2022 Grammy Nominations: Something For Everyone

Seventy-seven years separate the oldest and the youngest artist nominated for the flagship prize at the 64th Grammy Awards, nominations for which were announced Tuesday morning by the Recording Academy.

The LA Times reports 95-year-old Tony Bennett, who earned a nod for album of the year with “Love for Sale,” his and Lady Gaga’s collaborative tribute to the music of Cole Porter, is at the upper end.  And at the lower: 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo, in the hunt for the same coveted award with her smash pop debut, “Sour.”

The three-quarters of a century between the two singers is the largest age spread in Grammys history — and yet it’s far from the only example of the academy’s eagerness to anoint new stars even as it celebrates established talent. A year after the music industry’s most prominent trade group triggered fierce criticism when it thoroughly snubbed the Weeknd — in the process raising widespread suspicions about backroom vote-rigging — the academy took something of a let’s-satisfy-everybody approach with nominations for the annual ceremony, set to take place Jan. 31 in downtown Los Angeles at Staples Center (which by then will be called Crypto.com Arena).

In album of the year, nominees beyond Rodrigo and the Bennett/Gaga pairing include Bieber’s “Justice,” Doja Cat’s “Planet Her,” Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever,” Lil Nas X’s “Montero” and Taylor Swift’s “Evermore” — all commercial blockbusters with strong online followings — along with H.E.R.’s “Back of My Mind,” “Donda” by the endlessly controversial Kanye West and, most surprisingly, Jon Batiste’s “We Are.” The Louisiana-born jazz and soul artist, familiar to many as the bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” is the most-nominated act for the 64th Grammys, with 11 nods in categories including traditional R&B performance, American roots song, improvised jazz solo and score soundtrack for visual media (for his work on the Pixar movie “Soul”).

Other acts with multiple nominations include Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R. (each with eight) and Eilish and Rodrigo (each with seven).

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The Recording Academy will present the 2022 GRAMMY Awards on Mon, Jan. 31, on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on demand on Paramount+ from 8–11:30 p.m. ET / 5–8:30 p.m. PT. Prior to the telecast, the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony will be held at the Microsoft Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on GRAMMY.com and the Recording Academy's YouTube channel(opens in a new tab).