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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>It wouldn\u2019t be the Grammys without a healthy dose of surprises, snubs and head-scratchers, and the slate of nominees for the February 2023 gala did not disappoint.<\/p>\n

The following is a list of hot takes about the nominations: the open questions, amusing oddities \u2014 and questionable choices. Will Beyonce finally triumph?<\/p>\n

Beyonce is no stranger to the Grammys: the 41-year-old is the Recording Academy\u2019s winningest woman, and is tied with her husband, the rap mogul Jay-Z, for the most ever nominations with 88.<\/p>\n

But even as she rules over the Grammy record books, Queen Bey is also among the show\u2019s most snubbed artists. Over her storied career, she\u2019s only triumphed in the top categories once: in 2010, she won Song of the Year for \u201cSingle Ladies (Put A Ring On It)\u201d.<\/p>\n

The pop deity had not one but two chances in 2021 to capture Record of the Year but it instead went to Billie Eilish, who had swept the top four categories a year prior.<\/p>\n

It was hard not to see a parallel with 2017\u2019s slights against Bey, who notoriously lost Album of the Year to Adele. In both cases, Adele and Eilish said their awards should\u2019ve gone to Beyonce.<\/p>\n

The 2023 gala will see Adele and Beyonce square off once more \u2014 and the Beyhive is waiting with bated breath to see if it\u2019s finally their Queen\u2019s year.<\/p>\n

Is Viola Davis next for EGOT? It\u2019s one of those Hollywood things that has entered the pop culture lexicon: EGOT. It signifies the rare club of performers \u2014 less than 20 of them \u2014 who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.<\/p>\n

And Viola Davis could be next. The 57-year-old actress has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Audiobook, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category for reading her recent memoir, \u201cFinding Me.<\/p>\n

\u201d Her competitors are rather formidable. Comedian Mel Brooks already has an EGOT. Lin-Manual Miranda is an Oscar away. Jamie Foxx and Questlove are both Oscar and Grammy winners.<\/p>\n

Davis won an Oscar for best supporting actress for \u201cFences\u201d opposite Denzel Washington, and a Tony \u2014 her second \u2014 for the same role a few years earlier. She won an Emmy for best actress in a drama for \u201cHow to Get Away with Murder\u201d in 2015. \u2018Canceled\u2019?<\/p>\n

The last few years have seen swirling debate over how to separate art from the artist \u2014 or whether to do so \u2014 and concerns over \u201ccancelling\u201d entertainers accused of harmful behavior offstage.<\/p>\n

But one year after comedian Louis C. K. \u2014 who admitted to sexual misconduct \u2014 took home a Grammy, he\u2019s nominated in the Best Comedy Album category once again. And his competition includes Dave Chappelle, who has come under fire for doubling down on his sets deemed by some to be transphobic.<\/p>\n

Chris Brown \u2014 who pleaded guilty to felony assault of his former girlfriend, the megastar Rihanna, and later accused of rape in a separate case \u2014 received a nod for Best R&B Album for the deluxe version of his work \u201cBreezy.
\nAnd Canadian band Arcade Fire won a nomination for \u201cWE\u201d in the Best Alternative Music Album category, as lead singer Win Butler faces multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n

Polarizing country singer Morgan Wallen \u2014 who came under fire after a video surfaced that captured him using a racial slur \u2014 was however shut out of the Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n

Rosalia shunned, Coldplay praised Many of the Grammy perennials have returned \u2014 but a handful of expected contenders were muted, or sidelined altogether.<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny received a long-deserved nod for Album of the Year, but was inexplicably excluded from Song and Record of the Year \u2014 his standout smash \u201cTiti Me Pregunto\u201d has been blaring from US car stereos for months \u2014 as throwback artists including ABBA and Bonnie Raitt swept into the top categories.<\/p>\n

Rosalia was relegated to the Latin Rock and Alternative categories as her buzzy, critically acclaimed album \u201cMotomami\u201d was left out of more prestigious fields, while the absence of rap queens Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion was stark.<\/p>\n

Yet some of the Grammy darlings who continue to churn out work that critics count as past their prime persisted, with Coldplay and Brandi Carlile earning a crop of nominations as they\u2019ve done year after year.<\/p>\n

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