Here are five items to be aware of at the Grammy Awards.
Although this is Taylor Swift's year, anything can happen at the always exciting Grammy Awards on Sunday. Women artists are predicted to rule the stage and Queen Swift is set to make history.
The 66th iteration of the most esteemed music awards show signifies a momentous year for female, gay, and gender-nonconforming performers vying for the main prizes of the evening.
With over 90 competitive fields in the evening, there's always potential for eyebrow-raising moments and unusual selections, but it's anyone's guess if they'll truly win.
This is a schedule for Sunday's Los Angeles gala: Taylor looks to the past, not Travis.
This year, Swift is nominated for six Grammys, including Album of the Year for her most recent release, "Midnights."
She would break the tie she presently shares with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, and Stevie Wonder if she were to win the coveted award for a fourth time, making her the most successful musician of all time.
Swift's name is making headlines these days for a variety of reasons, including her high-profile connection with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. However, the NFL star is not expected to attend Sunday's event alongside Swift.
Kelce will be hard at work getting ready to participate in the Chiefs' Super Bowl matchup against the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas the following weekend.
In a recent interview, Kelce stated, "I wish I could go and support Taylor at the Grammys and watch her win every award that she is nominated for."
Is Tracy Chapman coming back?
Before the main show, which runs over three hours and features numerous performances, which airs on the US network CBS, the Recording Academy presents the majority of its dozens of awards.
Luke Combs, the country music artist whose unexpected exclusion from the evening's top prizes was anticipated, is scheduled to perform.
With great success, Combs covered Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit song "Fast Car," receiving one nomination in the country category.
Combs' concert is supposed to feature Chapman, who doesn't often appear in public.
A performance by Billy Joel, who recently dropped a new single—his first original song in almost 20 years—is another treat for viewers.
- Joni takes the stage - A few years after an aneurysm raised concerns that she might not be able to perform again, the 80-year-old won a nomination for a folk album for her live record, "Joni Mitchell at Newport."
Not only is Mitchell vying for a prize, but two compilation albums by Bob Dylan and the late Lou Reed are also contenders for the Best Historical Album title.
The producers and engineers of the records will take home the prize, not the musician, but their chances may be enhanced by their well-known names.
The same is true for a music video that features The Beatles' "I'm Only Sleeping."
Although the video's director and producers are the ones nominated for the award, the Fab Four's inclusion on a shortlist that also includes Billie Eilish, Troye Sivan, Tyler Childers, and Kendrick Lamar seems a bit odd.
Despite having been associated with the Academy for fifty years, icon Joni Mitchell will also serenade the event. This will be her first-ever Grammy performance.
Barbie Girls: With SZA receiving nine nominations and Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and Boygenius, among others, coming in close behind, women are better represented at the Grammys this year than in previous years.
But with eleven opportunities, our girl Barbie had the most chances to win a Grammy.
The billion-dollar summer blockbuster's diverse and celebrity-filled soundtrack was nominated for Best New Artist, Best New Artist, and Oscar hopeful Ryan Gosling among other performers.
With her poignant, heartbreaking ballad "What Was I Made For?" Eilish won a Golden Globe last month. She also received nominations for Grammys in the categories of Best Song and Best Record, and she may win an Oscar the following month.
It's a unique hit that won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy for Song of the Year; just two other songs to do so are Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go" and Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were."
And Bernie receives the Grammy?
There's another opportunity for Bernie Sanders, that Bernie Sanders, to take home a Grammy in the audiobook and narration category.
In one of the evening's more unusual categories, the left-leaning senator's rendition of "It's Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism" faces off against renditions by Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, Rick Rubin, and William Shatner.
The former first lady Obama would win her second audiobook; she has previously won two with her husband, Barack.
Trevor Noah, the comedian who has hosted the gala for four years running, is also a candidate.
A year before he started serving as the Grammy master of ceremonies, Dave Chappelle won the Best Comedy Album award in 2020, and Noah lost to him.
Noah recently joked to People that his hosting job is only a campaign to win, saying, "It's all been a long con."
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