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"This doesn’t feel real:" 2021 GRAMMY Nominees Celebrate On Social Media

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From first-time nominees Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, BTS and Noah Cyrus to GRAMMY winners Dua Lipa and Brittany Howard, current 2021 GRAMMY nominees are filling our timelines with messages of gratitude and joy
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Nov 24, 2020 - 2:18 pm

After the star-studded 63rd GRAMMY Award nominations livestream this morning, the music industry is celebrating on social media. Read on to share in the excitement with some of the 2021 GRAMMs contenders, including first-time nominees Megan Thee Stallion, BTS and Noah Cyrus and GRAMMY winners Dua Lipa and Brittany Howard, as well as many others.

First-time nominee Megan Thee Stallion, who first heard the Good News about her nods while helping announce several categories during the livestream, shared her reaction on Twitter with several messages, the first with six crying emoji faces. She is up for Best New Artist, Record Of The Year, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song, the latter three for her "Savage Remix" featuring Beyoncé.

Read: Meet This Year's Best New Artist Nominees | 2021 GRAMMYs

Fellow Best New Artist nominees Phoebe Bridgers, Ingrid Andress, Chika, Noah Cyrus, Doja Cat and KAYTRANADA also shared in the joy of celebrating their first-time GRAMMY nods. See their delightful posts below.

 

BTS, Skip Marley, Jayda G and Camilo also reveled in the fact that they too were first-time GRAMMY nominees.

Read: Learn More About The Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Nominees | 2021 GRAMMYs

2019 Best New Artist winner Dua Lipa earned six nominations this year, and took to Instagram to share her disbelief, complete with many exclamation marks. "This doesn't feel real!!!!! 6 GRAMMY NOMS!!! WHAT IS THIS LIFE!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!! 6!!!!! MY HEART IS RACING AND IM IN TOTAL SHOCK!" the British popstar wrote.

Read: Meet The Best Pop Solo Performance Nominees | 2021 GRAMMYs

Unlike most of 2020, social media really is a great place to be right now. Read on for triumphant posts from Burna Boy, Brittany Howard, Black Pumas, Ashley McBryde and The Highwomen (consisting of Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires).

 
 

Stay tuned to GRAMMY.com and our social channels (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) for more 2021 GRAMMYs content, and tune in to the 63rd GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, March 14, on CBS to find out who the winners will be!

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Find Out Who Has The Most GRAMMY Nominations, Which Categories Are All-Female & More: 2021 GRAMMYs By The Numbers

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For the first time in the history of the GRAMMY Awards, every nominee for Best Rock Performance and Best Country Album is a woman or a group fronted by a woman
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Nov 24, 2020 - 11:01 am

Now that the 2021 GRAMMY nominees have been revealed, let's take a look deeper across the categories to see which artists fared the best, who some of the first-time nominees are, who made history and more.

Beyoncé leads the pack this year with nine nominations, followed by Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch and Taylor Swift, all tied at six nods. Brittany Howard follows with five nominations, with Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, DaBaby, Phoebe Bridgers, Justin Bieber, John Beasley and David Frost all tied with four nods.

As for Queen Bey, her nine 63rd GRAMMY Awards nods bring her total number of career nominations to 79, making her the most-nominated female in GRAMMY history. She is now tied with Paul McCartney as the second most-nominated artist of all time, only behind her husband JAY-Z (who received three nods himself this year) and legendary producer Quincy Jones, who both have 80 career nominations.

The pop/R&B icon has won 24 GRAMMYs to date, and if she wins at least four of her nine nominations, she will become the female artist with the most GRAMMY wins. If she wins eight or nine, she will be the highest number of GRAMMY wins of all time.

Inside The Song Of The Year Nominees | 2021 GRAMMY Awards

Both Stallion and Bridgers are first-time GRAMMY nominees and are in the running for Best New Artist. The Houston rapper's other three nominations come from her "Savage Remix" featuring Beyoncé, which is up for Record Of The Year, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. The Los Angeles alt-rocker's other nods are for her sophomore solo album, Punisher, which is up for Best Alternative Music Album, and its second single "Kyoto," up for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.

Notably, all nominees in the Best New Artist category are female and/or people of color—Stallion and Bridgers fellow talented contenders are Ingrid Andress, Chika, Noah Cyrus, D Smoke, Doja Cat and KAYTRANADA. All of them are also first-time nominees, with x also in the running in other categories

Explore This Year's Album Of The Year Nominees | 2021 GRAMMYs

Other 2021 first-time nominees include BTS, Harry Styles, the Strokes, Poppy, Jayda G, Arca, Baauer, Madeon and Toro Y Moi, the latter five who are nominated in the dance/electronic categories.

