The Grammy Awards return this Sunday to their headquarters in Los Angeles for their 65th edition, with Beyoncé as the great protagonist of the night.
The nine nominations that Beyoncé obtained this year for her production Renaissance They made her the female artist who has been nominated for these awards the most times, accumulating 88 of these throughout her career.
Beyoncé already has 28 Grammys in her possession and, tied with producer Quincy Jones, occupies second place on the list of artists with the most Recording Academy awards.
After tonight, Queen B could move to first place if she wins at least 4 of the 9 prizes she aspires to, and thus unseat the Hungarian conductor Georg Solti, who has won 31 prizes throughout his life and who still leads the select list.
However, the road will not be easy, as the singer competes with stars like Adele, who presented her album 30, Harry Styles and the hits from his album Harry’s House, and rapper Kendrick Lamar, who unveiled his celebrated album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.
They, along with country singer Brandi Carlile, are the artists who had the most mentions on the list of nominees that was released in November 2022.
back to normal
In 2021 the pandemic affected the celebration of music and the meeting took place between few celebrities and without an audience.
A year later, the people of the music industry were able to meet again, but from Las Vegas and amid the uncertainty of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Finally this 2023 that the gala resumes its normal course in Los Angeles to distinguish the best recordings, compositions and artists of the year who made music from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022.
The event that will be held at the Crypto.com Arena will have the comedian Trevor Noah as presenter, and among the personalities in charge of delivering some awards to the luckiest artists are the first lady, Jill Biden, the actress Viola Davis and singers like Olivia Rodrigo, Cardi B, and Shania Twain.
In addition, the musical presentations that will take place on its stage are given by Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile, Luke Combs, Steve Lacy, Lizzo, Kim Petras, Sam Smith, Harry Styles and Bad Bunny.
All of them have one or more nominations and some will even compete in categories such as best album of the year where J. Blige, Lizzo, Styles and Bad Bunny compete.
The best song of the year is competing against songs like Gayle’s “abcdefu”, Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well”, Lizzo’s “About Damn Time”, Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habbit”, Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul”, “Easy on Me” by Adele, among others.
While the best recording of the year is added to the last four artists are the works “Don’t Shut Me Down” by ABBA, Doja Cat in “Woman”, Kendrick Lamar with “The Heart Part 5” and “As it Was” by Harry Styles, to name a few.
Consecration of Bad Bunny and Latin accent
Puerto Rican Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, has managed to establish himself as an international artist by having achieved three nominations, the most important being Album of the Year.
Just with the nomination, Bad Bunny has already made history by getting a record entirely in Spanish (A summer without you) up for the Album of the Year award.
This consolidates his career as an international artist by competing with figures such as Beyoncé, ABBA, Adele, Coldplay, Lizzo and Harry Styles, and by winning it he can reaffirm his power as the most listened to artist worldwide.
The singer is also nominated in the categories of Best Pop Solo Performance for “Moscow Mule” and Best Urban Music Album.
The Brazilian Anitta will also be part of the ceremony and will compete for the title of best new artist, after the international success of her song “Envolver”, as well as the viral choreography that was replicated on social networks.
The contest is also being fought by American with Mexican roots Omar Apollo, Italian rock stars Måneskin, British duo Wet Leg, among others.
In the Latin categories will be present the winners of the last Latin Grammys, Rosalía and Jorge Drexler, the Colombians Carlos Vives and Camilo, as well as the pop diva Christina Aguilera after her return to music in Spanish with the album Aerie.
EFE/OnCuba
