When and where are the 2024 Grammy Awards held? Key dates for music awards in the US

They are just around the corner and you have to start preparing! The 66th Grammy Awardsthe awards that have been given every year for more than half a century by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States in recognition of the best contributions to the music industry in their country will be held on February 4 at the venue. Multipurpose Crypto.com Arena in the city of Los Angeles in California.

Once again, the most important singers, producers, musicians and other members of the industry in the world will go there to enjoy a gala that this 2024 will be hosted by comedian Tevor Noah, who will be the master of ceremonies for the fourth consecutive time. . For the first time, Noah surprised the nominees and other members of the industry invited to the Grammys in 2021 and, since then, he has not stopped garnering good reviews for his work at the helm of a gala so complicated due to its skillful combination between humor and appreciation for music and culture.

In addition, he will be accompanied on stage by a series of artists and celebrities invited to present some awards that have yet to be confirmed, as well as many top-level singers and composers who will be in charge of performing in this new edition and whose names the Academy has not yet revealed. . However, it is clear that they will not disappoint. The Grammys have a high bar and we must remember that in past years artists such as Bad Bunny, Lizzo, Sam Smith, BTS, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga and many more have taken to their stage.

Key dates and times to watch the 2024 Grammy Awards from Spain

The 2024 Grammys are being held in Los Angeles, so a small guide is necessary about the days and hours in which everything that happens at the Crypto.com Arena in the most popular city in California can be followed live from Spain.

As it is an event held at night, the 2024 Grammy Awards will take place when in Spain it is already Monday the 5th in the morning. Specifically, these will be the hours in which we will be able to see the great music festival and its preview held at the Peacock Theater, better known as ‘Premiere’, from our country:

• Premiere of the 2024 Grammy Awards Ceremony. Sunday, February 4: Doors open at 11:30 a.m. PST – 8:30 p.m., Spanish time // Start at 12:30 p.m. PST – 9:30 a.m., Spanish time.
• 66th Grammy Awards ceremony. Sunday, February 4 and Monday, February 5: From 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PST, and from 2:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m., in Spanish time, when it is already early Monday, February 5.

The nominees of the 2024 Grammy Awards

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If there will be clear protagonists in these 2024 Grammy Awards, they will be women. Female voices stand out in almost all the main categories of the Academy Awards to such an extent that, in the ‘Song of the Year’ category, in 2024 only Jon Batiste competes for his song Butterfly.

Also unmined with him are Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodirgo, SZA, Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa, Lana del Rey and Taylor Swift, all artists with more than one mention in these nominations and therefore, with many ballots to win one of the golden microphones that will be distributed at home on February 4.

The names of these seven female artists are the ones that are repeated the most in the major categories of the 2024 Grammys and are especially Taylor Swift, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo are the big favorites of the edition thanks to their work on the albums MidnightsS.O.S. and GUTS, their latest works respectively.

But without a doubt, if a Grammy queen has to be crowned in 2024, it is Taylor Swift. The singer from Pennsylvania has broken all records and has become the artist with the most nominations in the history of these awards in the Best Song category, one of the most valued by the industry. Furthermore, in this 66th edition she has managed to equal the inimitable Barbra Streissand in the number of mentions in the Best Album category and, if she manages to take home the golden microphone, she will be the artist with the most awards in this category worldwide.

For his part, and sweeping home, Pablo Alborán also stands out. The man from Malaga has been nominated for Best Latin Album for The Fourth Leaf and will compete with Maluma, AleMor, Paula Arenas, Pedro Capó and Gaby Moreno to snatch the award from them.