- Beyoncé heads into the 2023 Grammys with 9 nominations, the astir retired of anyone.
- She has a full of 88 nominations, tied for archetypal with her husband, Jay-Z
- Despite Bey being the winningest performer successful Grammy History, she’s won lone erstwhile successful the General field.
Beyoncé could apt make Grammy history – again. With 28 awards nether her belt, Beyoncé, 41, is already the performer with the astir Grammy wins successful history, a feat she accomplished successful 2022. Going into the 2023 ceremony, she’s tied on with shaper Quincy Jones at 28 and conscionable 3 down conductor Georg Solti‘s 31 wins. If Beyonce takes location 4 Grammys, a feat that seems much than plausible, she volition cement herself astatine the apical of the upland arsenic the queen of the Recording Academy.
However, each this occurrence seems to overshadow 1 captious contented regarding Beyoncé’s tenure astatine the Grammys. The Recording Academy loves Beyoncé, giving her 88 full nominations implicit the past 20 years (which ties her with her husband, Jay-Z). However, the Recording Academy doesn’t look to emotion Beyoncé enough. Despite having 88 nominations, contempt being poised to go the winningest idiosyncratic successful Grammy history, Beyoncé has lone won a azygous grant in the Grammy’s General Field.
In the past twenty-plus years, Bey has been unopen retired of the Record of the Year and Album of the Year categories whenever she’s been nominated. She was ne'er nominated for Best New Artist, an grant whose criteria for what constitutes “new” seems to displacement each year. Beyoncé’s sole triumph successful the General Field came successful 2010 erstwhile “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” won Song of the Year.
“Beyoncé has transcended the explanation of the modern superstar, dominating the euphony manufacture with sheer innovation and an unparalleled enactment ethic, but she inactive deserves acknowledgment connected a grander scale,” writes Kaitlyn McNab for Teen Vogue in an op-ed portion astir the value of Renaissance and wherefore Beyoncé’s deserves Album of the Year. “She has proven passim her vocation that she is bigger than a Grammy win. But for this album, which is simply a emotion missive to her household and friends, to Black history, to Black music, to the assemblage that makes up a ample portion of her fanbase — this would beryllium a triumph for her and a triumph for us. It inactive matters.”
“There’s an evident and documented inclination of the Grammys awarding achromatic artists implicit anyone else, but beyond that,” writes Drew Gillis for The AV Club, “the committees person demonstrated their ignorance astir what Beyoncé is—not conscionable an creator oregon a performer, but a curator of the highest caliber.”
Whether oregon not the Recording Academy “gets it” remains to beryllium seen connected Feb. 5, erstwhile the 65th Grammy Awards instrumentality place. In the meantime, here’s a look astatine Beyoncé’s accomplishments.
Beyoncé’s 2023 Grammy Nominations
Beyoncé heads into the 65th Grammy Awards with the astir nominations, a full of nine, including 3 retired of the 4 General Fields (Album of the year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist):
- Album of the Year: Beyoncé’s Renaissance is up for Album of the Year. She’s erstwhile again completing against Adele, whose 30 is nominated alongside Harry Styles‘ Harry’s House, Lizzo‘s Special, Kendrick Lamar‘s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Coldplay‘s Music of the Spheres, Brandi Carlile‘s In These Silent Days, Bad Bunny‘s Un verano misdeed ti, ABBA‘s Voyage, and Mary J. Blige‘s Good Morning Gorgeous.
- Record of the Year: Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” is up for Record of the Year, on with “Don’t Shut Me Down” (ABBA), “As It Was” (Harry Styles), “Easy On Me” (Adele), “Woman” (Doja Cat), “You and Me connected the Rock” (Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius), “Good Morning Gorgeous” (Mary J. Blige), “Bad Habit” (Steve Lacy), “The Heart Part 5” (Kendrick Lamar), and “About Damn Time” (Lizzo).
