LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Music’s elite are congregating in Los Angeles for Sunday’s Grammy awards, and Beyonce’s name is on the tip of everyone’s tongue: will Recording Academy voters finally give the megastar her due?

She is the most decorated Grammy artist in history but Beyonce has infamously never won the coveted prize for Album of the Year — despite four previous nominations for her studio albums — and the 67th edition of the awards gala might finally put that paradox to bed.

But her conversation piece of an album “Cowboy Carter” faces stiff competition from work by perennial winners like Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift, along with a buzzy class of pop hitmakers including Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX.

Despite the high-wattage star power, Grammy week — which is usually loaded up with industry parties and performances — has taken on a more somber tone than usual, as the entertainment capital reels in the aftermath of deadly wildfires that leveled entire neighborhoods just weeks ago.

Organizers decided the glitzy awards show should go on, with a newfound mission to raise aid funds and pay homage to impacted industry members along with first responders.

On Friday, the annual MusiCares gala — which this year honored psychedelic jam band the Grateful Dead — raised more than $5 million in a single evening, bringing the institution’s total sum raised since the fires broke out to more than $9 million.