There are several notable first-time nominees as well, including Sierra Ferrell, Doechii, and Morgan Wallen (who’s still yet to be nominated as a solo artist but did earn two nods for his hit with Post Malone.
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The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards serve as a comprehensive representation of the artists who have significantly influenced the past year. Leading the nominees are prominent figures such as Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Post Malone, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter, alongside a diverse array of other artists featured across numerous categories. As is customary, the nominations also brought unexpected delights, including Andre 3000’s flute composition contending for album of the year, as well as Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter receiving nominations in the top four categories.
The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards have been announced, featuring prominent artists such as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Kendrick Lamar vying for the most prestigious accolades of the upcoming year.
Beyoncé, propelled by her collaboration with Cowboy Carter, leads the nominations with a total of 11, achieving recognition in the three principal categories—Song, Record, and Album of the Year—as well as in four distinct genre categories: Country, Pop, Rap, and Americana. This achievement also positions Beyoncé as the most nominated artist in Grammy history, with a total of 99 nominations, surpassing the previous record of 88 that she shared with her husband, Jay-Z.
Kendrick Lamar is among four artists who received seven nominations, joining Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, and Post Malone. Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan each garnered six nominations.
In the Record of the Year category, Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” will compete against Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” as well as Swift and Post Malone’s “Fortnight,” Charli’s “360,” and Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” Notably, the category also features a significant surprise: The Beatles’ final song, “Now and Then,” which was released last year.
Numerous songs are vying for the Song of the Year title, including “Birds of a Feather,” “Fortnight,” “Texas Hold ‘Em,” “Not Like Us,” and “Good Luck, Babe!” This category will also feature Shaboozey’s crossover hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” the collaboration between Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars titled “Die With a Smile,” and Carpenter’s additional 2024 release, “Please Please Please.”
In the Album of the Year category, André 3000 has received an unexpected nomination for his instrumental flute album, New Blue Sun. He will compete against Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, Charli’s Brat, Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, and Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4.
Carpenter and Roan, who are undoubtedly the year’s most significant breakout artists, are leading the nominations for Best New Artist. They will face competition from Shaboozey, Benson Boone, Doechii, Raye, Teddy Swims, and Khruangbin. A prevailing question regarding the 2025 Grammys is whether this will be the year Beyoncé, the most decorated and nominated artist in the event’s history, secures her first major category award since 2010, when “Single Ladies” won Song of the Year. However, the competition remains fierce. Swift has won Album of the Year more than any other artist, with four victories, while both Eilish and André 3000 have also previously won in that category (the latter as part of Outkast).
Eilish has emerged as a prominent favorite among Recording Academy voters since her sweep of the “Big Four” awards in 2020. She has since added another Record and Song of the Year award to her accolades — the former for “Everything I Wanted” in 2021 and the latter for “What Was I Made For?” last year. Notably, Eilish is the first artist to have her first three albums nominated for Album of the Year.
SURPRISE: Album of the year pits Taylor, Beyoncé and Sabrina against… André 3000?
André 3000’s instrumental flute album should not be disparaged; however, Grammy aficionados might be taken aback to find his recent work, “New Blue Sun,” competing in the top album category alongside Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Billie Eilish. If the Grammys are indeed a measure of popularity, then “New Blue Sun” represents a stark departure from commercial trends, embodying a serene essence akin to a sound bath experience. This nomination stands out as one of the most unexpected developments in the major categories, which typically favor the most commercially successful music from the eligibility period. “New Blue Sun” is more of a niche album, appreciated by those in the know. Nevertheless, Three Stacks has received recognition in other areas, with nominations for best alternative jazz album and best instrumental composition, where the competition appears to be more musically congruent.
SURPRISE: Beyoncé dominates, transcending genre boundaries with top nominations across multiple categories.