- Song of the Year: A songwriters’ award, the endowment down “Break My Soul” — Beyoncé, S. Carter, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, and Christopher A. Stewart – are nominated alongside different songwriters: Sara Davis, Gayle and Dave Pittenger, songwriters for “ABCDEFU”; Lizzo, Eric Frederic, Blake Slatkin, and Theron Makiel Thomas for “About Damn Time”; Liz Rose and Taylor Swift for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)”; Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon and Harry Styles for “As It Was”; Matthew Castellanos, Brittany Fousheé, Diana Gordon, John Carroll Kirby & Steve Lacy for “Bad Habit”; Adele Adkins and Greg Kurstin for “Easy connected Me”; Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts, and Nicholas Warwar for DJ Khaled’s “God Did”; Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer for “The Heart Part 5”; and Bonnie Raitt for “Just Like That.”
- Best Dance/Electronic Recording: “Break My Soul” is nominated alongside Bonobo’s “Rosewood,” Diplo and Miguel’s “Don’t Forget My Love,” David Guetta and Bebe Rexha‘s “I’m Good (Blue),” Kaytranada featuring H.E.R‘s “Intimidated,” and Rüfüs Du Sol’s “On My Knees.”
- Best Dance/Electronic Album: Renaissance is nominated alongside Bonobo‘s Fragments, Diplo‘s Diplo, Odesza‘s The Last Goodbye, and Rüfüs Du Sol’s Surrender
- Best R&B Performance: Beyoncé’s “Virgo’s Groove” scored a nomination, on with Muni Long‘s “Hrs & Hrs,” Jazmine Sullivan‘s “Hurt Me So Good,” Lucky Daye’s “Over,” and “Here With Me,” by Mary J. Blige with Anderson .Paak.
- Best Traditional R&B Performance: Another chopped from Renaissance, “Plastic Off The Sofa,” scored a Best Traditional R&B Performance nod. It’s going up against “Here With Me,” by Mary J. Blige with Anderson .Paak, “Do 4 Love” by Snoh Aalegra, “Keeps On Fallin'” by Baby Face featuring Ella Mai, and “Round Midnight” from Adam Blackstone featuring Jazmine Sullivan.
- Best R&B Song: The songwriters down Bey’s “Cuff It” — Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq – were nominated for Best R&B Song. They spell up against the songwriters down Mary J. Blige’s “Good Morning Gorgeous” (Mary J. Blige, David Brown, Dernst Emile II, Gabriella Wilson, and Tiara Thomas), Muni Long’s “Hrs & Hrs” (Hamadi Aaabi, Dylan Graham, Priscilla Renea, Thaddis “Kuk” Harrell, Brandon John-Baptiste, Isaac Wriston and Justin Nathaniel Zim), Jazmine Sullivan’s “Hurt Me So Good” (Akeel Henry, Michael Holmes, Luca Mauti, Jazmine Sullivan and Elliott Trent) and PJ Morton, for PJ’s “Please Don’t Walk Away.”
- Best Song Written For Visual Media: Beyonce’s “Be Alive” from King Richard competes for the Best Song Written for Visual Media, going up against Taylor Swift’s “Carolina” (Where The Crawdads Sing), Lady Gaga‘s “Hold My Hand” (Top Gun: Maverick), Jessy Wilson featuring Angelique Kidjo‘s “Keep Rising” (The Woman King), and a brace of Disney tracks: “Nobody Like U” from Turning Red, and Encanto‘s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.
Beyonce’s 28 Grammys
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal — “Say My Name” (2001)
Best R&B Song — “Say My Name” (2001)
Best R&B Album, Survivor (2002)
Best Contemporary R&B Album, Crazy In Love (2004)
Best R&B Performance by a Duo oregon Group with Vocals — “The Closer I Get to You” with Luther Vandross (2004)
Best R&B Song — “Crazy In Love” ft. Jay-Z” (2004)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration — “Crazy In Love” ft. Jay-Z” (2004)
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance — “Dangerously In Love 2” (2004)
Best R&B Performance by a Duo oregon Group with Vocals — “So Amazing” with Stevie Wonder (2006)
Best Contemporary R&B Album, B’Day (2007)
In 2010, Beyoncé won a full of six awards breaking the grounds for astir wins by a pistillate creator successful 1 night. However, she mislaid Album of the Year to Taylor Swift’s Fearless and Record of the Year to Kings of Leon‘s “Use Somebody.” She did instrumentality Song of the Year.
