name from kanye west said he was told that his act was pulled from the show it might be a bittersweet moment for the foo fighters following the recent death of its drummer taylor hawkins the rock band could extend their record for most best rock album wins with five for medicine at midnight cardi b and megan thee stallion will battle to see who becomes the first woman to win best rap performance as a solo artist stallion who won the award with beyonce last year is nominated for her song thot sasteriskasteriskasterisk while cardi b is up for her crossover hit up mickey guyton was the first black woman to be nominated in best country solo performance last year and now shes back in the category again if she wins she would be the first black woman to get that award in rap jayz could extend his record as the most awarded rapper of all time with 23 wins hes up for three nomination two in the best rap song category for his songwriting on dmxs bath salts and kanye wests jail hes also up for album of the year for his guest appearance on wests donda a healthy dose of performers will hit the stage at the mgm grand garden arena in las vegas including silk sonic her chris stapleton cynthia erivo jack harlow nas leslie odom jr and brothers osborne artists competing with eilish for album of the year include rodrigo jon batiste tony bennett and lady gaga justin bieber doja cat her taylor swift lil nas x and kanye west on the production side serban ghenea could tie al schmitt as the engineermixer with the most grammys won with 20 hes won a total 18 trophies in his career and enters the awards with five nominations for his work on doja cats planet her and lil nas xs montero ghenea also could extend his record as the engineermixer with the most album of the year wins at five although 80plus awards will be handed out roughly 10 during the live telecast and the rest during the preceremony viewers are most likely watching for the performances