Grammy Nominations: Beyoncé Leads with 11; Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish Earn 7 Each
Beyoncé continues her reign as the queen of the Grammys: She leads the 2025 awards with 11 nominations, even sweeping all four country categories with her historic Cowboy Carter album.
Beyoncé is up for album of the year and best country album, while her No. 1 country hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” is nominated for song of the year, record of the year and best country song. Her other nominations include best country solo performance for “16 Carriages,” best country/duo performance “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus and best Americana performance for “Ya Ya.”
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With 99 career nominations, she now breaks her tie with hubby Jay-Z, who now has 89 nods including one for album of the year as a co-writer of several Cowboy Carter songs. Beyoncé is the most decorated artist in Grammy history, with 32 wins, and could finally win her first album of the year trophy next year.
She’s got competition, though. Taylor Swift, the first artist to win album of the year four times, is nominated for The Tortured Poets Department, making her the first woman to earn seven nods in the category. Other nominees include Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish — who becomes the first artist to have their first three albums compete for the top prize — Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet, Charli XCX’s brat, Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun and Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4.
Eilish, Charli XCX, Post Malone and Kendrick Lamar — who is up for song and record of the year with “Not Like Us” — follow Beyoncé with seven nominations each. Swift, Carpenter and Roan earned six nods apiece.
Battling Beyoncé and Lamar’s songs for record of the year are Swift and Malone’s “Fortnight,” Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Charli XCX’s “360,” Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” and the Beatles’ final song “Now and Then.”
Beyoncé, Lamar, Swift, Eilish and Roan’s songs are also competing for song of the year — a songwriter’s awards — along with Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which is spending its 16th week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Shaboozey is also up for best new artist alongside Carpenter, Roan, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Raye, Doechii and Khruangbin. Shaboozey, who got a boost after appearing on two Cowboy Carter tracks, is nominated for best melodic rap performance for his guest appearance on Beyoncé’s “Spaghetti.” Country music pioneer Linda Martell, the first Black woman to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, also appears on the song and earns her first-ever Grammy nominations.
Other first-time nominees include Carpenter, Kim Gordon, Willow, Pete Rock and Morgan Wallen, who scored two country nods for his appearance on Malone’s No. 1 hit “I Need Some Help.” Malone also earned a best pop duo/group performance nomination for “Levii’s Jeans” with Beyoncé.
Beyoncé’s nominations in country and American Roots extend her genre-filled run at the Grammys since she’s won honors in R&B, rap, pop and dance. She even earned a rock nomination at the 2017 show, Her five nods across country and American Roots fields come two months after she was snubbed at the CMA Awards, where she received zero nominations. She was also dissed by the Grammys’ country committee when they rejected “Daddy Lessons,” her twangy song from 2016’s Lemonade.
Months after female acts won all televised awards at the 2024 Grammys, women dominate in major categories for next year as well, like album of the year, record of the year, best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album, where nominees include Swift, Eilish, Carpenter, Roan and Ariana Grande, who earns her sixth nod in the category with Eternal Sunshine, tying a record set by Kelly Clarkson.
And though a woman has never won producer of the year (non-classical), Alissia is nominated this year — marking the first female nod in six years. She’s up against Dan Nigro, Mustard, Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II and Ian Fitchuk.
The 2025 Grammys will air live on Feb. 2 from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Final voting is from Dec. 12 through Jan. 3. The 2025 nominations for the top categories follow, and click here for a full list of the 2025 Grammy nominations.
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 & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Die With A Smile” – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & 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
Doechii
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 Solo Performance
“Bodyguard” – Beyoncé
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Apple” – Charli xcx
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“us.” – Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
“LEVII’S JEANS” – Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
“Guess” – Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
“the boy is mine” – Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
“Die With A Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Best Pop Vocal Album
Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
eternal sunshine – Ariana Grande
Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift
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 Rock Song
“Beautiful People (Stay High)” – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
“Broken Man” – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
“Dark Matter” – Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
“Dilemma” – Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)
“Gift Horse” – Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)
Best Alternative Music Album
Wild God – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Charm – Clairo
The Collective – Kim Gordon
What Now – Brittany Howard
All Born Screaming – St. Vincent
Best R&B Song
“After Hours” – Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Burning” – Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
“Ruined Me” – Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
“Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
Best Progressive R&B Album
So Glad to Know You – Avery*Sunshine
En Route – Durand Bernarr
Bando Stone And The New World – Childish Gambino
CRASH – Kehlani
Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
Best Rap Performance
“Enough (Miami)” – Cardi B
“When The Sun Shines Again” – Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos “NISSAN ALTIMA” – Doechii
“Houdini” – Eminem
“Like That” – Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar “Yeah Glo!” – GloRilla
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Night Reign – Arooj Aftab
New Blue Sun – André 3000
Code Derivation – Robert Glasper
Foreverland – Keyon Harrold
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Country Album
COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé
F-1 Trillion – Post Malone
Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
Higher – Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson
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 Latin Pop Album
Funk Generation – Anitta
El Viaje – Luis Fonsi
GARCíA – Kany García
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira
ORQUíDEAS – Kali Uchis
Best African Music Performance
“Tomorrow” – Yemi Alade
“MMS” – Asake & Wizkid
“Sensational” – Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay
“Higher” – Burna Boy
“Love Me JeJe” – Tems
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Televison)
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 & Leopold Ross, composers
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