Song of the Year — “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” (2010)
Best Contemporary R&B Album, I Am…Sasha Fierce (2010)
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance — “Halo” (2010)
Best R&B Song — “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” (2010)
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance — “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” (2010)
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance — “At Last” (2010)
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance — “Love On Top” (2013)
In 2015, Kanye West rushed the signifier erstwhile Beck‘s Morning Phase won Album of the Year implicit Beyoncé’s self-titled release. It harkened to West’s “I’mma Let You Finish” infinitesimal from the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Beck seemed good with this stunt and beckoned West backmost onstage.
Best Surround Sound Album, Beyoncé (2015)
Best R&B Performance — “Drunk In Love” featuring Jay-Z (2015)
Best R&B Song — “Drunk In Love” featuring Jay-Z (2015)
Beyoncé has been up for Album of the Year astatine the Grammys 3 times: successful 2010 for I Am…Sasha Fierce; in 2015, for Beyoncé, and successful 2017, for Lemonade. Bey mislaid each clip — to Taylor Swift’s Fearless, Beck‘s Morning Phase, and Adele‘s 21. When Adele accepted the Grammy for Album of the Year, she spent clip successful her acceptance code praising Beyoncé’s Lemonade and said successful interviews that Bey’s medium should person won.
Best Urban Contemporary Album, Lemonade (2017)
Best Music Video — “Formation” (2017)
Best Urban Contemporary Album, Everything Is Love (2019)
Best Music Film, Homecoming (2020)
Best R&B Performance (“Black Parade”) (2021)
Best Rap Song — “Savage (remix)” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé (2021)
Best Rap Performance — “Savage (remix)” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé (2021)
Best Music Video — “Brown Skin Girl” Beyoncé, Saint Jhn and Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter (2021)
Nominations
In the aboriginal signifier of her career, Beyoncé scored her archetypal nominations arsenic a subordinate of Destiny’s Child.
2000
- Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (“Bills, Bills Bills”)
- Best R&B Song (“Bills, Bills, Bills”)
2001
- Record of the Year (“Say My Name”)
- Song of the Year (“Say My Name”)
- Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (“Say My Name”)
- Best R&B Song (“Say My Name”)
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television oregon Other Visual Media (“Independent Woman Part 1”)
2002
- Best R&B Album (Survivor)
- Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (“Survivor”)
2004
Beyoncé started to interruption retired connected her own, and occurrence soon followed.
