Will Beyonce triumph during ‘Music’s Biggest Night’?

All eyes will once again be on Beyonce as she looks to extend her record-setting run of Grammy success on “Music’s Biggest Night.”

Queen Bey — who with 28 victories to her credit already ranks as the most highly awarded performing artist in Grammy history — leads all comers at the 2023 award show with nine nominations.

That ratchets up her lifetime total to a staggering 88 nominations, which ties her with — believe it or not — husband Jay-Z for the most of all time. (Yeah, the trophy cabinet in the Bey and Jay household must truly be something to behold.)

Yet, Queen Bey, despite all her amazing success at the awards show over the decades, will be looking to add to her collection in brand new ways when the Grammys are handed out on Feb. 5 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Standing in the way of Beyonce’s quest for wins No. 29-37 is a mighty impressive group of talent, including hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar with eight nominations.

On their heels are Adele and Brandi Carlile, each with seven nods. And there are a half-dozen artists — including Mary J. Blige and Harry Styles — who have scored six nominations.

How will it all play out? Well, that’s what we’re hoping to figure out as we peer into our crystal ball and handicap the races for the top awards.

Here’s who we see emerging victorious in the “Big Four” general field categories — best album, best record, best song and best new artist — at the 65th annual Grammy Awards. Follow all the action beginning at 5 p.m. on CBS and Paramount +.

Record of the Year

The nominees: “Don’t Shut Me Down,” ABBA; “Easy on Me,” Adele; “Break My Soul,” Beyonce; “Good Morning Gorgeous,” Mary J. Blige; “You and Me on the Rock,” Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius; “Woman,” Doja Cat; “Bad Habit,” Steve Lacy; “The Heart Part 5,” Kendrick Lamar; “About Damn Time,” Lizzo; “As It Was,” Harry Styles

The skinny: Beyonce is nominated in all three of the Big Four categories that she’s eligible to compete in and seems well poised for a sweep.

She’d certainly love to win record of the year, which, amazingly, she’s somehow failed to do despite being nominated more times than any other artist.

“Break My Soul” — an uplifting dance-pop number boosting impeccable production and vocal work — could be the one to do the trick. Yet, it faces stiff competition from at least four other nominees.

First up, there’s Lizzo, who delivered one of 2022’s most memorable dance-floor bangers with “About Damn Time.” And everybody loves Harry, right? So, expect substantial support for “As It Was.”

One can also certainly make a convincing case for Steve Lacy’s omnipresent “Bad Habit,” which became the first song in history to simultaneously hold the No. 1 spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts. And Adele is always a threat to win in any Grammy category.

Yet, voters had to be asking themselves one question as they cast their ballots — “Are we really going to pass up Beyonce once again?”

The winner: “Break My Soul”

Song of the Year

Note: The award is for songwriters, the song’s performer appears in parentheses.

Nominees: “abcdefu,” Sara Davis, GAYLE and Dave Pittenger (Gayle); “About Damn Time,” Melissa “Lizzo” Jefferson, Eric Frederic, Blake Slatkin and Theron Makiel Thomas (Lizzo); “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film), Liz Rose and Taylor Swift, (Taylor Swift); “As It Was,” Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon and Harry Styles (Harry Styles); “Bad Habit,” Matthew Castellanos, Brittany Fousheé, Diana Gordon, John Carroll Kirby and Steve Lacy (Steve Lacy); “Break My Soul,” Beyonce, S. Carter, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant and Christopher A. Stewart (Beyonce); “Easy On Me,” Adele Adkins and Greg Kurstin (Adele); “God Did,” Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts and Nicholas Warwar (DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy); “The Heart Part 5,” Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer (Kendrick Lamar); “Just Like That,” Bonnie Raitt (Bonnie Raitt)

The skinny: For proof that the songwriting process differs from song to song, consider that the nominees in this category range from a song with just one writer (“Just Like That”) to a number with nine authors (“God Did”) — with the other contenders landing somewhere in between.

“Break My Soul” is a definite favorite in this category once again. Yet, Beyonce has already won this field once before with “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” in 2010, which means that voters might be a little less inclined to give it to her again — especially if they plan to honor her in one (or more) of the other Big Four categories.

Swift has earned the right to be considered a frontrunner in any category she’s in — especially when it has to do with songwriting. Yet, this offering is a refashioned version of a decade-old song — an amazingly refashioned version, yes, but still a refashioned version. Plus, voters might decide to wait and honor Swift in 2024 for the material from “Midnights,” which was released too late for consideration for this year’s show.

Adele has won this category twice before, with “Rolling in the Deep” in 2012 and “Hello” in 2017,” and could definitely go for the hat trick with the lovely piano ballad “Easy on Me.”

Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5” is one of the best songs in the running, but it’s doubtful that it stands much of a chance against such pop culture juggernauts as Styles’ “As It Was,” Lacy’s “Bad Habit” and, especially, Lizzo’s “About Damn Time.”

It’s a close call, so let’s go with the one we’d most want to turn up in our car.

The winner: “About Damn Time”

Best New Artist

The nominees: Anitta, Omar Apollo, DOMi & JD Beck, Muni Long, Samara Joy, Latto, Måneskin, Tobe Nwigwe, Molly Tuttle, Wet Leg

The skinny: Here’s one category that Beyonce definitely won’t win, given that she hasn’t been eligible since the ‘90s.

And that’s pretty much the only thing that we can tell you for certain about this category, which appears to be as wide open a best new artist race as any we’ve seen in years.

There’s no certainly no 2023 equivalent to Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion and Olivia Rodrigo — the clear frontrunners and eventual champs in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Instead, one can make a (somewhat) convincing case for a number of these nominees.

For instance, it certainly wouldn’t be a surprise to see the award go to Latto, whose “Big Energy” was one of the defining songs of 2022.