The conversation regarding Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” commenced immediately upon its announcement: Is it classified as a country album? An Americana project? Or perhaps a completely new genre? Beyoncé’s ambitious endeavor seems to have garnered her not only the highest number of nominations this year (11, for those keeping track) but also recognition across various genre categories. In addition to competing for album of the year and both record and song of the year with “Texas Hold ‘Em,” she has received nominations in the pop, country, Americana, and rap categories. Among her nominations in the country and Americana genres are: “16 Carriages” (best country solo performance), “II Most Wanted” featuring Miley Cyrus (best country duo/group performance), “Texas Hold ‘Em” (best country song), “Ya Ya” (best Americana performance), and best country album. “Spaghettii” is nominated for best melodic rap performance, while “Bodyguard” is recognized in the best pop solo performance category, and “Levii’s Jeans” with Post Malone is nominated for best pop duo/group performance. It is noteworthy that Beyoncé received nearly all the nominations for which she applied, with the exception of “Tyrant,” which was considered for best R&B song. Nevertheless, she now boasts a total of 99 career nominations, making her the most nominated artist in Grammy history (previously sharing the record with her husband Jay-Z at 88), and she also holds the title for the most Grammy awards won. This year marks her inaugural nominations in the Country & Americana Roots music categories.
Kind of a Snub: Ariana Grande misses out on nominations in the general Grammy categories.
In the midst of the intensifying media attention surrounding her upcoming role in the film adaptation of “Wicked,” Ariana Grande released her seventh album, “Eternal Sunshine.” However, she chose not to promote it in a manner typical of a major release, likely to prevent excessive visibility prior to the film’s debut. Consequently, she has been exclusively categorized within the pop genre, earning nominations for best pop duo/group performance for “The Boy Is Mine” featuring Brandy and Monica, as well as for best pop vocal album and best dance pop recording for “Yes, And?”.
SNUB: Victoria Monét and Killer Mike nowhere to be found.
Monét, the recipient of last year’s best new artist award, and Mike achieved significant recognition earlier this year, with Monét securing three awards and Mike dominating the rap categories. This year, Monét entered the R&B categories with her sultry duet “S.O.S.” featuring Usher, while Mike submitted his recent work, “Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival, Songs for Sinners and Saints,” along with the track “Humble Me.” However, despite their submissions, neither artist has been included on the ballot for the upcoming ceremony.
NOT A SURPRISE: Zach Bryan gets no nominations.
Zach Bryan’s decision not to submit his work for consideration this year is noteworthy. Earlier in the year, he received three nominations in the country music categories and won the award for best country duo/group performance for his collaboration with Kacey Musgraves on the song “I Remember Everything.” However, for the 2025 Grammy Awards, he opted out of the submission process entirely, resulting in his fifth album, “The Great American Bar Scene,” released on July 4, remaining unrecognized. Consequently, Bryan joins a distinguished and expanding list of artists, including Drake and the Weeknd, who have expressed disinterest in participating in the Grammy Awards in recent years.
SURPRISE: Kendrick is competing against himself.
Kendrick Lamar finds himself in a unique position, competing against his own work. This situation may not come as a surprise, as he consistently operates at an exceptional level. This year, despite the absence of a new album, he has garnered seven nominations, tying for the second-most alongside Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, and Post Malone. His track “Not Like Us,” which evolved from a diss track into an anthem, has received nominations for record of the year, song of the year, best music video, best rap performance, and best rap song. Notably, he will be competing against himself in the categories of best rap performance and best rap song, as his collaboration on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” is also nominated.
SNUB: Jack Antonoff left out of producer of the year.
Jack Antonoff has been notably excluded from the nominees for Producer of the Year (non-classical) this year, a category he has dominated for the past three years, winning consecutively from 2022 to the present. His absence from the list of nominees, which includes Mustard, Daniel Nigro, Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, Alissia, and Ian Fitchuk, comes as a significant surprise. This year was not a quiet one for Antonoff; he produced Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” which is nominated for Album of the Year, and also worked on projects for Lana Del Rey, Kendrick Lamar, and Gracie Abrams. Notably, Abrams is nominated for the song “Us.,” featuring Swift, in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category, a track that Antonoff also produced. The reasons for his omission from the nominations remain unclear, though it is anticipated that he may still receive recognition for his collaborative efforts.
