Grammy Awards 2022: nominees, dates, and how to watch

WORDS Jasmine Pirovic PUBLISHED Thu, 25 Nov 2021 - 12:33 pm

The arrival of the 2022 Grammy Award nominees list signals that awards season is well and truly upon us. Unfortunately for us rooting for our pal Kid Laroi, Covid has once again stepped in and ruined our plans for top musical viewing. In a move that will come as a surprise to no one, the Recording Academy has just confirmed to Variety that the awards show will be indefinitely postponed due to the latest Omicron wave.

As suspected, the list heavily features the likes of Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, newcomer Olivia Rodrigo and Justin Bieber, leading in the top categories of Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Of course, there is one notable Australian name that's been making waves in the music industry this year, and that is The Kid LAROI, sitting comfortably in the Best New Artist category alongside Japanese Breakfast and Saweetie.

As for the award show, it seems critiques of the previous years Awards have been heard loud and clear, and so no artist has been selected solely by the Grammys Committee in the name of transparency, rather than going down the route of a highly secretive and anonymous review process as has been done in the past.

What's the current status of the award show?

The 64th annual Grammy Awards were looking to take place on Monday, January 31, 2022, on CBS. The show was scheduled to appear before an in house audience, with Trevor Noah set to host. This isn't the first time the plans have been quashed due to the pandemic. Last winter during the Delta surge, the 2021 show was postponed from January to March. In an effort to reduce the spread the venue was moved from the Crypto.com Arena to to outside the Los Angeles Convention Center. Owing to COVID safety measures. As for now, there is no confirmation if and when the ceremony will be rescheduled. With the venue set to be booked up until mid April. We'll be sure to keep you updated with any further news. In the interim you can find the list of nominees below.

Record Of The Year

I Still Have Faith In You, ABBA
Freedom, Jon Batiste
I Get A Kick Out Of You, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Peaches, Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
Right On Time, Brandi Carlile
Kiss Me More, Doja Cat Featuring SZA
Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish
Montero (Call Me By Your Name), Lil Nas X
drivers license, Olivia Rodrigo
Leave The Door Open, Silk Sonic

2. Album Of The Year
Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s).

We Are, Jon Batiste
Love For Sale, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe), Justin Bieber
Planet Her (Deluxe), Doja Cat
Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish
Back Of My Mind, H.E.R.
Montero, Lil Nas X
Sour, Olivia Rodrigo
Evermore, Taylor Swift
Donda, Kanye West

Song Of The Year

Bad Habits, Fred Gibson, Johnny McDaid & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
A Beautiful Noise, Ruby Amanfu, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Alicia Keys, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Linda Perry & Hailey Whitters, songwriters (Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile)
drivers license, Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
Fight For You, Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Kiss Me More, Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Carter Lang, Gerard A. Powell II, Solána Rowe & David Sprecher, songwriters (Doja Cat Featuring SZA)
Leave The Door Open, Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
Montero (Call Me By Your Name), Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Omer Fedi, Montero Hill & Roy Lenzo, songwriters (Lil Nas X)
Peaches, Louis Bell, Justin Bieber, Giveon Dezmann Evans, Bernard Harvey, Felisha "Fury" King, Matthew Sean Leon, Luis Manuel Martinez Jr., Aaron Simmonds, Ashton Simmonds, Andrew Wotman & Keavan Yazdani, songwriters (Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon)
Right On Time, Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)

Best New Artist

Arooj Aftab
Jimmie Allen
Baby Keem
FINNEAS
Glass Animals
Japanese Breakfast
The Kid LAROI
Arlo Parks
Olivia Rodrigo
Saweetie

Best Pop Solo Performanc

Anyone, Justin Bieber
Right On Time, Brandi Carlile
Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish
Positions, Ariana Grande
drivers license, Olivia Rodrigo

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

I Get A Kick Out Of You, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Lonely, Justin Bieber & benny blanco
Butter, BTS
Higher Power, Coldplay
Kiss Me More, Doja Cat Featuring SZA

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Love For Sale, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Til We Meet Again (Live), Norah Jones
A Tori Kelly Christmas, Tori Kelly
Ledisi Sings Nina, Ledisi
That's Life, Willie Nelson
A Holly Dolly Christmas, Dolly Parton

