Paul McCartney Could Score His 20th Grammy With The Boys of Dungeon Lane

Paul McCartney is in the hunt for his 20th career Grammy, and the album doing it is The Boys of Dungeon Lane in best traditional pop vocal album. He’s won this category before, taking it in 2013 with Kisses on the Bottom, a collection of vintage covers. This time around, the songs are ones he wrote or co-wrote with Andrew Watt, which makes the nomination a little sweeter.

The field is brutal. 111 albums were entered for five or six final ballot slots, and Billboard’s predictions have Josh Groban, Barry Manilow, Sarah McLachlan, Pentatonix and Keith Urban joining McCartney in the likely nominees. Barry Manilow, a five-time nominee in the category, returns with What a Time, while Keith Urban entered with Flow State.

The category itself keeps evolving. As the Academy broadens its definition of traditional pop, more pop and rock artists have jumped in, including Elvis Costello, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John with Brandi Carlile. A legendary artist chasing a milestone in an unexpected lane is exactly the kind of Grammy story worth following. Which of these albums are you rooting for?