Congratulations to the 65th Annual Grammy Awards nominees! We’re blown away by this year’s group of incredibly talented honorees, a significant number of whom have won our hearts on TikTok before topping the charts around the world! We are thrilled to see these artists, who started on TikTok and use the platform to creatively express their authenticity, reach the top echelons of the music industry.
Steve Lacy breakthrough hit”Bad habitLast summer, creators bit their tongue as they created over 705,000 creations on the platform before hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning nominations for Record of the year And Song of the year. GALE final kiss”ABCDEFU” (more than 2.5 million creations), created thanks to a fateful comment on TikTok, received approval in Song of the year category.
Best New Artist the category is made up of breakout stars who used TikTok to launch their careers, including hitmakers “Beggin” (8.5 million creations). Maneskinhitmaker “Hrs and Hrs” (1.7 million creations) Mooney Longsinger “Evergreen” (329k creations) omar Apollo, and brazilian star Anittawhose songEnvolver” (2.2 million creations) helped her become second ever Brazilian woman to be nominated for a Grammy.
The nominees in the genre categories once again prove our community’s tendency to set the trends. HitKidd & glorillas Hit on TikTok”FNF (Let’s go)received approval Best Rap Songand beloved creator and songwriter Nija Charles was recognized in Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical category.
The 65th Annual Grammy Awards is a special occasion for TikTok: not only are we the favorite home of many nominated songs and artists, we are nominated ourselves! TikTok and Rosalia split the nomination into Best Music Film category, for innovators MOTOMAMI TikTok LIVE performance. Previously nominated for Latin GRAMMYS, avant-garde broadcast chewing gum superstar was filmed entirely on mobile phones and included a full blown performance of 14 songs from MOTOMAMI.
Once again, congratulations to all the nominees! You inspire artists and creators around the world and we wish you the best of luck at the GRAMMY Awards this weekend!
Check out the expanded list of GRAMMY nominees who have achieved great success on TikTok:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
- Special Offer – Lizzo
SONG OF THE YEAR
- abcdefu – GAYLE
- About damn time – Lizzo
- Bad Habit – Steve Lacey
- How It Was – Harry Styles
RECORD OF THE YEAR
- Go easy on me – Adele
- Break My Soul – Beyoncé
- Bad Habit – Steve Lacey
- About damn time – Lizzo
- How It Was – Harry Styles
BEST NEW ARTIST
- Omar Apollo
- lato
- Maneskin
- Anitta
- DOMI and JD Beck
BEST SOLO POP PERFORMANCE
- About damn time – Lizzo
- Moscow Mule – Bad Bunny
- Bad Habit – Steve Lacy
- Woman – Cat Doja
BEST POP GROUP PERFORMANCE
- Unholy – Sam Smith & Kim Petras
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
- Special Offer – Lizzo
- Harry’s House – Harry Styles
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
- Call me sunshine – Ghost
BEST ROCK ALBUM
BEST ALBUM IN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
- Watches and Clocks – Mooney Long
- Over – Lucky Day
BEST R&B SONG
- CUFF IT – Beyoncé
- Watches and Clocks – Mooney Long
BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM
- Twins Rights – Steve Lacy
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
- FNF (Let’s Go) – Hitkidd and GloRilla
- Pushin P – Gunna & Future ft Young Thug
- GOD DID – DJ Khaled ft Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE
- First Class – Jack Harlow
- WAIT FOR U – Future featuring Drake & Thames
BEST RAP SONG
- WAIT FOR U – Future featuring Drake & Thames
- Pushin P – Gunna & Future ft Young Thug
- GOD DID – DJ Khaled ft Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
BEST RAP ALBUM
- GOD DID – DJ Khaled
- I never liked you – Future
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
- Modest Quest – Maren Morris
- Rusty – Luke Combs
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
- De Adentro Pa Afuera – Camilo
- Dharma+ – Sebastian Yatra
BEST MUSIC URBAN ALBUM
- Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
- LEGENDADDY – Daddy Yankee
BEST LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM
- EP #1 Forajido – Christian Nodal
Best Visual Media Compilation Soundtrack
Best Song Written for Visual Media
- We don’t talk about Bruno [From Encanto]
BEST MUSIC FILM
- Motomami (Rozalia TikTok Live Performance)
