LOS ANGELES — A year after Harry Styles shocked-but-didn’t-surprise with his album of the year win over Beyoncé, the stars of the music world will gather with equal parts excitement and dread on Sunday night for the 66th Grammy Awards.

Top nominees include SZA, who’s up for nine awards; Phoebe Bridgers and Victoria Monét, both of whom have seven nominations; and Jon Batiste, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Miley Cyrus, with six nods apiece. In a shift from the last two years, the Recording Academy lowered the number of nominees to eight from 10 in the four major categories of album, record and song of the year and best new artist.

Trevor Noah will host Sunday’s show, set to air live on CBS from Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles. Among the acts scheduled to perform are SZA, Eilish, Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, Luke Combs, Burna Boy, Travis Scott and U2.

Here are my predictions for how the night will go down across major categories, offered with the caveat that a Grammys ceremony without some major upset — well, that’s no Grammys at all.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Jon Batiste, “World Music Radio”

Boygenius, “The Record”

Miley Cyrus, “Endless Summer Vacation”

Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”

Janelle Monáe, “The Age of Pleasure”

Olivia Rodrigo, “Guts”

Taylor Swift, “Midnights”

SZA, “SOS”

Should win: SZA, “SOS”

Will win: Taylor Swift, “Midnights”

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Jon Batiste, “Worship”

Boygenius, “Not Strong Enough”

Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”

Billie Eilish, “What Was I Made For?”

Victoria Monét, “On My Mama”

Olivia Rodrigo, “Vampire”

Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”

SZA, “Kill Bill”

Should win: Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”

Will win: Billie Eilish, “What Was I Made For?”

SONG OF THE YEAR

“A&W,” written by Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey and Sam Dew (performed by Lana Del Rey)

“Anti-Hero,” written by Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift (performed by Taylor Swift)

“Butterfly,” written by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson (performed by Jon Batiste)

“Dance the Night,” written by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (performed by Dua Lipa)

“Flowers,” written by Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein and Michael Pollack (performed by Miley Cyrus)

“Kill Bill,” written by Rob Bisel, Carter Lang and Solána Rowe (performed by SZA)

“Vampire,” written by Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo (performed by Olivia Rodrigo)

“What Was I Made For?,” written by Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell (performed by Billie Eilish)

Should win: “Vampire”

Will win: “What Was I Made For?”

BEST NEW ARTIST

Gracie Abrams

Fred Again..

Ice Spice

Jelly Roll

Coco Jones

Noah Kahan

Victoria Monét

The War and Treaty

Should win: Ice Spice

Will win: Ice Spice

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”

Greta Van Fleet, “Starcatcher”

Metallica, “72 Seasons”

Paramore, “This Is Why”

Queens of the Stone Age, “In Times New Roman…”

Should win: Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”

Will win: Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”

Tribune News Service

SZA. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Billie Eilish. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)