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R&B singer-songwriter SZA leads the pack of nominees for the 66th annual Grammy Awards, with nine nods, the Recording Academy announced Friday. Her sophomore album, SOS, is a contender for album of the year, with her hit "Kill Bill" up for record and song of the year.

SZA's competition in those categories includes pop stars Miley Cyrus ("Flowers"), Olivia Rodrigo ("Vampire"), Taylor Swift ("Anti-Hero"), Billie Eilish ("What Was I Made For?") and singer-musician-composer Jon Batiste ("Worship" in record of the year and "Butterfly" in song of the year). They each racked up six nominations — Cyrus, Rodrigo, Swift and Batiste are all nominated in album, song and record of the year categories.

Among the other top nominees announced by The Recording Academy are the indie rock star Phoebe Bridgers, who received several nominations with her group boygenius as well as one for a collaboration with SZA, as well as R&B singer and songwriter Victoria Monet and audio engineer and mixer Serban Ghenea, who each received seven nominations. In addition, producer Jack Antonoff, country singer Brandy Clark and boygenius (the supergroup trio of Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker) earned six nominations each.

Billie Eilish, who swept the four general categories in 2020 following the release of her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, also received six nominations, five of them for her song from the soundtrack to the summer's megahit Barbie movie, "What Was I Made For." In addition to Eilish's nominations, the Barbie soundtrack also picked up seven more, most in the categories celebrating music made for visual media. If you bundled those nominations, Barbie: The Album would have a strong argument for being the most celebrated album of the year.

"From breakthrough acts to legacy artists, we are amazed by all the musicians recognized for their outstanding contributions to music today," Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in a statement. The awards will be held at the Crytpo.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024.

Read the complete list of nominees below:

Record Of The Year

• "Worship" by Jon Batiste
• "Not Strong Enough" by boygenius
• "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus
• "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish
• "On My Mama" by Victoria Monét
• "Vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo
• "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift
• "Kill Bill" by SZA

Album Of The Year

• World Music Radio by Jon Batiste
• the record by boygenius
• Endless Summer Vacation by Miley Cyrus
• Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey
• The Age Of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe
• GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo
• Midnights by Taylor Swift
• SOS by SZA

Song Of The Year

• "A&W" – Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
• "Anti-Hero" – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
• "Butterfly" – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
• "Dance The Night" – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
• "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
• "Kill Bill" – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
• "Vampire" – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
• "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist

• Gracie Abrams
• Fred again..
• Ice Spice
• Jelly Roll
• Coco Jones
• Noah Kahan
• Victoria Monét
• The War And Treaty

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Jack Antonoff
• Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II
• Hit-Boy
• Metro Boomin
• Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Shane McAnally
• Theron Thomas
• Justin Tranter

Best Pop Solo Performance

• "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus
• "Paint The Town Red" by Red Doja Cat
• "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish
• "Vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo
• "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Thousand Miles" by Miley Cyrus featuring Brandi Carlile
• "Candy Necklace" by Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste
• "Never Felt So Alone" by Labrinth featuring Billie Eilish
• "Karma" by Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice
• "Ghost In The Machine" by SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Chemistry by Kelly Clarkson
• Endless Summer Vacation by Miley Cyrus
• GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo
• - by Ed Sheeran
• Midnights by Taylor Swift

And more ...

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• Blackbox Life Recorder 21F" by Aphex Twin
• "Loading" by James Blake
• "Higher Than Ever" by Before Disclosure
• "Strong" by Romy & Fred again..
• "Rumble" by Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan

Best Pop Dance Recording

• "Baby Don't Hurt Me" by David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray
• "Miracle" by Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding
• "Padam Padam" by Kylie Minogue
• "One In A Million" by Bebe Rexha & David Guetta
• "Rush" by Troye Sivan

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

• Playing Robots Into Heaven by James Blake
• For That Beautiful Feeling by The Chemical Brothers
• Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) by Fred again..
• Kx5 by Kx5
• Quest For Fire by Skrillex

Best Rock Performance

• "Sculptures Of Anything Goes" by Arctic Monkeys
• "More Than A Love Song" by Black Pumas
• "Not Strong Enough"  by boygenius
• "Rescued" by Foo Fighters
• "Lux Æterna" by Metallica

 Best Metal Performance

• "Bad Man" by Disturbed
• "Phantom Of The Opera" by Ghost
• "72 Seasons" by Metallica
• "Hive Mind" by Slipknot
• "Jaded" by Spiritbox

Best Rock Song

• "Angry" – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Andrew Watt, songwriters (The Rolling Stones)
• "Ballad Of A Homeschooled Girl" – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
• "Emotion Sickness" – Dean Fertita, Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Jon Theodore & Troy Van Leeuwen, songwriters (Queens Of The Stone Age)
• "Not Strong Enough" – Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus, songwriters (boygenius)
• "Rescued" – Dave Grohl, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Best Rock Album

• But Here We Are by Foo Fighters
• Starcatcher by Greta Van Fleet
• 72 Seasons by Metallica
• This Is Why by Paramore
• In Times New Roman... by Queens Of The Stone Age

Best Alternative Music Performance

• "Belinda Says" by Alvvays
• "Body Paint" by Arctic Monkeys
• "Cool About It" by boygenius
• "A&W" by Lana Del Rey
• "This Is Why" by Paramore

Best Alternative Music Album

• The Car by Arctic Monkeys
• The Record by boygenius
• Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey
• Cracker Island by Gorillaz
• I Inside The Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Best R&B Performance