Best Pop Vocal Album

Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe), Justin Bieber
Planet Her (Deluxe), Doja Cat
Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish
Positions, Ariana Grande
Sour, Olivia Rodrigo

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Hero, Afrojack & David Guetta
Loom, Ólafur Arnalds Featuring Bonobo
Before, James Blake
Heartbreak, Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
You Can Do It, Caribou
Alive, Rüfüs Du Sol
The Business, Tiësto

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Subconsciously, Black Coffee
Fallen Embers, ILLENIUM
Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded), Major Lazer
Shockwave, Marshmello
Free Love, Sylvan Esso
Judgement, Ten City

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Double Dealin', Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal
The Garden, Rachel Eckroth
Tree Falls, Taylor Eigsti
At Blue Note Tokyo, Steve Gadd Band
Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2, Mark Lettieri

Best Rock Performance

Shot In The Dark, AC/DC
Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A), Black Pumas
Nothing Compares 2 U, Chris Cornell
Ohms, Deftones
Making A Fire, Foo Fighters

Best Metal Performance

Genesis, Deftones
The Alien, Dream Theater
Amazonia, Gojira
Pushing The Tides, Mastodon
The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition), Rob Zombie

Best Rock Song

All My Favorite Songs, Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson & Ilsey Juber, songwriters (Weezer)
The Bandit, Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
Distance, Wolfgang Van Halen, songwriter (Mammoth WVH)
Find My Way, Paul McCartney, songwriter (Paul McCartney)
Waiting On A War, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Best Rock Album

Power Up, AC/DC
Capitol Cuts - Live From Studio A, Black Pumas
No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1, Chris Cornell
Medicine At Midnight, Foo Fighters
McCartney III, Paul McCartney

Best Alternative Music Album

Shore, Fleet Foxes
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey
Jubilee, Japanese Breakfast
Collapsed In Sunbeams, Arlo Parks
Daddy's Home, St. Vincent

Best R&B Performance

Lost You, Snoh Aalegra
Peaches, Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
Damage, H.E.R.
Leave The Door Open, Silk Sonic
Pick Up Your Feelings, Jazmine Sullivan

Best Traditional R&B Performance

I Need You, Jon Batiste
Bring It On Home To Me, BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Charlie Bereal
Born Again, Leon Bridges Featuring Robert Glasper
Fight For You, H.E.R.
How Much Can A Heart Take, Lucky Daye Featuring Yebba

Best R&B Song

Damage, Anthony Clemons Jr., Jeff Gitelman, H.E.R., Carl McCormick & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Good Days, Jacob Collier, Carter Lang, Carlos Munoz, Solána Rowe & Christopher Ruelas, songwriters (SZA)
Heartbreak Anniversary, Giveon Evans, Maneesh, Sevn Thomas & Varren Wade, songwriters (Giveon)
Leave The Door Open, Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
Pick Up Your Feelings, Denisia “Blue June” Andrews, Audra Mae Butts, Kyle Coleman, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Michael Holmes & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)

Best Progressive R&B Album

New Light, Eric Bellinger
Something To Say, Cory Henry
Mood Valiant, Hiatus Kaiyote
Table For Two, Lucky Daye
Dinner Party: Dessert, Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
Studying Abroad: Extended Stay, Masego

Best R&B Album

Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies, Snoh Aalegra
We Are, Jon Batiste
Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon Bridges
Back Of My Mind, H.E.R.
Heaux Tales, Jazmine Sullivan

Best Rap Performance

Family Ties, Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Up, Cardi B
M Y . L I F E, J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray
Way 2 Sexy, Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug
Thot S***, Megan Thee Stallion

Best Melodic Rap Performance

P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L, J. Cole Featuring Lil Baby
Need To Know, Doja Cat
Industry Baby, Lil Nas X Featuring Jack Harlow
Wusyaname, Tyler, The Creator Featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign
Hurricane, Kanye West Featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby

Best Rap Song

Bath Salts, Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons, songwriters (DMX Featuring Jay-Z & Nas)
Best Friend, Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes, songwriters (Saweetie Featuring Doja Cat)
Family Ties, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Hykeem Carter, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Latour & Dominik Patrzek, songwriters (Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Jail, Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Brian Hugh Warner, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z)
M Y . L I F E, Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph & Jermaine Cole, songwriters (J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray)

