The 2024 Grammy Awards witnessed the dominance of female artists such as Taylor Swift , SZA, Billie Eilish…
On the morning of February 5, the 66th Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles.
This year, female stars dominate the award categories. Female singer SZA, whose “SOS” made a breakthrough with both critics and charts, leads with 9 nominations; singer-songwriter Victoria Monét has seven nominations; and Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus and the indie-rock trio Boygenius have six nominations.
Notably, the Album of the Year category belongs to “Midnights” by Taylor Swift. With this milestone, she officially became the first artist to win Album of the Year four times, surpassing Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.
About 10 minutes before the event, Taylor Swift appeared on the red carpet and attracted media attention. She wore a white Schiaparelli dress and a necklace with a watch face.
When receiving the award for Best Pop Vocal Album, the female singer suddenly revealed: “I will tell you a secret that I have kept from you for the past two years, which is that my new album will be released on April 19.” . The album is called The Tortured Poets Department”.
After that, her post about the new album on Instagram attracted more than 4.1 million likes in less than 20 minutes. On X, the keyword Taylor Swift trended (at the top of many searches) during the awards ceremony.
In 2023, Taylor Swift was voted Person of the Year by Time magazine, and her “Eras Tour” was a huge success with revenue of more than 1 billion USD, an unprecedented number in the history of the industry. music industry.
The 2024 Grammy Awards is recognized as an award honoring women when many main categories nominate female artists, including Taylor Swift, SZA, Olivia Rodrigo.
In important categories such as Album of the Year or Song of the Year, out of the 8 nominated names, up to 7 works belong to female artists. At the same time, according to the statistical list of the most nominated artists at Grammy 2024, women also account for three-quarters.
Previously, from 2012 to 2022, only 13.9% of women were nominated in major categories, according to a study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California.
2024 marks the fourth consecutive time that Trevor Noah returns as host of the Grammy Awards. This year, the Academy has made changes in category nominations to match the spirit of diverse music.
Results of the 2024 Grammy Awards:
Album of the year
Midnights
Taylor Swift
Song of the year
“What Was I Made For?” – Billie Eilish
Composed by Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell
Outstanding new artist
Victoria Monét
Recording of the year
“Flowers” – Miley Cyrus
Excellent Pop Vocal album
“Midnights” – Taylor Swift
Best R&B song
“Snooze” – SZA
Written by Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe & Leon Thomas
Excellent country album
“Bell Bottom Country” – Lainey Wilson
Excellent Música Urbana album
“Mañana Será Bonito” – Karol G
Excellent solo pop performance
“Flowers” – Miley Cyrus
Excellent contemporary R&B album
“SOS” – SZA
Excellent R&B performance
Coco Jones – ICU
Excellent folk album
Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live) – WINNER
Producer of the year, non-classical
Jack Antonoff
Lyricist of the year, non-classical
Theron Thomas
Excellent combination
SZA ft. Phoebe Bridgers – “Ghost in the Machine”
Excellent dance/electronic song
Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan – Rumble
Excellent pop dance recording
Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
Excellent dance/electronic album
Fred again – Actual Life 3
Excellent performance of traditional R&B
PJ Morton featuring Susan Carol – Good Morning
Excellent R&B album
Victoria Monét – Jaguar II
Excellent rap performance
Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Excellent melodic rap performance
Lil Durk featuring J Cole – All My Life
Excellent rap song
Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Excellent rap album
Killer Mike – Michael
Excellent solo country music performance
Chris Stapleton – White Horse
Excellent country song
Chris Stapleton – White Horse
The song is excellent for visual media
What Was I Made For? – Billie Eilish
Excellent musical album
Dave Chappelle – What’s in a Name?
Excellent global album
Shakti – This Moment
Excellent performance of African music
Tyla – Water
Excellent movie music album
Some Like It Hot
Excellent alternative music album
boygenius – The Record
Excellent alternative music performance
Paramore – This Is Why
Excellent rock album
Paramore – This Is Why
Best rock song
boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Excellent metal performance
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Excellent rock performance
boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Excellent country music fusion performance
Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