• "Summer Too Hot" by Chris Brown
• "Back To Love" by Robert Glasper featuring SiR & Alex Isley
• "ICU" by Coco Jones
• "How Does It Make You Feel" by Victoria Monét
• "Kill Bill" by SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• "Simple" by Babyface featuring Coco Jones
• "Lucky" by Kenyon Dixon
• "Hollywood" by Victoria Monét featuring Earth, Wind & Fire & Hazel Monét
• "Good Morning" by PJ Morton featuring Susan Carol
• "Love Language" by SZA

Best R&B Song

• "Angel" – Halle Bailey, Theron Feemster & Coleridge Tillman, songwriters (Halle)
• "Back To Love" – Darryl Andrew Farris, Robert Glasper & Alexandra Isley, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring SiR & Alex Isley)
• "ICU" – Darhyl Camper Jr., Courtney Jones, Raymond Komba & Roy Keisha Rockette, songwriters (Coco Jones)
• "On My Mama" – Dernst Emile II, Jeff Gitelman, Victoria Monét, Kyla Moscovich, Jamil Pierre & Charles Williams, songwriters (Victoria Monét)
• "Snooze" – Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe & Leon Thomas, songwriters (SZA)

Best Progressive R&B Album

• Since I Have A Lover by 6LACK
• The Love Album: Off The Grid by Diddy
• Nova by Terrace Martin And James Fauntleroy
• The Age Of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe
• SOS by SZA

Best R&B Album

• Girls Night Out by Babyface
• What I Didn't Tell You (Deluxe) by Coco Jones
• Special Occasion by Emily King
• JAGUAR II by Victoria Monét
• CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP by Summer Walker

Best Rap Performance

• "The Hillbillies" by Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar
• "Love Letter" by Black Thought
• "Rich Flex" by Drake & 21 Savage 
• "SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS" by Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane
• "Players" by Coi Leray

Best Melodic Rap Performance

• "Sittin' On Top Of The World" by Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage
• "Attention" by Doja Cat
• "Spin Bout U" by Drake & 21 Savage
• "All My Life" by Lil Durk featuring J. Cole
• "Low" by SZA

Best Rap Song

• "Attention" – Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini & Ari Starace, songwriters (Doja Cat)
• "Barbie World" – Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. & Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua)
• "Just Wanna Rock" – Mohamad Camara, Symere Woods & Javier Mercado, songwriters (Lil Uzi Vert)
• "Rich Flex" – Brytavious Chambers, Isaac "Zac" De Boni, Aubrey Graham, J. Gwin, Anderson Hernandez, Michael "Finatik" Mule & Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, songwriters (Drake & 21 Savage)
• "SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS" – Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane)

Best Rap Album

• Her Loss by Drake & 21 Savage
• MICHAEL by Killer Mike
• HEROES & VILLAINS by Metro Boomin
• King's Disease III by Nas
• UTOPIA by Travis Scott

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• A-You're Not Wrong B-They're Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited by Queen Sheba
• For Your Consideration'24 -The Album by Prentice Powell and Shawn William
• Grocery Shopping With My Mother by Kevin Powell
• The Light Inside by J. Ivy
• When The Poems Do What They Do by Aja Monet

Best Jazz Performance

• "Movement 18' (Heroes)" by Jon Batiste
• "Basquiat" by Lakecia Benjamin
• "Vulnerable (Live)" by Adam Blackstone Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté
• "But Not For Me" by Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding
• "Tight" by Samara Joy

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• For Ella 2 by Patti Austin featuring Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
• Alive At The Village Vanguard by Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding
• Lean In by Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke
• Mélusine by Cécile McLorin Salvant
• How Love Begins by Nicole Zuraitis

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• The Source by Kenny Barron
• Phoenix by Lakecia Benjamin
• Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn by Adam Blackstone
• The Winds Of Change by Billy Childs
• Dream Box by Pat Metheny

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute - Ritmo by ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla
• Dynamic Maximum Tension by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
• Basie Swings The Blues by The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
• Olympians by Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest
• The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions by Mingus Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Quietude by Eliane Elias
• My Heart Speaks by Ivan Lins With The Tblisi Symphony Orchestra
• Vox Humana by Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
• Cometa by Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente
• El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 by Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo

Best Alternative Jazz Album

• Love In Exile by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
• Quality Over Opinion by Louis Cole
• SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree by Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue
• Live At The Piano by Cory Henry
• The Omnichord Real Book by Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim by Liz Callaway
• Pieces Of Treasure by Rickie Lee Jones
• Bewitched by Laufey
• Holidays Around The World by Pentatonix
• Only The Strong Survive by Bruce Springsteen
• Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• As We Speak by Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia
• On Becoming by House Of Waters
• Jazz Hands by Bob James
• The Layers by Julian Lage
• All One by Ben Wendel

Best Musical Theater Album

• Kimberly Akimbo – John Clancy, David Stone & Jeanine Tesori, producers; Jeanine Tesori, composer; David Lindsay-Abaire, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
• Parade – Micaela Diamond, Alex Joseph Grayson, Jake Pedersen & Ben Platt, principal vocalists; Jason Robert Brown & Jeffrey Lesser, producers; Jason Robert Brown, composer & lyricist (2023 Broadway Cast)
• Shucked – Brandy Clark, Jason Howland, Shane McAnally & Billy Jay Stein, producers; Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
• Some Like It Hot – Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks & NaTasha Yvette Williams, principal vocalists; Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Bryan Carter, Scott M. Riesett, Charlie Rosen & Marc Shaiman, producers; Scott Wittman, lyricist; Marc Shaiman, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street – Annaleigh Ashford & Josh Groban, principal vocalists; Thomas Kail & Alex Lacamoire, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (2023 Broadway Cast)

