Harry Styles famously said that a Grammy win "doesn't happen to people like me very often" at the 2023 awards. Was he right?
Not if you look at the gender breakdown of nominees and winners since 1958. On average every year, 67% of nominees and 68% of winners have been male.
Although that proportion is falling - last year, 56% of nominees and 49% of winners were individual males (not including men in a band).
When it comes to nationality, on average 69% of nominees and 73% of winners are from the United States.
The UK is a distant second for nationality, representing about 8% of nominees and winners every year.
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There were 377 unique artists nominated at the 2025 Grammys. Of these, 214 were male, 112 were female, 42 were in a group and 9 were non-binary or other gender identities.
Harry Styles famously said that a Grammy win "doesn't happen to people like me very often" at the 2023 awards. Was he right?
Not if you look at the gender breakdown of nominees and winners since 1958. On average every year, 67% of nominees and 68% of winners have been male.
Although that proportion is falling - last year, 56% of nominees and 49% of winners were individual males (not including men in a band).
When it comes to nationality, on average 69% of nominees and 73% of winners are from the United States.
The UK is a distant second for nationality, representing about 8% of nominees and winners every year.