Album of the Year
André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Charli XCX – Brat
Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 4
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Record of the Year
The Beatles – “Now and Then”
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Charli XCX – “360”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Song of the Year
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please”
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
RAYE
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky – “Tailor Swif”
Charli XCX – “360”
Eminem – “Houdini”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyoncé – “Bodyguard”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Charli XCX – “Apple”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift – “Us.”
Beyoncé featuring Post Malone – “Levii’s Jeans”
Charli XCX and Billie Eilish – “Guess”
Ariana Grande, Brandy, and Monica – “The Boy Is Mine”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
Best Dance Pop Recording
Madison Beer – “Make You Mine”
Charli XCX – “Von Dutch”
Billie Eilish – “L’amour De Ma Vie” [Over Now Extended Edit]
Ariana Grande – “Yes, and?”
Troye Sivan – “Got Me Started”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Disclosure – “She’s Gone, Dance On”
Four Set – “Loved”
Fred Again.. and Baby Keem – “Leavemealone”
Justice and Tame Impala – “Neverender”
Kaytrananda featuring Childish Gambino – “Witchy”
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Charli XCX – Brat
Four Tet – Three
Justice – Hyperdrama
Kaytranada – Timeless
Zedd – Telos
Best Remixed Recording
Doechii featuring JT – “Alter Ego” (Kaytranada remix)
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (David Guetta remix)
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso” (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)
Alexx Antaeus and Julian Marley – “Nah Sees Them” (Alex Antaeus, Footsteps, and MrMyish remix)
Charli XCX – “Von Dutch” (A.G. Cook remix featuring Addison Rae)
Best Rock Album
The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Green Day – Saviors
Idles – TANGK
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Jack White – No Name
Best Rock Performance
The Beatles – “Now and Then”
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Green Day – “The American Dream Is Killing Me”
Idles – “Gift Horse”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
St. Vincent – “Broken Man”
Best Rock Song
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
St. Vincent – “Broken Man”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
Green Day – “Dilemma”
Idles – “Gift Horse”
Best Alternative Music Album
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Wild God
Clairo – Charm
Kim Gordon – The Collective
Brittany Howard – What Now
St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
Best Alternative Music Performance
Cage the Elephant – “Neon Pill”
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – “Song of the Lake”
Fontaines D.C. – “Starburster”
Kim Gordon – “Bye Bye”
St. Vincent – “Flea”
Best Metal Performance
Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”
Judas Priest – “Crown of Horns”
Knocked Loose featuring Poppy – “Suffocate”
Metallica – “Screaming Suicide”
Spiritbox – “Cellar Door”
Best R&B Performance
Jhené Aiko – “Guidance”
Chris Brown – “Residuals”
Coco Jones – “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Muni Long – “Made for Me (Live on BET)”
SZA – “Saturn”
Best R&B Album
Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway – Vantablack
Muni Long – Revenge
Lucky Daye – Algorithm
Usher – Coming Home
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Marsha Ambrosius – “Wet”
Kenyon Dixon – “Can I Have This Groove”
Lalah Hathaway featuring Michael McDonald – “No Lie”
Muni Long – “Make Me Forget”
Lucky Daye – “That’s You”
Best R&B Song
Kehlani – “After Hours”
Tems – “Burning”
Coco Jones – “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Muni Long – “Ruined Me”
SZA – “Saturn”
Best Progressive R&B Album
Avery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know You
Durand Bernarr – En Route
Childish Gambino – Bando Stone and the New World
Kehlani – Crash
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) – Why Lawd?
