Billy Joel, Lionel Richie, Usher, Jay-Z and Selena Gomez are among the music stars who scored main Emmy nominations for the 2024 Emmys.
Billy Joel: The a hundredth — Reside at Madison Sq. Backyard earned 4 nominations Wednesday, together with excellent selection particular (pre-recorded) for Joel, who has gained 5 Grammys and a Tony. Richie picked up a nomination for excellent documentary or nonfiction particular as an government producer of The Best Evening in Pop, which earned two different nominations. Richie has gained an Oscar and 4 Grammys.
Gomez is a double nominee for Solely Murders within the Constructing, together with her first for excellent lead actress within the comedy collection. Her second nod is as one of many government producers of the TV present within the excellent comedy collection class. Donald Glover aka Infantile Gambino earned performing, writing and producing bids for Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
The Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LVIII Halftime Present Starring Usher earned three nominations, together with excellent selection particular (stay), which suggests Usher, who has eight Grammys, has earned his first-ever Emmy nomination. He shares it with Emmy winners Jay-Z and Jesse Collins, who earned a second nomination in the identical class for government producing the 2024 Grammy Awards with fellow EP Ben Winston and producer-host Trevor Noah.
Girl Gaga’s Gaga Chromatica Ball was surprisingly snubbed whereas The Weeknd’s closely panned collection, The Idol, turned heads with a single nomination for excellent choreography for scripted programming for choreographer Nina McNeely. Bruce Springsteen and Dangerous Bunny had been additionally snubbed within the visitor comedy performing class for Curb Your Enthusiasm and Saturday Evening Reside, respectively.
Hans Zimmer earned three Emmy nominations, together with excellent unique music and lyrics for “Love Will Survive” from The Tattooist of Auschwitz. His competitors consists of Maya Rudolph for “Maya Rudolph Mom’s Day Monologue” from Saturday Evening Reside; Sara Bareilles for “The Medium Time” from Girls5eva; and John Hawkes for “No Use” from True Detective: Evening Nation. Oscar-, Emmy- and Grammy-winning duo Pasek & Paul spherical out the nominees and will develop into EGOTs this 12 months; they’re nominated for “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from Solely Murders In The Constructing, sharing the nod with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
9 Inch Nails’ Atticus Ross, who has gained two Oscars, two Grammys and an Emmy alongside bandmate Trent Reznor, scored two nominations for his musical work on Shogun, which leads all exhibits with a whopping 25 nominations.
Two-time Emmy winner Rickey Minor is a double nominee for excellent music path for The Oscars and The forty sixth Kennedy Heart Honors; that class additionally consists of Fred Armisen for Late Evening with Seth Meyers and the group of Adam Blackstone and Don Was for 2023 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala scored a single nomination for excellent image enhancing for selection programming, whereas STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. earned two nominations, together with excellent documentary or nonfiction collection. The Voice picked up 5 nominations, bringing its profession complete to 81 nominations and eight wins.
The 76th Emmys are set to air stay from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 15 from 5-8 p.m. PT / 8-11 p.m. ET on ABC.
