'To put it plainly, we just couldn't stop writing songs,' Swift said in a social media post. Then she leaned into both even more - with a little help from go-to collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. We're so deep into the Taylor's Version era - and punch-drunk from the 10-minute version of 'All Too Well' - that it's worth reminding ourselves just how paradigm-shifting Folklore and Evermore were back in 2020.įirst, Swift ripped up the rulebook with Folklore, establishing her cottagecore aesthetic and deepening her storytelling acumen.

Read More: Jon Batiste Talks New Album We Are, His Brain-Breaking Itinerary & Achieving 'Freedom' From Genre Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Love for Sale Tracks like 'FREEDOM,' 'TELL THE TRUTH' and the title track show that this unique American talent may be kaleidoscopic in his pursuits, but he's able to hone his multifarious talents to a fine point.

'It's hard to even encapsulate in one presentation of a thought.'īut as a plain old album artist, he's as inventive and luminous as ever - as attests his genre-straddling 2021 album WE ARE - which features other rootsy, GRAMMY-honored greats like PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty and the Hot 8 Brass Band. 'I'm involved in so many different types of things that so much of my life is balancing the amount of things I have going on and maintaining artistic integrity and keeping my values intact,' he told in 2021. The Stay Human bandleader works in a multitude of formats, from film soundtracks to American Symphony, an upcoming large-scale work at Carnegie Hall. Nominations for the 2022 GRAMMYs Awards show are officially here! See the full list of nominations. 31, here's a rundown of the Album Of The Year nominees. Who will take home the golden gramophone in this most vaunted of categories? Will it be Bennett, who just gave the world his farewell gift? Lil Nas X, who metamorphosed from novelty act to a full-fledged, out-and-proud pop star? Perhaps Olivia Rodrigo, who synthesized pop-punk, emo and indie pop like few before her? Or any of the other luminaries on the list?Īhead of the 2022 GRAMMYs ceremony on Jan.

At the 2022 GRAMMYs Awards show, officially known as the 64th GRAMMY Awards, there will be some heady competition for the title.įor the 2022 GRAMMYs, Jon Batiste's WE ARE, Tony Bennett's and Lady Gaga's Love for Sale, Justin Bieber 's Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe), Doja Cat's Planet Her (Deluxe), Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever, H.E.R.'s Back of My Mind, Lil Nas X's Montero, Olivia Rodrigo's Sour, Taylor Swift's Evermore and Kanye West's Donda have been nominated for Album Of The Year. The GRAMMY for Album Of The Year is one of the most prestigious and coveted awards a musician can receive.

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