It’s a year of many firsts: Twenty-six of tonight’s nominees are on the ballot for the first time.

Some of those joining the nominations list for the first time might surprise you, like mega pop star Ariana Grande, who was nominated for her role as Glinda in “Wicked.”

Joining Grande with inaugural Globes nominations are Adam Brody, Pamela Anderson, Zoe Saldaña, Mikey Madison, Glen Powell and Jesse Plemons, among others.

Host Nikki Glaser also received her first nomination for her comedy special, “Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die.”

Hugh Grant got a nod this year for his role as a sadistic kidnapper who terrorizes two young Mormon missionaries in the horror-thriller film “Heretic.”

He took to X in December to express his surprise at being nominated for best performance by a male actor in a musical or comedy.

“Massive thanks to the Golden Globes for so warmly welcoming a blatant gate crasher,” Grant wrote. “Also to Scott Beck and Bryan Woods for spotting my need to kill, and to A24 for sponsoring it.”

This is the seventh nomination for Grant, who won his first and only Golden Globe Award for “Four Weddings and a Funeral” in 1995.

In a post to her Instagram story, nominee Ariana Grande shared her gratitude for her time working on "Wicked." The singer has gained praise for her role as Galinda/Glinda, who is later known as “Glinda the Good."

"all i can think about this afternoon and all morning is how deeply grateful i am to have been able to do this work and to have spent these years with Galinda ..." she wrote in the post, which she shared with a photo of what appears to be a copy of her "Wicked" script."

She said she's excited to celebrate "all of the beautiful art that was made this year" with the rest of the cast, who she called her "Ozian family," and "our new friends," likely referring to the slew of other A-listers who will be there tonight.

"happy Golden Globes day" she added.

Watch "The TODAY Show" break down everything to know ahead of tonight's show.

The Globes will carve out time to honor two longtime stars with awards outside the main slate.

Viola Davis will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, which the Globes have given out since 1952, when the honor’s namesake was the first recipient. Davis, a Globe winner herself for “Fences” in 2017, is also one of a handful of EGOT winners — meaning she’s taken home what are traditionally known as the big four awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Past DeMille Award honorees include Walt Disney, Sophia Loren and Davis’ “Fences” co-star and director, Denzel Washington.

Ted Danson, meanwhile, will receive the comparatively new Carol Burnett Award, which the Globes started in 2019 to single out greats in television. Danson, a prominent presence on TV comedies and dramas across six decades, is a three-time Globe winner — including twice for his signature role as pitcher-turned-barkeep Sam Malone on long-running 1980s sitcom “Cheers.” Beyond Burnett herself, past winners include Ryan Murphy, Norman Lear and Ellen DeGeneres.

The awards were given out Friday, two days before the full Globes ceremony, but Davis and Danson will also be honored during the main broadcast.

Per usual, the Globes has a long list of A-list stars set to present. On that list: Elton John, Viola Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson, Melissa McCarthy, Nicolas Cage, Salma Hayek Pinault, Colman Domingo, Sharon Stone, Kerry Washington, Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Mindy Kaling, Seth Rogen, Kate Hudson, Nate Bargatze, Sarah Paulson and Vin Diesel.

Ariana DeBose, Anthony Mackie, Glenn Close, Rob McElhenney, Anthony Ramos, Kaley Cuoco, Awkwafina, Kathy Bates, Miles Teller, Rachel Brosnahan, Auliʻi Cravalho, Morris Chestnut, Zoë Kravitz, Édgar Ramírez, Catherine O’Hara and Brandi Carlile are also all slated to present awards.

Emmy- and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser will make her debut as Globes emcee. She is the first woman to host the ceremony solo. In recent years, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted together four times, while Sandra Oh split hosting duties with Andy Samberg in 2019.

In an interview with the Globes’ official website, Glaser said headlining the show was “scary,” but she was excited about the challenge.

Glaser is coming off a high-profile year. “Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die,” her second HBO stand-up special, debuted on the network in May. She also appeared in Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady.”

TV series (drama)

• “The Day of the Jackal”
• “The Diplomat”
• “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
• “Shogun”
• “Slow Horses”
• “Squid Game”

TV series (comedy or musical)

• “Abbott Elementary”
• “The Bear”
• “The Gentlemen”
• “Hacks”
• “Nobody Wants This”
• “Only Murders in the Building”

TV series (limited or TV movie)

Motion picture (drama)

• “The Brutalist”
• “A Complete Unknown”
• “Conclave”
• “Dune: Part Two”
• “Nickel Boys”
• “September 5”

Motion picture (comedy or musical)

• “Anora”
• “Challengers”
• “Emilia Perez”
• “A Real Pain”
• “The Substance”
• “Wicked”

Actor (drama)

• Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
• Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
• Daniel Craig, “Queer”
• Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
• Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
• Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Actress (drama)