Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-When are the Grammy Awards? What to know about the host, 2024 nominees and more.

Awards season is Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Centerin full swing as the entertainment world gathers to honor excellence in the industry. The Grammy Awards, often called "music's biggest night," will return to Los Angeles Feb. 4 to spotlight some of the business' brightest stars.

Nominees were announced by the Recording Academy in November with 94 categories total, including three newcomers: best African music performance, best alternative jazz album and best pop dance recording. The "big four" categories – song, record and album of the year, plus best new artist – scaled back their total nominees from 10 to eight.

Ahead of the show, here's what to know about the 66th annual Grammy Awards, its nominees and the rest of the 2024 awards season.

When are the Grammys?

The 66th Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. EST.

The show will be broadcast live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Where to watch 2024 Grammy Awards:TV channel, streaming info for 'Music's Biggest Night'.

Who's hosting the Grammys?

This will be comedian Trevor Noah's fourth consecutive year of hosting.

Noah announced he would be hosting the award show during an episode of his podcast "What Now? With Trevor Noah" in December.

"I'm excited about that," he said of the gig. "It's a lot of fun."

Noah is also up for a Grammy this year, receiving his second nomination for best comedy album.

Top Grammy Awards category nominees

Record of the year

• "Worship" Jon Batiste
• "Not Strong Enough" boygenius
• "Flowers" Miley Cyrus
• "What Was I Made For?" (From The Motion Picture "Barbie") Billie Eilish
• "On My Mama" Victoria Monét
• "Vampire" Olivia Rodrigo
• “Anti-Hero" Taylor Swift
• "Kill Bill" SZA

Album of the year

• "World Music Radio" Jon Batiste
• "the record" boygenius
• "Endless Summer Vacation" Miley Cyrus
• "Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd" Lana Del Rey
• "The Age Of Pleasure" Janelle Monáe
• "GUTS" Olivia Rodrigo
• "SOS" SZA
• "Midnights" Taylor Swift

Song of the year (goes to songwriter)

• "A&W" Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (performed by Lana Del Rey)
• "Anti-Hero" Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (performed by Taylor Swift)
• "Butterfly" Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (performed by Jon Batiste)
• "Dance The Night" (From Barbie The Album) Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (performed by Dua Lipa)
• "Flowers" Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (performed by Miley Cyrus)
• "Kill Bill" Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (performed by SZA)
• "Vampire" Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (performed by Olivia Rodrigo)
• "What Was I Made For?" (From The Motion Picture "Barbie") Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (performed by Billie Eilish)

Best new artist

• Ice Spice
• Gracie Abrams
• Fred again..
• Jelly Roll
• Coco Jones
• Noah Kahan
• Victoria Monét
• The War And Treaty

See more 2024 Grammy nominations:SZA stands out, Taylor Swift poised to make history.

Who has the most Grammy nominations?

SZA leads this year's Grammy nominations with nine total. She is nominated for three of the "big four" categories: record of the year, album of the year and song of the year.

Tied for second place with seven total nominations each are Phoebe Bridgers, Victoria Monét and audio engineer Serban Ghenea.

There is also a tie for third place among Jack Antonoff, Jon Batiste, boygenius, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift who all received six nominations.

Who's performing at this year's Grammys?

On Jan. 15, it was announced that Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa were among the first round of performers for the 66th Grammy Awards.

On Jan. 21, Burna Boy, Luke Combs and Travis Scott were added to the performer lineup.

More performers for the 2024 Grammys will be announced in the coming weeks.

Awards season 2024 schedule

Here are other key dates for this year's awards season:

• Grammy Awards: Feb. 4
• BAFTA Film Awards: Feb. 18
• SAG Awards: Feb. 24
• Academy Awards (Oscars): March 10
• Tony Awards: June 16