Whereas six-time Grammy nominees Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Miley Cyrus received a number of awards and, within the case of Swift, made historical past, on the 2024 Grammys, fellow six-time nominees and previous Grammy winners Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste every went dwelling empty-handed regardless of their half-dozen nominations apiece. Batiste even received album of the yr in 2022 and a few prognosticators thought he might emerge victorious for the highest prize regardless of the robust feminine presence amongst this yr’s nominees and winners.
As an alternative, Taylor Swift grew to become the primary performer to win album of the yr 4 instances with Midnights, and he or she introduced a brand new album can be coming in a few months, giving her one other shot at extra Grammys gold.
Fellow a number of nominee Lana Del Rey, up for 5 awards, was additionally shut out, regardless of nods in quite a few the Grammys‘ high classes.
Boygenius seemed to be off to a robust begin with three wins within the premiere ceremony, together with two within the rock classes, beating such previous Grammy champs as Metallica, the Rolling Stones and Foo Fighters, who have been winless regardless of three nominations for his or her first album for the reason that dying of drummer Taylor Hawkins.
And whereas the supergroup of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus attended the premiere ceremony and excitedly accepted their wins, they didn’t win any awards within the televised classes, together with within the high classes of album and document of the yr.
SZA went into Sunday evening up for a number one 9 awards and had the potential to turn out to be the primary solo Black girl to win album of the yr in 25 years. Whereas she had a few moments in the course of the televised awards present, together with a strong efficiency and a win for finest R&B music that left her so overcome with emotion she was crying, she solely took dwelling three awards and didn’t win the document, music or album of the yr prizes prognosticators thought she’d get.
And Barbie continued its blended efficiency at awards reveals, with the soundtrack for the hit Warner Bros. movie, solely successful three of its 11 nominations, although 4 of these have been in a single class (finest music written for visible media, the place Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” received). And Eilish’s music of the yr prize, shared together with her brother and co-songwriter Finneas O’Connell, is actually important, however the movie wasn’t as dominant a performer for the night as followers may’ve hoped. In a single class, finest rating, Barbie misplaced to Oppenheimer, in an echo of the 2 movies’ “Barbenheimer” face-off.
