Will Beyoncé—one of the most celebrated music stars of the 21st century—finally conquer the Grammy Awards? That’s the question looming over next year’s ceremony, which takes place Feb. 5 in Los Angeles and is shaping up to be the most competitive in years.
The Wall Street Journal reports The Recording Academy, which runs the Grammys, announced its nominations on Tuesday. Pop-R&B superstar Beyoncé has more nominations than any other artist, with nine nods, including in top categories like album of the year (for “Renaissance,” her highly-regarded homage to dance music) and record and song of the year (for “Break My Soul,” its lead single).
That brings her to a total of 88 career-wide nominations. Beyoncé is now tied with her husband Jay-Z for the most nominations in Grammy history. (He picked up five this year.) Beyoncé is already the most-awarded female Grammy winner, with 28 awards. If she wins four more, she will break the record for most Grammy wins of any recipient.
Despite her extremely long list of nods and wins, Beyoncé has only won one of the four most prestigious Grammys (album of the year, song and record of the year, best new artist) in her roughly 25-year career as a solo artist and member of R&B group Destiny’s Child. In 2010, she won song of the year for her chart-topper “Single Ladies.” In other words, nearly all of Beyoncé’s wins have been in lower-profile genre-specific categories such as best R&B performance and best urban contemporary album.
“I think she’s had a great year,” said Harvey Mason Jr., president of the Recording Academy. Asked if this could be the year Beyoncé receives the recognition many in the music business have long sought for her, he joked: “Every year feels like it’s Beyoncé’s year.”
Other heavily nominated artists this year include Kendrick Lamar (eight); Adele and Americana singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile (seven each); and Mary J. Blige, DJ Khaled, Future, mastering engineer Randy Merrill, Harry Styles and R&B producer and singer-songwriter The-Dream (six each).
The 65th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5, 2023
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