Less than three years and precisely one full-length album into his disruptive career, Lil Nas X has now officially picked up his second Album of the Year nomination from the Recording Academy.
This puts him level with Drake and Justin Bieber, and one above Ariana Grande –– three industry titans more than a decade into their careers.
MONTERO, the stellar debut for which he’s nominated at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, is more than worthy of the nod, presenting the genre-crossing artist as a multifaceted creative visionary for the first time.
And it’s definitely a marked improvement on his uneven, 19-minute-long EP 7, which shared space in the category with era-defining albums — actual albums — by Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish two years.
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