2024 Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift Makes History on a Night Dominated by Women

Monét was up towards nominees from many kinds and backgrounds, together with the class’s oldest nominee in 25 years, the rapper turned nation singer Jelly Roll, 39. One other distinguished competitor was Ice Spice, the Bronx drill-meets-pop rapper whose cultural ubiquity final 12 months prolonged to a Taylor Swift collaboration and a “Barbie” soundtrack look. The opposite nominees within the class have been the pop-folkie Noah Kahan, the British dance producer Fred once more.., the R&B singer Coco Jones, the rootsy married duo the Battle and Treaty, and the singer Gracie Abrams, who opened for Swift on the Eras Tour.

Monét was nominated for seven Grammys on the 2024 awards, tied for second-most total. Her full-length debut, “Jaguar II,” gained for finest R&B album and for finest engineered album, non-classical.

“On My Mama,” the album’s third single, was up for file of the 12 months in addition to finest R&B tune. From the identical album, “How Does It Make You Really feel” was a nominee for finest R&B efficiency, whereas “Hollywood,” a collaboration with Earth, Wind & Fireplace, scored a nod for finest conventional R&B efficiency. “Hollywood” additionally options Monét’s daughter, Hazel, who at 2 years outdated grew to become the youngest Grammy nominee ever.

Past the Grammy accolades for Monét, her longtime collaborator and “Jaguar II” producer Dernst Emile II, often called D’Mile, additionally received his second straight nomination for producer of the 12 months, non-classical. D’Mile has gained 5 Grammys, together with file of the 12 months and tune of the 12 months in 2022 for his contributions to Silk Sonic’s “Depart the Door Open” and tune of the 12 months in 2021 for H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe.”

Monét got here into the 2024 Grammy season with three earlier nominations for her work as a songwriter. In 2020, her Grande tunesmithing landed nominations for album of the 12 months for “Thank U, Subsequent” and file of the 12 months for “7 Rings,” whereas in 2021 her work with Chloe x Halle was up for finest R&B tune for “Do It.”

“I feel my whole story has been main as much as this second,” Monét instructed The New York Instances in November after studying she’d earned seven nominations. “I felt like an underdog for therefore lengthy.”