Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, John Legend and More React to Their 2021 Grammys Nominations
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Grammys 2021 Nominations: Beyoncé Leads Pack as Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Roddy Ricch Earn 6 Nods
Brittany Howard garnered five nominations, while Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish and DaBaby walked away with four
The 2021 Grammy nominees couldn't be more excited to be included in this year's crop.
On Tuesday morning, the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 63rd Grammy Awards, set to take place Jan. 31, 2021, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Beyoncé led the list of nominees with a total of nine, followed by Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa with six nominations each. Brittany Howard trailed closely with five nominations.
Stars such as Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish and DaBaby walked away with four nods.
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; Matt Baron/Shutterstock; David Fisher/Shutterstock Justin Biber, Megan Thee Stallion and John Legend
Reacting to his nominations for best R&B album and best R&B performance for "Lightning & Thunder" with Jhené Aiko, John Legend wrote on Twitter Tuesday, "So grateful!"
He then went on to congratulate Aiko "on ALL of her nominations" and first-time nominee D Smoke "who went from winning the first season of our show @rhythmflow to multiple #grammys nominations!"
So grateful! https://t.co/fKdVKqKtzN
— John Legend (@johnlegend) November 24, 2020
Congratulations to @JheneAiko on ALL of her nominations! Thank you for including me on this record! https://t.co/cupqvbXTwV
— John Legend (@johnlegend) November 24, 2020
So excited for @DSmoke7 who went from winning the first season of our show @rhythmflow to multiple #grammys nominations!
— John Legend (@johnlegend) November 24, 2020
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Aiko — who is nominated for three awards, including album of the year for Chilombo — reacted on Twitter writing, "woah! thank you @RecordingAcad #CHILOMBO."
She also gave a special shoutout to longtime on-and-off love Big Sean, who is nominated in the best rap performance category for "Deep Reverence" with the late Nipsey Hussle.
"congratulations baby @BigSean," she tweeted.
woah! thank you @RecordingAcad 😱😱😱 #CHILOMBO pic.twitter.com/arkg6c1QIE
— Chilombo (@JheneAiko) November 24, 2020
congratulations baby @BigSean 🎉
— Chilombo (@JheneAiko) November 24, 2020
In turn, Big Sean wrote to Aiko on Twitter, "Congrats to you baby! Well deserved."
When a fan on Twitter asked if his album Deep Reverence was eligible to be nominated, he explained, "Nah I dropped it 5 days after the cut off! And dropped Deep Reverence a week before the cut off so that's the only one song that was eligible for me!"
Deep Reverence!!! Love! Thank you! @NipseyHussle @Hit_Boy @RecordingAcad 🙏🏾🏆
— Sean Don (@BigSean) November 24, 2020
Congrats to you baby! Well deserved @JheneAiko!!!!
— Sean Don (@BigSean) November 24, 2020
Nah I dropped it 5 days after the cut off! And dropped Deep Reverence a week before the cut off so that’s the only one song that was eligible for me! 🙏🏾 https://t.co/Es1jD87iBg
— Sean Don (@BigSean) November 24, 2020
After learning about her four nominations, Megan Thee Stallion told fans to head to her Twitter page to "celebrate" with her. There, she told them to "Drop your cashapp and #GoodNewsMegan to win some $$$."
😭😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/GNWkQaxINH
— HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) November 24, 2020
Hotties let’s celebrate the GRAMMY nominations and my new album!!! Drop your cashapp and #GoodNewsMegan to win some $$$
Stream Good News here: (https://t.co/i4RoBhDE0p) pic.twitter.com/SAyZDjMxLr— HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) November 24, 2020
First-time nominee Noah Cyrus, who is up for best new artist, posted an emotional video to her Instagram page reacting to the news.
"IM NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY!?!! AM I STILL DREAMING??" she wrote in the caption. "all i can say is i'm laying in bed in a puddle of tears. this is all i've ever hoped and dreamed for. this year at the beginning of the year my mom wrote at the top at her intensions book that i would be nominated for a grammy. thank you mommy for always being by my side through every moment. thank you so much to the recording academy for hearing me and my artistry. thank you to every one on my team. thank you mammie.. i know you’re in heaven making these miracles happen. i just wish you were here to see it in person!"
"my brain is going a million miles a minutes right now," she added. "i'm not sure how this is even real but thank you thank you thank you. i'm beyond filled with gratitude and love 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I FEEL AS IF SOMEONE IS PLAYING A TRICK ON ME. BEST NEW ARTIST AT THE GRAMMYS. I NEVER NEW THAT THIS DAY WOULD BE TODAY OR EVER."