Best Country Solo Performance

• "In Your Love" by Tyler Childers
• "Buried" by Brandy Clark
• "Fast Car" by Luke Combs
• "The Last Thing On My Mind" by Dolly Parton
• "White Horse" by Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• "High Note" by Dierks Bentley featuring Billy Strings
• "Nobody's Nobody" by Brothers Osborne
• "I Remember Everything" by Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves
• "Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)" by Vince Gill & Paul Franklin
• "Save Me" by Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson
• "We Don't Fight Anymore" by Carly Pearce featuring Chris Stapleton

Best Country Song

• "Buried" – Brandy Clark & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (Brandy Clark)
• "I Remember Everything" – Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves)
• "In Your Love" – Tyler Childers & Geno Seale, songwriters (Tyler Childers)
• "Last Night" – John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin & Ryan Vojtesak, songwriters (Morgan Wallen)
• "White Horse" – Chris Stapleton & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Album

• Rolling Up The Welcome Mat by Kelsea Ballerini
• Brothers Osborne by Brothers Osborne
• Zach Bryan by Zach Bryan
• Rustin' In The Rain by Tyler Childers
• Bell Bottom Country by Lainey Wilson

Best American Roots Performance

• "Butterfly" by Jon Batiste
• "Heaven Help Us All" by Blind Boys Of Alabama
• "Inventing The Wheel" by Madison Cunningham
• "You Louisiana Man" by Rhiannon Giddens
• "Eve Was Black" by Allison Russell

Best Americana Performance

• "Friendship" by Blind Boys Of Alabama
• "Help Me Make It Through The Night" by Tyler Childers
• "Dear Insecurity" by Brandy Clark featuring Brandi Carlile
• "King Of Oklahoma" by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
• "The Returner" by Allison Russell

Best American Roots Song

• "Blank Page" – Michael Trotter Jr. & Tanya Trotter, songwriters (The War And Treaty)
• "California Sober" – Aaron Allen, William Apostol & Jon Weisberger, songwriters (Billy Strings Featuring Willie Nelson)
• "Cast Iron Skillet" – Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit)
• "Dear Insecurity" – Brandy Clark & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile)
• "The Returner" – Drew Lindsay, JT Nero & Allison Russell, songwriters (Allison Russell)

Best Americana Album

• Brandy Clark by Brandy Clark
• The Chicago Sessions by Rodney Crowell
• You're The One by Rhiannon Giddens
• Weathervanes by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
• The Returner by Allison Russell

Best Bluegrass Album

• Radio John: Songs of John Hartford by Sam Bush
• Lovin' Of The Game by Michael Cleveland
• Mighty Poplar by Mighty Poplar
• Bluegrass by Willie Nelson
• Me/And/Dad by Billy Strings
• City Of Gold by Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Ridin' by Eric Bibb
• The Soul Side Of Sipp by Mr. Sipp
• Life Don't Miss Nobody by Tracy Nelson
• Teardrops For Magic Slim Live At Rosa's Lounge by John Primer
• All My Love For You by Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Death Wish Blues by Samantha Fish And Jesse Dayton
• Healing Time by Ruthie Foster
• Live In London by Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Blood Harmony by Larkin Poe
• LaVette! By Bettye LaVette

Best Folk Album

• Traveling Wildfire by Dom Flemons
• I Only See The Moon by The Milk Carton Kids
• Joni Mitchell At Newport [Live] by Joni Mitchell
• Celebrants by Nickel Creek
• Jubilee by Old Crow Medicine Show
• Seven Psalms by Paul Simon
• Folkocracy by Rufus Wainwright

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• New Beginnings by Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band
• Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival by Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers
• Live: Orpheum Theater Nola by Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
• Made In New Orleans by New Breed Brass Band
• Too Much To Hold by New Orleans Nightcrawlers
• Live At The Maple Leaf by The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• "God Is Good" – Stanley Brown Featuring Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard; Stanley Brown, Karen V Clark Sheard, Kaylah Jiavanni Harvey, Rodney Jerkins, Elyse Victoria Johnson, J Drew Sheard II, Kierra Valencia Sheard & Hezekiah Walker, songwriters
• "Feel Alright (Blessed)" – Erica Campbell; Erica Campbell, Warryn Campbell, William Weatherspoon, Juan Winans & Marvin L. Winans, songwriters
• "Lord Do It For Me (Live)" – Zacardi Cortez; Marcus Calyen, Zacardi Cortez & Kerry Douglas, songwriters
• "God Is" – Melvin Crispell III
• "All Things" – Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• "Believe" by Blessing Offor; Hank Bentley & Blessing Offor, songwriters
• "Firm Foundation (He Won't) [Live]" by Cody Carnes
• "Thank God I Do" by Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle & Jason Ingram, songwriters
• "Love Me Like I Am" by for KING & COUNTRY featuring Jordin Sparks
• "Your Power" by Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• "God Problems" by Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine; Daniel Bashta, Chris Davenport, Ryan Ellis & Naomi Raine, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

• I Love You by Erica Campbell
• Hymns (Live) by Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• The Maverick Way by Maverick City Music
• My Truth by Jonathan McReynolds
• All Things New: Live In Orlando by Tye Tribbett

