

The academy has additionally faced blowback for biases against women and Black artists, though the Grammys have made efforts to expand their membership in addition to dropping the committees. The Weeknd accused the academy of corruption, echoing the frustrations of other artists like Halsey and Drake, and he ultimately announced that he would boycott the awards altogether. At the 2021 awards, for instance, The Weeknd didn’t get a single nomination despite a critically acclaimed, chart-topping album (“After Hours”) and a song (“Blinding Lights”) so wildly popular that Billboard ranked it as their number-one single of the year. Predictably, the nominations under the committee system were often controversial.

Those odds are constantly changing, so we’ll be updating this list throughout the season. Scroll down for our latest racetrack odds, which are based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. The nominees for Album of the Year - along with Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, and several genre awards - were previously decided by secretive nomination review committees, but the academy eliminated those for this awards season. These kudos are handed out by the Recording Academy, an organization made up of music insiders from across the industry. The next Grammys are scheduled for January 31, 2022.
