All the Girlies Are Going to the 2024 Grammys

The Grammys are for the girls this year. An impressive number of women are nominated for music’s top honors, and now, many of them will be taking the stage, too. Olivia Rodrigo , Billie Eilish , and Dua Lipa are each set to perform when the ceremony comes to the Crypto.com Arena on February 4. Rodrigo has six nominations off her sophomore album Guts , while their Barbie contributions carried Eilish and Lipa to six and two respective nods.

They join SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, and Victoria Monét as some of the night’s top honorees — not to mention Taylor Swift, looking to set some records with Midnights . Below, everything you need to know before you get the girls together to watch. SZA leads the Grammy pack with nine nominations for her second album, SOS , including in the top categories of Album, Record, and Song of the Year.

Phoebe Bridgers and Victoria Monét are just behind her with seven apiece, followed by the rest of boygenius , Jack Antonoff , Jon Batiste, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus , Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo , and a little lady named Taylor Swift , all with six each. Women showed up strong when the nominees were announced on November 10, with female artists in seven out of the eight slots for Album, Record, and Song of the Year.

SZA has a chance to add some serious hardware, Swift could set a record for Album of the Year wins — or Batiste could surprise us all again after playing the dark horse in 2022. Don’t put it past the Academy. Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, and Dua Lipa were announced as the first wave of performers on January 15.

Could a Barbie medley be brewing? Nope — it’s Trevor Noah again. The comedian is hosting the Grammys for the fourth consecutive year, the Academy announced on December 13. Hey, at least this show can hold down a host . Noah is also up for some hardware himself this year, in Best Comedy Album for I Wish You Would .

Quite a lot, actually. Most prominently, reducing the number of nominees in the Big Four categories (Album, Record, and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist) from ten to eight. The Academy previously upped the nominees in those categories to ten just two years ago, out of diversity concerns; there had been eight nominees since the 2019 awards.

Also, the nonclassical Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year will move to the general category, where all Academy members can vote on those awards. The Grammys are adding three awards this year, for Best African Music Performance, Best Pop Dance Recording, and Best Alternative Jazz Album. Oh, and at least you won’t have to worry about AI — the Academy added a rule against contributions by artificial intelligence to submissions.

The ceremony will will air on CBS and Paramount+ on February 4, beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on February 4. This is a developing story..