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• My Tribe by Blessing Offor
• Emanuel by Da' T.R.U.T.H.
• Lauren Daigle by Lauren Daigle
• Church Clothes 4 by Lecrae
• I Believe by Phil Wickham

Best Roots Gospel Album

• Tribute To The King by The Blackwood Brothers Quartet
• Echoes Of The South by Blind Boys Of Alabama
• Songs That Pulled Me Through The Tough Times by Becky Isaacs Bowman
• Meet Me At The Cross by Brian Free & Assurance
• Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light by Gaither Vocal Band

Best Latin Pop Album

• La Cuarta Hoja by Pablo Alborán
• Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1 by AleMor
• A Ciegas by Paula Arenas
• La Neta by Pedro Capó
• Don Juan by Maluma
• X Mí (Vol. 1) by Gaby Moreno

Best Música Urbana Album

• SATURNO by Rauw Alejandro
• MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO by Karol G
• DATA by Tainy

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• MARTÍNEZ by Cabra
• Leche De Tigre by Diamante Eléctrico
• Vida Cotidiana by Juanes
• De Todas Las Flores by Natalia Lafourcade
• EADDA9223 by Fito Paez

Best Música Mexicana Album

• Bordado A Mano by Ana Bárbara
• La Sánchez by Lila Downs
• Motherflower by Flor De Toloache
• Amor Como En Las Películas De Antes by Lupita Infante
• GÉNESIS by Peso Pluma

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Siembra: 45º Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022) by Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
• Voy A Ti by Luis Figueroa
• Niche Sinfónico by Grupo Niche Y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia
• VIDA by Omara Portuondo
• MIMY & TONY by Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
• Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así by Carlos Vives

Best Global Music Performance

• "Shadow Forces" by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily
• "Alone" by Burna Boy
• "FEEL" by Davido
• "Milagro Y Disastre" by Silvana Estrada
• "Abundance In Millets" by Falu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi)
• "Pashto" by Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia
• "Todo Colores" by Ibrahim Maalouf Featuring Cimafunk & Tank And The Bangas

Best African Music Performance

• "Amapiano" by ASAKE & Olamide
• "City Boys" by Burna Boy
• "UNAVAILABLE" by Davido Featuring Musa Keys
• "Rush" by Ayra Starr
• "Water" by Tyla

Best Global Music Album

• Epifanías by Susana Baca
• History by Bokanté
• I Told Them... by Burna Boy
• Timeless by Davido
• This Moment by Shakti

Best Reggae Album

• Born For Greatness by Buju Banton
• Simma by Beenie Man
• Cali Roots Riddim 2023 by Collie Buddz
• No Destroyer by Burning Spear
• Colors Of Royal by Julian Marley & Antaeus

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

• Aquamarine by Kirsten Agresta-Copely
• Moments Of Beauty by Omar Akram
• Some Kind Of Peace (Piano Reworks) by Ólafur Arnalds
• Ocean Dreaming Ocean by David Darling & Hans Christian
• So She Howls by Carla Patullo Featuring Tonality And The Scorchio Quartet

Best Children's Music Album

• Ahhhhh! by Andrew & Polly
• Ancestars by Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon
• Hip Hope For Kids! by DJ Willy Wow!
• Taste The Sky by Uncle Jumbo
• We Grow Together Preschool Songs by 123 Andrés

Best Comedy Album

• I Wish You Would by Trevor Noah
• I'm An Entertainer by Wanda Sykes
• Selective Outrage by Chris Rock
• Someone You Love by Sarah Silverman
• What's In A Name? by Dave Chappelle

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

• Big Tree by Meryl Streep
• Boldly Go: Reflections On A Life Of Awe And Wonder by William Shatner
• The Creative Act: A Way Of Being by Rick Rubin
• It's Ok To Be Angry About Capitalism by Sen. Bernie Sanders
• The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• AURORA – Daisy Jones & The Six
• Barbie The Album 
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From And Inspired By
• Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3 
• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – Weird Al Yankovic

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

• Barbie – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, composers
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ludwig Göransson, composer
• The Fabelmans – John Williams, composer
• Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny – John Williams, composer
• Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson, composer

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

• Call Of Duty®: Modern Warfare II – Sarah Schachner, composer
• God Of War Ragnarök – Bear McCreary, composer
• Hogwarts Legacy – Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers "Sea", composers
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab, composers
• Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory, composers

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• "Barbie World" [From Barbie The Album] – Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. & Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua)
• "Dance The Night" [From Barbie The Album] – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
• "I'm Just Ken" [From Barbie The Album] – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Ryan Gosling)
• "Lift Me Up" [From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From And Inspired By] – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Rihanna)
• "What Was I Made For?" [From Barbie The Album] – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best Music Video

• "I'm Only Sleeping" by The Beatles – Em Cooper, video director; Jonathan Clyde, Sophie Hilton, Sue Loughlin & Laura Thomas, video producers
• "In Your Love" by Tyler Childers – Bryan Schlam, video director; Kacie Barton, Silas House, Nicholas Robespierre, Ian Thornton & Whitney Wolanin, video producers
• "What Was I Made For" by Billie Eilish – Billie Eilish, video director; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson & David Moore, video producers
• "Count Me Out" by Kendrick Lamar – Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
• "Rush" by Troye Sivan – Gordon Von Steiner, video director; Kelly McGee, video producer

