We don't really cover the Grammys here at TFE as it's rather beyond our wheelhouse but to give you a general sense of that awards landscape, Taylor Swift ("Folklore"), and Dua Lipa ("Future Nostalgia") dominated and Beyoncé, too, despite the lack of a new album. Everyone's fav obsession at the moment, BTS, disappointingly scored only one nomination for Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Dynamite". Insane that that wasn't up for Record of the Year.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Black Pumas -Deluxe Edition (Black Pumas)
- Chilombo (Jhené Aiko)
- Djesse Vol 3 (Jacob Collier)
- Everyday Life (Coldplay)
- Folklore (Taylor Swift)
- Future Nostalgia (Dua Lipa)
- Hollywood's Bleeding (Post Malone)
- Women in Music Pt III (Haim)
But as we do we focus on categories that fall more under our umbrella here. So after the jump the categories for visual media as well as actors and composers who work primarily in film and television who are up for Grammys this year...
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Bill & Ted Face the Music
- Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
- Frozen 2
- Jojo Rabbit
A Star is Born won this Grammy last year despite high profile competition (The Lion King, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocketman, Into the Spider-Verse) but none of these albums feel like sure fire winners. Which do you think it will be?
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- 1917 (Thomas Newman)
- Ad Astra (Max Richter)
- Becoming (Kamasi Washington)
- Joker (Hildur Gudnadottir)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (John Williams)
Because the Oscars and Grammys run on different timetables we often see Oscar nominees showing up the following year at the Grammys. 1917, Joker, and Rise of Skywalker were all nominees for last year's Oscars with Joker winning. The only Oscar nominee they ignored was Randy Newman for Marriage Story because they fond a way to honor Alexandre Desplat's Little Women in a different category.
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- "Beautiful Ghosts" for Cats
- "Carried Me With You" for Onward
- "Into the Unknown" for Frozen 2
- "No Time To Die" for No Time to Die
- "Stand Up" for Harriet
"Stand Up" and "Into the Unknown" lost the Oscar to "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" by Elton John for Rocketman at the most recent Oscars. The Grammys ignored Rocketman in this category last year even though it received a Compilation Album nomination. The inclusion of "No Time to Die" is interesting since that movie was delayed.
P.S. Cats (2019) can now say that it was a Grammy nominated movie!
MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
- Amélie
- American Utopia on Broadway
- Jagged Little Pill
- Little Shop of Horrors
- The Prince of Egypt
- Soft Power
The Grammys aren't beholden to Broadway runs in this category as they'll also take concept albums or Off Broadway recordings. But of course Jagged Little Pill is the big player at this year's bizarrely phantom-like Tony Awards.
MUSIC VIDEO / FILM
- Adore You (Harry Styles)
- Brown Skin Girl (Beyoncé)
- Goliath (Woodkid)
- Life is Good (Future feat. Drake)
- Lockdown (Anderson .Paak)
BEST MUSIC FILM
- Beastie Boys Story (Spike Jonze)
- Black is King (Beyoncé)
- We Are Freestyle Love Supreme (Freestyle Love Supreme)
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Linda Rondstadt)
- That Little Old Band From Texas (ZZ Top)
MISCELLANIA - MOVIE/TV PEOPLE UP FOR VARIOUS GRAMMYS...
- Renée Zellweger is up for Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Judy". While Renée has won several showbiz prizes the Oscar is the only one of the big 4 she's taken; she has never been Tony or Emmy nominated but now she is a Grammy nominee!
- Meryl Streep is up for Spoken Word album for "Charlotte's Web". This is Meryl's sixth Grammy nomination. She has previously been nominated multiple times in the Children's Recording categories as well as in Compilation Soundtrack (as a principal soloist). She has won 3 Oscars and 3 Emmys but hasn't yet won a Tony (1 nomination) or Grammy (6 noms).
- Tiffany Haddish is up for Comedy Album for "Black Mitzvah". This is her second Grammy nomination. She was previously up for Spoken Word Album for "The Last Black Unicorn"
- Jonathan Groff and Tammy Blanchard are up for Musical Theater Album for "Little Shop of Horrors". Groff is already a Grammy winner in this category as one of the principal soloists of "Hamilton". (Groff and Blanchard have both been nominated twice at the Tony Awards but haven't yet won.)
- Composer Alexandre Desplat is up for Instrumental Composition for the track "Plumfield" from his score to Little Women. He has previously won 2 Oscars (from 11 nominations) and 2 Grammys (from 11 nominations)
Do you think Meryl or Renée can triumph?