburn
Various Artists – Twisters: The Album
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Kris Bowers – The Color Purple
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Laura Karpman – American Fiction
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross – Shōgun
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
John Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Wilbert Roget II – Star Wars Outlaws
Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Barbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (From the Netflix Documentary “American Symphony”)
Luke Combs – Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
*NSync & Justin Timberlake – Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)
Olivia Rodrigo – Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
Charli XCX – 360
Eminem – Houdini
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Music Film
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
June Carter Cash – June
Run-DMC – Kings From Queens
Steven Van Zandt – Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Various Artists – The Greatest Night in Pop
Best Recording Package
The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers
Charli XCX – Brat
iWhoiWhoo – Pregnancy, Breakdown, and Disease
Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (Baskerville Edition)
The Muddy Basin Ramblers – Jug Band Millionaire
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
William Clark Green – Baker Hotel
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things
John Lennon – Mind Games
Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (The Boxes of Lost at Sea)
Nirvana – In Utero
Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker – Unsuk Chin
90 Day Men – We Blame Chicago
Best Album Notes
Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live)
Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras – After Midnight
John Culshaw – John Culshaw – The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948-55
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – Centennial
Various Artists – SONtrack Original de la Película “Al Son de Beno”
Best Historical Album
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – Centennial
Paul Robeson – Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings
Pepe de Lucía & Paco de Lucía – Pepito y Paquito
Prince & the New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)
Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Charlotte Day Wilson – Cyan Blue
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Lucky Daye – Algorithm
Peter Gabriel – I/O
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Willow – Empathogen
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 – Bates: Resurrexit (Live)
Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the Dark
Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble – Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
Producer of the Year, Classical
Christoph Franke
Dirk Sobotka
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Erica Brenner
Morten Lindberg
Best Immersive Audio Album
Ensemble 96, Current Saxophone Quartet & Nina T. Karlsen – Pax
Peter Gabriel – I/O (In-Side Mix)
Ray Charles & Various Artists – Genius Loves Company
Roxy Music – Avalon
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Nick Davies – Henning Sommerro: Borders
Best Instrumental Composition
Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman – Strands
André 3000 – I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance
Christopher Zuar Orchestra – Communion
Shelly Berg – At Last
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Béla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue(Grass)
Henry Mancini & Snarky Puppy – Baby Elephant Walk (Encore)
Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Säje – Silent Night
Scott Hoying Featuring Säje & Tonality – Rose Without the Thorns
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping at Last – The Sound of Silence
John Legend – Always Come Back
Säje Featuring Regina Carter – Alma
Willow – Big Feelings
The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher – Last Surprise (From “Persona 5”)
Best Orchestral Performance
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Kodály: Háry János Suite, Nyári este & Symphony in C Major
Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Firebird
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop – John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
Susanna Mälkki & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen
Best Opera Recording
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Lyric Opera of Kansas City & Gerard Schwarz – Moravec: The Shining
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Puts: The Hours
San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Symphony – Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Best Choral Performance
Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell – Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble & Novus NY – Sheehan: Akathist
The Crossing, Donald Nally & Dan Schwartz – Ochre
Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the Dark
True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Jeffrey Biegel & Eric Holtan – A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – Rectangles and Circumstance
JACK Quartet – John Luther Adams: Waves & Particles
Lorelei Ensemble & Christopher Cerrone – Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort Scales
Miró Quartet – Home
Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 “Archduke””
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho – Akiho: Longing
Curtis J Stewart, James Blachly & Experiential Orchestra – Perry: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Mak Grgić & Ensemble Dissonance – Entourer
Seth Parker Woods – Eastman The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Víkingur Ólafsson – J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Fotina Naumenko – Bespoke Songs
Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro & Maxim Emelyanychev – Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Karen Slack & Michelle Cann – Beyond the Years
Nicholas Phan, Farayi Malek & Palaver Strings – A Change Is Gonna Come
Will Liverman & Jonathan King – Show Me the Way
Best Classical Compendium
Amy Porter, Nikki Chooi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Lukas Foss: Symphony No. 1 & Renaissance Concerto
Andy Akiho & Imani Winds – BeLonging
Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Shapiro – Mythologies II
Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly & Curtis J Stewart – American Counterpoints
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andrea Casarrubios – Casarrubios: Seven for Solo Cello
Decoda – Coleman: Revelry
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo & San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra – Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Eighth Blackbird – Lang: Composition as Explanation
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Master Chorale – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Just like Eilish suggested when she first announced it, her third studio album will hit you hard and soft, both lyrically and sonically, while journeying “through a vast and expansive audio landscape, immersing listeners into a full spectrum of emotions.”