Best Music Film

• Moonage Daydream (David Bowie) – Brett Morgen, video director; Brett Morgen, video producer
• How I'm Feeling Now by Lewis Capaldi – Joe Pearlman, video director; Sam Bridger, Isabel Davis & Alice Rhodes, video producers
• Live From Paris, The Big Steppers Tour by Kendrick Lamar – Mike Carson, Dave Free & Mark Ritchie, video directors; Cornell Brown, Debra Davis, Jared Heinke & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
• I Am Everything (Little Richard) – Lisa Cortés, video director; Caryn Capotosto, Lisa Cortés, Robert Friedman & Liz Yale Marsh, video producers
• Dear Mama (Tupac Shakur) – Allen Hughes, video director; Joshua Garcia, Loren Gomez, James Jenkins & Stef Smith, video producers

Best Recording Package

• The Art Of Forgetting – Caroline Rose, art director (Caroline Rose)
• Cadenza 21' – Hsing-Hui Cheng, art director (Ensemble Cadenza 21')
• Electrophonic Chronic – Perry Shall, art director (The Arcs)
• Gravity Falls – Iam8bit, art director (Brad Breeck)
• Migration – Yu Wei, art director (Leaf Yeh)
• Stumpwork – Luke Brooks & James Theseus Buck, art directors (Dry Cleaning)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Collected Works Of Neutral Milk Hotel – Jeff Mangum, Daniel Murphy & Mark Ohe, art directors (Neutral Milk Hotel)
• For The Birds: The Birdsong Project – Jeri Heiden & John Heiden, art directors (Various Artists)
• Gieo – Duy Dao, art director (Ngot)
• Inside: Deluxe Box Set – Bo Burnham & Daniel Calderwood, art directors (Bo Burnham)
• Words & Music, May 1965 - Deluxe Edition – Masaki Koike, art director (Lou Reed)

Best Album Notes

• Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live) – Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy)
• I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn – Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Howdy Glenn)
• Mogadishu's Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions – Vik Sohonie, album notes writer (Iftin Band)
• Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 – Jeff Place & John Troutman, album notes writers 
• Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker, album notes writers 

Best Historical Album

• Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 – Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Steve Addabbo, Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone, Chris Shaw & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bob Dylan)
• The Moaninest Moan Of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922 – Colin Hancock, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer; Richard Martin, restoration engineer 
• Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 – Jeff Place & John Troutman, compilation producers; Randy LeRoy & Charlie Pilzer, mastering engineers; Mike Petillo & Charlie Pilzer, restoration engineers 
• Words & Music, May 1965 - Deluxe Edition – Laurie Anderson, Don Fleming, Jason Stern, Matt Sulllivan & Hal Willner, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer; John Baldwin, restoration engineer (Lou Reed)
• Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – Robert Gordon, Deanie Parker, Cheryl Pawelski, Michele Smith & Mason Williams, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Michael Graves, restoration engineer 

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Desire, I Want To Turn Into You – Macks Faulkron, Daniel Harle, Caroline Polachek & Geoff Swan, engineers; Mike Bozzi & Chris Gehringer, mastering engineers (Caroline Polachek)
• History – Nic Hard, engineer; Dave McNair, mastering engineer (Bokanté)
• JAGUAR II – John Kercy, Kyle Mann, Victoria Monét, Patrizio "Teezio" Pigliapoco, Neal H Pogue & Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Victoria Monét)
• Multitudes – Michael Harris, Robbie Lackritz, Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers (Feist)
• The Record – Owen Lantz, Will Maclellan, Catherine Marks, Mike Mogis, Bobby Mota, Kaushlesh "Garry" Purohit & Sarah Tudzin, engineers; Pat Sullivan, mastering engineer (boygenius)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• The Blue Hour – Patrick Dillett, Mitchell Graham, Jesse Lewis, Kyle Pyke, Andrew Scheps & John Weston, engineers; Helge Sten, mastering engineer (Shara Nova & A Far Cry)
• Contemporary American Composers – David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
• Fandango – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• Sanlikol: A Gentleman Of Istanbul - Symphony For Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor – Christopher Moretti & John Weston, engineers; Shauna Barravecchio & Jesse Lewis, mastering engineers (Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry)
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces – Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• David Frost
• Morten Lindberg
• Dmitriy Lipay
• Elaine Martone
• Brian Pidgeon

Best Remixed Recording

• "Alien Love Call" – BADBADNOTGOOD, remixers (Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD Featuring Blood Orange)
• "New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)" – Dom Dolla, remixer (Gorillaz Featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown)
• "Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)" – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, remixer (Lane 8)
• "Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix)" – Wet Leg, remixers (Depeche Mode)
• "Workin' Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)" – Terry Hunter, remixer (Mariah Carey)

Best Immersive Audio Album

• Act 3 (Immersive Edition) – Ryan Ulyate, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Ryan Ulyate, immersive producer (Ryan Ulyate)
• Blue Clear Sky – Chuck Ainlay, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Chuck Ainlay, immersive producer (George Strait)
• The Diary Of Alicia Keys – George Massenburg & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Alicia Keys & Ann Mincieli, immersive producers (Alicia Keys)
• God Of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack) – Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Kellogg Boynton, Peter Scaturro & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Bear McCreary)
• Silence Between Songs – Aaron Short, immersive mastering engineer (Madison Beer)

