66th Annual Grammy Awards

66th Annual Grammy Awards

The 66th Annual Grammy Awards honored the best recordings, compositions, and artists from October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023, as chosen by the members of The Recording Academy, on February 4, 2024. In its 21st year at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the ceremony was broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+, and was hosted by Trevor Noah for the fourth time.

The nominations were announced on November 10, 2023; SZA received the most nominations with nine, followed by Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers (solo and as part of boygenius), and Serban Ghenea with seven each. Monét's 2-year-old daughter, Hazel, became the youngest nominee in Grammy Awards history; she was a featured artist on her mother's song "Hollywood", which was nominated for Best Traditional R&B Performance.

Bridgers was the night's biggest winner, receiving four awards: Three as part of Boygenius (Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance, and Best Alternative Music Album) and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside SZA. SZA, Monét, and Killer Mike received three awards each. Taylor Swift made history as the first singer to win Album of the Year four times, and Swift announced the release of her album The Tortured Poets Department while accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Engineer Serban Ghenea extended his record with a fifth award in the category as well. South African singer Tyla was the winner of the inaugural Best African Performance award. Paramore became the first female-fronted rock band to win the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.

In the big four categories, Swift's Midnights won the aforementioned Album of the Year prize; Miley Cyrus's "Flowers" won Record of the Year; Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas won Song of the Year for "What Was I Made For?" (from the soundtrack of Barbie); and Victoria Monét took home Best New Artist.

Background

66th Annual Grammy Awards

For the 2024 ceremony, the academy announced several changes for different categories, the introduction of new categories, and updates on eligibility rules:

Category changes

• Three new categories – Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording – were added. There are 94 categories total. • Two categories, Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical, were moved to the General Field and can now be voted on by the entire Grammy voting membership. • The number of nominees in the "Big Four" General Field categories (Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) was reduced again from ten to eight. • In order to qualify as a nominee on a project nominated for Album of the Year, the credited [lead] artists, featured artists, songwriters, producers, engineers, mixers and mastering engineers must play on a total of 20% of an album's playing time. There had previously been no minimum level of involvement required at the preceding two Grammy Awards. • The requirement that a project must include at least 51% performance-based material has been removed from the Best Music Film category. • Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano) has been renamed Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano). • Best Improvised Jazz Solo has been renamed Best Jazz Solo Performance.

Field changes

The Grammy ballot was reduced from 26 fields to 11, not including the General Field. The Recording Academy stated that this was done to ensure that all voting members were able to exercise all 10 of their allocated votes, as this was prevented when some fields only contained one category. In addition to their votes in the General Field, voters are encouraged to cast up to ten genre category votes spread across a maximum of three fields. As of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, the fields are listed as follows:

Artificial intelligence ineligibility

On June 16, 2023, in response to the rapidly developing field of artificial intelligence (AI), the Recording Academy declared that "only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a Grammy Award. A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any categories." The organization further specified that works featuring AI-generated material are eligible for an award only if a human contributed to the work meaningfully in the creation process and that contributors of only AI-generated material are not eligible for an award. This controversy was cleared up when the song "Heart on My Sleeve" by ghostwriter977, which uses AI voice cloning to mimic the vocals of Drake and The Weeknd, was submitted for Grammy consideration. While the song was written by a human, it was deemed ineligible due to its AI vocals, illegal usage of those vocals without clearance by either artists' record labels, and lack of commercial availability.

Performers

66th Annual Grammy Awards

The first three performers for the ceremony, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Olivia Rodrigo, were announced on January 15, 2024. The second batch of performers, consisting of Travis Scott, Luke Combs and Burna Boy, were announced on January 21. Billy Joel, who performed on the Grammys for the first time in 22 years, was announced on January 25, the same day that the performers for the Premiere ceremony were revealed to be J. Ivy, Jordin Sparks, Larkin Poe, Pentatonix, Sheila E, Laufey and more. U2 joined the lineup on January 27, with a performance from their U2:UV residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. Joni Mitchell, who made her debut performance at the ceremony, was announced on January 28. SZA joined the lineup on January 29. Performers for the In Memoriam segment were announced on February 2, with Miley Cyrus confirmed to perform in the ceremony on the same day. Playboi Carti also performed with Travis Scott.

Premiere ceremony

<table><thead><tr><th>Artist(s)</th><th>Song(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>J. Ivy Jordin Sparks Larkin Poe Pentatonix Sheila E.</td><td>"Let's Go Crazy"</td></tr><tr><td>Brandy Clark SistaStrings</td><td>"Dear Insecurity"</td></tr><tr><td>Kirk Franklin</td><td>"All Things"</td></tr><tr><td>Laufey</td><td>"From the Start"</td></tr><tr><td>Gaby Moreno El David Aguilar</td><td>"Luna de Xelajú"</td></tr><tr><td>Adam Blackstone Harvey Mason Bob James Terrace Martin Robert Glasper</td><td>"Nautilus"</td></tr></tbody></table>