Dua Lipa, who is nominated for six awards, similarly had an emotional response to the news.
"This doesn't feel real!!!!! 6 GRAMMY NOMS!!! WHAT IS THIS LIFE!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!! 6!!!!! MY HEART IS RACING AND IM IN TOTAL SHOCK! IM BEAMING AND FIZZING!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE LOVE AND THE SUPPORT! THANK YOU @RECORDINGACAD!!!!!!!!!" she tweeted.
In a follow-up tweet, she wrote alongside a video of her crying on the phone, "I HAVE TO LIE DOWN FOR A SEC 2 TAKE THIS ALL IN!!!! FUTURE NOSTALGIA 4 EVER."
I HAVE TO LIE DOWN FOR A SEC 2 TAKE THIS ALL IN!!!! FUTURE NOSTALGIA 4 EVER ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/mSIPD6gQxN
— DUA LIPA (@DUALIPA) November 24, 2020
Justin Bieber, on the other hand, had a different reaction to his four nominations, most of which were in the pop categories for his album Changes.
"To the Grammys I am flattered to be acknowledged and appreciated for my artistry," he began his note on Instagram. "I am very meticulous and intentional about my music. With that being said I set out to make an R&B album. Changes was and is an R&B album. It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me."
Bieber went on to explain that he "grew up admiring R&B music and wished to make a project that would embody that sound" and "for this not to be put into that category feels weird considering from the chords to the melodies to the vocal style all the way down to the hip hop drums that were chosen it is undeniably, unmistakably an R&B Album!"
"To be clear I absolutely love Pop music it just wasn't what I set out to make this time around," he concluded. "My gratitude for feeling respected for my work remains and I am honored to be nominated either way."
Bieber's "10,000" hours collaborators Dan + Shay reacted to the song being nominated in the best country duo/group performance by writing on Twitter, "there are so many incredible country songs created every year, and for the @RecordingAcad to include ours for the 3rd year in a row is a tremendous honor. we're grateful to share this moment with our friend @justinbieber, and all the wonderful fans who got us here."
there are so many incredible country songs created every year, and for the @RecordingAcad to include ours for the 3rd year in a row is a tremendous honor. we’re grateful to share this moment with our friend @justinbieber, and all the wonderful fans who got us here. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4f0bMusAuy
— Dan + Shay (@DanAndShay) November 24, 2020
Lady A, who is also nominated in the best country duo/group performance for "Oceans," wrote on Twitter that they were "blown away" by the news.
"When we went in to cut this song, we knew it was incredibly powerful and it only felt right that Hillary took the lead which took the song to a whole new level," the group tweeted.
"There were times during the recording of the music video we could barely make it through. To Tofer, Abe and Sarah - thank you for trusting us with this song you so beautifully wrote. Thank you to every single person that has listened to this song and made it part of their story," they wrote in a follow-up tweet and added in another, "Thank you so much to the @RecordingAcad for this honor and shout out to all the other great nominees up for the award!"
Thank you so much to the @RecordingAcad for this honor and shout out to all the other great nominees up for the award!
— Lady A (@ladya) November 24, 2020
More country artists including Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Mickey Guyton, Brandy Clark and Miranda Lambert tweeted and Instagrammed about the honor of being nominated.
thank you @RecordingAcad and congratulations to all my friends, peers & @TheHighwomen for our first nomination! pic.twitter.com/TcfJTlO4U4
— MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) November 24, 2020
I mean, @MickeyGuyton @phoebe_bridgers & @chloexhalle snatching this thoooooo. 🙌🏼✨🙌🏼✨
— MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) November 24, 2020
Wow, what a STACKED category!! Congratulations to my fellow nominees! Excited isn’t a big enough word for this feeling. Thank you, @RecordingAcad! #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/9Y0BtdWkBE
— Ashley McBryde (@AshleyMcBryde) November 24, 2020
I am lost for words. God is so good! Thank you @RecordingAcad! pic.twitter.com/yamRLjhbYO
— Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) November 24, 2020
John Prine's widow, Fiona, reacted to the late country star's posthumous nominations in the best American roots performance and best American roots songs category with a statement shared to his Instagram.