Best Instrumental Composition

• "Amerikkan Skin" – Lakecia Benjamin, composer (Lakecia Benjamin featuring Angela Davis)
• "Can You Hear The Music" – Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson)
• "Cutey And The Dragon" – Gordon Goodwin & Raymond Scott, composers (Quartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
• "Helena's Theme" – John Williams, composer (John Williams)
• "Motion" – Edgar Meyer, composer (Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• "Angels We Have Heard On High" – Nkosilathi Emmanuel Sibanda, arranger (Just 6)
• "Can You Hear The Music" – Ludwig Göransson, arranger (Ludwig Göransson)
• "Folsom Prison Blues" – John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin & Roberto Luis Rodriguez, arrangers (The String Revolution featuring Tommy Emmanuel)
• "I Remember Mingus" – Hilario Duran, arranger (Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band featuring Paquito D'Rivera)
• "Paint It Black" – Esin Aydingoz, Chris Bacon & Alana Da Fonseca, arrangers (Wednesday Addams)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• "April In Paris" – Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
• "Com Que Voz (Live)" – John Beasley & Maria Mendes, arrangers (Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Metropole Orkest)
• "Fenestra" – Godwin Louis, arranger (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
• "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" – Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Jacob Collier)
• "Lush Life" – Kendric McCallister, arranger (Samara Joy)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Adès: Dante – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Pieces – Karina Canellakis, conductor (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem Of Ecstasy – JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

• Blanchard: Champion – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Corigliano: The Lord Of Cries – Gil Rose, conductor; Anthony Roth Costanzo, Kathryn Henry, Jarrett Ott & David Portillo; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus)
• Little: Black Lodge – Timur; Andrew McKenna Lee & David T. Little, producers (The Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet)

Best Choral Performance

• Carols After A Plague – Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
• The House Of Belonging – Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Miró Quartet; Conspirare)
• Ligeti: Lux Aeterna – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Chorus)
• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil – Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)
• Saariaho: Reconnaissance – Nils Schweckendiek, conductor (Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• American Stories by Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet
• Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 6, 'Pastorale' And Op. 1, No. 3 by Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos
• Between Breaths by Third Coast Percussion
• Rough Magic by Roomful Of Teeth
• Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker by Catalyst Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Adams, John Luther: Darkness And Scattered Light by Robert Black
• Akiho: Cylinders by Andy Akiho
• The American Project by Yuja Wang; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Louisville Orchestra)
• Difficult Grace by Seth Parker Woods
• Of Love by Curtis Stewart

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Because – Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist
• Broken Branches – Karim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, accompanist
• 40@40 – Laura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlosberg, pianist
• Rising – Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist
• Walking In The Dark – Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium

• Fandango – Anne Akiko Meyers; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
• Julius Eastman, Vol. 3: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? – Christopher Rountree, conductor; Lewis Pesacov, producer
• Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright – Peter Herresthal; Tim Weiss, conductor; Hans Kipfer, producer
• Passion For Bach And Coltrane – Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A.B. Spellman; Silas Brown & Mark Dover, producers
• Sardinia – Chick Corea; Chick Corea & Bernie Kirsh, producers
• Sculptures – Andy Akiho; Andy Akiho & Sean Dixon, producers
• Zodiac Suite – Aaron Diehl Trio & The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor; Aaron Diehl & Eric Jacobsen, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Adès: Dante – Thomas Adès, composer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• Akiho: In That Space, At That Time – Andy Akiho, composer (Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony)
• Brittelle: Psychedelics – William Brittelle, composer (Roomful Of Teeth)
• Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright – Missy Mazzoli, composer (Peter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic)
• Montgomery: Rounds – Jessie Montgomery, composer (Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful Of Teeth)

For anyone who doesn't think Los Angeles is serious about pizza, they've never been to Pizza City Fest.

Now in its fourth year, the festival returns to L.A. LIVE's Event Deck this weekend — from 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday — showcasing the full range of styles that define SoCal's pizza scene. The event was founded by three-time Emmy and 13-time James Beard Award-winning food reporter Steve Dolinsky, who has built Pizza City Fest into a three-city operation spanning Chicago, Nashville and Los Angeles. This year, 40 pizzerias will be offering unlimited tastings — general admission runs $99 a day, VIP $199. (Drinks, both alcoholic and NA, are also included in the price).

Who's going to be there?

SoCal pizza isn't specific to L.A. What's most exciting about this year's lineup is how far it stretches — from Orange County and the Inland Empire to the San Fernando Valley and Santa Barbara. It’s a testament to the fact that good pizza is everywhere in the region; you just need to know where to find it.

As Dolinsky puts it: "You don't have to get in your car and drive all over Southern California to try all these great pizzas because they're all going to be made fresh, right there in one place."

Eleven out of the 40 pizzerias are making their Pizza City Fest debuts this year (marked with an asterisk).

Saturday

• Angel City Pizza (Venice)
• Anna Pizza (Valley Village)*
• Bianca Sicilian Trattoria (mobile truck — Arts District)*
• Bub & Grandma's Pizza (Highland Park)*
• Colossus (Long Beach, San Pedro)*
• Emmy Squared (DTLA)
• Esco's New York Style Pizza (Mid-City)
• Fat Lip Pizza & Beer (Corona)
• Fat Nattys (Los Angeles)*
• Joe's Pizza (Southern California)
• Mievè (Miracle Mile)*
• Mike's Firestone Pizza (Fullerton)*
• Old Gold Tomato Pies (Los Feliz)*
• Riip Beer & Pizzeria (Huntington Beach)
• Slice House by Tony Gemignani (Southern California)
• Thunderbolt Pizza (Long Beach)*
• Tribute Pizza (San Diego)
• Triple Beam Pizza (Southern California)
• Truly Pizza (Dana Point)
• Woodstock Farina (mobile truck — Oxnard)

Dessert: Lei'd Cookies (Culver City) and Uli's Gelato (Los Angeles)

