Welcome to Beyonce’s land. Regarding the 2025 Grammy Awards nominations, cowboy carter Rule them all. She leads with 11 and has a total of 99 nominations. This makes her the most nominated artist in Grammy history.
cowboy carter It was nominated for Album of the Year and Country Album. texas hold’em It was nominated for album, song and country song of the year. She was also nominated in a variety of genres, including pop, country, Americana, and melodic rap performance categories.
This is the first time it has been nominated in the country and Americana categories. Previously, she and her husband Jay-Z, 88, received most career nominations.
If Beyoncé wins Album of the Year, she will become the first black woman of the 21st century. Lauryn Hill last won in 1999. The Miseducation of Lauryn HillShe joins Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston as the only black women to win the top Grammy Award.
Post Malone is nominated in the country category for the first time this year with the release of his debut country album. Group F-1 In August. I’mma put that on my country album I had some helpa collaboration with Morgan Wallen, was nominated in the Country Song and Country Duo/Group Performance categories. They are Wallen’s first Grammy nominations.
Malone was nominated for the first time as a solo artist, joining Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX with seven nominations, just behind Beyoncé.
The ubiquitous diss track released by Lamar during his feud with Drake; different from usIt was nominated for Record and Song of the Year, Rap Song, Music Video, and Best Rap Performance. He has two simultaneous entries in the latter category, a first in his career. “Like That” featuring Future & Metro Boomin (Lamar) was up for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.
This is the third time he has been nominated for two simultaneous nominations in the Best Rap Song category.
Taylor Swift and first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan each received six nominations.
Last year, female artists dominated major categories. This trend has continued to some extent this year, but genre diversity seems to be the trend. In the Album of the Year category, cowboy carter Andre 3000’s new era, alt jazz new blue sun and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier. Diegesse Vol. 4. Rising pop stars Carpenter and Roan close out. short and sweet and The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess The same is true for Swift, respectively. Tortured Poets DepartmentIrish’s Hit Me Hard and SoftAnd get ready for a rave review from Charli XCX brat.
Eilish is the only artist whose first three albums were nominated for Album of the Year.
Last year, Swift won Album of the Year. midnightWith 4 wins, he broke the record for most wins in the category. This year she became the first woman to receive seven nominations in the category.
“The breadth and diversity of genres represented in the general category feels new and really exciting,” said Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason Jr. He praises the success of active and evolving voting organizations. “We have been very intentional in how we rebalance our membership. So we’re trying to make sure that not only gender, people of color, different ethnic groups, but also genre equality are taken into consideration, and all different types of music from different regions and places are represented in every way possible.”
Only albums released commercially in the United States between September 16, 2023 and August 30, 2024 were eligible for nomination. The final round of Grammy voting to determine the winner will run from December 12 to January 3.
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The 2025 Grammy Awards will be held on February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Find a list of nominees in the key categories below.
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record of the year
The Beatles – sometimes
Beyonce – texas hold’em
Billie Eilish – bird of feather
Chapel Roan – Good luck, baby!
Charlie XCX – 360
Kendrick Lamar – different from us
Sabrina Carpenter – espresso
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – fortnight
album of the year
Andre 3000 – new blue sun
Beyonce – cowboy carter
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chapel Roan – TThe Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess
Charlie XCX – brat
Jacob Collier – Diegesse Vol. 4
Sabrina Carpenter – short and sweet
Taylor Swift – Tortured Poets Department
song of the year
Beyonce – texas hold’em
Billie Eilish – bird of feather
Chapel Roan – Good luck, baby!
Kendrick Lamar – different from us
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – die laughing
Sabrina Carpenter – please please please
Shabuzi – Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – fortnight
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Doechii
Chapel Roan
Khruangbin
ray
Sabrina Carpenter
shabuji
teddy swimming
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyonce – bodyguard
Billie Eilish – bird of feather
Chapel Roan – Good luck, baby!
Charlie XCX – apologize
Sabrina Carpenter – espresso
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ariana Grande, Brandy, Monica – The Boy Is Mine – Remix
Beyonce with Post Malone – levis jeans
Charlie XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess Featuring Billie Eilish
Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift – us.
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – die laughing
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chapel Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess
Sabrina Carpenter – short and sweet
Taylor Swift – Tortured Poets Department
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Charlie XCX – brat
Pot Tet – three
Justification – hyperdrama
Caitranada – eternal
Zed – telos
Best Rock Performance
The Beatles – sometimes
Black Key – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – the american dream is killing me
Idle – gift horse
Pearl Jam – dark matter
St. Vincent – broken man
Best rock song
Black Key – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – dilemma
Idle – Gift Horse
Pearl Jam – dark matter
St. Vincent – broken man
Best Rock Album
Black Crow – happy guys
DC Fountain – Romance
Green Day – saver
Idle – tank
Jack White – no name
Pearl Jam – dark matter
Rolling Stones – hackney diamond
Best Alternative Music Performance
Elephant Cage – neon pills
DC Fountain – starbuster
Kim Gordon – hi
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – song of the lake
St. Vincent – flea
Best Alternative Music Album
Brittany Howard – what is now
Claro – charcoal
Kim Gordon – group
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – god of the wild
St. Vincent – Everyone is born screaming
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – Here we go (uh oh)
Come down – After business hours
Mooney Long – ruined me
SZA – Saturn
hour – burning
Best R&B Album
Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lala Hathaway – Bantha black
Lucky Daye – calculation
Mooney Long – plural
Usher – return home
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – Enough (Miami)
Posdnuos by Common & Pete Rock – when the sun shines again
Doechii – nissan altima
Eminem – Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – like that
Glorilla – Yes, in writing!
Kendrick Lamar – different from us
Best Rap Song
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – like that
Glorilla – Yes, in writing!
Kendrick Lamar – different from us
Rhapsody & Heat Boy – asteroid
¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid, Playboi Carti – carnival
best rap album
Common & Pit Rock – Auditorium Vol. 1
Doechii – Crocodile bites never heal
Eminem – Death of Slim Shady (Code of Grace)
Future and Metro Boomin – we don’t believe you
J.Cole – May be deleted later
Best Country Solo Performance
Beyonce – 16 carriages
Chris Stapleton – I need a girl
Jelly Roll – I’m not okay
Kacey Musgraves – architect
Shabuzi – Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Beyonce & Miley Cyrus – II Wanted
The Osborne Brothers – break mine
Dan + Shay – bigger house
Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – Even cowboys cry
Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – I had some help
Best Country Song
Beyonce – texas hold’em
Jelly Roll – I’m not okay
Kacey Musgraves – architect
Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – I had some help
Shabuzi – Bar Song (Tipsy)
best country album
Beyonce – cowboy carter
Chris Stapleton – higher
Kacey Musgraves – a deeper well
Laney Wilson – whirlwind
Post Malone – Group F-1
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle – stargazer
Jim Gaffigan – convict
Nikki Glazer – someday you will die
Ricky Gervais – Armageddon
Trevor Noah – where was i
Best music video
A$AP Rocky – tailor sweep
Charlie XCX – 360
Eminem – Houdini
Kendrick Lamar – different from us
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – fortnight
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To see the full list of 2025 Grammy Award nominees, visit the official Grammys site.