The Recording Academy has released its slate of nominees for the 2023 Grammy Awards, and, as expected, the discourse on social media surrounding selections and snubs was buzzing shortly after the drop. Beyoncé leads all artists with nine nominations, bringing her lifetime total to 88 and tying her with her husband Jay-Z as the most nominated artist in the history. Check out the nominees for the biggest awards of the night.

This category is shaping up to be a real fight. For Beyoncé and Adele, it's a face off we've seen in the past. In 2017, Adele's 25 beat out Beyoncé's Lemonade in the same category.

Voyage - ABBA

30 - Adele

Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny

RENAISSANCE - Beyoncé

Good Morning Gorgeous - Mary J. Blige

In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile

Music of The Spheres - Coldplay

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar

Special - Lizzo

Harry's House - Harry Styles

Not to be confused with song of the year, the ROTY award highlights both artists and producers, as well as their engineering and mixing teams. Like the other heavy-hitter categories like album and song, the record of the year category will be a showdown.

Don't Shut Me Down  - ABBA

Easy On Me - Adele

BREAK MY SOUL - Beyoncé

Good Morning Gorgeous - Mary J. Blige

You And Me On The Rock - Brandi Carlile ft. Lucius

Woman - Doja Cat

Bad Habit - Steve Lacy

The Heart Part 5  - Kendrick Lamar

About Damn Time - Lizzo

As It Was - Harry Styles

How to choose? Harry Styles' As It Was sat atop of Billboard's Hot 100 chart for 15 cumulative weeks. Beyoncé's comeback single in Break My Soul earned her first solo number 1 song in 14 years. And Steve Lacy's bedroom pop smash in Bad Habit was inescapable.

abcefu - GAYLE

About Damn Time - Lizzo

All Too Well - Taylor Swift

As It Was - Harry Styles

Bad Habit - Steve Lacy

BREAK MY SOUL - Beyoncé

Easy on Me - Adele

GOD DID - DJ Khaled, John Legend, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Friday

The Heart Part 5 - Kendrick Lamar

Just Like That - Bonnie Raitt

One of the more coveted categories for lesser known voices, which according to the Recording Academy, is awarded to an artist who breaks through mainstream success and "impacted the musical landscape." For clarity, an artist doesn't have to be "brand new" to qualify for this category, but their first mainstream hit has to move the needle in public perception.

Anitta

Omar Apollo

DOMi & JD Beck

Muni Long

Samara Joy

Latto

Måneskin 

Tobe Nwigwe

Molly Tuttle

Wet Leg

And some other categories we're keeping an eye on: 

Being on the outside of the Recording Academy, this roundup for best traditional pop vocal album seems arbitrary at best. And can we talk about Diana Ross aging gracefully in music? Her first outing with the Supremes was in 1955. At 78-years-old, she find herself competing among more recent pop greats.

Higher - Michael Bublé

When Christmas Comes Around… - Kelly Clarkson

I Dream of Christmas (Extended) - Norah Jones

Evergreen - Pentatonix

Thank You - Diana Ross

Another head scratcher of a category with best R&B album. For Mary J. Blige, who has six total nominations this year, the nod is likely a welcome surprise. She got her start in music 30 years ago with the release of her first album What's the 411? She also stands as the only woman to be nominated in the category after a particularly robust year for women in R&B.

Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) - Mary J. Blige

Breezy - Chris Brown

Black Radio III - Robert Glasper

Candydrip - Lucky Daye

Watch the Sun - PJ Morton

On paper, this might seem like a slam dunk for Compton's finest Kendrick Lamar but it was a heavy hitting year in the best rap album category. A star-studded cast of artists supported DJ Khaled and his GOD DID album but Pusha T's It's Almost Dry was lauded and held in high regard as a follow up project to Daytona, which sparked the infamous feud between him and Drake.

GOD DID - DJ Khaled 

I Never Liked You - Future

Come Home the Kids Miss You - Jack Harlow

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar

It's Almost Dry - Pusha T