TikTok Celebrates 2023 Grammy Nominees

Congratulations to the 65th annual GRAMMY Award nominees! We’re blown away by this year’s group of incredibly talented honorees, a remarkable number of whom won our hearts on TikTok before topping charts around the globe! We are so excited to see these artists who started on TikTok–and use the platform to creatively express their authenticity–reach the highest echelons of the music industry.

Steve Lacy’s breakout hit “Bad Habit” had creators biting their tongue last summer, generating over 705K creations on the platform before reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning nominations for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year. GAYLE’s ultimate kiss-off “ABCDEFU” (2.5M+ creations), which originated with a fateful TikTok comment, earned a nod in the Song Of The Year category.

The Best New Artist category is stacked with breakout stars who leveraged TikTok to kick start their careers, including “Beggin” (8.5M creations) hitmakers Måneskin, “Hrs and Hrs” (1.7M creations) hitmaker Muni Long, “Evergreen” (329k creations) singer Omar Apollo, and Brazilian star Anitta, whose song “Envolver” (2.2M creations) helped her become the second-ever Brazilian woman to be nominated for a Grammy.

The nominees in genre-specific categories provide even further proof of our community’s trendsetting tendencies. HitKidd & GloRilla’s TikTok-fueled hit “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” garnered a nod for Best Rap Song, while beloved creator and songwriter Nija Charles was recognized in the Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical category.

The 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards are a special occasion for TikTok–we’re not only a beloved home for many nominated songs and artists, but we’re nominated ourselves! TikTok and Rosalía share a nomination in the Best Music Film category, for the innovative MOTOMAMI TikTok LIVE performance. Previously earning a nomination at the Latin GRAMMYS, the avant-garde broadcast by the gum-chewing superstar was filmed entirely on mobile phones and featured full-scale performances of 14 songs from MOTOMAMI.

Congratulations again to all of the nominees! You’re an inspiration to artists and creators everywhere, and we’re wishing you all the best of luck at this weekend’s GRAMMY Awards!

Check out an expanded list of GRAMMY nominees who hit it big on TikTok:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny
• Special - Lizzo

SONG OF THE YEAR

• abcdefu - GAYLE
• About Damn Time - Lizzo
• Bad Habit - Steve Lacy
• As It Was - Harry Styles

RECORD OF THE YEAR

• Easy On Me - Adele
• Break My Soul - Beyonce
• Bad Habit - Steve Lacy
• About Damn Time - Lizzo
• As It Was - Harry Styles

BEST NEW ARTIST

• Omar Apollo
• Latto
• Maneskin
• Anitta
• DOMI & JD Beck

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

• About Damn Time - Lizzo
• Moscow Mule - Bad Bunny
• Bad Habit - Steve Lacy
• Woman - Doja Cat

BEST POP GROUP PERFORMANCE

• Unholy - Sam Smith & Kim Petras

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

• Special - Lizzo
• Harry’s House - Harry Styles

BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM

• RENAISSANCE - BEYONCE

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE

• Call Me Little Sunshine - Ghost

BEST ROCK ALBUM

• Mainstream Sellout - MGK

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

• Wet Leg - Wet Leg

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

• Hrs & Hrs - Muni Long
• Over - Lucky Daye

BEST R&B SONG

• CUFF IT - Beyonce
• Hrs & Hrs - Muni Long

BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM

• Gemini Rights - Steve Lacy

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

• F.N.F. (Let’s Go) - Hitkidd & GloRilla
• pushin P - Gunna & Future ft Young Thug
• GOD DID - DJ Khaled ft Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy

BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE

• First Class - Jack Harlow
• WAIT FOR U - Future Featuring Drake & Tems

BEST RAP SONG

• WAIT FOR U - Future Featuring Drake & Tems
• pushin P - Gunna & Future ft Young Thug
• GOD DID - DJ Khaled ft Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy

BEST RAP ALBUM

• GOD DID - DJ Khaled
• I Never Liked You - Future

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

• Humble Quest - Maren Morris
• Growin Up - Luke Combs

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM

• De Adentro Pa Afuera - Camilo
• Dharma+ - Sebastian Yatra

BEST MUSICA URBANA ALBUM

• Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny
• LEGENDADDY - Daddy Yankee

BEST LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

• MOTOMAMI - Rosalia

BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM

• EP #1 Forajido - Christian Nodal

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• ENCANTO
• Stranger Things

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• We Don’t Talk About Bruno [From Encanto]

BEST MUSIC FILM

• Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance)