Everything you need to know about the 2024 Grammys

The 66th annual Grammy Awards will take place on Monday (AEDT), where we will see the year’s hottest artists muscle it out for a coveted golden gramophone.

When will it take place? The Grammy Awards will be held at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Monday, February 5 (AEDT). Celebrities will begin strutting down the red carpet at 10am, while the official 3.5-hour ceremony will start at midday.

The Grammys Premiere Ceremony, or the “pre-Grammys”, will occur at 7.30am, before the official broadcast. This will take place at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre, which is where the majority of the categories will be announced.

SZA is the most-nominated artist at the 66th Grammy Awards, receiving nine nods

The ceremony will air live on Channel 7 and 7Plus in Australia, kicking off at midday. It will also be available to stream for any subscribers on Paramount+.

The pre-Grammys will be live-streamed on the Recording Academy’s website. You’ll also be able to watch highlights – performances, acceptance speeches, behind-the-scenes content – throughout the main event. You can keep up with the action by following The Age and Sydney Morning Herald’s live blog, which will also include rolling coverage from the red carpet. This will begin at 9am.

Who is hosting? Comedian and actor Trevor Noah will host the Grammys for the fourth year in a row. A two-time Grammy nominee himself, Noah has been hosting the award show since the experimental COVID-19 days, when the ceremony was massively scaled down and held outdoors.

Trevor Noah is hosting the Grammy Awards for the fourth consecutive year on Sunday

Who will perform and present the awards? Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Luke Combs, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA, Travis Scott, Burna Boy, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell and U2 will hit the stage this year.

It will mark nine-time Grammy Award winner Joni Mitchell’s first time performing at the Grammys.

Dua Lipa will perform at the 66th Grammy Awards on Monday.CREDIT:AP A range of famous faces will present the awards, including Christina Aguilera, Lenny Kravitz, Lionel Richie, Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey.

Which Australians could scoop awards? Kylie Minogue and Troye Sivan, two Aussie pop icons from different generations, will be going head-to-head for the best pop dance recording award – a new category this year.

Kylie Minogue and Troye Sivan will go head-to-head for the best pop dance recording award.

What are the most interesting categories this year?

Taylor Swift has received six nods at the 2024 Grammys

Female artists are dominating the 66th Grammy Awards, with the ceremony’s three most coveted categories – best album, record and song – likely to go to women. In fact, only one man, Jon Batiste, has been nominated for the biggest prize of the night (record of the year).