Beyoncé, Taylor, Dua Lipa: Women top 2021 Grammy nominations – Los Angeles Times

In January 2018, gender parity at the Grammys hit a new low.
In the 86 categories, only 17 women (or female-fronted acts) won the Grammy award. SZA, the most-nominated woman of the night, went home without a single statue. The years best new artist, Alessia Cara, became the only woman that year to win a general field category.
In a year when the #MeToo movement put a black light on the entertainment industrys rampant sexual assault problem and the Times Up organization called out egregious pay…