Beyonce tops Grammy nominees with 9, ahead of Adele and Kendrick Lamar

Pop superstar Beyonce led the field of musicians nominated for Grammy awards on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with Adele, Harry Styles, and others for the top prize of album of the year.

Beyonce landed nine nominations for the highest honors in music. That brought her career total to 88, tying her with her husband Jay-Z as the most nominated artist in Grammy history.

Her dance-heavy album “Renaissance” will compete for album of the year with Adele’s “30,” “Harry’s House” from Harry Styles, “Special” from Lizzo, and entries from ABBA, Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile, and Coldplay.

Adele waves to singer Beyonce who is in the audience as she and co-song writer Greg Kurstin (not pictured) accept the Grammy for Song of the Year for “Hello” at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S. , February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

Rapper Kendrick Lamar, also in the running for album of the year for “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers,” received eight nominations overall, followed by British singer Adele and singer-songwriter Carlile with seven each.

The nominations again put Beyonce in competition with Adele, who won album of the year in 2017. Adele said at the time that the award should have gone to Beyonce’s “Lemonade.” Beyonce has never won an album award, even though she boasts the most Grammy wins of any female artist with 28.

Classical conductor Georg Solti has 31 Grammy trophies and holds the record for most wins overall. At the awards ceremony in February, Beyonce’s single “Break My Soul” will compete for record and song of the year against Adele’s “Easy on Me.”

Kendrick Lamar performs on the Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Taylor Swift’s 10-minute version of her 2012 song “All Too Well” also landed a nod for best song. Swift’s latest album, “Midnights,” was released after this year’s eligibility window, which ran from October 2021 through September 2022.

Contenders in the best new artist category include Italian rock band Maneskin, Brazilian singer Anitta and American singer-songwriter Molly Tuttle.

The Grammys will be handed out at a ceremony in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 5. Winners will be chosen by the nearly 13,000 musicians, producers, and songwriters who belong to the Recording Academy. The awards will be broadcast live on the U.S. broadcast network CBS and streamed on Paramount+.