Abba – I Still Have Faith in YouJon Batiste – FreedomTony Bennett & Lady Gaga – I Get a Kick Out of YouJustin Bieber – Peaches (feat Daniel Caesar & Giveon)Brandi Carlile – Right on TimeDoja Cat – Kiss Me More (feat SZA)Billie Eilish – Happier Than EverLil Nas X – Montero (Call Me By Your Name)Olivia Rodrigo – Drivers LicenseSilk Sonic – Leave the Door OpenThe Grammys have expanded the “big four” awards to 10 nominees each, “to make room for more artists and genres from music’s expansive and diverse landscape, and to embrace the spirit of inclusion”.
In reality it allows a couple of real duffers to contend for the top prize – Brandi Carlile’s overblown, underwritten Right on Time and Jon Batiste’s excruciatingly corny Freedom – but there is also plenty of superb pop here and any of the list’s second half deserves to win.
I think Silk Sonic could pip this – by being alive to the absurd earnestness of baby-making R&B but crucially not parodying it, Leave the Door Open makes you smile in both mirth and joy.
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