Eilish never shied away from getting weird and experimental, but her talent to constantly reinvent herself shines more brightly than ever on Hit Me Hard and Soft. She’s constantly changing things up, sometimes even within a single song, and each risk she takes eventually pays off.
The first half of the album is definitely the softer one, and it kicks off with a reflective opener “Skinny” before serving “Lunch” and “Chihiro”, which are already shaping up to be its biggest hits. “Birds of a Feather” and “Wildflower” keep things tame, before Eilish delivers a major shift on the second half of the album.
“L’Amour de Ma Vie” perfectly captures what Hit Me Hard and Soft is all about, walking a fine line between different genres and themes for five minutes straight. She wraps things up on a melancholic note with “Blue”, revisiting some of the themes and lyrics that made this record what it is.
Eilish has given us another no-skips album with this 10-song collection that perfectly captures her growth. Hit Me Hard and Soft lives up to its name in the best way possible, and it sees Eilish pushing sonic boundaries while taking us to the depths of her soul.
Eilish started teasing her new album with a series of billboards featuring the lyrics from different songs. She then added all of her Instagram followers to her “Close Friends” list and used the stories to drop hints about her next project.
This strategy earned her millions of new followers, and it eventually culminated in the album announcement. She shared the cover of her next LP Hit Me Hard and Soft, which sees her floating underwater, and announced it will be released on May 17.
In an official statement announcing its release, Eilish described Hit Me Hard and Soft as her most daring body of work to date, adding it offers “a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs, ideally listened to in its entirety from beginning to end.”
2024 has been a pretty busy year for Eilish, even before the album announcement. She collected several awards alongside her brother Finneas O’Connell for their Barbie song “What Was I Made For?”, including their second Oscar for best original song.
]]>With a Grammy and a Golden Globe already under her belt, Eilish is entering the Oscars as the front-runner for the best original song with for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. Her brother Finneas O’Connell will join her on stage for another moving rendition of this reflective ballad.
After weeks of speculations about his involvement, Ryan Gosling is officially bringing Kenergy to the Oscars. He’ll join forces with Mark Ronson for a live performance of “I’m Just Ken”, another major best original song contender from Barbie.
The list of performers will also include Becky G, belting out Diane Warren’s “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot, Jon Batiste with “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony, plus Scott George and the Osage Singers, performing “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon.
The 2024 Academy Awards are coming back to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10 with the host Jimmy Kimmel. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is leading this year’s list of Oscar nominees, with a total of 13 nods.
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Eilish already has seven Grammys under her belt, and she received an additional six nominations at this year’s ceremony. “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie earned her five nods alone, including song and record of the year.
The three-time Grammy winner Dua Lipa also owes her most recent two Grammy nods to the Barbie movie. She’s in the running for song of the year and best song written for visual media with her disco-inspired bop “Dance the Night”.
The fellow three-time Grammy winner Olivia Rodrigo is coming into this year’s Grammy Awards as one of the main contenders, with an impressive six nods. She scored nominations for album of the year with Guts, plus song and record of the year with its lead single “Vampire”.
The 2024 Grammy Awards are set to take place on February 4, and the rest of the performers will be announced in the coming weeks. SZA will enter the ceremony as the front-runner with nine nominations, followed by Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, and Serban Ghenea with seven each.
