Grammy voting is open. Our predictions for nominations? Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and maybe Billy Joel

Music professionals in the Recording Academy were welcomed to Grammy season this year with an impassioned plea from Chief Executive Harvey Mason Jr., who sent a letter to the group’s 13,000 or so voting members in July that urged them to “vote intentionally, deliberately, with pride and with purpose.” We’ll see what effect his entreaty had when nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards are announced on Nov. 8. ALBUM OF THE YEAR Beyoncé, “Cowboy Carter” Sabrina Carpenter, “Short n’ Sweet” Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft” Ariana Grande, “Eternal Sunshine” Post Malone, “F-1 Trillion” Chappell Roan, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” Taylor Swift, “The Tortured Poets Department” Usher, “Coming Home” Possible surprise: Charli XCX, “Brat” The Grammys’ equivalent of the best picture category is almost certain to reflect this year’s bumper crop of albums by pop’s top female stars, including Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. RECORD OF THE YEAR Beyoncé, “Texas Hold ’Em” Sabrina Carpenter, “Espresso” Billie Eilish, “Birds of a Feather” Hozier, “Too Sweet” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile” Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us” Chappell Roan, “Good Luck, Babe!” Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone, “Fortnight” Possible surprise: Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help” Based on cultural impact, Kendrick Lamar’s Drake-dissing “Not Like Us” has to be considered a shoo-in for record of the year — but with the Grammys, of course, anything involving hip-hop comes with a big question mark. SONG OF THE YEAR “Birds of a Feather,” written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell “Deeper Well,” written by Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves and Daniel Tashian “Die With a Smile,” written by Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt “Fortnight,” written by Jack Antonoff, Post Malone and Taylor Swift “Good Luck, Babe!,” written by Daniel Nigro, Chappell Roan and Justin Tranter “Texas Hold ’Em,” written by Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq “Turn the Lights Back On,” written by Arthur Bacon, Wayne Hector, Billy Joel and Freddy Wexler “We Can’t Be Friends,” written by Ariana Grande, Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh Possible surprise: “Beautiful Things,” written by Benson Boone, Evan Blair and Jack LaFrantz At the most recent Grammys ceremony, five of the eight singles nominated for record of the year also competed for song of the year. BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM Sabrina Carpenter, “Short n’ Sweet” Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft” Ariana Grande, “Eternal Sunshine” Chappell Roan, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” Taylor Swift, “The Tortured Poets Department” Possible surprise: Dua Lipa, “Radical Optimism” To any man who made a pop album in 2024: Good luck, babe.