2023-11-10 22:40:23
R&B and soul singer SZA obtained on Friday, with nine categories, the most nominations for the next Grammy Awards ceremony, the awards of the American music industry. The top ranking is dominated by female artists.
With her hit “Kill Bill”, inspired by the eponymous films of Quentin Tarantino, and her second album “SOS”, the 34-year-old singer SZA will be able to try to win certain key categories such as song and recording of the year, as well as than the best album.
Competition will mainly come from other female artists, such as the pop steamroller from country Taylor Swift (6 categories), the former Disney muse Olivia Rodrigo, who released an album – “Guts” – highly praised by critics ( 6 categories), or even Billie Eilish (6), rocker Phoebe Bridgers (7) and rising R&B star Victoria Monét (7).
Taylor Swift, who is currently breaking all records, might make history a little more if she wins the album of the year award with “Midnights”, because that would make her the artist who won the more times this category, the most prestigious. She would surpass Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, and Stevie Wonder.
Barbie Rival Soundtrack
But at the 66th Grammy Awards on February 4 in Los Angeles, the other phenomenon to watch will be the cinema blockbuster “Barbie”, whose songs from the soundtrack, performed by Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa, occupy in force several categories.
In the leading group of nominations, also appear the engineer Serban Ghenea (7 categories) who mixed Taylor Swift’s album “Midnight”, the female rock supergroup boygenius – of which Phoebe Bridgers is a member – as well as the jazzman Jon Batiste (6), country singer-songwriter Brandy Clark (6) or Miley Cirus (6).
Jon Batiste, crowned in 2022, is the only male artist to compete in the premier categories of recording and album of the year. As for producer Jack Antonoff, he also received six nominations for his work with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey.
In 2023, the ceremony crowned Beyoncé, who became the most awarded artist with a total of 32 awards throughout her career, but the supreme prize for album of the year had escaped her in favor of British popstar Harry Styles .
Diversity
The Recording Academy, the organization that represents professionals in the American music industry and organizes the Grammys, has often been criticized for the lack of diversity of award-winning artists, and the strong presence of women shows its evolution.
In 2019, the former head of the powerful institution, Neil Portnow, left his post following declaring that women artists should “put themselves forward” if they wanted more recognition, comments he had made at the height of of the #MeToo movement.
This week, Neil Portnow was sued in Manhattan, accused of drugging and raping a female artist not named in the complaint in 2018.
The complaint also accuses the Recording Academy of negligence. The organization and Neil Portnow have vehemently denied the accusations.
This article was automatically published. Sources: ats / afp
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