Snub: Megan Thee Stallion

Whether it was her "Sweetest Pie" collaboration with Dua Lipa oregon her frank acquisition successful "Plan B," Megan was favored to person aggregate nominations for her latest album Traumazine. It's a existent Grammys enigma arsenic to wherefore she missed retired connected noms. 

Surprise: Christina Aguilera

Forget astir her classical hits similar "Beautiful" and "Genie successful a Bottle." These days, Christina is having a infinitesimal successful Latin music. She rightfully snagged a information successful the Best Latin Pop Album for Aguilera. 

Snub: Nicki Minaj

Although Nicki has been outspoken astir The Recording Academy successful caller months, fans of the rapper were hoping she would person designation for "Super Freaky Girl" and her different caller music. "I enactment successful a batch of work," Nicki antecedently told E! News successful October. "I enactment unneurotic my ain music. I constitute my ain songs. I beryllium determination with each premix of the song, the master. I americium truthful overmuch much into euphony than conscionable a fewer raps oregon lines connected the song."

Surprise: Viola Davis

The Oscar-winning histrion is 1 measurement person to EGOT presumption acknowledgment to her information successful the Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording category. But heads up: Competition is fierce with large names including Jamie Foxx, Questlove, Mel Brooks and Lin-Manuel Miranda besides nominated. 

Snub: BLACKPINK

Despite becoming the archetypal pistillate K-pop radical to onshore a No. 1 medium connected the Billboard 200 illustration this twelvemonth with Born Pink, the planetary superstars didn't person a information for their music, including the deed azygous "Pink Venom."

Surprise: Kelsea Ballerini

Nobody was much shocked to person a Grammy information for Best Country Solo Performance than Kelsea. "The opus astir pursuing your bosom nary substance wherever it leads conscionable got nominated for a GRAMMY," the "Heartfirst" singer wrote connected Instagram. "Couldn't beryllium much cosmic. Here's to ever jumping close successful babe with your heartfirst." 

Snub: Carrie Underwood

One of state music's biggest voices was expected to beryllium celebrated for her ninth workplace medium Denim & Rhinestones arsenic good arsenic the occurrence of her azygous "Ghost Story." Ultimately, the American Idol victor was near bare handed. 

Surprise: Taylor Swift

While Swifties aren't shocked the Grammy victor is nominated successful multiple categories including Song of the Year, it was a large astonishment to spot Taylor recognized for the genre she archetypal started disconnected in: Best Country Song acknowledgment to "I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version)."

Snub: Demi Lovato

Despite 16 rocking songs connected her raw, honorable medium Holy Fv--, Demi failed to get designation from The Recording Academy.

Surprise: Amanda Gorman

Many whitethorn retrieve the writer for her almighty words astatine President Joe Biden's inauguration successful January 2021. Now, she could go a Grammy victor acknowledgment to a brand-new class titled Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.