We can count on the Recording Academy to create quite a commotion every time they share Grammy Awards nominations, and they did it again this past week. Beyoncé is leading the way with historic 11 nods, but some other beloved artists weren’t as lucky and their hit albums and songs were largely ignored this year.
Song/Record of The Year
Despite receiving song of the year nod, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” isn’t in the running for record of the year. Sabrina Carpenter is in the running in both categories with two different songs, and many were shocked to see the Academy choose “Please Please Please” as the song of the year contender over “Espresso”.
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande will be in the running for three Grammy awards with her latest album Eternal Sunshine, but only in pop categories after being shut out of the main competition.
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa received even less love from the Academy for her latest album Radical Optimism. She didn’t even manage to break into the pop categories, despite previously dominating them with Future Nostalgia.
Tyla
Tyla was also completely ignored by the Grammy voters after receiving the inaugural Grammy Award for best African music performance last year and received zero nods for her self-titled debut album.
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff won three consecutive awards for best producer and was considered a front-runner this year. He failed to score nominations despite producing two albums that scored nods for the album of the year – Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet.