O Grammy Awards 2024 , the award ceremony responsible for choosing the best in music in the last year, takes place on February 4th and, the closer the date gets, the more the public's anxiety and curiosity increases about who will win. Several artists were nominated among the 94 categories that can win a golden gramophone – the award trophy.
Those who vote to decide the results of the award are the members of the Recording Academy (Recording Academy, in free translation). They define the criteria for choosing the winners. But in terms of search popularity, who would have the upper hand in the dispute?
Through the help of the Google Trends platform, the CNN carried out a survey of searches regarding competitors in the main award category, “Best Album of the Year “. The objective is to understand which album is most searched on Google in the world in the last three months.
It is worth noting that the albums eligible for the Grammy were those released until September 2023.
Eight artists compete for this gramophone: the band Boygenius the artists SZA , Taylor Swift , Olivia Rodrigo , Lana Del Rey , Miley Cyrus , Jon Batista It is Janelle Monáe .
Among these, it is also important to highlight that launch dates vary, which must be taken into account when surveying. Taylor Swift and SZA, for example, released their competing albums at the end of 2022, while Jon Batiste launched “World Music Radio” in August 2023.
Which nominee for the “Album of the Year” category was the most searched in the last three months?
According to the survey carried out by CNN on Google Trends, the album “Midnights ” (represented in purple in the image below), Taylor Swift . It is followed by “Guts”, by Olivia Rodrigo, in second position (red) and “SOS”, by SZA, next (yellow).
It is worth noting that the value of 100 present in the search graph represents the highest peak in popularity of a term. A value of 50 means half the popularity and a score of 0 means there was not enough data about the term.
The singer SZA is the record holder for nominations in this year's edition , with nine nominations in total. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, was successful last year with her world tour “The Eras Tour”, where she covered “Midnights” and the other nine albums in her discography.
According to data from Google Trends, the order of highest search records follows “Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”, by Lana Del Rey, “Endless Summer Vacation”, by Miley Cyrus, and “The Record”, by Boygenius tied for next and “World Music Radio”, by Jon Batiste, and “The Age of Pleasure”, by Janelle Monáe, in the last positions.
The 2024 Grammy ceremony will take place at the Crypto.com Arena, in Los Angeles, starting at 10 pm Brasília time.
In Brazil, the broadcast of the event starts at 9:30 pm on the TNT television channel and the HBO Max streaming platform.
South African comedian Trevor Noah returns as master of ceremonies for the 66th Grammy Awards for the fourth consecutive year, in addition to serving as the show's producer.
Source: CNN Brasil
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