Best Rap Album

The Off-Season, J. Cole
Certified Lover Boy, Drake
King's Disease II, Nas
Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator
Donda, Kanye West

Best Country Solo Performance

Forever After All, Luke Combs
Remember Her Name, Mickey Guyton
All I Do Is Drive, Jason Isbell
camera roll, Kacey Musgraves
You Should Probably Leave, Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

If I Didn't Love You, Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
Younger Me, Brothers Osborne
Glad You Exist, Dan + Shay
Chasing After You, Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris
Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home), Elle King & Miranda Lambert

Best Country Song

Better Than We Found It, Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)
camera roll, Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
Cold, Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
Country Again, Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
Fancy Like, Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens, songwriters (Walker Hayes)
Remember Her Name, Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling, songwriters (Mickey Guyton)

Best Country Album

Skeletons, Brothers Osborne
Remember Her Name, Mickey Guyton
The Marfa Tapes, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram
The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita, Sturgill Simpson
Starting Over, Chris Stapleton

Best New Age Album

Brothers, Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton
Divine Tides, Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej
Pangaea, Wouter Kellerman & David Arkenstone
Night + Day, Opium Moon
Pieces Of Forever, Laura Sullivan

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Sackodougou, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, soloist, Track from: The Hands Of Time (Weedie Braimah)
Kick Those Feet, Kenny Barron, soloist, Track from: Songs From My Father (Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios)
Bigger Than Us, Jon Batiste, soloist, Track from: Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Various Artists)
Absence, Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Absence (Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet)
Humpty Dumpty (Set 2), Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Akoustic Band Live (Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl)

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Generations, The Baylor Project
SuperBlue, Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter
Time Traveler, Nnenna Freelon
Flor, Gretchen Parlato
Songwrights Apothecary Lab, Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Jazz Selections: Music From And Inspired By Soul, Jon Batiste
Absence, Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet
Skyline, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Akoustic Band LIVE, Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl
Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV), Pat Metheny

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Live At Birdland!, The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
Dear Love, Jazzmeia Horn And Her Noble Force
For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver, Christian McBride Big Band
Swirling, Sun Ra Arkestra
Jackets XL, Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

Mirror Mirror, Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés
The South Bronx Story, Carlos Henriquez
Virtual Birdland, Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Transparency, Dafnis Prieto Sextet
El Arte Del Bolero, Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo

Best Gospel Album

Changing Your Story, Jekalyn Carr
Royalty: Live At The Ryman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition, Maverick City Music
Jonny X Mali: Live In LA, Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
Believe For It, CeCe Winans

Best Roots Gospel Album

Alone With My Faith, Harry Connick, Jr.
That's Gospel, Brother, Gaither Vocal Band
Keeping On, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Songs For The Times, The Isaacs
My Savior, Carrie Underwood

Best Latin Pop Album

Vértigo, Pablo Alborán
Mis Amores, Paula Arenas
Hecho A La Antigua, Ricardo Arjona
Mis Manos, Camilo
Mendó, Alex Cuba
Revelación, Selena Gomez

Best Música Urbana Album

Afrodisíaco, Rauw Alejandro
El Último Tour Del Mundo, Bad Bunny
Jose, J Balvin
KG0516, KAROL G
Sin Miedo (Del Amor Y Otros Demonios) 8, Kali Uchis

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Deja, Bomba Estéreo
Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition), Diamante Eléctrico
Origen, Juanes
Calambre, Nathy Peluso
El Madrileño, C. Tangana
Sonidos De Karmática Resonancia, Zoé

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Antología De La Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2, Aida Cuevas
A Mis 80's, Vicente Fernández
Seis, Mon Laferte
Un Canto Por México, Vol. II, Natalia Lafourcade
Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe), Christian Nodal

Best Tropical Latin Album

Salswing!, Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
En Cuarentena, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
Sin Salsa No Hay Paraíso, Aymée Nuviola
Colegas, Gilberto Santa Rosa
Live In Peru, Tony Succar

Best American Roots Performance

Cry, Jon Batiste
Love And Regret, Billy Strings
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, The Blind Boys Of Alabama & Béla Fleck
Same Devil, Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile
Nightflyer, Allison Russell

