The 2024 Grammy Awards are fast approaching. It’s never too early to plan your viewing experience.
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 4th at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Most awards will be presented earlier during the premiere ceremony, which the Recording Academy will livestream ahead of the telecast beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Here’s what you need to know about the awards, including how to stream and where to see music’s biggest stars walking the red carpet.
Who organizes the Grammy Awards?
Grammy-nominated comedian Trevor Noah will once again serve as host for the fourth consecutive year.
Noah himself entered this year’s Grammy Awards, receiving his second nomination for Best Comedy Album.
He also recently won an Emmy Award for the final season of “The Daily Show,” winning the award for Outstanding Talk Series on Jan. 15.
How can I watch the Grammy Awards?
The main show will air live on CBS and Paramount+ starting at 8pm ET. Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers can watch live and on-demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not be able to stream the ceremony until the following day.
The Grammys will also be available to watch through live TV streaming services that include CBS in their lineup, including Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, and FuboTV.
Who will be nominated this year?
SZA enters the Grammy Awards with nominations in the top nine categories. Her R&B ballad-wrapped revenge anthem “Kill Bill” earned her nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best R&B Performance. “SOS” was also named Album of the Year and Best Progressive R&B Album. The 2024 ceremony marks the second time SZA has been nominated in the record, album or song category of the year.
Victoria Mone and Phoebe Bridgers have the second most nominations, with seven. Six of Ms. Bridgers participates in her band Boygenius. Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Brandi Clark, Jon Batiste and producer Jack Antonoff also took sixth place.
Monet is also nominated for Best New Artist in a category alongside Gracie Abrams, Fred Again, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, Noah Kahan and The War & Treaty. He is the only strong candidate. Who is performing?
The first few rounds of performers announced include Grammy winners and current nominees Eilish, Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Burna Boy, Luke Combs and Travis Scott.
Five-time Grammy winner and 23-time nominee Billy Joel will also perform.
Further performers have not yet been announced.
Eilish has won seven Grammy Awards, and this year will be her sixth. Ripa and Rodrigo have both won three Grammy Awards. Ripa was nominated for two awards and Rodrigo was nominated for six.
Scott and Combs could both be first-time winners. Scott has been nominated 10 times in his career, while Combs has been nominated seven times. Burna Boy won the award for Best Global Music Album of 2021 for ‘Twice As Tall’. He has also been nominated 10 times in his career.
How can I watch the red carpet?
Eh! will broadcast its “Live from the Grammys Carpet” show, which combines fashion coverage and celebrity interviews.
The Associated Press will also stream a three-hour red carpet show, including interviews and fashion footage. It will be streamed on YouTube, Twitter and the Associated Press website.
What will happen at the 2024 Grammy Awards?
In June, the Recording Academy announced the addition of three new categories to the Grammy Awards: Best Pop Dance Recording, Best African Music Performance, and Best Alternative Jazz Album.
According to a Recording Academy press release, the Best African Music Performance category focuses on “the region’s melodic, harmonic and rhythmic musical traditions,” including Afrobeats, Afrofusion, Afropop and Afrohouse. , South African hip-hop, etho-jazz. Prior to the addition, these artists were to compete in the World’s Best Music Performance category, which was first introduced in 2022.
In another notable change, the Academy announced that “only human creators” will be eligible for the music industry’s highest honor in a decision aimed at the use of artificial intelligence in popular music.
“Here’s a very simple, headline statement: AI, or music that includes elements created by AI, is absolutely eligible for and consideration for Grammy nominations. Period,” the Recording Academy said. said Harvey Mason Jr., CEO and President. he told The Associated Press at the time. “What’s not going to happen is we’re not going to give the AI part a Grammy or a Grammy nomination.”
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