Sorry — for another year, not even the Grammys will be a safe space for you to not hear about cryptocurrency. Once again, the music honors will take place at Crypto.com Arena, the former Staples Center that is somehow keeping that name even after its sponsor website pulled services from the U.S. Trevor Noah is hosting for the fourth time in a row, in a year when he is also nominated. If he wins, he’d be the fourth Grammy host to win during a show they hosted (per Billboard). The ceremony will take place February 4, 2024, beginning 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET, and will air on CBS and Paramount+.
Nominations, meanwhile, were revealed on November 10 — with SZA leading with 9 nominations. Ahead of that, the Recording Academy announced a number of changes — most prominently, reducing the number of nominees in the Big Four categories (Album, Record, and Song of the Year, plus Best New…