SZA’s SOS Deluxe: Lana, the deluxe edition of her 2022 album SOS, has set a new record as the album with the most tracks that have received Grammy nominations – a whopping nine tracks.
These nominations have been spread out over four Grammy eligibility years. “Good Days,” which was released in December 2000, was nominated as a stand-alone single at the Grammy ceremony in 2022. “Kill Bill,” “Ghost in the Machine” (with Phoebe Bridgers), “Love Language,” “Snooze” and “Low” were nominated at the ceremony in 2024, the same year that SOS vied for album of the year and best progressive R&B album; “Saturn” won best R&B song at the ceremony earlier this year; “30 for 30” (with Kendrick Lamar) and “Crybaby” are nominated at the ceremony set for Feb. 1.
SOS headed the Billboard 200 for 13 nonconsecutive weeks across three calendar years – 2022 (two weeks), 2023 (eight weeks) and 2025 (three weeks). Lana has not charted separately. Its activity has been counted toward SOS’s total.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Santana’s Supernatural and Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter also featured five or more Grammy-nominated tracks (counting music video nominations). All four of those albums won the Grammy for album of the year. SOS did not. It was nominated for the top prize but lost to Taylor Swift’s Midnights.
Here’s a closer look at albums with five or more tracks that received Grammy nominations. The years shown are the years of the Grammy ceremonies. Titles that won have the word “won” immediately after category name or year.
Michael Jackson, Thriller, 5
“Beat It”: Record of the year (won); song of the year; best rock vocal performance, male (won), 1984
“Billie Jean”: Song of the year; best R&B vocal performance, male (won); best rhythm & blues song (won), 1984
“The Girl Is Mine” (duet with Paul McCartney): Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal, 1984
“Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”: Best rhythm & blues song, 1984
“Thriller”: Best video album, 1985 (won) (Making Michael Jackson’s Thriller)
Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 5
“Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”: Best female pop vocal performance, 1999
“Doo Wop (That Thing)”: Best rhythm & blues song (won); best female R&B vocal performance (won), 1999
“Nothing Even Matters” (feat. D’Angelo): Best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal, 1999
“Lost Ones”: Best rap solo performance, 1999
“Everything Is Everything”: Best short-form music video, 2000
Santana, Supernatural, 6
“Smooth” (feat. Rob Thomas):Record of the year (won); song of the year (won); best pop collaboration with vocals 2000 (won)
“Maria Maria” (feat. The Product G&B): Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal, 2000 (won)
“Love of My Life” (feat. Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford): Best pop collaboration with vocals, 2000
“El Farol”: Best pop instrumental performance, 2000 (won)
“Put Your Lights On” (feat. Everlast): Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal, 2000 (won)
“The Calling” (feat. Eric Clapton):Best rock instrumental performance, 2000 (won)
Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter, 7
“Texas Hold ’Em”: Record of the year, song of the year, best country song, 2025
“Bodyguard”: Best pop solo performance, 2025
“Levii’s Jeans” (featuring Post Malone): Best pop duo/group performance, 2025
“Spaghettii” (featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey): Best melodic rap performance, 2025
“16 Carriages”: Best country solo performance, 2025
“II Most Wanted” (featuring Miley Cyrus): Best country duo/group performance, 2025 (won)
“Ya Ya”: Best Americana performance, 2025
SZA, SOS Deluxe: Lana, 9
“Good Days”: Best R&B song, 2022
“Kill Bill”: Record of the year; song of the year; best R&B performance, 2024
“Ghost in the Machine” (with Phoebe Bridgers): Best pop duo/group performance, 2024 (won)
“Love Language”: Best traditional R&B performance, 2024
“Snooze”: Best R&B song, 2024 (won)
“Low”: Best melodic rap performance, 2024
“Saturn”: Best R&B performance; best R&B song, 2025 (won)
“30 for 30” (with Kendrick Lamar): Best pop duo/group performance, 2026 (pending)
“Crybaby”: Best traditional R&B performance 2026 (pending)