Best American Roots Song

Avalon, Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson & Francesco Turrisi, songwriters (Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi)
Call Me A Fool, Valerie June, songwriter (Valerie June Featuring Carla Thomas)
Cry, Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Diamond Studded Shoes, Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan & Yola, songwriters (Yola)
Nightflyer, Jeremy Lindsay & Allison Russell, songwriters (Allison Russell)

Best Americana Album

Downhill From Everywhere, Jackson Browne
Leftover Feelings, John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band
Native Sons, Los Lobos
Outside Child, Allison Russell
Stand For Myself, Yola

Best Bluegrass Album

Renewal, Billy Strings
My Bluegrass Heart, Béla Fleck
A Tribute To Bill Monroe, The Infamous Stringdusters
Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions), Sturgill Simpson
Music Is What I See, Rhonda Vincent

Best Traditional Blues Album

100 Years Of Blues, Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite
Traveler's Blues, Blues Traveler
I Be Trying, Cedric Burnside
Be Ready When I Call You, Guy Davis
Take Me Back, Kim Wilson

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Delta Kream, The Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown
Royal Tea, Joe Bonamassa
Uncivil War, Shemekia Copeland
Fire It Up, Steve Cropper
662, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Best Folk Album

One Night Lonely [Live], Mary Chapin Carpenter
Long Violent History, Tyler Childers
Wednesday (Extended Edition), Madison Cunningham
They're Calling Me Home, Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi
Blue Heron Suite, Sarah Jarosz

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Live In New Orleans!, Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
Bloodstains & Teardrops, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
My People, Cha Wa
Corey Ledet Zydeco, Corey Ledet Zydeco
Kau Ka Pe'a, Kalani Pe'a

Best Reggae Album

Pamoja, Etana
Positive Vibration, Gramps Morgan
Live N Livin, Sean Paul
Royal, Jesse Royal
Beauty In The Silence, Soja
10, Spice

Best Global Music Performance

Mohabbat, Arooj Aftab
Do Yourself, Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy
Pà Pá Pà, Femi Kuti
Blewu, Yo-Yo Ma & Angelique Kidjo
Essence, WizKid Featuring Tems

Best Global Music Album

Voice Of Bunbon, Vol. 1, Rocky Dawuni
East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live In Concert, Daniel Ho & Friends
Mother Nature, Angelique Kidjo
Legacy +, Femi Kuti And Made Kuti
Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition, WizKid

Best Musical Theater Album

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nick Lloyd Webber & Greg Wells, producers; Andrew Lloyd Webber & David Zippel, composers/lyricists (Original Album Cast)
Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater's Some Lovers, Burt Bacharach, Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman & Steven Sater, producers; Burt Bacharach, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (World Premiere Cast)
Girl From The North Country, Simon Hale, Conor McPherson & Dean Sharenow, producers (Bob Dylan, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording)
Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe, producers (Claude-Michel Schönberg, composer; Alain Boublil, John Caird, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel & Trevor Nunn, lyricists) (The 2020 Les Misérables Staged Concert Company)
Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots, Daniel C. Levine, Michael J Moritz Jr, Bryan Perri & Stephen Schwartz, producers (Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist) (World Premiere Cast)
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Emily Bear, producer; Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear, composers/lyricists (Barlow & Bear)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Cruella (Various Artists)
Dear Evan Hansen (Various Artists)
In The Heights (Various Artists)
One Night In Miami... (Various Artists)
Respect, Jennifer Hudson
Schmigadoon! Episode 1 (Various Artists)
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, Andra Day

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Bridgerton, Kris Bowers, composer
Dune, Hans Zimmer, composer
The Mandalorian: Season 2 - Vol. 2 (Chapters 13-16), Ludwig Göransson, composer
The Queen's Gambit, Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer
Soul, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

Best Recording Package

American Jackpot / American Girls, Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Carnage, Nick Cave & Tom Hingston, art directors (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)
Pakelang, Li Jheng Han & Yu, Wei, art directors (2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group & The Chairman Crossover Big Band)
Serpentine Prison, Dayle Doyle, art director (Matt Berninger)
Zeta, Xiao Qing Yang, art director (Soul Of Ears)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical