Grammy 2025 Nominations have been announced and ‘Brown Eyes’ hitmaker Beyonce has bagged most nominations, thereby topping the list. With her albums ‘Cowboy Carter’ and is up for album and country album of the year, and ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’, she has received a total of 11 nods this year, which will take her total count till date to 99, making her the most nominated artistes in the history of the prestigious awards.
While ‘Cowboy Carter’ is up for album and country album of the year, ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ is competing for Best record, song and country song of the year this time. Besides, Beyonce has also received nominations in several other categories and genres including pop, country, Americana and melodic rap performance.
The Album of the Year category features top contenders including The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift, Cowboy Carter by Beyonce, Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish, Charli XCX’s Brat and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Also competing are Andre 3000’s unique woodwind-focused New Blue Sun and Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4. If Beyoncé wins this award, she’ll create history by becoming the first Black woman to achieve the honour in 21st century. Before her, Lauryn Hill won the award for ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,’ in 1999, took home the coveted title.
Trailing Beyonce are popular artistes Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Charli XCX with 7 nominations each. Taylor Swift, however, disappointed fans with only 6 nominations this year for her album The Tortured Poets Department. Newcomers Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan also landed six nominations in their Grammy debuts.
Amid this, Indian artiste Ricky Kej once again made the country proud. He has been nominated for his album ‘Break of Dawn’ in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category. Kej, who has previously won three Grammy awards, told ANI, “I’ve already won three Grammy Awards in the past, and this is my fourth nomination, which I hope will lead to my fourth win. So Break of Dawn is a new age album. It’s based on ancient Indian rags. Each and every one of the nine songs of Break of Dawn has been based on an ancient Indian rag. It’s been crafted very, very carefully by me to promote mental health and wellness and it’s focused on India-rooted wellness music…I’m very grateful for this honour of receiving my fourth Grammy nomination.”
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Album of the Year
“New Blue Sun” – André 3000
“Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé
“Short n’ Sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Brat” – Charli XCX
“Djesse Vol. 4” – Jacob Collier
“Hit Me Hard and Soft” – Billie Eilish
“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” – Chappell Roan
“The Tortured Poets Department” – Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Die With a Smile” – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars)
“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Texas Hold ‘Em” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Record of the Year
“Now and Then” – The Beatles
“Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
“360” – Charli XCX
“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechi
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Best Pop Vocal Album
“Short n’ Sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Hit Me Hard and Soft” – Billie Eilish
“Eternal Sunshine” – Ariana Grande
“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” – Chappell Roan
“The Tortured Poets Department” – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Bodyguard” by Beyoncé
“Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
“Apple” by Charli XCX
“Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
“Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group performance
“Us.” by Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift
“Levii’s Jeans” by Beyoncé featuring Post Malone
“Guess” by Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish
“The Boy is Mine” by Ariana Grande featuring Brandy and Monica
“Die with a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Make You Mine” – Madison Beer
“Von Dutch” – Charli XCX
“L’Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]” – Billie Eilish
“Yes, and?” – Ariana Grande
“Got Me Started” – Troye Sivan
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
“Brat” — Charli XCX
“Three” — Four Tet
“Hyperdrama” — Justice
“Timeless” — Kaytranada
“Telos” — Zedd
Best Rock Album
“Happiness Bastards” — The Black Crowes
“Romance” — Fontaines D.C.
“Saviors” — Green Day
“TANGK” — Idles
“Dark Matter” — Pearl Jam
“Hackney Diamonds” — The Rolling Stones
“No Name” — Jack White
Best Alternative Music Album
“Neon Pill” — Cage the Elephant
“Song of the Lake” — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
“Starburster” — Fontaines D.C.
“Bye Bye” — Kim Gordon
“Flea” — St. Vincent
Best R&B Album
“11:11 (Deluxe)” — Chris Brown
“Vantablack” — Lalah Hathaway
“Revenge” — Muni Long
“Algorithm” — Lucky Daye
“Coming Home” — Usher
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Kehlani” — Jordan Adetunji featuring Kehlani
“Spaghettii” — Beyoncé featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey
“We Still Don’t Trust You” — Future and Metro Boomin featuring The Weeknd
“Big Mama” — Latto
“3:AM” — Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu
Best Rap Album
“Might Delete Later” — J. Cole
“The Auditorium, Vol. 1” — Common and Pete Rock
“Alligator Bites Never Heal” — Doechii
“The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)” — Eminem
“We Don’t Trust You” — Future and Metro Boomin
Best Country Album
“Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé
“F-1 Trillion” – Post Malone
“Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves
“Higher” – Chris Stapleton
“Whirlwind” – Lainey Wilson
Best Country Song
“The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves. Written by Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey. Written by Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams
“I Am Not Okay” – Jelly Roll. Written by Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley and Taylor Phillips
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen. Written by Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen and Chandler Paul Walters
“Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé. Written by Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq
Best Americana Album
“The Other Side” — T Bone Burnett
“$10 Cowboy” — Charley Crockett
“Trail of Flowers” —Sierra Ferrell
“Polaroid Lovers” — Sarah Jarosz
“No One Gets Out Alive” — Maggie Rose
“Tigers Blood” — Waxahatchee
Best Gospel Album
“Covered Vol. 1” — Melvin Crispell III
“Choirmaster II (Live)” — Ricky Dillard
“Father’s Day” — Kirk Franklin
“Still Karen” — Karen Clark Sheard
“More Than This” — CeCe Winans
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
“Diamantes” — Chiquis
“Boca Chueca, Vol. 1” — Carín León
“ÉXODO” — Peso Pluma
“De Lejitos” — Jessi Uribe
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
“American Fiction” — Laura Karpman, composer
“Challengers” — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
“The Color Purple” — Kris Bowers, composer
“Dune: Part Two” — Hans Zimmer, composer
“Shōgun” — Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross, composers
Best Musical Theater Album
“Hell’s Kitchen”
“Merrily We Roll Along”
“The Notebook”
“The Outsiders”
“Suffs”
“The Wiz”