Sunday

• Apollonia's Pizzeria (Mid-Wilshire)
• Bettina (Santa Barbara)
• Chi-Pie (Reseda)
• Detroit Pizza Depot (Hollywood)
• Due Fiori (Long Beach)*
• Little Dynamite (Mar Vista)
• LaSorted's (Silver Lake; Chinatown)
• Nonna Mercato (Long Beach)
• Ospi (Venice; Brentwood; Costa Mesa)
• Ozzy's Apizza (North Hollywood; Glendale)
• Naughty Pie Nature (Echo Park)
• Petramale Pizza (mobile truck — Venice)
• Pie Trap Pizza (Covina)
• PiiZaa (Mobile Truck- Torrance)*
• Pizzana (Southern California)
• Prime Pizza (Southern California)
• Prince St. Pizza (Southern California)
• Secret Pizza (El Sereno)
• Speak Cheezy (Long Beach)
• Two Doughs (Agoura Hills)

Dessert: Wanderlust Creamery (Los Angeles) and Levain Bakery (Los Angeles, Venice, Beverly Hills)

Styles upon styles

Esteban "ESCO" Gutierrez grew up in his father's Manhattan pizza shop. Now he's bringing that New York tradition to Mid-City L.A. — and to Pizza City Fest this weekend at L.A. LIVE.

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Perhaps one of the most exciting aspects of Pizza City Fest is the sheer range of styles on offer. Detroit, NY, Neapolitan, tavern-style, grandma pie — all under one roof. No dominant identity, and that's kind of the point. Unlike New York or Chicago, where pizza culture rallies around a single style, SoCal's scene is pluralist by nature. You've got Ozzy's Apizza repping New Haven-style, Esco's flying the New York flag, Detroit Pizza Depot doing what it says on the tin, and Bub & Grandma's doing their own artisan thing that defies easy categorization.

Keep an eye on Colossus, based in Long Beach and San Pedro, who earned a glowing review from the LA Times and is bringing a 100% sourdough crust to the fest — the kind of artisan approach Dolinsky says has defined the scene's evolution over the past four years.

And then there's PiiZaa — a mobile operation out of the Torrance Farmers Market whose name is apparently how the Vietnamese community pronounces the word. They'll be making a bánh xèo-inspired dish (a traditional stuffed crepe in pizza form) with turmeric, shrimp and pork.

As Dolinsky puts it, "That to me is very LA. Vietnamese culture meets Neapolitan pizza. That doesn't happen really anywhere else in the country." The fest isn't an argument for one style over another — it's an argument that SoCal can do all of them and do them well.

Slice House by Tony Gemignani will be serving at Pizza City Fest at L.A. LIVE this weekend.

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Beyond the slices

When you get tired — or full — of stuffing your face with delicious slices, Pizza City Fest has you covered there too.

Saturday's programming kicks off with "The Dough Whisperers" at 2 p.m., featuring Nancy Silverton and Aaron Lindell of Quarter Sheets in conversation about the craft of dough, followed at 3 p.m. by a home baker's masterclass demo from Thomas McNaughton and Ryan Pollnow of SF's Flour + Water — plus a Silverton book signing after.

Sunday brings a backyard pizza oven demo at 2 p.m. from Daniele Uditi of Pizzana. At 3 p.m., Esteban Gutierrez, Sean Lango, and Vito DeCandia make the case that great New York-style pizza doesn't require a New York zip code — moderated by Noah Galuten.

The details

• Pizza City Fest runs Saturday and Sunday at the Event Deck at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles, 1–5 p.m. both days.
  
• General admission is $99 per day; VIP tickets are $199 and include one-hour early entry, access to an exclusive lounge, preferred panel seating and a swag bag.
  
• All tickets include unlimited pizza tastings, beverages, desserts and admission to all panels and demos — yes, that means drinks, both alcoholic and NA.

First-timer? Dolinsky's advice: "Go to the places that are furthest from your home ... go to the places from Corona, the IE and Covina. Who knows when you'll go there?"

Tickets at lalive.com/pizzacityfest.

In the flurry of ticket-buying that engulfed Los Angeles when Olympics sales started earlier this month, questions about the coming re-sale market loomed large.

As locals balked at ticket prices that averaged in the hundreds and went as high as $5,500, some wondered if re-sale would push costs for prospective fans even higher. Others wanted to know if they'd be able to easily recoup their money for the tickets they had splurged on. And then there was that 24% service fee — would that be charged on the resale market, too?

Officials with Olympics organizing committee LA28 have been tight-lipped about how the official resale market will work, saying only that it will launch in 2027 and have an "official marketplace" by AXS and Eventim and other platforms, including Ticketmaster and Sports Illustrated Tickets.

But re-sale policies for past Olympic Games and the coming World Cup's eye-popping price tags could provide hints as to what's coming for the L.A. Olympics ticket market.

If these touchstones are any indication, fans could see even higher prices when the L.A. Olympics re-sale market opens next year. And fees — both ubiquitous and loathed across live music and sports events — will likely keep popping up every time a ticket sells or re-sells.

How have Olympics tickets been re-sold in the past?

The International Olympic Committee told LAist that host committees and host country's laws dictate rules around ticket re-sale — and in the U.S., major hikes in ticket prices on secondary markets are the norm.

The two most recent Olympic Games did not allow tickets to be re-sold for a profit on official platforms, in compliance with Italian and French local laws, according to the I.O.C. Instead, Olympics organizers in Milano Cortina in 2026 and Paris in 2024 provided a re-sale market where fans could put up their tickets at face value.

In Paris and Milan, ticket re-sellers came out in the red after being charged a 5% service fee to re-sell the ticket. LAist reviewed one person's receipt from the Paris Games who re-sold two 100 euro tickets to an archery event for €200, and got back €190. A number of fans struggled to re-sell their tickets, according to news reports.

"A lack of demand in the secondary market has left many holding tickets they cannot sell, while organisers have continued to release more tickets," the Financial Times reported just before the 2024 Olympics began.

Tickets that were re-sold included a fee for 10% of the ticket value for the new purchaser.

Olympics tickets have been re-sold for higher prices when the host country allows it, though.

At the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canadians could re-sell their tickets at any price, according to the New York Times. An article from the time declared, "Olympic Ticket Business Gets a Taste of Internet Capitalism." The Vancouver organizing committee also charged a fee on each transaction.

The L.A. Games seem poised to look more like Vancouver than Paris, since the L.A. lacks the ticket regulations of recent European hosts. In all recent cases, organizers charged fees on resold tickets, indicating the 24% service fee on 2028 tickets could be on secondary markets, too.

At a Los Angeles City Council meeting last week, LA28 CEO Reynold Hoover said he didn't know how much of that fee would be going back to LA28. Hoover has repeatedly pointed out to critics that LA28 needs to deliver the Olympic Games under budget, otherwise taxpayers in L.A. and California will end up paying for cost overruns.

Will LA28 go the way of the World Cup?

Ticket sales for this summer's World Cup provide another window into where Olympics ticket prices could go.

FIFA decided not to cap re-sale prices in the U.S. and Canada for 2026 — a change in policy compared to past World Cup tournaments, according to The Athletic. (In Mexico, ticket re-sales are limited at their face value). That led tickets to be listed for way higher than their original price on the resale market, with FIFA making 30% in fees on each ticket that was re-sold.

The price tag for tickets to this summer's tournament has stoked indignation in fans and local officials alike. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani even launched an effort during his campaign asking FIFA to cap resale prices.

FIFA has also caught flak for increasing ticket prices using dynamic pricing, adjusting ticket prices based on demand. A Congressional coalition led by L.A. Democrat Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove wrote FIFA President Gianni Infantino a letter in March asking him to change course on ticket prices.

"The extreme high demand for World Cup tickets should not be a green light for price gouging at the expense of the people who make the World Cup the most-watched sporting event in the world," the coalition asserted.

Infantino has defended the prices, calling the U.S. market "very special."

Ticket prices under scrutiny

The spotlight on Olympics tickets comes as ticket sales and the companies that control them in the U.S. face growing scrutiny.

Just this month, a jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster, which merged in 2010, overcharged customers and acted as a monopoly. California was one of dozens of states that sued the company.

" What we've seen is the public reaching their own breaking point," said Morgan Harper, with the American Economic Liberties Project, a progressive group that has pushed to break up Ticketmaster and Live Nation. "The prices were getting so high that people were like, 'Wait a second. Is it now also gonna be unaffordable to even go to a concert?'"

In California, lawmakers are considering legislation to limit ticket prices, including one bill to cap re-sale at just 10% above face value. Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-SF) introduced the bill, which is aimed at preventing price gouging. In an interesting twist, Live Nation has backed the bill, and critics say it will ratchet up prices by limiting competition.

Even if that bill passes, it won't apply to L.A. in 2028. The legislation specifically excludes sports and the Olympic Games.

Companies that create and manufacture personal delivery devices, those cute bots you see on public sidewalks, have been working on growth plans for years.

Cities, on whose public sidewalks the delivery bots travel, are only now catching up to regulating them and charging the companies fees.

That's what's happening in Glendale, where, City Councilman Dan Brotman says, “[The delivery bots] just appeared out of nowhere. The company that operates [them] never reached out and talked to us."

He and other council members, he said, want to know if the delivery devices make it harder for Glendale residents using wheelchairs to use public sidewalks.

“I also am curious who is getting the financial benefit from these,” he said.

Glendale’s City Council asked city staff last month to draft two proposals, one with regulations and fees and the other pausing the operation of delivery bots while the council studies their impact. Brotman said staff may deliver those proposals to him and his colleagues in the months to come.

The two largest cities in LA County, at two different stages

The City of Los Angeles approved rules for personal delivery devices a few years ago, including flat permit fees. The City Council has since asked staff in the Department of Transportation to revaluate those rules and make suggestions.

One idea being considered — charging companies for every bot trip instead of the flat fee.

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L.A. City Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez successfully introduced the motion last year to have the regulations revisited. 

“[The companies are] starting to put movie ads or show ads, and if they're generating revenue off that, we want to know what that looks like but also be able to have a fee for them,” Hernandez said.

That report should be presented to the City Council later this year, she said. 

She’s also keen to hear from the public about their views on delivery bots. 

Companies that make the devices argue they’re providing an essential delivery service to residents while cutting down on the number of vehicles on the road making the deliveries.

“We currently pay fees in Los Angeles, Chicago and West Hollywood as part of their permit programs and are open to similar models in other cities,” said Vignesh Ram, vice president of policy at Serve Robotics, by email.

Starship Technologies' delivery robot exits the elevator in the company's office.

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The company is now operating in Long Beach; Ram says it notified the city before beginning to operate there.

A City of Long Beach spokesperson told LAist its business licensing, planning and public works teams are currently working on recommendations for regulations. Those should be presented to the City Council early this summer.