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The 2025 Grammy Award Nominations Have Been Announced

Kelby Vera
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It’s time to press play on Grammys season.

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Nominees for the 67th Grammy Awards were announced by the Recording Academy on Friday morning, leaving music fans with a lot to sound off on.

To drop the news, broadcaster Gayle King and comedian Jim Gaffigan joined forces with a long list of past Grammy winners that included Kylie Minogue, Mark Ronson, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong and last year’s best new artist, Victoria Monét.

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Honoring the work released between September 2023 through this August, this year’s slate of nominations features both Grammy veterans and a charming array of newcomers.

Beyoncé’s most recent release, Cowboy Carter, earned 11 nominations, making her the most-nominated artist in the show’s history.

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The western-infused album, which the artist herself has declared a “Beyoncé album” and not a country record, will compete in both pop and country categories.

One year after taking home album of the year for her 2022 effort, Midnights, pop heavyweight Taylor Swift’s 2024 double album, The Tortured Poet’s Department, emerged with six nominations. Her “Fortnite” collaborator Post Malone snagged seven nominations of his own.

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It was a breakout year for artists like Chappell Roan and Charli XCX, who secured six and seven nods, respectively.

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While Roan is veritable newcomer, rocketing into the public consciousness with the release of her studio debut, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Charli’s sixth full-length album, Brat, elevated the English singer from a long-simmering underground pop icon to an inescapable, slime-green cultural phenomenon this past summer.

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With seven nominations, Billie Eilish is the now only artist to have her first three albums each nominated for album of the year.

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The beef between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake will now have a chance to play out in the awards sphere. Lamar’s hit Drake diss, “Not Like Us,” received five nods. His rival, who released the album For All the Dogs last fall, received none.

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There will be plenty more spectacle to come when winners across 94 categories are announced at the 2025 Grammys, set to take place live from Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025.

Check out the nominees for some of the key categories below:

Album of the Year

André 3000 - New Blue Sun

Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft

Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

Charli XCX - Brat

Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4

Sabrina Carpenter - Short n’ Sweet

Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

Record of the Year

The Beatles - “Now and Then”

Beyoncé - “Texas Hold ’Em”

Billie Eilish - “Birds of a Feather”

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Chappell Roan - “Good Luck, Babe!”

Charli XCX - “360”

Kendrick Lamar - “Not Like Us”

Sabrina Carpenter - “Espresso”

Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone - “Fortnight”

Song of the Year

Beyoncé - “Texas Hold ’Em”

Billie Eilish - “Birds of a Feather”

Chappell Roan - “Good Luck, Babe!”

Kendrick Lamar - “Not Like Us”

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - “Die With a Smile”

Sabrina Carpenter - “Please Please Please”

Shaboozey - “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone - “Fortnight”

Best New Artist

Benson Boone

Sabrina Carpenter

Doechii

Khruangbin

Raye

Chappell Roan

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

Songwriter of the Year

Amy Allen

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Edgar Barrera

Jessi Alexander

Jessie Jo Dillon

Raye

Producer of the Year

Alissia

Daniel Nigro

Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II

Ian Fitchuk

Mustard

Best Pop Solo Performance

Beyoncé - “Bodyguard”

Billie Eilish - “Birds of a Feather”

Chappell Roan - “Good Luck, Babe!”

Charli XCX - “Apple”

Sabrina Carpenter - “Espresso”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica - “The Boy Is Mine – Remix”

Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone - “Levii’s Jeans”

Charli XCX & Billie Eilish - “Guess Featuring Billie Eilish”

Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift - “Us.”

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - “Die With a Smile”

Best Rap Performance

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Cardi B - “Enough (Miami)”

Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos - “When the Sun Shines Again”

Doechii - “Nissan Altima”

Eminem - “Houdini”

Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar - “Like That”

Glorilla - “Yeah Glo!”

Kendrick Lamar - “Not Like Us”

Best R&B Performance

Chris Brown - “Residuals”

Coco Jones - “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”

Jhené Aiko - “Guidance”

Muni Long - “Made for Me (Live on BET)”

SZA - “Saturn”

Best Latin Pop Album

Anitta - Funk Generation

Kali Uchis - Orquídeas

Kany García - García

Luis Fonsi - El Viaje

Shakira - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Best Rock Performance

The Beatles - “Now and Then”

The Black Keys - “Beautiful People (Stay High)

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Green Day - “The American Dream Is Killing Me”

Idles - “Gift Horse”

Pearl Jam - “Dark Matter”

St. Vincent - “Broken Man”

Best Alternative Music Performance

Cage the Elephant - “Neon Pill”

Fontaines D.C. - “Starburster”

Kim Gordon - “Bye Bye”

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - “Song of the Lake”

St. Vincent - “Flea”

Best Country Solo Performance

Beyoncé - “16 Carriages”

Chris Stapleton - It Takes a Woman”

Jelly Roll - “I Am Not Okay”

Kacey Musgraves - “The Architect”

Shaboozey - “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell’s Kitchen

Merrily We Roll Along

The Notebook

The Outsiders

Suffs

The Wiz

This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

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