Grammy Awards 2024: The main winners and nominees

• Posted on February 5, 2024February 5, 2024
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus and SZA are among the nominees at the 2024 Grammy Awards.

The first half of this year’s two-part ceremony has taken place in Los Angeles, with the second now under way.

There are 94 categories in total – here are some of the biggest ones, with the winners so far as well as the nominated artists:

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

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

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

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

Best pop solo performance

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

Best pop duo/group performance

• Winner: SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the Machine
• Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish – Never Felt So Alone
• Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace
• Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile – Thousand Miles
• Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice – Karma

Best pop vocal album

• Kelly Clarkson – Chemistry
• Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
• Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
• Ed Sheeran – – (Subtract)
• Taylor Swift – Midnights

Best R&B song

• Coco Jones – ICU
• Halle – Angel
• Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – Back to Love
• SZA – Snooze
• Victoria Monét – On My Mama

Best R&B performance

• Winner: Coco Jones – ICU
• Chris Brown – Summer Too Hot
• Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – Back to Love
• SZA – Kill Bill
• Victoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel

Best R&B album

• Winner: Victoria Monét – Jaguar II
• Babyface – Girls Night Out
• Coco Jones – What I Didn’t Tell You
• Emily King – Special Occasion
• Summer Walker – Clear 2: Soft Life EP

Best rap song

• Killer Mike ft André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
• Doja Cat – Attention
• Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice ft Aqua – Barbie World
• Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
• Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex

Best rap performance

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

Best melodic rap performance

• Winner: Lil Durk feat J Cole – All My Life
• Burna Boy feat 21 Savage – Sittin’ on Top of the World
• Doja Cat – Attention
• Drake & 21 Savage – Spin Bout U
• SZA – Low

Best rap album

• Winner: Killer Mike – Michael
• Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
• Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
• Nas – King’s Disease III
• Travis Scott – Utopia

Best dance/electronic recording

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

Best dance/electronic album

• Winner: Fred again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)
• James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
• The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling
• Kx5 – Kx5
• Skrillex – Quest for Fire

Best pop dance recording

• Winner: Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
• David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray – Baby Don’t Hurt Me
• Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding – Miracle
• Bebe Rexha & David Guetta – One In A Million
• Troye Sivan – Rush

Best rock performance

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

Best rock song

• Winner: Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
• The Rolling Stones – Angry
• Olivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
• Queens of the Stone Age – Emotion Sickness
• Foo Fighters – Rescued

Best rock album

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

Best alternative album

• Winner: Boygenius – The Record
• Arctic Monkeys – The Car
• Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
• Gorillaz – Cracker Island
• PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying

Best alternative performance

• Winner: Paramore – This Is Why
• Alvvays – Belinda Says
• Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint
• Boygenius – Cool About It
• Lana Del Rey – A&W

Best African music performance

• Winner: Tyla – Water
• Asake & Olamide – Amapiano
• Burna Boy – City Boys
• Davido ft Musa Keys – Unavailable
• Ayra Starr – Rush

Best folk album

• Winner: Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport
• Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire
• The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the Moon
• Nickel Creek – Celebrants
• Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee
• Paul Simon – Seven Psalms
• Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy

Best country album

• Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne
• Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome Mat
• Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
• Tyler Childers – Rustin’ in the Rain
• Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan

Best country solo performance

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

Best country song

• Winner: Chris Stapleton – White Horse
• Brandy Clark – Buried
• Morgan Wallen – Last Night
• Tyler Childers – In Your Love
• Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything

Best Americana performance

• Brandy Clark ft Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
• Blind Boys of Alabama – Friendship
• Tyler Childers – Help Me Make It Through the Night
• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma
• Allison Russell – The Returner

Best Americana album

• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
• Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
• Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions
• Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One
• Allison Russell – The Returner

Best traditional pop vocal album

• Winner: Laufey – Bewitched
• Liz Callaway – To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
• Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure
• Pentatonix – Holidays Around the World
• Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive
• Various – Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3

Producer of the year, non-classical

• Winner: Jack Antonoff
• Daniel Nigro
• Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
• Hit-Boy
• Metro Boomin

Songwriter of the year, non-classical

• Winner: Theron Thomas
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Shane McAnally
• Justin Tranter

Best music video

• Winner: The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping
• Tyler Childers – In Your Love
• Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For
• Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out
• Troye Sivan – Rush

Best song written for visual media

• Winner: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
• Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
• Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua – Barbie World
• Rihanna – Lift Me Up
• Ryan Gosling – I’m Just Ken

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

• Winner: Various artists – Barbie the Album
• Daisy Jones & the Six – Aurora
• Various Artists – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3: Awesome Mix, Vol 3
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Best score soundtrack album for visual media

• Winner: Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
• John Williams – The Fabelmans
• John Williams – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt – Barbie

Best audio book, narration and storytelling recording

• Winner: Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times
• Meryl Streep – Big Tree
• William Shatner – Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
• Rick Rubin – The Creative Act: A Way of Being
• Senator Bernie Sanders – It’s Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism

Best score for video game or other interactive media

• Winner: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab, composers
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – Sarah Schachner, composer
• God of War Ragnarök – Bear McCreary, composer
• Hogwarts Legacy – Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy and Chuck E. Myers ‘Sea’, composers
• Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Jess Serro, Tripod and Austin Wintory, composers