The 2022 Grammy nominations: 6 big surprises and 2 major snubs
Many of this year's nominees were predictable, but some nominees stood out in ways both good and bad (paging Justin Bieber)
We now have the complete list of nominations for the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which take place in January 2022, and in general, it’s a safe, conservative roster of contenders. Most of the big artists you might expect to dominate are there—Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber, and more—meaning that the switch to an open and democratic process (instead of the secret committees previously used to pick the nominees) didn’t necessarily change much. This isn’t surprising: Of the major awards shows, the Grammys are perhaps most famous for being perpetually out of touch with the zeitgeist. Still, there were some names we were happier to see than others. Here are eight of the biggest surprises—including one major snub we didn’t see coming.