If you happen to’re already counting all the way down to February’s Grammy Awards, right here’s one thing to carry you over — the nominations announcement is simply across the nook.
This Friday, the Recording Academy, joined by a handful of acquainted faces (and voices), will announce the nominees for music’s greatest night time in a livestream.
Right here’s all the pieces it is advisable know concerning the announcement.
How can I watch?
Friday’s livestream kicks off at 8 a.m. PT on the Grammys web site and on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel. For many who choose an additional dose of drama, remember the fact that screencasting is all the time an choice.
In keeping with the Grammys web site, precise timing is topic to alter, however you may count on the livestream to run for about half-hour.
Who’s presenting?
As normal, presenters will embrace previous Grammy winners and nominees, particular company and Recording Academy Chief Government Harvey Mason Jr. A number of presenters, together with 2025 Grammy recipients Chappell Roan, Doechii and Sabrina Carpenter, will possible be vying for prime spots this awards cycle.
Right here are the remainder of the presenters:
Angélique Kidjo
Brandi Carlile
CeCe Winans
David Foster
Chelsey Inexperienced
Gayle King
Jon Batiste
Karol G
Little Massive City
Lizzo
Masaki Koike
Mumford & Sons
Nicole Scherzinger
Sam Smith
What awards are being introduced?
The Recording Academy can be revealing the nominees in all 95 Grammy classes, together with two new ones introduced in June, for album cowl and conventional nation album.
The latter addition has proved controversial, with some criticizing the change as an try to bar artists of coloration from recognition — the choice got here months after Beyoncé collected the award for greatest nation album with “Cowboy Carter” — and others arguing that it’s a long-overdue adjustment that makes means for extra unorthodox nation artists.
On the time of the June announcement, Mason Jr. known as this yr’s class additions “much-needed updates that guarantee those that are making important contributions to the musical course of are correctly acknowledged and have the chance to be celebrated on Music’s Greatest Night time.”
When are the Grammys?
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards will happen Feb. 1 at L.A.’s Crypto.com Enviornment. The ceremony can be broadcast stay on CBS and accessible to stream stay and on demand on Paramount+.
What’s totally different this yr?
Absent album submissions from awards-season mainstays like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Billie Eilish, this yr’s competitors is poised to be one of many least predictable and most enjoyable in a very long time.
Additionally contributing to a way of novelty are new channels via which underrated artists are rising their probabilities at recognition.
This yr is the primary that members of Grammy U, a Recording Academy program for aspiring music professionals between 18 and 29, have been invited to submit their picks for Grammy consideration. With youthful ears to the bottom, rising artists are better-positioned than ever to rise within the ranks.
Plus, the Recording Academy voting physique is present process a shake-up as new members, together with invitees from the Latin Recording Academy, are inducted.
“The addition of many Latin Recording Academy voting members underscores that music has no borders and that our mission to serve music individuals, no matter the place they’re from, is stronger than ever,” Harvey Jr. mentioned in a information launch. “I can’t anticipate our members’ ardour and arduous work to shine via on this yr’s nominations.”
