The rock and metal nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards include In This Moment, Fiona Apple, Power Trip, Brittany Howard, Code Orange and more
The 2021 Grammy Awards are on the way, and the Recording Academy has unveiled the nominees in the rock categories. As always, these picks come with criticism, since some of these artists aren’t necessarily considered rock.
The Best Rock Song nominees include Fiona Apple’s “Shameika,” Tame Impala’s “Lost in Yesterday,” Brittany Howard’s “Stay High,” Phoebe Bridgers’ “Kyoto” and Big Thief’s “Not.”
Best Rock Performance nominees are HAIM’s “The Steps,” Apple’s “Shameika,” Howard’s “Stay High,” Bridgers’ “Kyoto,” Big Thief’s “Not” and Grace Potter’s “Daylight.” The Grammys made history this year with an all-female round of nominees in the Best Rock Performance category.
As for Best Alternative Music Album, there’s Apple’s “Fetch the Bold Cutters,” Tame Impala’s “The Slow Rush,” Howard’s “Jaime,” Beck’s “Hyperspace” and Bridgers’ “Punisher.”
Best Rock Album nominees include The Strokes’ “The New Abnormal,” Potter’s “Daylight,” Sturgill Simpson’s “Sound & Fury,” Michael Kiwanuka’s “Kiwanuka” and Fontaines D.C.’s “A Hero’s Death.”
Each year, a much-anticipated category is Best Metal Performance. The nominees for the 2021 ceremony include In This Moment’s “The In-Between,” Body Count’s “Bum-Rush,” Code Orange’s “Underneath,” Poppy’s “Bloodmoney” and a live version of Power Trip’s “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe).” Also in the metal world, Ozzy Osbourne’s Ordinary Man collaborator Andrew Watt is up for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
Trevor Noah of “The Daily Show” will host the 2021 Grammy Awards. The show will air Jan. 31 on CBS. For the full list of nominees, go here.
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