(Los Angeles) Adele and Beyoncé are preparing to walk, alongside other stars, the red carpet of the Grammy Awards ceremony, the supreme awards of the American music industry for which they will compete.
Kendrick Lamar, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift are also among the favorites of this 65e ceremony which brings together a large number of renowned artists. Among them, Bad Bunny, Lizzo, Steve Lacy or Mary J. Blige.
Leading the nominations this year, singer Beyoncé in nine categories, then rapper Kendrick Lamar with eight nominations. Briton Adele and American folk rock star Brandi Carlile are neck and neck with seven nominations each.
The ceremony, presented again by comedian Trevor Noah and equivalent, for music, to the Oscars, must come to crown a year 2022 full of very successful albums, including Renaissance by Beyoncé and 30 from Adele.
The two discs will face each other in the most prestigious categories, six years after a duel which had turned to the advantage of the second.
Beyoncé vs. Adele
In 2017, the British artist crushed his competitors in the main categories, winning five awards with his album 25to the detriment of the singer born in Houston, whose album Lemonadenow a classic, had to settle for the Grammy Award for “best album of contemporary urban music”.
On stage, Adele paid a rousing tribute to ‘Queen’ Beyoncé, and the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which hands out the awards, was once again accused of relegating minority artists to the background visible.
According to the specialist magazine Billboardthe Grammy Award for “best album” would rather go to Beyoncé and Adele would win the “best song of the year” with Easy On Me. Nevertheless, the surprises of previous editions invite us to be wary of predictions.
Whatever the outcome, history is on for Beyoncé: With the nominations for this edition, she equals her husband, Jay-Z’s record as the most nominated artist in the history of these awards.
And if she is already the female artist with the most small golden gramophones, the 2023 edition could well allow her to take the lead for good and overtake conductor Georg Solti with the most victories.
A wide-open “revelation of the year” category
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, an artist who achieved significant commercial success around the world in 2022, is nominated in three categories, including “best album” for Un verano sin ti.
It is the first album entirely in Spanish to compete in one of the queen categories.
Taylor Swift, coming from the country and become a huge celebrity, could finally win a Grammy in the title of the year category with the long version of her All too well. A track released in 2012, but re-recorded with enough differences that it could compete again.
And after several years in which the favorites were pretty clear – Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion and Billie Eilish – the race for “breakthrough of the year” is wide open for the 2022 Grammys.
Among the artists named, we find the Brazilian Anitta, the Italian rockers Maneskin, the rapper Latto… So many artists made famous by TikTok, which has become a breeding ground for revelations.
The group BTS, South Korean stars on break, is also in the running.
The Academy, composed in particular of authors, composers, sound engineers, has also named a whole series of artists already well established in the music industry, including Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson and ABBA.
After a memorable performance at the 2019 Grammys, singer Brandi Carlile will return to the stage, and is competing in several premier categories this year.
She recently told AFP that she was “overjoyed” for all these nominations, “especially because the Grammys are like family, it means that other musicians think I did a good job this year “.