He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in October. Though Jay-Z has criticized the music awards in some of his songs, he and Beyonce host an annual pre-ceremony breakfast, one of the most exclusive events of the awards season. The Brooklyn-born Jay-Z has dominated the rap categories for most of his career, and has also achieved nominations for Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Best Pop Duo and Best R&B performance. Forbes estimated his net worth to be over $1.3 billion this year, and he first became a billionaire in 2019. Jay-Z is one of the most well-paid celebrities. The Knowles-Carter Grammys success has extended to their children: their oldest daughter Blue Ivy Carter won her first Grammy last year at 9-years-old, making her one of the youngest people to ever win the award. Jay-Z’s wife Beyoncé holds the record for the most Grammy wins in history, which she achieved during last year’s ceremony when she took home her 28th award. In 2017 he received eight nominations for his album 4:44, more than any other year, though he did not win any awards. That’s how many Grammy Awards Jay-Z has won. Next in line after Jones and Beyonce are Stevie Wonder and late classical conductor Georg Solti, tied with 74 and film-music maestros Henry Mancini and John Williams, tied with 72, none of whom have 2022 nominations.Paul McCartney is now the second most-nominated artist, with 81 nods. The first of McCartney’s 18 wins came in 1964 with two as a member of the Beatles, who took Best New Artist as well as one for the song ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. The singer/songwriter swept 8 nominations: Album Of The Year and Best R&B Album for Back of my Mind, Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for Damage, Best Contemporary Christian Music. With Jay-Z, Fonzworth Bentley, Beyonc, Memphis Bleek. This did not improve his complicated relationship with the Grammys, and Jay-Z stated his opinion on the matter unequivocally in ‘Apesh**’, released the following year on his duet album with wife Beyonce, ‘Everything Is Love’. Fade to Black: Directed by Patrick Paulson, Michael John Warren. Ironically, he won no trophies in his most-nominated year, 2017, when his ‘4:44’ album and related singles and video received eight total nods. The Brooklyn native’s biggest Grammy-winning years were 2009, 20, when he took home three each. Jay, who turns 52 next month, has been nominated in 18 of the 22 Grammy years since then, even though his release schedule has slowed considerably over the past decade.
He won but did not attend the awards, later saying he “boycotted” them because fellow New Yorker DMX had not been nominated despite racking up two No. 2 Hard Knock Life’ album and one for his tag-team with Jermaine Dupri, ‘Money Ain’t a Thang’.
Jay-Z made his Grammy bow in 1999 with three nods, two from his classic “Vol. Neither Jones nor Beyonce are nominated for 2022 awards, although Q did write the liner notes for top nominee Jon Batiste’s ‘We Are’ album. Paul McCartney, previously tied for second place with Beyonce, gains two nods in the rock category and passes her and Jones for sole possession of the No. Jay-Z, who last released an album in 2017, is nominated for guest appearances with rapper Kanye West and the late DMX. He had previously been tied with legendary producer/composer Quincy Jones at 80, reports. Rapper-producer Jay-Z has become the most-nominated artiste in Grammy Awards history, with his three 2022 nominations pushing him to 83.