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Beyoncé is now the most-nominated artist in the history of the Grammys with 99 nominations.
The ‘Drunk In Love’ hitmaker achieved the feat after bagging 11 nominations at the 67th Grammys to increase her tally to a record 99.
Beyoncé is also the most nominated in this year’s Grammys with eleven nominations including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year.
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She is followed by Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone who received seven nominations each, and Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan with six nominations each.
Taylor Swift has also broken the record for most ‘Album of the Year’ nominations among female artists in Grammys history. She has seven nominations.
She surpassed Barbra Streisand after her album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ earned a nomination in the Album of the Year category at this year’s Grammys, bringing her tally to seven in the category.
Swift is the second most nominated female artist in Grammys history with 58 nominations.
Meanwhile, former American President, Jimmy Carter has earned a Grammy nomination at age 100.
The audio version of his autobiography, ‘A Full Life: Reflections At Ninety’, was nominated in the Best Spoken Word Album category at this year’s Grammys.
Carter has previously won the category three times.
Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has also made history as the first African artist have Grammy nominations in six consecutive years.
The ‘African Giant’ crooner has earned back-to-back Grammy nominations since 2018, a rare feat for an African artist.
He has now garnered a total of 11 nominations, winning just one.
His hit song, ‘Higher’, is nominated in the Best African Music Performance category at this year’s Grammys.
Meanwhile, Tems is the Nigerian artist with the most nominations at the 67th Grammys. She was nominated in three categories.
Tems received nominations in the Best Global Music Album, Best African Music Performance and Best R&B Song categories for ‘Born In The Wild’, ‘Love Me Jeje’, and ‘Burning’, respectively.
The singer now has a total of eight Grammy nominations.