In 1965, The Beatles earned their first Grammy nomination for Report of the 12 months with their hit “I Wanna Maintain Your Hand.” Now, 60 years later, the Fab 4 have as soon as once more secured a nomination in the identical class, this time for his or her historic comeback-and-farewell single from final 12 months, “Now and Then.”
That’s proper — alongside releases by the likes of Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, and extra, The Beatles and their “final track” have been nominated for Report of the 12 months on the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, which is able to happen on February 2nd, 2025. It was additionally nominated for Finest Rock Efficiency.
With these nods, the band now has a profession whole of 25 aggressive Grammy nominations. In the event that they take house the award for Report of the 12 months, it’ll not solely bump up their whole variety of aggressive Grammy wins to eight, however it’s going to (amazingly) mark the very first time they really win in that class. “I Wanna Maintain Your Hand” was nominated for it in 1965, “Hey Jude” in 1969, and “Let It Be” in 1971, however none of these three songs received the award.
Past aggressive classes, The Beatles have acquired many particular honors from the Recording Academy, together with a lifetime achievement award, a Grammy Trustees award, and a number of other Grammy Corridor of Fame recognitions, in addition to awards in plenty of technical or historic classes.
However the nomination of “Now and Then” is a novel prevalence within the band’s historical past. Not solely is the track itself a historic technological feat — incorporating decades-old recordings of late members John Lennon and George Harrison, augmented by AI know-how — however now, it’s going toe-to-toe with songs launched by a few of right now’s hottest artists.
Within the Report of the 12 months class, “Now and Then” goes up towards “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter, “Texas Maintain ‘Em” by Beyoncé, “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan, “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar, “360” by Charli XCX, “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish, and “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift and Submit Malone. The Beatles could also be one of many nice musical acts of all time, however contemplating that the nomination arrives in a post-“Eras Tour,” post-Kendrick vs Drake feud, post-brat summer time world, it’ll be fascinating to see how issues shake out.
Within the meantime, keep updated with all issues Grammys by testing the complete listing of this 12 months’s nominees.
For extra on “Now and Then,” revisit Consequence’s write-up from when it first arrived, celebrating the only as our Tune of the Week.