For the first time in the history of the GRAMMY Awards, every nominee for both Best Rock Performance and Best Country Album is a woman or a group fronted by a woman. The nominees for the former are Andress, Brandy Clark, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde and the group Little Big Town. For Best Rock Performance, the contenders are Fiona Apple, Bridgers, Brittany Howard, Grace Potter, sister trio HAIM and group Big Thief.

More entries than ever before were submitted for 2021 GRAMMY consideration, totaling 23,207.

Stay tuned to GRAMMY.com and our social channels (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) for more 2021 GRAMMYs content, and tune in to the 63rd GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, March 14, on CBS to find out who the winners will be!

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Poll: Who Do You Think Voters Will Pick To Win Album Of The Year At The 2021 GRAMMYs?

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Jhené Aiko, Black Pumas, Coldplay, Jacob Collier, HAIM, Dua Lipa, Post Malone and Taylor Swift are all in the running—who do you think will take home the Album Of The Year gramophone?
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Nov 24, 2020 - 5:15 pm

 You've seen the full 2021 GRAMMY Awards nominees list, you've made your feelings known on Twitter and now we want to know—who do you think Recording Academy voters will choose for Album Of The Year? Let us know in our latest poll below.

Jhené Aiko's Chilombo, Black Pumas' Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition), Coldplay's Everyday Life, Jacob Collier's Djesse Vol. 3, HAIM's Women In Music Pt. III, Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia, Post Malone's Hollywood's Bleeding and Taylor Swift's folklore are the eight albums in the running this year. Click here to read more about each album and scroll down to listen to a track from each one.

To find out who will win, tune into the 2021 GRAMMYs Sunday, March 14, on CBS.

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Learn More About The Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Nominees | 2021 GRAMMYs

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J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny and Tainy; Justin Bieber with Quavo; BTS; Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande; and Taylor Swift with Bon Iver are all nominated
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Nov 24, 2020 - 9:34 am

Today, Nov. 24 is a big day in music—the 2021 GRAMMY nominations reveal! Let's take a look at the nominees for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, which are J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny and Tainy; Justin Bieber with Quavo; BTS; Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande; and Taylor Swift with Bon Iver.

J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy- "UN DIA (ONE DAY)"

A superstar bilingual bop, "UN DIA (ONE DAY)," brings together regular collaborators Balvin, Bunny and producer Tainy—who've collectively put out countless massive hits in their native Spanish—with GRAMMY winner Lipa. The result is a perfect 2020 summer jam, a melancholy love song showcasing the three singers' vocals with an infectious, slowed down reggaetón beat. The single was released on Balvin's Summer Vacation EP, a three-part series collecting his best warm weather tracks over the years.

Bunny received a second nomination for Best Latin Pop or Urban Album his first of two 2020 albums, the 2020 Latin GRAMMY-nominated YHLQMDLG. Lipa received six total nods, including Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for her 2020 LP, Future Nostalgia, and Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Don't Start Now."

Justin Bieber feat. Quavo- "Intentions"

The third lead single off of Bieber's 2020 album Changes, "Intentions" is a mellow pop/R&B track, like much of the album, celebrating his wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber. Migos' Quavo assists, echoing the sentiment of an equitable, healthy relationship. The touching music video also came with a positive message, featuring families living at Los Angeles' Alexandria House, with the Canadian singer launching the Intentions Fund to support their services.

The "Sorry" singer earned four nods this year, including Best Pop Solo Performance for "Yummy" and Best Pop Vocal Album for Changes.

BTS "Dynamite"

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This is K-pop septet BTS' first GRAMMY nomination! "Dynamite," their first fully English language track, is an upbeat disco-tinged pop jam meant to inspire positivity and joy during these difficult times. It was dropped on Aug. 21 as a single and closes their new eight-track album, Be, released Nov. 20.

"[The inspiration for] it all began from this: even in the midst of hardships, we must focus on what we can do. As for us, we found freedom and happiness in singing and dancing. This song goes to the ones who need encouragement. We hope people feel energized when listening to the song," the chart-topping band told GRAMMY.com in August.

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande- "Rain On Me"

The second lead single from Gaga's 2020 album Chromatica, the lively club anthem "Rain On Me" paired her with fellow GRAMMY-winning pop powerhouse Grande for the first time. Produced by Tchami, Burns and BloodPop, the project's executive producer, it celebrates the cleansing nature of crying.

