Women dominate Grammy nominees with nods for SZA, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and more

The 66th annual Grammy Award ceremony takes place in Los Angeles on Feb. 4 and will include SZA, whose nine nominations lead a list including Victoria Monét and Phoebe Bridgers, who both got seven nods, as well as Bridger’s supergroup boygenius, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Jon Batiste, Brandy Clark, Billie Eilish, Jack Antanoff, Olivia Rodrigo, who earned six nominations apiece.

The Rolling Stones, celebrating the 25 year anniversary of their first nomination, are hoping to win their fourth award with “Angry,” which is up for Best Rock Song.

Record of the year candidates include Cyrus’ “Flowers,” Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” Jon Batiste’s “Worship,” Boygenius’ “Not Strong Enough,” Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire,” Victoria Monét’s “On My Mama,” Billie Eilish & FINNEAS’ “What Was I Made For?” and SZA’s “Kill Bill,” which spent ten weeks atop the Billboard chart.

Batiste is the only male nominee for best record and album in a year where female recording artists took center stage.

“Seeing the women nominees this year, and the number of them, was not a surprise, but it was something that made me happy,” Recording Academy President Harvey Mason Jr. told The Associated Press.

The “Barbie” soundtrack garnered 11 Grammy nominations.