Grammys Preview! The Cases for Beyoncé, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Doechii

Ahead of the surprisingly relevant (!) Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli of Popcast, The New York Times’s music show, previewed the biggest, most interesting categories and made predictions about who will win the major awards, along with personal picks of who should win.

Beyoncé has the most nominations, 11 — no surprise there, as she is the most awarded artist in Grammys history. Charli XCX and Post Malone have eight nominations each; Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar have seven; Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift each have six.

That is a mix of Grammy favorites and young upstarts, which means this year’s ceremony might end up as a changing of the guard, or an implicit rebuke of inevitable change.

Have the Grammys have finally aligned themselves with the cultural moment? How will the awards deal with the ascendancy of Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter? And is this the year that Beyoncé finally takes home the prize for album of the year?

0:00 Start

4:21 Best new artist — Who will win and who should win?

12:57 Best pop solo performance — Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, more face off in crowded field

19:37 Best pop vocal album — Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift vie for prestigious award

23:35 Song of the year — Don’t confuse it with “record of the year”

29:35 Record of the year — “Espresso”, “Not Like Us” and … The Beatles?

36:48 Songwriter of the year

42:22 Best country song

51:58 Popcast lightning round — Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Burna Boy and much more!

1:00:51 Album of the year — Will Beyoncé finally get her due, or will Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan or Sabrina Carpenter take home the award?

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