The 66th Annual Grammy Awards(Grammy 2024) was held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, the United States of America(USA) on 4th February 2024.
- The Grammy 2024 recognized recordings released between 1st October 2022 and 15th September 2023. The 2024 awards were presented in 94 categories.
Host: Trevor Noah, a South African comedian, hosted the Grammy for the fourth time.
About Grammy Awards:
The Grammy Awards is an annual recognition presented by the Recording Academy or National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, since 1957 to honour musical artists, compositions, and albums.
New Categories:
The Recording Academy added 3 New categories for the 2024 edition: African music performance (won by South African artist Tyla), alternative jazz album (won by Meshell Ndegeocello) and pop dance recording (won by Kylie Minogue).
The Recording Academy also moved Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical to the General Field.
Top Honours:
i.Taylor Swift won the Grammy 2024 – Album of the Year for her album Midnights and became the first ever artist to win “Album of the Year” four times. Previously, she won the award for “Fearless” in 2010, “1989” in 2016, and “Folklore” in 2020.
- she also won the award under “Best Pop Vocal Album” category.
- With these wins, Taylor has won a total of 14 Grammy Awards from 52 nominations.
ii.Victoria Monét won the Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammys. Her album “Jaguar II” also won Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical).
- Monét was nominated for seven Grammys at the 2024 awards, tied for second-most overall nominations.
iii.Miley Cyrus won Two Grammys under Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo performance for “Flowers.”
- This marks Miley’s first 2 Grammy trophies.
iv.Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell won the Song of the year award for “What Was I Made For?” From “Barbie”.
Highlights:
i.Rapper Killer Mike won three Grammys: Best Rap Album for “Michael”, and Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for “Scientists and Engineers” featuring Andre 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane.
ii.SZA won in three different categories: Best R&B Song for her track “Snooze,” Best Progressive R&B Album for “SOS,” and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Ghost in the Machine” with Phoebe Bridgers and was nominated for 9 categories.
Zakir Hussain’s Shakti band won Best Global Music Album for ‘This Moment’:
The band Shakti, led by Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain and featuring vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, percussionist V Selvaganesh, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan and John McLaughlin, has won the Best Global Music Album award for their latest release ‘This Moment’.
- This marks a significant milestone as the group’s first new album in over 45 years. The album includes eight new compositions.
Points to note:
i.Indian tabla player and composer Zakir Hussain won a total of 3 Grammys awards in 2024 including the Best Global Music Album as a part of Shakti. The other 2 Grammys are,
- Best Global Music Performance for ‘Pashto’
- Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for ‘As We Speak’.
ii.Along with Zakir Hussain, Indian flutist Rakesh Chaurasia won two Grammys as part of the ensemble of American banjo player Béla Fleck and American bassist Edgar Meyer for ‘Pashto’ and ‘As We Speak’.
Special Merit Awards:
The Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy’s National Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.
Winners:
| Categories | Winners |
|---|---|
| MusiCares Person of the Year | Jon Bon Jovi |
| Lifetime Achievement Awards | Donna Summer Gladys Knight Laurie Anderson N.W.A Tammy Wynette The Clark Sisters |
| Dr. Dre Global Impact Award | Jay-Z |
| Best Song for Social Change | “Refugee”- K’naan, Gerald Eaton & Steve McEwan |
Winners of Grammy Awards 2024
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| General Field | |
| Record of the Year | Flowers by Miley Cyrus |
| Album of the Year | Midnights by Taylor Swift |
| Song of the Year | What Was I Made For? (from Barbie) by Billie Eilish |
| Best New Artist | Victoria Monét |
| Producer of the year, non-classical | Jack Antonoff |
| Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical | Theron Thomas |
| POP & Dance/ Electronic Music field | |
| Best Pop Solo performance | Miley Cyrus – Flowers |
| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the Machine |
| Best Pop Dance Recording | “Padam Padam,”- Kylie Minogue |
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Taylor Swift – Midnights |
| Best Dance/Electronic Recording | Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan – Rumble |
| Best Dance/Electronic Music Album | Fred again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) |
| R&B, Rap and Spoken Word Poetry field | |
| Best R&B Performance | Coco Jones – “ICU” |
| Best Traditional R&B Performance | PJ Morton ft. Susan Carol- Good Morning |
| Best R&B Song | SZA – Snooze |
| Best Progressive R&B Album | SZA- SOS |
| Best R&B Album | Victoria Monét – Jaguar II |
| Best Rap Performance | Scientists & Engineers — Killer Mike feat. André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane |
| Best Melodic Rap Performance | Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole – All My Life |
| Best Rap Song | Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers |
| Best Rap Album | Killer Mike – Michael |
| Best Spoken Word Poetry Album | J. Ivy – The Light Inside |
| Rock, Metal and Alternative Music Field | |
| Best Rock Performance | Boygenius – Not Strong Enough |
| Best Metal Performance | Metallica-72 Seasons |
| Best Rock Song | Boygenius – Not Strong Enough |
| Best Rock Album | Paramore – This Is Why |
| Best Alternative Music Performance | Paramore – This Is Why |
| Best Alternative Music Album | Boygenius – The Record |
| Country Field And American Roots Music | |
| Best Country Solo Performance | Chris Stapleton – White Horse |
| Best Country Duo/Group Performance | SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the Machine |
| Best Country Song | Chris Stapleton – White Horse |
| Best Country Album | Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country |
| Best American Roots Performance | Allison Russell- Eve Was Black |
| Best Americana Performance | Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity |
| Best American Roots Song | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit-Cast Iron Skillet |
| Best Americana Album | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes |
| Best Bluegrass Album | Molly Turtle & Golden Highway- City of Gold |
| Best Traditional Blues Album | Bobby Rush- All My Love for You |
| Best Contemporary Blues Album | Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony |
| Best Folk Album | Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport [Live] |
| Best Regional Roots Music Album | Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Live: Orpheum Theater Nola |
| Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental Musical Theater Field | |
| Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Laufey – Bewitched |
| Best Jazz Performance | Samara Joy – Tight |
| Best Jazz Vocal Album | Nicole Zuraitis – How Love Begins |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Billy Childs – The Winds of Change |
| Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart – Basie Swings The Blues |
| Best Latin Jazz Album | Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 |
| Best Alternative Jazz Album | “The Omnichord Real Book,” Meshell Ndegeocello |
| Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | As We Speak — Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, feat. Rakesh Chaurasia |
| Best Musical Theater Album | Some Like It Hot |
| Gospel/Christian | |
| Best Gospel Performance/Song | Kirk Franklin – All Things |
| Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song | for KING & COUNTRY ft. Jordin Sparks – Love Me Like I Am Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Your Power |
| Best Gospel Album | All Things New: Live in Orlando- Tye Tribbett |
| Best Contemporary Christian Music Album | Lecrae – Church Clothes 4 |
| Best Roots Gospel Album | Blind Boys of Alabama – Echoes of the South |
| Best Latin, Global, Reggae, And New Age, Ambient and Chant Field | |
| Best Latin Pop Album | “X Mí (Vol. 1),” Gaby Moreno |
| Best Musica Urbana album | Karol G-Mañana Será Bonito |
| Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas Las Flores And Juanes – Vida Cotidiana |
| Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) | Peso Pluma – Génesis |
| Best Tropical Latin Album | Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Siembra: 45(degree) Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022) |
| Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album | Carla Patullo ft. Tonality and the Scorchio Quartet – So She Howls |
| Best Reggae Album | Julian Marley & Antacus – Colors of Royal |
| Best Global Music Performance | Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain ft. Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto |
| Best African Music Performance | “Water,” Tyla |
| Best Global Music Album | Shakti – This Moment |
| Children’s, Comedy, Audio Books, Visual Media and Music Video/Film Field | |
| Best Children’s Music Album | 123 Andrés – We Grow Together Preschool Songs |
| Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording | Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times |
| Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle – What’s In A Name? |
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television) | Oppenheimer,” Ludwig Göransson, composer |
| Best Score for Video Game or Other Interactive Media | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab, composers |
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? |
| Best Music Video | The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping |
| Best Music Film | Moonage Daydream |
| Production, Engineering, Composition and Arrangement | |
| Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Victoria Monét – Jaguar II |
| Best Engineered Album, Classical | Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Contemporary American Composers |
| Producer of the Year, Classical | Elaine Martone |
| Best Remixed Recording | Depeche Mode – Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix) |
| Best Immersive Audio Album | Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys |
| Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams – Helena’s Theme |
| Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella | The String Revolution ft. Tommy Emmanuel – Folsom Prison Blues |
| Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals | säje ft. Jacob Collier – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning |
| Package, Notes and Historical | |
| Best Recording Package | Luke Brooks & James Theseus Buck – Stumpwork |
| Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package | For The Birds: The Birdsong Project |
| Best Album Notes | Various Artists – Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (album notes by Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker |
| Best Historical Album | Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971 (album notes by Jeff Place & John Troutman |
| Classical | |
| Best Orchestral Performance | Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: Dante |
| Best Opera Recording | Blanchard: Champion |
| Best Choral Performance | Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir – Saariaho: Reconnaissance |
| Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance | Roomful Of Teeth – Rough Magic |
| Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Yuja Wang; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Louisville Orchestra) – The American Project |
| Best Classical Solo Vocal Album | Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) – Walking In The Dark |
| Best Classical Compendium | Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A.B. Spellman – Passion For Bach And Coltrane |
| Best Contemporary Classical Composition | Jessie Montgomery, composer (Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful Of Teeth) – Montgomery: Rounds |