Main ceremony

<table><thead><tr><th>Artist(s)</th><th>Song(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Dua Lipa</td><td>"Training Season" "Houdini"</td></tr><tr><td>Tracy Chapman Luke Combs</td><td>"Fast Car"</td></tr><tr><td>SZA</td><td>"Snooze" "Kill Bill"</td></tr><tr><td>Billie Eilish Finneas O'Connell</td><td>"What Was I Made For?"</td></tr><tr><td>Miley Cyrus</td><td>"Flowers"</td></tr><tr><td>Olivia Rodrigo</td><td>"Vampire"</td></tr><tr><td>U2</td><td>"Atomic City" (from the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada)</td></tr><tr><td>Stevie Wonder Annie Lennox Wendy & Lisa Jon Batiste Ann Nesby Cory Henry Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Fantasia Adam Blackstone</td><td>In Memoriam "For Once in My Life" "The Best Is Yet to Come" (tribute to Tony Bennett) "Nothing Compares 2 U" (tribute to Sinéad O'Connor) "Ain't No Sunshine" "Lean on Me" "Optimistic" (tribute to Clarence Avant) "Proud Mary" (tribute to Tina Turner)</td></tr><tr><td>Joni Mitchell Brandi Carlile SistaStrings Blake Mills Lucius Allison Russell Jacob Collier</td><td>"Both Sides, Now"</td></tr><tr><td>Travis Scott Playboi Carti</td><td>"My Eyes" "I Know ?" "Fein"</td></tr><tr><td>Burna Boy 21 Savage Brandy</td><td>"On Form" "City Boys" "Sittin' on Top of the World"</td></tr><tr><td>Billy Joel Laufey</td><td>"Turn the Lights Back On" "You May Be Right"</td></tr></tbody></table>

Presenters

66th Annual Grammy Awards

Justin Tranter was announced as the host for the Premiere ceremony on January 25, 2024, alongside the list of presenters. The presenters for the main ceremony were announced on January 31. Watsonx, a generative AI tool of IBM, was used to generate editorial content around nominees during the presentation.

Winners and nominees

66th Annual Grammy Awards

First round voting took place from October 11 to October 20, 2023. The nominations were announced on November 10 on a livestream by Arooj Aftab, Vince Gill and Amy Grant, Jimmy Jam, Jon Bon Jovi, Samara Joy, Muni Long, Cheryl Pawelski, Kim Petras, Judith Sherman, St. Vincent, Jeff Tweedy, Weird Al Yankovic, Gayle King, Nate Burleson, Tony Dokoupil, and Harvey Mason Jr.

Final round voting took place from December 14, 2023, to January 4, 2024. Winners were announced during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony and telecast. Winners appear first and highlighted in bold.

General Field

Record of the Year
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Best New Artist
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical	Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Pop & Dance/Electronic

Best Pop Solo Performance	Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Best Pop Vocal Album	Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Best Pop Dance Recording	Best Dance/Electronic Album

Rock, Metal & Alternative

Best Rock Performance	Best Metal Performance
Best Rock Song	Best Rock Album
Best Alternative Music Performance	Best Alternative Music Album

R&B, Rap & Spoken Word Poetry

<table><thead><tr><th>Best R&B Performance</th><th>Best Traditional R&B Performance</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Best R&B Song</td><td>Best Progressive R&B Album</td></tr><tr><td>Best R&B Album</td><td>Best Rap Performance</td></tr><tr><td>Best Melodic Rap Performance</td><td>Best Rap Song</td></tr><tr><td>Best Rap Album</td><td>Best Spoken Word Poetry Album</td></tr></tbody></table>

Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater

Best Jazz Performance	Best Jazz Vocal Album
Best Jazz Instrumental Album	Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Best Latin Jazz Album	Best Alternative Jazz Album
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Best Musical Theater Album

Country & American Roots

Best Country Solo Performance	Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Best Country Song	Best Country Album
Best American Roots Performance	Best Americana Performance
Best American Roots Song	Best Americana Album
Best Bluegrass Album	Best Traditional Blues Album
Best Contemporary Blues Album	Best Folk Album
Best Regional Roots Music Album

Gospel & Contemporary Christian

Best Gospel Performance/Song	Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Best Gospel Album	Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Best Roots Gospel Album

Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant

Best Latin Pop Album	Best Música Urbana Album
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album	Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano)
Best Tropical Latin Album	Best Global Music Performance
Best African Music Performance	Best Global Music Album
Best Reggae Album	Best New Age, Ambient Or Chant Album

Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film

<table><thead><tr><th>Best Children's Album</th><th>Best Comedy Album</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording</td><td>Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media</td></tr><tr><td>Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media</td><td>Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media</td></tr><tr><td>Best Song Written for Visual Media</td></tr><tr><td>Best Music Video</td><td>Best Music Film</td></tr></tbody></table>

Package, Notes & Historical

Best Historical Album	Best Album Notes
Best Recording Package	Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement

Producer of the Year, Classical	Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Best Immersive Audio Album	Best Instrumental Composition
Best Engineered Album, Classical	Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella	Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance	Best Opera Recording
Best Choral Performance	Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Best Classical Instrumental Solo	Best Classical Vocal Solo
Best Classical Compendium	Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

MusiCares Person of the Year is a charity award celebrating an artist's creative achievements and their dedication to philanthropy.

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Donna Summer • Gladys Knight • Laurie Anderson • N.W.A • Tammy Wynette • The Clark Sisters

Grammy Trustees Award

• Peter Asher • DJ Kool Herc • Joel Katz

Technical Grammy Award

• Tom Kobayashi • Tom Scott

Dr. Dre Global Impact Award

• Jay-Z • Mariah Carey • Lenny Kravitz

Best Song for Social Change

• "Refugee" – K'naan, Gerald Eaton & Steve McEwan

In Memoriam

66th Annual Grammy Awards

The following individuals were included a montage during the In Memoriam performance at the ceremony. An expanded list of those who died during the previous year was included on the Grammy website.