Grammy nominations are out Monday. Here's who we think will make the cut

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Set us as preferred Ready or not, here they come: Nominations for the 69th Grammy Awards will be announced Monday morning, capping a year-long pop-music season in which new stars rose, old hands returned and Taylor Swift dropped a song about Cleveland that even people in Ohio decided was trash.To be eligible for consideration among the Recording Academy’s approximately 16,000 voting members, songs and albums had to be released between Aug.

31, 2025, and Aug.28, 2026.

Here are our bets for who’s likely to show up in the Grammys’ top four categories, with potential honorees listed in alphabetical order.Music’s most prestigious awards show will take place Feb.

7 at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.Phoebe Bridgers, “Lost Weekend”Olivia Dean, “The Art of Loving”Noah Kahan, “The Great Divide”Ella Langley, “Dandelion”Bruno Mars, “The Romantic”Olivia Rodrigo, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love”Rosalía, “Lux”Taylor Swift, “The Life of a Showgirl”Possible surprise: Kacey Musgraves, “Middle of Nowhere”The race for the Grammys’ flagship prize may amount to a tale of two Olivias: Olivia Dean, the English soul singer named best new artist at February’s show, versus Olivia Rodrigo, whose smash “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love” would be her third straight LP to be nominated for album of the year.Yet those presumed frontrunners are likely to face competition from longtime Recording Academy faves like Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift along with critical darlings such as Rosalía and Phoebe Bridgers.

Watch out for a possible showing by one of several old-timers — Madonna, Paul McCartney or the Rolling Stones — who made plenty of noise this year with new albums.Olivia Dean, “Man I Need”Ella Langley, “Choosin’ Texas”Bruno Mars, “I Just Might”Raye, “Whe...