LOS ANGELES (AP) — Superstar singer Beyoncé dominated the list of Grammy Award contenders released Friday, earning 11 awards, including a nomination for album of the year for her venture into country music, “Cowboy Carter.”

After Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone are tied with seven nominations each. Pop phenomenon Taylor Swift and newcomers Chappelle Rhone and Sabrina Carpenter scored six points each.

Women dominate the album of the year category, the top GRAMMY honor. Beyoncé, who has won more Grammy Awards in her career than any other artist, has never taken home an album trophy. Swift has won the honor four times and is in the running again with her breakup album “The Tortured Poets Department.”

At the awards ceremony in February, Beyoncé and Swift competed for records with Carpenter’s “Short N’ Sweet,” Charli XCX’s “Brat,” Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft” and Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.” Will be from. ,

The two male artists nominated in the album field were rapper Andre 3000 for “New Blue Sun” and jazz artist Jacob Collier for “Jesse Vol. 4”.

The winners will be selected by the approximately 13,000 singers, songwriters, producers, engineers and others who make up the Recording Academy.

Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” was viewed by experts and fans as a reminiscence and homage to the neglected heritage of black Americans within country music and culture. Upon its release last spring it became the first album by a black woman to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

However, the Beyoncé album was rejected by voters for the Country Music Awards in September.

Beyoncé’s other Grammy awards include Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the single “Texas Hold ‘Em”. His 11 nominations brought his lifetime total to 99, more than any other artist. Before Friday, she was starring alongside her husband, rapper Jay-Z, who is 88.

In the Best New Artist field, “Espresso” singer Carpenter will face fellow pop singer Roan, pop-rock singer Benson Boone, hip-hop/country artist Shaboozie, multi-genre musician Teddy Swims and more.

Another name on the GRAMMY nomination list? the Beatles. “Now and Then”, created by artificial intelligence to bring John Lennon’s voice to life, was nominated for Song of the Year.

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