The Beatles Have One Final Shot At Winning A Very Important Award

31 January, 2025 - 0 Comments

The Beatles could finally win Record of the Year at the Grammys for "Now and Then," breaking a ... [+] historic losing streak that's continued for decades.

For the first time in almost 30 years, The Beatles are nominated for a Grammy. Two of them, actually. Throughout that time, projects attached to the rockers have been up for, and even won trophies, but the group itself wasn’t actually in the running for a prize. Now, the Fab Four may be headed for another win, and the musicians have another chance to fix a black spot on an otherwise sterling legacy.

The Beatles hold the record for the most nominations among groups in the Record of the Year category. That field is considered, perhaps only countered by Album of the Year, as the top honor at music’s biggest night. The pop and rock legends have competed for the honor five times now, including this ceremony, but so far, the band has always been beaten.

Throughout the years, The Beatles landed in the Record of the Year vertical with all of the following hits: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (lost to "The Girl from Ipanema" by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto), “Yesterday” (lost to "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass), “Hey Jude” (lost to "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel), and “Let It Be” (lost to "Bridge over Troubled Water," again from Simon & Garfunkel). Each time, another smash that dominated pop culture bested the quartet, but none of those acts are in the running today.

“Now and Then” could finally give The Beatles a Record of the Year Grammy, which is the last of the big four categories the band never won. The first time the group was nominated, the four musicians earned Best New Artist. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ended up being named Album of the Year, beating several other Beatles collections at other ceremonies that didn’t come out on top.

Source: Forbes

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