Grammys: Taylor Swift surpasses Paul McCartney with history-making song of the year nomination

Swift didn't pick up the most total nominations, but she did make history — twice

By Joseph Neese

Editor in Chief

Published November 10, 2023 2:45PM (EST)

Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Lumen Field on July 22, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Mat Hayward/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Lumen Field on July 22, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Mat Hayward/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

SZA is capping off an already successful year with a leading nine Grammy Award nominations.

In addition to her album of the year nod for "SOS," the singer-songwriter's single "Kill Bill" has picked up nominations for record and song of the year. In April, the track became SZA's first No. 1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

With seven nods each, Phoebe Bridgers and Victoria Monét are the second most nominated recording artists. They're tied with Serban Ghenea, a mix engineer on two record of the year nominees: Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire" and Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero." Along with Miley Cyrus, Rodrigo and Swift have six nominations apiece. Like SZA, all three are nominees in the all-genre fields of album, record and song of the year.

Though not on top of the nominations leaderboard, Swift has made history — twice. With "Anti-Hero," she becomes the first songwriter to be nominated seven times for song of the year. (Swift was previously tied with six-time nominees Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie.) Additionally, Swift ties Barbra Streisand for the most album of the year nods by a female recording artist. "Midnights" lifts Swift to six total nominations in the category. (Streisand recently released her memoir, "My Name is Barbra.")

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One way to sum up the nominations? "It’s clear that it’s a woman’s world in the music universe right now," Chris William writes for Variety.

The 67th annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles by CBS on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Read the full list of nominees here.


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