Chappell Roan performs at the 2024 MTV VMAs (Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV)
In short:
Beyoncé has the most nominations with 11, following the release of her Cowboy Carter album.
Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and a tribute to Quincy Jones are among the performances planned for the ceremony.
What next:
The Grammys happen from 11am AEDT on Monday.
The Grammys, the music world's biggest award ceremony, takes place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles from 5pm local time on Sunday, February 2. Trevor Noah, who is also nominated for Best Comedy Album, will host for the fifth time running.
Unlike many other events in LA, the Grammys have not been postponed due to the wildfires that have devastated California in recent weeks.
In a statement issued last week, Harvey Mason Jr, CEO of the Recording Academy, and Tammy Hurt, chair of the Board of Trustees, said they would proceed as planned, with a greater focus on raising funds and awareness for those impacted.
"In close coordination with local authorities to ensure public safety and responsible use of area resources, the 67th Grammy Awards will proceed as planned," they said.
"This year's show, however, will carry a renewed sense of purpose: raising additional funds to support wildfire relief efforts and honouring the bravery and dedication of first responders who risk their lives to protect ours."
Who is performing?
A cavalcade of music's finest names have signed on to perform at the Grammys this year.
Fresh from smashing records in this year's Hottest 100, both Billie Eilish and Charli XCX will take the stage.
While Billie is a Grammy veteran — she's played the ceremony multiple times — this will be Charli's first time playing the show. It will also likely be her final performance before jumping on a plane and joining us in Australia as she headlines Laneway festivals across the country.
Speaking of the Hottest 100, Chappell Roan — aka the woman who won the whole damn thing — will also perform at the ceremony. If you saw her showing at last year's MTV VMAs, then you'll know this isn't to be missed.
No performance last year was as good as Doechii's on NPR's Tiny Desk. She's given herself a lot to live up to when she hits the Grammys stage for the first time on Monday, but we can't help but feel she'll deliver something very special.
Speaking of incredible radio-station-backed performances, British superstar RAYE delivered one of the all-time great Like A Versions last year. She'll blow minds at the Grammys when she performs, and you can probably expect her already enormous streaming numbers to explode soon after.
Depending on how you measure it, 22-year-old American Benson Boone might have had the biggest song in the world last year with 'Beautiful Things'. You can safely assume you'll hear that song, which has gone platinum a staggering eight times in Australia, when he plays at the Grammys.
If you're still in dark about Sabrina Carpenter, then it's time to start paying more attention. It makes sense that one of the biggest breakout mainstream pop stars of last year play the Grammys after the kinda year she's had: but does she play 'Espresso', 'Taste' or 'Please Please Please'?
Tributes paid to Quincy Jones
Photo shows Quincy Jones smiling and pointing, headshot, wearing a suit, the letters tiff behind him
Modern soul chart buster Teddy Swims will bring that rich voice and face full o' tatts to the Grammys stage, while the legendary Shakira — who released the broad break-up album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran early last year — will show us why she remains the Queen of Latin Music after 35 years in the game.
The Grammys will of course pay tribute to legendary musician and producer Quincy Jones, who died last November. Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe will lead that tribute to the 28-time Grammy winner, with Cynthia Erivo, Herbie Hancock, Lainey Wilson and Stevie Wonder expected to join them.
"We've been working on creating something really special," Grammys executive producer Raj Kapoor told Rolling Stone this week.
"We've had so many artists that have wanted to participate. I think it's going to be one of the definitive performances of the show, [showing] how much love we have for him as a music community."
There will also be homages to other music figures we've lost in the past year, as well as tributes to Los Angeles as it recovers from the devastating wildfires.
Chris Martin (Coldplay), Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard, Jacob Collier, John Legend, Sheryl Crow and St. Vincent are expected to be a part of those tributes.
How do we watch?
This year's Grammys will be exclusively streamed through Stan in Australia, after several years with the Seven Network.
While the awards kick off at 11am AEDT, fashion-conscious fans will want to tune into the red carpet, which usually kicks off a couple of hours earlier and can be viewed via the Grammys official website.
If the glitz and glam is all a bit overbearing, we promise to keep you company throughout the ceremony on the ABC News live blog, bringing you our hottest takes, boldest predictions, and most rigorous/flippant analyses as the ceremony happens.
Who is nominated?
Beyoncé has the most nominations, following the release of her 2024 country album, Cowboy Carter. She'll have 11 chances to win this year, the most nominations in a single year for a female artist.
Is Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter any good?
Photo shows Beyonce on a white horse, carrying an American flag and wearing red, blue and white, with a white cowboy hat on
Queen Bey is the winningest Grammy nominee of all time with 32 awards to her name. However, she's controversially never taken home the big one: Album of the Year. While she's in for a chance this year, she'll have to take down some tough competition.
Brat — the neon green, zeitgeist-busting album by Charli XCX — is unsurprisingly up for Album of the Year, one of eight nominations the British pop impresario scored.
Previously, she'd received just one Grammy nomination for her 2015 single 'Fancy', featuring Aussie Iggy Azalea. This year, she's also up for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Dance Pop Recording, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Recording Package.
This is no two-horse race though. The formidable Album of the Year field also features Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Billie Eilish's Hit Me Hard and Soft, Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department, and Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet.
With the greatest respect to the great Andre 3000, his album New Blue Sun — an incredible 88-minute journey through new-age spiritual jazz featuring him on flute — would be an unlikely winner. It is an excellent piece of music though.
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Jacob Collier's Djesse Vol. 4 rounds out that category, and while it would be a boilover if it were to win, strange things do happen at the Grammys.
Elsewhere, Post Malone could have a big Grammys this year, with eight opportunities to win on the night.
'I Had Some Help', his mammoth collaboration with American country superstar Morgan Wallen, was the most popular song of the summer in the US. 'Fortnight', a collaboration with Taylor Swift, was almost as big. Then there was 'Levii's Jeans', his song with Beyoncé. Say what you will about Posty, he keeps good company.
On top of that, his first country album, F-1 Trillion, is a chance to upset the many massive country records released this year in a number of categories.
Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar have seven nominations apiece, while Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan all have six chances to win.
Are any Australians nominated?
Not as many as we'd like, but yes!
Kevin Parker scores his fifth Grammy nomination for his project Tame Impala this year, with his collaboration with French duo Justice in the running for Best Dance/Electronic Recording.
If it wins, it'll be Parker's first Grammy, which would look nice next to his 13 ARIAs and two J Awards.
Troye Sivan's big Bag Raiders-sampling song Got Me Started is up for Best Dance Pop Recording this year.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have a couple of chances. Their song 'Neon Pill' is up for Best Alternative Music Performance, while the album it comes from, Wild God, is in the running for Best Alternative Music Album.
Cave has only been nominated once before when he missed out on Best Music Film in 2018 for the documentary One More Time with Feeling.
Melbourne-based metal-core band Alpha Wolf have scored a nod in the Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package category thanks to the very tidy work they did on their Half Living Things release from last year.
Another Aussie who could leave with a trophy is Rachael Price, lead singer of jazzy indie pop band Lake Street Dive. Price was born in Sydney and even though she has spent much of her life in the US, we'll happily claim her!
The 67th Grammy Awards take place from 11am AEDT on February 3.
