The 66th Grammys aired on February 4th, 2024. The show was hosted by comedian Trevor Noah. During the show, he handed out awards to the best artists and performers in the music industry. In total, 94 awards were handed out in categories such as Album of the Year, Rap Album, and Best Record from October 2022 to September 2023.
Without further ado, here are the nominees and winners of the 2024 Grammys as well as some opinions from Belmont Hill students:
Album of the Year went to Taylor Swift for Midnights. Midnights featured songs like “Karma,” “Anti-Hero,” and “Snow on the Beach.” This marks the 4th time she has won Album of the Year. These awards have solidified her as one of the greatest pop artists of all time. She has continued her dominant 2023, where her Eras tour attracted unprecedented demand and fan admiration, becoming the most profitable tour in history. Swift was also nominated for Best Song and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Song of the Year went to Billie Eilish for “What Was I Made for?” from the Barbie movie. She wrote the song to share a feeling of hopelessness and trying to find a sense of purpose in a confusing world. “What Was I Made for?” also won Best Song Written for Visual Media, adding to the cultural impact of the Barbie movie. These two awards bring her total count to 9 Grammy wins and 25 nominations.
Moving to Country, Lainey Wilson, who has been climbing up the Country scene, won Best Country Album with Bell Bottom County. Her fourth studio album featured the viral song “Heart Like a Truck,” which has over 130 million streams on Spotify. She beat out Zach Bryan’s self-titled album and Tyler Childers’s Rusting in the Rain. Meanwhile, Chris Stapleton won Best Country Song with “White Horse.”. Panos Gianoukos, 2026 had his own nomination; “Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” and album One Thing at a Time were #1 on the billboard charts for weeks, so he should’ve won”. His 18 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 matches the record for most weeks at the top by a country album.
The Rap and R&B awards raised a lot of controversy, with Killer Mike sweeping Rap Album of the Year, Best Rap Song, and Rap Performance. Killer Mike has been an artist since 1995; his career took off after working with the group Outkast for many years. Since so much new, popular rap came out this year there was no clear winner. This sparked even more discussion when it was revealed during the Grammys that Killer Mike swept all rap awards. When asked his opinion of Killer Mike’s success, Rylan Dean, 2026, responded with, “Who is Killer Mike?”. Many feel that other artists like Travis Scott with Utopia or Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss deserved the nod for Rap Album of the Year. It didn’t help that Killer Mike got arrested shortly after receiving his awards for getting into a physical altercation with a security guard.
Other artists received notable awards such as Best Pop Song going to Miley Cyrus for “Flowers.” Then Sza took home the Best R&B Song for “Snooze,” which brought her total Grammy count to 3. This came as great news to Griffin Vail, 2026 who said he, “liked to see SZA win”. This year’s Grammy’s were undoubtedly entertaining for viewers, with just the perfect amount of drama.
