The 2024 Grammy Awards are fast approaching 鈥� and it is never too early to plan your viewing experience.
The 66th annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Most of the awards are handed out before that during the Premiere Ceremony, which the Recording Academy will ahead of the telecast, which starts at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Here鈥檚 what you need to know about watching the 2024 Grammys, including how to stream and where you can see music鈥檚 biggest stars walking the red carpet.
WHO鈥橲 HOSTING THE GRAMMYS?
The Grammy-nominated comedian , marking his on the job.
Noah is also up for a Grammy this year, receiving his second nomination for best comedy album.
He鈥檚 also a , with his final season of 鈥淭he Daily Show鈥� taking home the award for outstanding talk series at Monday鈥檚 show.
HOW CAN I WATCH THE GRAMMYS?
The main show will air live on CBS and Paramount+ beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern. Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers can also watch live and on demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will be able to stream the Grammy Awards the day after the ceremony.
The Grammys can also be watched through live TV streaming services that include CBS in their lineup, like Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV and FuboTV.
WHO鈥橲 NOMINATED THIS YEAR?
SZA enters the Grammys with a . 鈥淜ill Bill,鈥� her revenge anthem cloaked in an R&B ballad, earned her nods for record of the year, song of the year, and best R&B performance. 鈥淪OS鈥� is also up for album of the year and best progressive R&B album. The 2024 ceremony is the second time SZA has been nominated for record, album, and song in the same year.
Victoria Mon茅t and Phoebe Bridgers have the second-most nominations, with seven. Six of Bridgers鈥� are with her band boygenius. Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Brandy Clark, Jon Batiste and producer Jack Antonoff also earned six.
Mon茅t is the only leading nominee also up for best new artist, in a category that is rounded out by , Fred again.., Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, and The War and Treaty.
WHO IS PERFORMING?
The first two rounds of performers announced include Grammy award winners and current nominees Eilish, Rodrigo, and Dua Lipa as well as Burna Boy, Luke Combs, and Travis Scott.
More performers have yet to be announced.
Eilish has seven Grammys and is up for six this year. Lipa and Rodrigo both have three Grammys; Lipa is nominated for two awards and Rodrigo is nominated for six.
Both Scott and Combs may become first-time winners at the 2024 Grammy awards; Scott has ten career nominations to his name; Combs has seven. Burna Boy won the award for best global music album in 2021 for 鈥淭wice As Tall鈥�; he also has 10 career nominations.
HOW CAN I WATCH THE RED CARPET?
E! will host its 鈥淟ive from the Grammys Carpet鈥� show with its mix of fashion coverage and celebrity interviews.
The Associated Press will also stream a three-hour red carpet show with interviews and fashion footage. It will be streamed on , Twitter and .
WHAT鈥橲 NEW WITH THE GRAMMYS IN 2024?
In June, the Recording Academy announced that the Grammys would add to its 2024 award show: best pop dance recording, best African music performance, and best alternative jazz album.
The new best African music performance category will highlight 鈥渞egional melodic, harmonic and rhythmic musical traditions,鈥� according to a Recording Academy press release, including genres like Afrobeat, Afro-fusion, Afro Pop, Afro-House, South African Hip-Hop, and Ethio Jazz. Before the addition, those artists would compete in the best global music performance category, .
Another notable change: the Academy announced 鈥渙nly human creators鈥� could win the music industry鈥檚 highest honor in a decision aimed at the use of artificial intelligence in popular music.
鈥淗ere鈥檚 the super easy, headline statement: AI, or music that contains AI-created elements is absolutely eligible for entry and for consideration for Grammy nomination. Period,鈥� Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason jr. at the time. 鈥淲hat鈥檚 not going to happen is we are not going to give a Grammy or Grammy nomination to the AI portion.鈥�
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