"We are delighted and very grateful to the @recordingacademy for the two GRAMMY nominations recognizing John’s last recorded song, 'I Remember Everything,'" she wrote. "Congratulations to Jody (Whelan), Eileen (Tilson) and the rest of our incredible team at Oh Boy Records. And huge thank you to Pat McLaughlin, Dave Cobb, Gena Johnson and Pete Lyman. - @fprine."
Ken Jennings reacted to his nomination in the best spoken word album by saying it "should 100%" be Alex Trebek's nomination. The longtime Jeopardy host died earlier this month.
"Wait, what??" Jennings tweeted. "This should 100% be Alex's Grammy nomination. He wrote the book and reads much of the audiobook! Who do I speak to about this."
He then added in a follow-up tweet: "I want to win this for Alex, but taking down Meryl Streep (& Full Cast) is gonna be sweet."
This should 100% be Alex's Grammy nomination. He wrote the book and reads much of the audiobook! Who do I speak to about this
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) November 24, 2020
I want to win this for Alex, but taking down Meryl Streep (& Full Cast) is gonna be sweet. pic.twitter.com/w9ARunPoFD
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) November 24, 2020
More artists, including Chloe x Halle, Ricky Martin, Quavo and Diplo, continued to post about the honor throughout the day.
omg we’re crying 😭😭😭
— chloe x halle (@chloexhalle) November 24, 2020
three grammy nominations???? 🥺🥺😰😰😭😭💘💘💘💘💘we are so thankful to you all for listening to #ungodlyhour and receiving it with so much love 🤯🤯🤯🤯
— chloe x halle (@chloexhalle) November 24, 2020
There aren’t enough words to describe what these nominations mean to us. Beyond grateful and completely blown away. @RecordingAcad #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/tIV0hsjv01
— Little Big Town (@littlebigtown) November 24, 2020
My latest album #Pausa just got nominated for a #Grammy on the #BestLatinPopOrUrbanAlbum category 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you @RecordingAcad #Grammys
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📸: @omarcruz pic.twitter.com/joehcdNrHZ— Ricky Martin (@ricky_martin) November 24, 2020
Yessirr 🙏🏾 https://t.co/rBelMdNCrM
— QuavoYRN (@QuavoStuntin) November 24, 2020
I’m so honored for the GRAMMY nominations today! Sending much love to all involved with this album and many thanks to all at the @RecordingAcad for their support! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/x7NKZj2mGv
— Brittany Howard (@blkfootwhtfoot) November 24, 2020
(And I was fortunate to be telling the stories of sources who risked a lot to expose abuses of power—thanks to all the Grammy voters for recognizing them through this.)
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) November 24, 2020
We are so honored to have been nominated for three GRAMMYs by the @RecordingAcad! We want to send a special thank you to the Puma Pack for listening to our music and supporting us over the last few years - we appreciate your support so much! https://t.co/DsyGhFXhT8 pic.twitter.com/HOpqu7gNca
— Black Pumas (@BlackPumasMusic) November 24, 2020
GRAMMY NOMINATED BAYBEE
wrote my high in like 15min, shoutout to my brothas @disclosure @slowthai pic.twitter.com/eMCtcsMuFp— Aminé (@heyamine) November 24, 2020
— Skip Marley (@SkipMarley) November 24, 2020
Words can’t express how proud I am for my brothers! I know how hard y’all worked on this masterpiece and it’s paying off!! Congrats to the free nats for snatching that #GRAMMYs nom for best progressive rnb album!!! @freenationalsXX pic.twitter.com/626OGfaBoY
— Anderson .Blacked (@AndersonPaak) November 24, 2020
— CHIKA 🕹 (@oranicuhh) November 24, 2020
Newham, stand up 🤩 pic.twitter.com/bga2M8Huim
— maj9 (@TianaMajor9) November 24, 2020
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!! #GRAMMYNOM 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 https://t.co/REep2HQIs9
— EARTHGANG WEST SIDE ATLANTA #MIRRORLAND OUT NOW! (@EarthGang) November 24, 2020
Nominated with friends and inspirations. Thank you @RecordingAcad! #GRAMMYs https://t.co/LmiWduRqjt
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 24, 2020
Huge congrats to all these amazing Grammy nominees. Thank you @recordingacademy. It is such an honor to be nominated and I’m not just saying that because I know I won’t win. pic.twitter.com/sryVX03fzs
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) November 24, 2020
Check out the full list of Grammy nominations here.
The 2021 Grammy Awards are set to take place Jan. 31, 2021, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The telecast will be broadcast live on CBS at 8 p.m. EST.