Kacey Musgraves’ potential 2022 Grammy nominations caused a stir last month when it was reported that the Recording Academy had decided that her latest release, asterisk, do not qualify in the country album category. Following that decision, which resulted in a strongly worded letter from the president of Universal Music Group Nashville, Musgraves scored only two nominations, none of which went to any other nominee. asterisk as an album. Musgraves has won six Grammy Awards throughout his career, including Album of the Year in 2018.
Other artists with worse-than-expected results as the 2022 Grammy Awards nominations were announced today include Drake, BTS, Ariana Grande, Tyler the Creator and 2021 best new artist winner Megan Thee Stallion.
Although Drake has expressed his displeasure with the Grammys in the past, including reportedly refusing to submit More life to be considered for the 2018 edition of music awards, his album Certified Lover has been a hit in the past year. Still Drake is nominated for best rap performance and best rap album only.
Meanwhile, BTS’ #1 hit “Butter” has only one nomination, for best pop duo/group performance.
Experts predict Ariana Grande could get a nod in the Album, Record and Song of the Year categories for her latest release. Location and the title track of the same name, but she was excluded from the four major general field categories.
Tyler the Creator’s Call me if you get lost was considered a candidate for Album of the Year but only won Best Rap Album. (He scored another nod for the best tuneful rap performance.)
Megan Thee Stallion won three Grammy Awards in March, including one in the category of best new artist, and pundits are predicting she will have a nomination this year for her album. Good news, but she received only two nods: one for her work Lil Nas X. Montero and another section for the best rap performance.
Another Grammy Award star, Taylor Swift, who won the award for Third Album of the Year earlier this year for a surprise release in the summer of 2020 Folklore, is again eligible for the 2022 Grammys for its December 2020 release Always and earned Album of the Year nominations for that release, but the nod and one more was all she got, failing to gain any nominations for the single “Willow” which she performing on the Grammys stage during the 2021 show.
Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus’ Plastic heart was quickly dubbed the Grammy Award by fans on social media after failing to win any nominations.
