While the Recording Academy has dedicated itself to assisting in wildfire relief, the GRAMMYs are still this weekend, February 2, in Los Angeles. The show will be broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. ET. Here’s a look at some of the records that could be broken at the 67th annual GRAMMY Awards, plus what the Academy is doing for L.A. during the tragic wildfires. Data has been provided by Vegas Insider.
Videos by American Songwriter
How is the Recording Academy Assisting in Wildfire Relief?
As of January 24, 16 Recording Academy-sponsored pre-GRAMMY parties have been canceled. Additionally, the Recording Academy paired with MusiCares to launch the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort. They initially donated $1 million and have distributed a total of $2 million with the help of other donations, according to a statement from Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr., via KGW.
Spotify, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, and BMG have also canceled their GRAMMY events. The remaining GRAMMY-sponsored gatherings have been condensed into four events, with each of them focusing on fundraising. Additionally, MusiCares will still host their Persons of the Year gala on January 31. The gala is honoring the Grateful Dead, but there will be a continued focus on fundraising and donations.
What Records Could Be Broken at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards?
Beyoncé is already the most awarded artist in the history of the GRAMMYs with 32 awards. She is nominated for 11 this year for her skillful yet divisive album Cowboy Carter, and if she sweeps her nominations she’ll be at 43 awards total. Additionally, if Cowboy Carter wins at least 10 of its nominations it will break the record held by Santana’s Supernatural as the most awarded album at the GRAMMYs—Supernatural won 9 awards in 2000. Beyoncé is also primed to break Michal Jackson’s record for most awards won in a single night. Jackson won 8 awards in 1984, so Queen Bey only needs that many to tie. Additionally, that record could also be tied by Charli XCX or Post Malone, who each have 8 nominations.
Charli XCX or Billie Eilish could be the most awarded female artist of the night, breaking Beyoncé’s and Adele’s records; Beyoncé won 6 in 2010 and Adele won 6 in 2012, but Beyoncé could also break her own 2010 record as well.
The Beatles and Jack Antonoff are poised to break the same record at the GRAMMYs—winning all four major awards: Best New Artist, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Record Of The Year. Both Antonoff and The Beatles are missing Record of the Year, which Antonoff could win with Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight” and The Beatles could win with “Now and Then.”
A Big Year for Pop at the GRAMMYs
Sabrina Carpenter is looking at the possibility of winning Song of the Year and Record Of The Year for two songs in one night—”Please Please Please” is nominated for Song of the Year and “Espresso” for Record of the Year. This win would make her the first female artist in 50 years to achieve this feat. The last artist to do it was Carole King.
Additionally, Chappell Roan is staring down the barrel of a major milestone in her career—winning all four major GRAMMY awards in one night: Best New Artist, Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, and Song Of The Year. Either Chappell or Sabrina Carpenter could break this record and become the third artist to achieve this. Christopher Cross set the record in 1981 while Billie Eilish tied it in 2020.
Taylor Swift is gearing up to possibly win her fifth Album of the Year GRAMMY award for The Tortured Poets Department. With this potential win, she’d have the most Album of the Year GRAMMY awards. She has been the only artist to win four times, and she’d be the only one to win five times, as well as being the first female artist to win Album of the Year consecutively after winning for Midnights last year.
Featured Image by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images
Leave a Reply
Only members can comment. Become a member. Already a member? Log in.