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Speaking of music videos that knocked us off our feet in early 2023, Miley Cyrus created quite a commotion when she dropped a visual for her self-love anthem “Flowers”, sparking countless fan theories and think pieces along the way.
Troye Sivan gave us one of the catchiest songs of 2023 with “Rush”, and its music video went on to receive a Grammy nod – in addition to starting a conversation about body image in the queer community.
Another music video nominated for a Grammy, Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” is both a love letter to Barbie and the past eras of the young singer’s career.
Kylie Minogue’s career experienced quite a renaissance this year, and none of that would have been possible if the music video for “Padam Padam” hadn’t become a viral hit on social media.
“What Was I Made For?” was a part of Barbie: The Album’s historic success in the UK upon its debut, when it became the first soundtrack in history to simultaneously chart three songs within the top five. It now became Eilish’s second No. 1 single in the UK, following the success of the theme song from the last James Bond film No Time To Die.
“What Was I Made For?” is a part of “the summer of girl power” on the UK Singles Chart, which includes the top six songs from solo female performers for the first time in history. Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night”, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire”, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer”, Peggy Gou’s “(It Goes Like) Nanana”, and Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right” also made the cut.
Dr Jo Twist, chief executive of the British Phonographic Industry, said it feels great to see solo female artists make this historic achievement and expressed hope this marks the beginning of a new trend on the UK Singles Chart.
“This increased representation is something we hope becomes commonplace rather than exceptional. For now, it’s a milestone that we should celebrate, reflecting a year when the market has been dominated by women artists from the UK and globally representing multiple genres,” said Twist in a statement.
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The self-directed video shows Eilish channeling her inner Barbie with a blonde ponytail and retro yellow dress. She tries to put her doll-sized clothes on a tiny rack, all inspired by the singer’s iconic outfits from past years, but wind and rain repeatedly knock it down before she decides to pack it all up and walk out of the frame.
Eilish admitted she was facing a writing block before Greta Gerwig approached her to write a song for the soundtrack, and the lyrics eventually ended up reflecting both Barbie’s and her own journey.
“I did not think about myself once in the writing process. I was purely inspired by this movie and this character and the way I thought she would feel and wrote about that. And then, over the next couple of days, I was listening and I was like… I’m writing for myself and I don’t even know it,” Eilish told Zane Lowe.
“What Was I Made For?” will be one of the songs featured on star-studded Barbie: The Album, set to come out on July 21, along with the film.
The 1975, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza, Tomorrow X Together, and Karol G round out the list of headliners for the upcoming edition of Lollapalooza. In addition to covering many different genres, this year’s lineup is pretty historic in terms of diversity.
Karol G, who recently hit No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with Mañana Será Bonito—the first all-Spanish album by a woman to achieve this milestone—is the first female Latin artist to headline Lollapalooza. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) is also making history, as the first K-pop group to headline the iconic four-day festival.
Around 170 performers will hit the stage at Lollapalooza this year, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Rina Sawayama, Pusha T, Lil Yachty, 30 Seconds To Mars, Sabrina Carpenter, Diplo, Maggie Rogers, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Fred Again… The festival will take place across nine stages at Chicago’s Grant Park between August 3-6.
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The race between “Birds of a Feather” and “Espresso” was impossible to call until the very last minute, but Eilish eventually came out victorious. She took the top spot on the last day of the year, crossing 1,775,000,000 streams and defeating “Espresso” by just 650,000 streams, according to Chart Data.
“Birds of a Feather” was released as the second single from Eilish’s third studio album Hit Me Hard and Soft. It will enter this year’s Grammy Awards with three nods – song of the year, record of the year, and best pop solo performance – while the album itself is in the running for album of the year and best pop vocal album.
Despite topping Spotify’s list of most-streamed songs of 2024, both “Birds of a Feather” and “Espresso” failed to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year. “Birds of a Feather” peaked at No. 2 behind Shaboozey’s record-breaking hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”, while “Espresso” took the No. 3 spot behind Carpenter’s own “Please Please Please”, her first No. 1 single in the US.
Despite holding the record for most Grammys ever won with 32 awards, Beyoncé was never honored with the coveted album of the year trophy. She’ll get another chance to right that wrong next year with Cowboy Carter, competing against the likes of Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Billie Eilish.
Beyoncé is also vying for song and record of the year with her hit single “Texas Hold ‘Em”. The list of contenders in both categories also includes “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish, “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift and Post Malone, “Good Luck Babe” by Chappell Roan, “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar.
Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter are the only artists nominated for the “big four” Grammys. In addition to scoring a nod for album, song, and record of the year, they’re also contenders for the best new artist award alongside Benson Boone, Raye, Shaboozey, and more.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will return to the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025.
Record of the Year
The Beatles – Now and Then
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX – 360
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Album of the Year
André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Charli XCX – Brat
Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 4
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Song of the Year
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Doechii
Chappell Roan
Khruangbin
Raye
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Daniel Nigro
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyoncé – Bodyguard
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX – Apple
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine – Remix
Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone – Levii’s Jeans
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess Featuring Billie Eilish
Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift – Us.
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Disclosure – She’s Gone, Dance On
Four Tet – Loved
Fred Again.. & Baby Keem – Leavemealone
Justice & Tame Impala – Neverender
Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino – Witchy
Best Dance Pop Recording
Ariana Grande – Yes, And?
Billie Eilish – L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]
Charli XCX – Von Dutch
Madison Beer – Make You Mine
Troye Sivan – Got Me Started
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Charli XCX – Brat
Four Tet – Three
Justice – Hyperdrama
Kaytranada – Timeless
Zedd – Telos
Best Remixed Recording
Charli XCX – Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Featuring Addison Rae
Doechii & Kaytranada Featuring JT – Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix)
Julian Marley & Antaeus – Jah Sees Them (Amapiano Remix)
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)
Shaboozey & David Guetta – A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix)
Best Rock Performance
The Beatles – Now and Then
The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing Me
Idles – Gift Horse
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
St. Vincent – Broken Man
Best Metal Performance
Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor le Masne – Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
Judas Priest – Crown of Horns
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy – Suffocate
Metallica – Screaming Suicide
Spiritbox – Cellar Door
Best Rock Song
The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – Dilemma
Idles – Gift Horse
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
St. Vincent – Broken Man
Best Rock Album
The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Green Day – Saviors
Idles – Tangk
Jack White – No Name
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Best Alternative Music Performance
Cage the Elephant – Neon Pill
Fontaines D.C. – Starburster
Kim Gordon – Bye Bye
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Song of the Lake
St. Vincent – Flea
Best Alternative Music Album
Brittany Howard – What Now
Clairo – Charm
Kim Gordon – The Collective
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Wild God
St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown – Residuals
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Jhené Aiko – Guidance
Muni Long – Made for Me (Live on BET)
SZA – Saturn
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Kenyon Dixon – Can I Have This Groove
Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald – No Lie
Lucky Daye – That’s You
Marsha Ambrosius – Wet
Muni Long – Make Me Forget
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Kehlani – After Hours
Muni Long – Ruined Me
SZA – Saturn
Tems – Burning
Best Progressive R&B Album
Avery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know You
Childish Gambino – Bando Stone and the New World
Durand Bernarr – En Route
Kehlani – Crash
NxWorries – Why Lawd?
Best R&B Album
Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway – Vantablack
Lucky Daye – Algorithm
Muni Long – Revenge
Usher – Coming Home
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – Enough (Miami)
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos – When the Sun Shines Again
Doechii – Nissan Altima
Eminem – Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey – Spaghettii
Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd – We Still Don’t Trust You
Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani – Kehlani (Remix)
Latto – Big Mama
Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – 3:AM
Best Rap Song
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Rapsody & Hit-Boy – Asteroids
¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid Featuring Playboi Carti – Carnival
Best Rap Album
Common & Pete Rock – The Auditorium Vol. 1
Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
Eminem – The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Future & Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust You
J. Cole – Might Delete Later
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Malik Yusef – Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word
Omari Hardwick – Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series
Queen Sheba – Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say
Skillz – The Seven Number Ones
Tank and the Bangas – The Heart, the Mind, the Soul
Best Jazz Performance
The Baylor Project – Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit)
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Juno
Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis Featuring Troy Roberts – Little Fears
Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – Twinkle Twinkle Little Me
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Catherine Russell & Sean Mason – My Ideal
Christie Dashiell – Journey in Black
Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner – Wildflowers Vol. 1
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – Milton + Esperanza
Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Ambrose Akinmusire – Owl Song
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance
Kenny Barron – Beyond This Place
Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Sullivan Fortner – Solo Game
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – And So It Goes
Dan Pugach – Bianca Reimagined
John Beasley Featuring Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Returning to Forever
Miguel Zenón – Golden City
Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band – Walk a Mile in My Shoe
Best Latin Jazz Album
Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero- As I Travel
Eliane Elias – Time and Again
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Collab
Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, John Beasley & Jose Gola – El Trio: Live in Italy
Michel Camilo & Tomatito – Spain Forever Again
Zaccai Curtis – Cubop Lives!
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Keyon Harrold – Foreverland
Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Robert Glasper – Code Derivation
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Aaron Lazar – Impossible Dream
Cyrille Aimée – À Fleur de Peau
Gregory Porter – Christmas Wish
Lake Street Dive – Good Together
Norah Jones – Visions
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue
Bill Frisell – Orchestras (Live)
Julian Lage – Speak to Me
Mark Guiliana – Mark
Taylor Eigsti – Plot Armor
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz
Best Country Solo Performance
Beyoncé – 16 Carriages
Chris Stapleton – It Takes a Woman
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus – II Most Wanted
Brothers Osborne – Break Mine
Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses
Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Best Country Song
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Country Album
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Chris Stapleton – Higher
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
Best American Roots Performance
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – Nothing in Rambling
Rhiannon Giddens – The Ballad of Sally Anne
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Sierra Ferrell – Lighthouse
Best Americana Performance
Beyoncé – Ya Ya
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Empty Trainload of Sky
Madi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves – Don’t Do Me Good
Madison Cunningham – Subtitles
Sarah Jarosz – Runaway Train
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming
Best American Roots Song
Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple – All in Good Time
Mark Knopfler – Ahead of the Game
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming
Best Americana Album
Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy
Maggie Rose – No One Gets Out Alive
Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
Sierra Ferrell – Trail of Flowers
T Bone Burnett – The Other Side
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built a World
Dan Tyminski – Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman
The Del McCoury Band – Songs of Love and Life
Sister Sadie – No Fear
Tony Trischka – Earl Jam
Best Traditional Blues Album
Cedric Burnside – Hill Country Love
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Struck Down
Little Feat – Sam’s Place
Sue Foley – One Guitar Woman
Taj Mahal – Swingin’: Live at the Church in Tulsa
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Antonio Vergara – The Fury
Joe Bonamassa – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
Ruthie Foster – Mileage
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – Friendlytown
Best Folk Album
Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
American Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork Quartet
Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
Madi Diaz – Weird Faith
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Big Chief Monk Featuring J’wan Boudreaux – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Kalani Pe’a – Kuini
New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The Rumble – Stories From the Battlefield
Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul – 25 Back to My Roots
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Big Chief Monk Featuring J’wan Boudreaux – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Kalani Pe’a – Kuini
New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The Rumble – Stories From the Battlefield
Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul – 25 Back to My Roots
Best Global Music Performance
Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – Sunlight to My Soul
Arooj Aftab – Raat Ki Rani
Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – A Rock Somewhere
Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – Kashira
Rocky Dawuni – Rise
Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – Bemba Colorá
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid – MMS
Burna Boy – Higher
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational
Tems – Love Me JeJe
Yemi Alade – Tomorrow
Best Global Music Album
Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II
Rema – Heis
Tems – Born in the Wild
Best Reggae Album
Collie Buddz – Take It Easy
Shenseea – Never Gets Late Here
Various Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By the Film (Deluxe)
Vybz Kartel – Party With Me
The Wailers – Evolution
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Anoushka Shankar – Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn
Chris Redding – Visions of Sounds De Luxe
Radhika Vekaria – Warriors of Light
Ricky Kej – Break of Dawn
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Opus
Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – Triveni
Best Children’s Music Album
Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids – World Wide Playdate
John Legend – My Favorite Dream
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – ¡Brillo, Brillo!
Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats – Creciendo
Rock for Children – Solid Rock Revival
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan – The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die
Ricky Gervais – Armageddon
Trevor Noah – Where Was I
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Barbra Streisand – My Name Is Barbra
Dolly Parton – Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
George Clinton – …And Your Ass Will Follow
Jimmy Carter – Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration
Various Artists – All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bradley Cooper – Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein
Various Artists – The Color Purple
Various Artists – Deadpool & Wolverine
Various Artists – Saltburn
Various Artists – Twisters: The Album
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Kris Bowers – The Color Purple
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Laura Karpman – American Fiction
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross – Shōgun
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
John Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Wilbert Roget II – Star Wars Outlaws
Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Barbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (From the Netflix Documentary “American Symphony”)
Luke Combs – Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
*NSync & Justin Timberlake – Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)
Olivia Rodrigo – Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
Charli XCX – 360
Eminem – Houdini
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Music Film
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
June Carter Cash – June
Run-DMC – Kings From Queens
Steven Van Zandt – Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Various Artists – The Greatest Night in Pop
Best Recording Package
The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers
Charli XCX – Brat
iWhoiWhoo – Pregnancy, Breakdown, and Disease
Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (Baskerville Edition)
The Muddy Basin Ramblers – Jug Band Millionaire
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
William Clark Green – Baker Hotel
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things
John Lennon – Mind Games
Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (The Boxes of Lost at Sea)
Nirvana – In Utero
Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker – Unsuk Chin
90 Day Men – We Blame Chicago
Best Album Notes
Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live)
Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras – After Midnight
John Culshaw – John Culshaw – The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948-55
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – Centennial
Various Artists – SONtrack Original de la Película “Al Son de Beno”
Best Historical Album
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – Centennial
Paul Robeson – Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings
Pepe de Lucía & Paco de Lucía – Pepito y Paquito
Prince & the New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)
Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Charlotte Day Wilson – Cyan Blue
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Lucky Daye – Algorithm
Peter Gabriel – I/O
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Willow – Empathogen
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 – Bates: Resurrexit (Live)
Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the Dark
Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble – Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
Producer of the Year, Classical
Christoph Franke
Dirk Sobotka
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Erica Brenner
Morten Lindberg
Best Immersive Audio Album
Ensemble 96, Current Saxophone Quartet & Nina T. Karlsen – Pax
Peter Gabriel – I/O (In-Side Mix)
Ray Charles & Various Artists – Genius Loves Company
Roxy Music – Avalon
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Nick Davies – Henning Sommerro: Borders
Best Instrumental Composition
Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman – Strands
André 3000 – I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance
Christopher Zuar Orchestra – Communion
Shelly Berg – At Last
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Béla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue(Grass)
Henry Mancini & Snarky Puppy – Baby Elephant Walk (Encore)
Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Säje – Silent Night
Scott Hoying Featuring Säje & Tonality – Rose Without the Thorns
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping at Last – The Sound of Silence
John Legend – Always Come Back
Säje Featuring Regina Carter – Alma
Willow – Big Feelings
The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher – Last Surprise (From “Persona 5”)
Best Orchestral Performance
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Kodály: Háry János Suite, Nyári este & Symphony in C Major
Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Firebird
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop – John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
Susanna Mälkki & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen
Best Opera Recording
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Lyric Opera of Kansas City & Gerard Schwarz – Moravec: The Shining
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Puts: The Hours
San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Symphony – Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Best Choral Performance
Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell – Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble & Novus NY – Sheehan: Akathist
The Crossing, Donald Nally & Dan Schwartz – Ochre
Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the Dark
True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Jeffrey Biegel & Eric Holtan – A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – Rectangles and Circumstance
JACK Quartet – John Luther Adams: Waves & Particles
Lorelei Ensemble & Christopher Cerrone – Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort Scales
Miró Quartet – Home
Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 “Archduke””
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho – Akiho: Longing
Curtis J Stewart, James Blachly & Experiential Orchestra – Perry: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Mak Grgić & Ensemble Dissonance – Entourer
Seth Parker Woods – Eastman The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Víkingur Ólafsson – J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Fotina Naumenko – Bespoke Songs
Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro & Maxim Emelyanychev – Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Karen Slack & Michelle Cann – Beyond the Years
Nicholas Phan, Farayi Malek & Palaver Strings – A Change Is Gonna Come
Will Liverman & Jonathan King – Show Me the Way
Best Classical Compendium
Amy Porter, Nikki Chooi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Lukas Foss: Symphony No. 1 & Renaissance Concerto
Andy Akiho & Imani Winds – BeLonging
Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Shapiro – Mythologies II
Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly & Curtis J Stewart – American Counterpoints
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andrea Casarrubios – Casarrubios: Seven for Solo Cello
Decoda – Coleman: Revelry
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo & San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra – Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Eighth Blackbird – Lang: Composition as Explanation
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Master Chorale – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Just like Eilish suggested when she first announced it, her third studio album will hit you hard and soft, both lyrically and sonically, while journeying “through a vast and expansive audio landscape, immersing listeners into a full spectrum of emotions.”
Eilish never shied away from getting weird and experimental, but her talent to constantly reinvent herself shines more brightly than ever on Hit Me Hard and Soft. She’s constantly changing things up, sometimes even within a single song, and each risk she takes eventually pays off.
The first half of the album is definitely the softer one, and it kicks off with a reflective opener “Skinny” before serving “Lunch” and “Chihiro”, which are already shaping up to be its biggest hits. “Birds of a Feather” and “Wildflower” keep things tame, before Eilish delivers a major shift on the second half of the album.
“L’Amour de Ma Vie” perfectly captures what Hit Me Hard and Soft is all about, walking a fine line between different genres and themes for five minutes straight. She wraps things up on a melancholic note with “Blue”, revisiting some of the themes and lyrics that made this record what it is.
Eilish has given us another no-skips album with this 10-song collection that perfectly captures her growth. Hit Me Hard and Soft lives up to its name in the best way possible, and it sees Eilish pushing sonic boundaries while taking us to the depths of her soul.
Eilish started teasing her new album with a series of billboards featuring the lyrics from different songs. She then added all of her Instagram followers to her “Close Friends” list and used the stories to drop hints about her next project.
This strategy earned her millions of new followers, and it eventually culminated in the album announcement. She shared the cover of her next LP Hit Me Hard and Soft, which sees her floating underwater, and announced it will be released on May 17.
In an official statement announcing its release, Eilish described Hit Me Hard and Soft as her most daring body of work to date, adding it offers “a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs, ideally listened to in its entirety from beginning to end.”
2024 has been a pretty busy year for Eilish, even before the album announcement. She collected several awards alongside her brother Finneas O’Connell for their Barbie song “What Was I Made For?”, including their second Oscar for best original song.
]]>With a Grammy and a Golden Globe already under her belt, Eilish is entering the Oscars as the front-runner for the best original song with for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. Her brother Finneas O’Connell will join her on stage for another moving rendition of this reflective ballad.
After weeks of speculations about his involvement, Ryan Gosling is officially bringing Kenergy to the Oscars. He’ll join forces with Mark Ronson for a live performance of “I’m Just Ken”, another major best original song contender from Barbie.
The list of performers will also include Becky G, belting out Diane Warren’s “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot, Jon Batiste with “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony, plus Scott George and the Osage Singers, performing “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon.
The 2024 Academy Awards are coming back to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10 with the host Jimmy Kimmel. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is leading this year’s list of Oscar nominees, with a total of 13 nods.
