Beyoncé has probably the most nominations for the ceremony, with 9 in eight classes. Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and the rapper Roddy Ricch are among the many different main contenders for the present. In traditional Grammys vogue, controversy — or not less than loud complaints — have swarmed round this 12 months’s nominations, as stars just like the Weeknd and the nation singer Luke Combs, who had a number of the largest hits of the interval, have been left off the poll.
Regardless of offstage griping, the Grammys stay one of the high-profile moments within the 12 months in pop music, with stars relishing the TV publicity and document executives schmoozing throughout glittery trade gatherings. Even when muted by the pandemic, the Grammys had been anticipated to signify a serious media second for the music world.
Different main award exhibits have tried quite a lot of approaches throughout numerous levels of the pandemic, with combined outcomes. The BET Awards, held in June; the MTV Video Music Awards, in August; the Billboard Music Awards, in October; and the Latin Grammys, in November, have been televised with out audiences, and artists appeared remotely from soundstages to carry out and settle for awards.
The Nation Music Affiliation Awards held an in-person ceremony in Nashville in November, with a stay viewers consisting principally of the present’s performers, who have been socially distanced however largely unmasked. A month after the awards, the singer Charley Pleasure, 86, died of problems from Covid-19, though the place he was uncovered stays unknown.
In different industries, the pandemic pressured the Emmy Awards to stage a largely digital occasion in September. The Oscars have been postponed two months from their unique Feb. 28 date to April 25, with the format of the ceremony not but decided. And the Tony Awards introduced in August that the present would go forward, on-line, at an unspecified date, after initially suspending its June date.