2025 Grammy Awards Nominations: Beyoncé Leads List of Music Contenders
Welcome to Beyoncé country! With the 2025 Grammy Award nominations now announced, Beyoncé leads the pack with an impressive 11 nominations, bringing her career total to 99 nominations. This achievement makes her the most nominated artist in Grammy history.
Major Nominations
Beyoncé’s latest album, Cowboy Carter, is nominated for both Album of the Year and Country Album of the Year. Additionally, her song Texas Hold ’Em is up for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Country Song of the Year. This marks her first nominations in the country and Americana categories, showcasing her versatility across genres.
If she wins Album of the Year, Beyoncé would make history as the first Black woman to achieve this honor in the 21st century. The last Black woman to win this award was Lauryn Hill in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, joining the ranks of Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston as the only Black women to win the Grammy’s top prize.
Rising Stars and Notable Nominations
Post Malone also made waves with his first-ever nominations in the country categories, following the release of his debut country album, F-1 Trillion, in August. The album is nominated for Country Album of the Year, and his collaboration with Morgan Wallen, I Had Some Help, is nominated for Country Song and Country Duo/Group Performance. This marks Wallen’s first Grammy nominations.
Following closely behind Beyoncé, both Post Malone and Billie Eilish received seven nominations each, along with Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX, who is nominated for the first time as a solo artist.
Lamar’s diss track, Not Like Us, is nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Song, Music Video, and Best Rap Performance. Notably, he received two simultaneous nominations for Best Rap Performance, a career first, with his collaboration Like That featuring Future & Metro Boomin.
Other Nominees
Taylor Swift, along with first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, also garnered six nominations each. Last year saw a strong presence of women artists in the major categories, and this year continues that trend while showcasing a variety of genres.
In the Album of the Year category, alongside Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, nominees include André 3000’s New Blue Sun, Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4, and albums from rising stars Carpenter and Roan. Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft round out the nominations.
Eilish is notable for having all three of her first albums nominated for Album of the Year, while Swift made history last year by winning Album of the Year for Midnights, breaking the record for the most wins in this category with four. This year, she becomes the first woman to achieve seven career nominations in this category.
Recording Academy Insights
Harvey Mason Jr., CEO and President of the Recording Academy, expressed excitement over the diversity in genres represented in this year’s nominations. He attributed the success to an active and evolving voting body, emphasizing efforts to ensure representation across gender, racial, and musical lines.
Eligibility and Ceremony Details
Only recordings commercially released in the U.S. between September 16, 2023, and August 30, 2024, were eligible for nominations. The final round of Grammy voting will take place from December 12 to January 3.
The 2025 Grammy Awards are scheduled to take place on February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, promising an exciting night for music fans.
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