How Beyonce, Charli XCX and Taylor Swift could help Canadians win big on Grammys

Female pop stars are taking the Grammy Awards by storm this year and when they are fighting for victories in Marquee categories, many Canadians could share parts in their victory.

More homework songwriters and producers who contributed to music from Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift Hold nominations at Sunday’s awards ceremony.

And they are only some of the many Canadians who turned out to be among the challengers.

The 67. The Grammy Awards, host of Trevor Noah, are released on Citytv and CBS at. 20 et.

The majority of categories are awarded by a prior ceremony streaming on the Grammys site and YouTube, which starts at 1 p.m. 3:30 ET.

Here are six Canadian highlights to look for:

Beyoncé factor

With a leading 11 nominations for his country -infused “Cowboy Carter” album, Wins by the Queen Bey could highlight a number of other artists involved in its creation. Among them, Toronto producer Nathan Ferraro, Calgary-bred Elizabeth Lowell Boland and German-Canadian songwriter Megan Bülow two nominations for “Texas Hold them”, which is up to Song of the Year and best country song. Manufacturer, engineer and mixer Dave Hamelin, a member of the Montreal Band The Stills, has also been nominated for the project in this year’s album.

Serban Ghenea

After incredible 50 grammy nominations for his name, the Romania-born, Canada-bred producer could push its 21 wins even higher with some very high profiled pop projects. He has five noms, many in key categories that include Record of the Year for Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight”, as well as this year’s album for Sabrina Carpenters “Short N ‘Sweet” and Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department.”

Canada’s “abrupt” moment

Hitmaker Henry Walter has worked with pop -super stars, which includes Rihanna and Katy Perry, and this year Halifax -natives, who produce under the name Circle, could become a certified “abrupt.” Walter was involved in British singer Charli XCX’s Breakout 2024 project, nominated for this year’s album, while also linked to “360”, among the traces of Record of the Year.

KayTranada

After getting up from Montreal’s hip-hop club scene, DJ producer picked up two grammys a few years back. Now he has a chance to pocket three more. Kaytranada, born Louis Kevin Celestin, fights for the best dance/electronic album with “Timeless”, as well as best remixed recording and best dance/electronic recording.

Yannick Nezet-Seguin

Montreal’s classic commander is already a Grammy favorite with four trophies on Hans Mantel. This year he could lock in with the help of Hollywood star Bradley Cooper. The couple was part of “Maestro: Music of Leonard Bernstein”, an album buddy for Cooper’s Netflix movie made with the London Symphony Orchestra. It’s up to best compilation sounds for visual media. Nézet-Séguin also has two nominations for separate projects in the Best Opera Recording category.

The engineers

Hardly the most glamorous category, Studio Engineers are the unsung heroes of making records, and this year many are recognized by Grammys, Canadian. Five of the six projects nominated for the best constructed album, non-classic, are involved in Canucks.

Frequent Bruno Mars partner and Burlington-On. Native Charles Moniz is nominated as part of the team behind Lucky Dayes “Algorithm”, while Toronto’s Charlotte Day Wilson is ready for her second R&B album “Cyan Blue” with Jack Emblem and Jack Rochon.

Also fighting for this trophy is Alberta-grown Shawn Everett, part of the team behind Kacey Musgraves ‘”deeper well”, and Ghenea, involved in Sabrina Carpenters “Short N’ Sweet.” Vancouver-based Mitch McCarthy is nominated as part of the team behind Willows “Empathogen.”