- Record of the Year (“Crazy In Love” ft. Jay-Z”)
- Best Contemporary R&B Album (Crazy In Love)
- Best R&B Performance by a Duo oregon Group with Vocals (“The Closer I Get to You” (with Luther Vandross))
- Best R&B Song (“Crazy In Love” ft. Jay-Z”)
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (“Crazy In Love” ft. Jay-Z”)
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (“Dangerously In Love 2”)
2005
- Best R&B Performance by a Duo oregon Group with Vocals (“Lose My Breath,” Desinty’s Child)
2006
- Best Contemporary R&B Song(“Cater 2 U”)
- Best R&B Performance by a Duo oregon Group with Vocals (“Cater 2 U”)
- Best R&B Performance by a Duo oregon Group with Vocals (“So Amazing” with Stevie Wonder)
2007
- Best R&B Song (“Déjà Vu” featuring Jay-Z)
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (“Déjà Vu” featuring Jay-Z)
- Best Contemporary R&B Album (B’Day)
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (“Ring The Alarm”)
2008
- Records of the Year (“Irreplaceable”)
- Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (“Beautiful Liar” with Shakira)
- Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television oregon Other Visual Media (Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture)
2009
- Best Female R&B Performance (“Me, Myself and I (live version)”)
2010
- Album of the Year (I am…Sasha Fierce)
- Song of the Year (“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”)
- Record of the Year (“Halo”)
- Best Contemporary R&B Album (I Am…Sasha Fierce)
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (“Halo”)
- Best R&B Song (“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”)
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”)
- Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (“At Last”)
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (“Ego” (remix) featuring Kanye West)
- Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television oregon Other Visual Media (“Once In A Lifetime”)
2011
- Album Of The Year (The Fame Monster arsenic a featured performer)
- Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (“Telephone” Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé)
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (“Halo (Live Version)”)
2012
- Best Long Form Music Video (I Am… World Tour)
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (“Party” with André 3000)
2013
- Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (“Love On Top”)
2014
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (“Part II (On The Run)” Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé)
2015
- Album of the Year (Beyoncé)
- Best Surround Sound Album (Beyoncé)
- Best Urban Contemporary Album (Beyoncé)
- Best Music Film (Beyoncé & Jay-Z: On The Run Tour)
- Best R&B Performance (“Drunk In Love” featuring Jay-Z)
- Best R&B Song (“Drunk In Love” featuring Jay-Z)
2017
- Song of the Year (“Formation”)
- Record of the Year (“Formation”)
- Album of the Year (Lemonade)
- Best Music Video (“Formation”)
- Best Urban Contemporary Album (Lemonade)
- Best Music Film (Lemonade)
- Best Rock Performance (“Don’t Hurt Yourself” featuring Jack White”)
- Best Pop Solo Performance (“Hold Up”)
- Best Rap/Sun Performance (“Freedom” featuring Kendrick Lamar)
2018
- Best Rap/Sun Performance (“Family Feud” Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé)
2019
- Best Music Video (“Apes***” with Jay-Z)
- Best R&B Performance (“Summer”)
- Best Urban Contemporary Album (Everything Is Love)
2020
- Best Pop Vocal Album (The Lion King: The Gift)
- Best Pop Solo Performance (“Spirit” from The Lion King)
- Best Song Written For Visual Media (“Spirit” from The Lion King)
- Best Music Film (Homecoming)
2021
- Song Of The Year (“Black Parade”)
- Best R&B Performance (“Black Parade”)
- Best R&B Song (“Black Parade”)
- Record Of The Year (“Black Parade”)
- Record Of The Year (“Savage (remix)” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé)
- Best Rap Song (“Savage (remix)” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé)
- Best Rap Performance (“Savage (remix)” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé)
- Best Music Video (“Brown Skin Girl” Beyoncé, Saint Jhn and Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter)
- Best Music Film (Black Is King)
2023
- Album of the Year (Renaissance)
- Record of the Year (“Break My Soul”)
- Song of the Year (“Break My Soul”)
- Best Dance/Electronic Recording (“Break My Soul”)
- Best Dance/Electronic Album (Renaissance)
- Best R&B Performance (“Virgo’s Groove”)
- Best Traditional R&B Performance (“Plastic Off The Sofa”)
- Best R&B Song (“Cuff It”)
- Best Song Written For Visual Media (“Be Alive” from King Richard)
Will She Perform At The 2023 Grammy Awards?
Right now, Beyoncé isn’t listed arsenic 1 of the performers astatine the 2023 Grammy Awards. In January, she performed successful Dubai, marking her archetypal show since 2018’s Coachella. Bey was reportedly paid $24 cardinal for this show astatine the Atlantis The Royal, a $1.4 cardinal luxury edifice and residential project, per CNBC. The Grammys mightiness not beryllium capable to conscionable that terms tag, but Beyoncé has done astonishment performances before.
What’s Next For Beyoncé?
She’s going connected the Renaissance World Tour. The North American limb of the circuit kicks disconnected successful July.
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