Rihanna's Grammy Record at Risk, Potentially Followed by Beyoncé!

Kapanlagi.com - Since the Recording Academy introduced the Grammy category for Best Melodic Rap Performance (previously called Best Rap/Sung Collaboration until 2017, and Best Rap/Sung Performance from 2018 to 2020) in 2002, Rihanna has emerged as the woman with the most nominations (nine) and the most awards (five) in this category. This year, Beyoncé has the chance to receive her ninth nomination and match Riri's record.

Of the nine Grammys Rihanna has won throughout her career, five of them come from this category. Her first win was with Jay-Z for the song Umbrella in 2008, followed by four other wins: Run This Town (2010, with Jay-Z & Kanye West), All of the Lights (2012, with West, Kid Cudi, and Fergie), The Monster (2015, with Eminem), and Loyalty (2018, with Kendrick Lamar).

Now, Beyoncé has a great chance to match that record, with the possibility of receiving her ninth nomination in the same category. Do you think Queen Bey can keep up with Riri's great achievements?

1. Beyoncé's Victory at the Grammys

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Beyoncé won this category for the first time in 2004 with the song Crazy in Love featuring Jay-Z. Other songs that brought her nominations in this category include Deja Vu (2007, featuring Jay-Z), Ego (2010, featuring Kanye West), Party (2012, featuring André 3000), Part II (2014, featuring Jay-Z), Freedom (2017, featuring Kendrick Lamar), and Family Feud (2018, featuring Jay-Z). Additionally, in 2006, Beyoncé was also nominated as part of Destiny's Child with the song Soldier featuring Lil Wayne and T.I.

This year, Beyoncé is competing again with the song Spaghettii, a blend of country and rap featuring record-breaking newcomer Shaboozey and lesser-known country pioneer Linda Martell. Thanks to the combination of major star power and cultural appeal from Cowboy Carter along with the song A Bar Song, Spaghettii has the potential to be Beyoncé's first win in this category in over 20 years. If nominated for Spaghettii, Beyoncé will match Rihanna as the woman with the most nominations in this category. Shaboozey and Martell will also receive their first nominations in this category.

2. Will Beyoncé's 'SPAGHETTII' Make the Cut?

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But, what songs can rival Spaghettii, which reached No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100? Let's see who its competitors are!

The names Future and Metro Boomin will appear frequently on this year's Grammy list thanks to various songs from their albums We Don’t Trust You and We Still Don’t Trust You, both of which topped the Billboard 200 this year. For this category, they submitted the lead song from the second album, which also features The Weeknd. The Weeknd previously won in this category in 2022 with the song Hurricane, and Future also achieved victory in 2023 with Wait for U. So, two out of the three artists on the song We Still Don’t Trust You have a good track record in this category. If this synth-driven song gets nominated, it will be the third nomination for Future and The Weeknd, and the first for Metro Boomin.

Meanwhile, on the commercial side, Tommy Richman's Million Dollar Baby, which previously reached No. 2 on Billboard, is likely to be the strongest competitor. If this song gets nominated, it will be the first nomination for the Virginia-based artist.

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