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Eilish already has seven Grammys under her belt, and she received an additional six nominations at this year’s ceremony. “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie earned her five nods alone, including song and record of the year.
The three-time Grammy winner Dua Lipa also owes her most recent two Grammy nods to the Barbie movie. She’s in the running for song of the year and best song written for visual media with her disco-inspired bop “Dance the Night”.
The fellow three-time Grammy winner Olivia Rodrigo is coming into this year’s Grammy Awards as one of the main contenders, with an impressive six nods. She scored nominations for album of the year with Guts, plus song and record of the year with its lead single “Vampire”.
The 2024 Grammy Awards are set to take place on February 4, and the rest of the performers will be announced in the coming weeks. SZA will enter the ceremony as the front-runner with nine nominations, followed by Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, and Serban Ghenea with seven each.
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Speaking of music videos that knocked us off our feet in early 2023, Miley Cyrus created quite a commotion when she dropped a visual for her self-love anthem “Flowers”, sparking countless fan theories and think pieces along the way.
Troye Sivan gave us one of the catchiest songs of 2023 with “Rush”, and its music video went on to receive a Grammy nod – in addition to starting a conversation about body image in the queer community.
Another music video nominated for a Grammy, Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” is both a love letter to Barbie and the past eras of the young singer’s career.
Kylie Minogue’s career experienced quite a renaissance this year, and none of that would have been possible if the music video for “Padam Padam” hadn’t become a viral hit on social media.
“What Was I Made For?” was a part of Barbie: The Album’s historic success in the UK upon its debut, when it became the first soundtrack in history to simultaneously chart three songs within the top five. It now became Eilish’s second No. 1 single in the UK, following the success of the theme song from the last James Bond film No Time To Die.
“What Was I Made For?” is a part of “the summer of girl power” on the UK Singles Chart, which includes the top six songs from solo female performers for the first time in history. Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night”, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire”, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer”, Peggy Gou’s “(It Goes Like) Nanana”, and Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right” also made the cut.
Dr Jo Twist, chief executive of the British Phonographic Industry, said it feels great to see solo female artists make this historic achievement and expressed hope this marks the beginning of a new trend on the UK Singles Chart.
“This increased representation is something we hope becomes commonplace rather than exceptional. For now, it’s a milestone that we should celebrate, reflecting a year when the market has been dominated by women artists from the UK and globally representing multiple genres,” said Twist in a statement.
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The self-directed video shows Eilish channeling her inner Barbie with a blonde ponytail and retro yellow dress. She tries to put her doll-sized clothes on a tiny rack, all inspired by the singer’s iconic outfits from past years, but wind and rain repeatedly knock it down before she decides to pack it all up and walk out of the frame.
Eilish admitted she was facing a writing block before Greta Gerwig approached her to write a song for the soundtrack, and the lyrics eventually ended up reflecting both Barbie’s and her own journey.
“I did not think about myself once in the writing process. I was purely inspired by this movie and this character and the way I thought she would feel and wrote about that. And then, over the next couple of days, I was listening and I was like… I’m writing for myself and I don’t even know it,” Eilish told Zane Lowe.
“What Was I Made For?” will be one of the songs featured on star-studded Barbie: The Album, set to come out on July 21, along with the film.
The 1975, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza, Tomorrow X Together, and Karol G round out the list of headliners for the upcoming edition of Lollapalooza. In addition to covering many different genres, this year’s lineup is pretty historic in terms of diversity.
Karol G, who recently hit No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with Mañana Será Bonito—the first all-Spanish album by a woman to achieve this milestone—is the first female Latin artist to headline Lollapalooza. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) is also making history, as the first K-pop group to headline the iconic four-day festival.
Around 170 performers will hit the stage at Lollapalooza this year, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Rina Sawayama, Pusha T, Lil Yachty, 30 Seconds To Mars, Sabrina Carpenter, Diplo, Maggie Rogers, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Fred Again… The festival will take place across nine stages at Chicago’s Grant Park between August 3-6.
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