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Jordan Adetunji featuring Kehlani – “Kehlani”
Beyoncé featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey – “Spaghettii”
Future and Metro Boomin featuring the Weeknd – “We Still Don’t Trust You”
Latto – “Big Mama”
Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu – “3:AM”
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – “Enough (Miami)”
Common and Pete Rock featuring Posdnuos – “When the Sun Shines Again”
Doechii – “Nissan Altima”
Eminem – “Houdini”
Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
GloRilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best Rap Song
Rapsody featuring Hit-Boy – “Asteroids”
¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign) featuring Rich the Kid & Playboi Carti – “Carnival”
Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
GloRilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Best Rap Album
J. Cole – Might Delete Later
Common and Pete Rock – The Auditorium, Vol. 1
Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
Eminem – The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)
Future and Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust You
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Robert Glasper – Code Derivation
Keyon Harrold – Foreverland
Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Cyrille Aimée – À Fleur De Peau
Norah Jones – Visions
Lake Street Drive – Good Together
Aaron Lazar – Impossible Dream
Gregory Porter – Christmas Wish
Best Country Solo Performance
Beyoncé – “16 Carriages”
Jelly Roll – “I Am Not Okay”
Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Chris Stapleton – “It Takes a Woman”
Best Country Album
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Chris Stapleton – Higher
Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan – “Cowboys Cry Too”
Beyoncé featuring Miley Cyrus – “II Most Wanted”
Brothers Osborne – “Break Mine”
Dan + Shay – “Bigger Houses”
Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help”
Best Country Song
Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Jelly Roll – “I Am Not Okay”
Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help”
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Best American Roots Performance
Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It On Eve”
The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – “Nothing In Rambling”
Sierra Ferrell – “Lighthouse”
Rhiannon Giddens – “The Ballad of Sally Anne”
Best Americana Performance
Beyoncé – “Ya Ya”
Madison Cunningham – “Subtitles”
Madi Diaz featuring Kacey Musgraves – “Don’t Do Me Good”
Sierra Ferrell – “American Dreaming”
Sarah Jarosz – “Runaway Train”
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings – “Empty Trainload of Sky”
Best American Roots Song
Mark Knopfler – “Ahead of the Game”
Iron & Wine featuring Fiona Apple – “All in Good Time”
Aoife O’Donovan – “All My Friends”
Sierra Ferrell – “American Dreaming”
Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve”
Best Americana Album
T Bone Burnett – The Other Side
Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy
Sierra Ferrell – Trail of Flowers
Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
Maggie Rose – No One Gets Out Alive
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
Best Bluegrass Album
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built a World
The Del McCoury Band – Songs of Love and Life
Sister Sadie – No Fear
Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1
Tony Trischka – Earl Jam
Dan Tyminski – Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman
Best Traditional Blues Album
Cedric Burnside – Hill Country Love
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Struck Down
Sue Foley – One Guitar Woman
Little Feat – Sam’s Place
The Taj Mahal Sextet – Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Joe Bonamassa – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – Friendlytown
Ruthie Foster – Mileage
Antonio Vergara – The Fury
Best Folk Album
American Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork Quartet
Madi Diaz – Weird Faith
Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings – Woodland
Best Latin Pop Album
Anitta – Funk Generation
Luis Fonsi – El Viaje
Kany Garcia – García
Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Kali Uchis – Orquídeas
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Chiquis – Diamantes
Carín León – Boca Chueca, Vol. 1
Peso Pluma – Éxodo
Jessi Uribe – De Lejitos
Best Música Urbana Album
Bad Bunny – Nadie Sabe lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana
J Balvin – Rayo
Feid – Ferxxocalipsis
Residente – Las Letras Ya No Importan
Young Miko – Att.
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
El David Aguilar – Compita del Destino
Cimafunk – Pa’ Tu Cuerpa
Mon Laferte – Autopoiética
Nathy Peluso – Grasa
Rawayana – ¿Quién trae las cornetas?
Best Tropical Latin Album
Marc Anthony – Muevense
Sheila E. – Bailar
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 – Radio Güira
Tony Succar, Mimy Succar – Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)
Kiki Valera – Vacilón Santiaguero
Best African Music Performance
Yemi Alade – “Tomorrow”
Asake and Wizkid – “MMS”
Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay – “Sensational”
Burna Boy – “Higher”
Tems – “Love Me JeJe”
Best Global Music Performance
Arooj Aftab – “Raat Ki Rani”
Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – “A Rock Somewhere”
Rocky Dawuni – “Rise”
Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar – “Bemba Colorá”
Angélique Kidjo featuring Soweto Gospel Choir – “Sunlight to My Soul”
Masa Takumi featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody and Dale Edward Chung – “Kashira”