The "Born This Way" singer explained the lyrics to Vulture: "This is about an analog of tears being the rain. And you know what it's also a metaphor for, is the amount of drinking that I was doing to numb myself. I'd rather be dry. I'd rather not be drinking, but I haven't died yet. I'm still alive. Rain on me."

Gaga earned a second 2021 GRAMMY nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album for Chromatica.

Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver- "exile"

On July 24, Swift surprise dropped her eighth studio album, folklore, giving fans only one day's notice and one lead single ("cardigan"). The cozy weather 16-track project paints cinematic stories of lost love with support from The National's Aaron Dessner, who produced and/or co-wrote most of the songs. On "exile," Justin Vernon's (of Bon Iver) deep, echoing vocals add drama and texture, resulting in a heart-wrenching duet

Miss Americana received six 2021 GRAMMY nominations, including Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for folklore and Song Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for "cardigan."

Stay tuned to GRAMMY.com and our social channels (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) for more 2021 GRAMMYs content, and tune in to the 63rd GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, March 14, 2021, on CBS to find out who the winners will be!

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Pull Up On The Best Rap Song Nominees | 2021 GRAMMYs

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Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé, Lil Baby, DaBaby and Roddy Ricch, and Drake and Lil Durk are all nominees in the category celebrating songwriting in rap
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Nov 27, 2020 - 12:17 pm

Every year, the GRAMMYs celebrate rap's lyricism with the Best Rap Song category. Houston's own Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé, Lil Baby, DaBaby and Roddy Ricch, and Drake and Lil Durk are all up for the award next year.

Check out the 2021 GRAMMYs nominees for Best Rap Song below, and tune into the 63rd GRAMMY Awards Sunday, March 14, on CBS to find out who will take home the award.

Lil Baby "The Bigger Picture"

After Black Lives Matter protests erupted in Atlanta this year, Lil Baby, Noah Pettigrew and Rai'shaun Williams penned a protest song that captures the country's 2020 racial reckoning, calls out police brutality and institutional racism and references the killing of George Floyd. "I find it crazy the police'll shoot you and know that you dead/But still tell you to freeze/Fucked up, I seen what I seen/I guess that mean hold him down if he say he can't breathe," Lil Baby raps in one verse. The track also gets personal, touching on the rapper's own experiences with police, and also expresses his fears for his own family.

Roddy Ricch "The Box"

Roddy Ricch's "The Box," written by Ricch and Samuel Gloade, packs in references about the NBA, Trayvon Martin's killer, street life, cars and money—all within three minutes and 16 seconds. The single, off his debut album, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, was the last one to make it on the project, but it's been among his most successful. In the song, he shouts-out Compton, Calif., one of West Coast rap's most influential cities and his hometown. "I got the pink slip, all my whips is key-less/ Compton, I'm about to get the key to the city," he raps.

Drake Feat. Lil Durk "Laugh Now, Cry Later"

In "Laugh Now, Cry Later," Drake, alongside D. Banks, R. Chahayed, D. Jackson and R. LaTour & R. Martinez, pens a song whose chorus hits on one of life's realities: "Sometimes we laugh and sometimes we cry, but I guess you know now, baby," the Canadian rapper sings. The track celebrates the good times and leaves the bad times for later as he raps about partaking in drugs in moderation, being over beefs with other rappers and taking the opportunity to flex what his success has earned him. The track, featuring Lil Durk, will be on Drake's next album, Certified Lover Boy.

DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch "Rockstar"

DaBaby likens himself to a rock star on his single in which he makes clear what he carries around isn't a guitar but a gun. "Have you ever met a real n**** rockstar? (Yeah)/This ain't no guitar, b*tch, this a Glock (Woo)," he raps. The self-made rap star—"It's safe to say I earned it, ain't a n****gave me nothin'," he raps on the track—gets personal when describing how he says he's used a gun to protect his family in the past. The song, also written by Ross Joseph Portaro IV and Roddy Ricch, the latter of whom lays out his own verse about his own weapon, is featured on DaBaby's 2020 album, Blame It On Baby.

Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé "Savage"

Two Texas titans come together on the "Savage" remix, Megan the Stallion's single on her new debut album, Good News. On the track, Meg uses her quick rhyming skills to unleash a rap about her boss way of life, but the track only gets hotter with Beyoncé on the remix. "I'm a boss, I'm a leader, I pull up in my two-seater," Bey raps about her own savagery. Songwriters Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terrius Nash, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe and Anthony White add extra heat to the track.

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