2022 Dance/Electronic Music GRAMMY Nominations Recap – [Read]

Earlier this week, The Recording Academy unveiled its nominees for the upcoming, 64th annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The two dance/electronic music categories feature a mix industry titans, along with a few surprises.

It’s that time of the year again — fans get to see if their favorite recordings received the recognition they deserve from the general public, and the artists duke it out in an arbitrary popularity contest of sorts.

Nonetheless, everyone nominated definitely brings something different to the table. Since the Dance/Electronic category debuted in 2005, we’ve seen legendary musicians win the award. Recipients of this award are nothing short of amazing. Past winners include: Daft Punk, Skrillex and Aphex Twin (to name a few).

Without further ado, this year’s Grammy nominees for Best Dance/Electronic Recording include: Afrojack, Bonobo, David Guetta, James Blake, Olafur Arnalds, Rufus Du Sol, Tiesto, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

It’s surprising that there is no overlap between nominees for best recording and best album within the dance/electronic category. That said, it’s inspiring to see both lists populated with diverse talent. Nominees for best album feature: Black Coffee, Illenium, Major Lazer, Marshmello, Sylvan Esso, and Ten City.

As with awards ceremonies of this nature, there will be obvious omissions and snubs, given the fact that The Recording Academy is still relatively out of touch with what’s hot in the electronic dance music scene. Porter Robinson’s Nurture album is the most glaring example of this.

Some nominees even took to Twitter to express their frustrations, even though they have a shot of winning this widely-recognized accolade. Subtronics received a nomination by extension, as a collaborator on Marshmello’s Shockwave album.

Regardless of who wins the award, we’re glad that the electronic dance music scene is growing and receiving more credit as the years go by. Moving forward we hope that The Recording Academy adopts more categories, so that a wider variety of artists are represented.