The awards ceremony will be this Sunday. The variety of artists selected by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ranges from industry veterans, singers of the moment to the new favorite artists of the younger generations.
The most recognized music artists have an appointment this Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, where the 65th version of the Grammy Awards will be held.
The variety of artists selected by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which is in charge of the nomination and voting process, ranges from industry veterans like Beyoncé and the Swedish group, ABBA; singers of the moment like Bad Bunny and Doja Cat; to Omar Apollo, Maneskin and Steve Lacy, the new favorite artists of the younger generations.
There’s no doubt that each year the competition gets tighter for the three main categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year, the nominations begging the big question: who will be the winners?
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Candidates for the Album of the Year category include musical titans like Bad Bunny, with the album ‘Un verano sin ti’; Harry Styles, with ‘Harry’s House’; Beyoncé, with her seventh studio album, ‘Renaissance’; ‘Special’, by Lizzo; Adele’s ’30’; ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’ by rapper Kendrick Lamar and ‘Voyage’, ABBA’s latest project.
Despite the fact that the competition is fierce, due to the success of all the aforementioned albums, ‘A Summer Without You’, ’30’, ‘Renaissance’ and ‘Harry’s House’ are the studio albums with the best chance of rising as The category winner, however, is Beyoncé’s sixth project that leads, according to analysis by Billboard magazine.
With ‘Renaissance,’ Beyoncé not only marked her return to the music scene after a four-year absence, she also earned her fourth Album of the Year nomination at the awards, after becoming the artist with the most Grammys in history, in 2019.
The album has been well received by fans and critics since its release, and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart, with 332,000 units sold, making it the second best-selling album by a female artist in 2022.
“Renaissance” also had a place in the top 5 of the best albums of the year on charts like Billboard and Rolling Stones, leading experts to believe that it will be able to take the title of Best Album of the Year at the awards ceremony on Sunday.
Other nominations
Adele, Lizzo, Steve Lacy and Harry Styles are the artists who have a good chance of winning the Record of the Year award. According to Billboard’s predictions, ‘As it was’, the lead single from Styles’ latest record project, will be this year’s winning song in the category.
After the artist won the Grammy in 2021 for his hit, “Watermelon Sugar,” he became a favorite for critics nominations. With ‘As it was’, he managed to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 15 consecutive weeks, being the song by a British artist with the longest time at the top of the ranking, not to mention that so far it is the song by an artist male with the Guinness record for most views in 24 hours, which makes it the first choice for the Record of the Year award.
On the other hand, her compatriot, Adele seems to be the favorite to win the Song of the Year award with her single ‘Easy on me’ from her latest studio album to date, ’30’. This song was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks, being the song with the most weeks in that position by a singer in 2022.
With this song, she is also nominated for three other Grammys categories, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
The awards ceremony
The sixty-fifth edition of the Grammys will be this weekend and will feature performances by singers such as Harry Styles, Lizzo, Bad Bunny, Sam Smith, Steve Lacy, among others.
The award ceremony will be hosted by television presenter Trevor Noah. The event can be viewed online from 5:00 pm
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