Grammy Awards: Olivia Rodrigo dominates 2022 nominations

Olivia Rodrigo will be a favorite at next year's Grammy Awards with nominations in all four major categories. The 18-year-old for best album, best new artist, the year's record, and song of the year for SIM. He faced competition from Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X in all of these categories, except Best New Artist.

Abba also received her first Grammy nomination in the Recording of the Year Category. The Swedish brand is known for its bittersweet comeback single I Still Have Faith In You, released in September. Taylor Swift is also nominated for her second consecutive album for Evermore. He won an award earlier in the year for the accompanying album Folklore.

British musicians were relatively weak on earth, but Ed Sheeran's Bad Habit was named Song of the Year, while Arlo Parks and Glass Animals top the list of new artists.

Coldplay also received a 36th Grammy Award for the single Higher Power (Best Pop Performance), and Paul McCartney was recognized for his blocked album McCartney III (Best Blocking Album). In addition, the song Find My Way (best rock song).

Despite being relatively unknown in the United Kingdom, jazz pianist John Batiste topped the nominations with a total of 11 nominations - both for his eclectic solo album We Are and for the soundtrack to the Pixar film Soul.

The musician, a New Orleans music dynasty member, said it was "hard to put into words" how he felt after the news. "It's amazement, surprise, admiration, gratitude." Meanwhile, Korean pop artist B.T.S. skipped the main category and was nominated for a pop duo/group performance. Terrible hit Butter, which spent ten weeks at number one in the U.S., was nominated along with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's I Get A Kick Out Of You, Justin Biebers Lonely, Coldplay's Higher Power, and Doja Cats Kiss Me More.

This year's vote made Jay-Z the most-nominated performer in Grammy history. He's been likened to legendary record producer Quincy Jones at 80. Still, He has three new nominations, including two in the Best Rap Song category, for his collaborations with D.M.X. and Kanye West.

The nominations were announced Tuesday morning at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles with the help of Billy Isle, H.E.R., Eurovision winner Måneskin and B.T.S. themselves.

With nearly 22,000 songs and albums submitted for viewing, the shortlist in the main categories was expanded from eight to ten first-time nominees. "Over 60,000 songs are released every day. With more music available. There are many more great achievements to be recognized and celebrated."