Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar lead 2025 Grammy nominees

Beyoncé is the Grammys' reigning queen, with 11 nominations in 2025, including sweeping all four country categories with her historic Cowboy Carter album.

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé.

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Beyoncé is nominated for album of the year and best country album, while her No. 1 country single "Texas Hold 'Em" is up 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 for "II Most Wanted" with Miley Cyrus, and best Americana performance for "Ya Ya."

With 99 career nominations, she has broken her tie with husband Jay-Z, who now has 89 nominations, including one for album of the year as a co-writer on numerous Cowboy Carter tracks. Beyoncé is the most decorated artist in Grammy history, with 32 awards, and she may finally win her first album of the year trophy next year.

She has some competition, though. Taylor Swift, the first artist to win album of the year four times, is nominated for The Tortured Poets Department, becoming the first woman to receive seven nominations in the category. Other nominees include Billie Eilish's Hit Me Hard and Soft, which makes her the first artist to compete for the top prize with her first three albums, 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.

Beyoncé is followed by Eilish, Charli XCX, Post Malone, and Kendrick Lamar, who is nominated for song and record of the year for "Not Like Us" with seven nominations apiece. Swift, Carpenter, and Roan received six nods each.

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' farewell tune "Now and Then" are all vying for record of the year.

Beyoncé, Lamar, Swift, Eilish, and Roan's songs are also up for song of the year, a songwriter's award, alongside Carpenter's "Please Please Please," Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' "Die With a Smile," and Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," which is in its 16th week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Shaboozey is also nominated for best new artist, alongside Carpenter, Roan, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Raye, Doechii, and Khruangbin. Shaboozey, who gained popularity after featuring on two Cowboy Carter songs, is nominated for best melodic rap performance for his cameo appearance on Beyoncé's "Spaghetti." Linda Martell, the first Black woman to play at the Grand Ole Opry, features on the song and receives her first Grammy nomination.

Other first-time nominees include Carpenter, Kim Gordon, Willow, Pete Rock, and Morgan Wallen, who received two country nominations for his involvement on Malone's No. 1 song "I Need Some Help." Malone also received a nomination for best pop duo/group performance for "Levii's Jeans" alongside Beyoncé.

Beyoncé's country and American Roots nominations add to her multi-genre Grammy win streak, which includes R&B, rap, pop, and dance. She even garnered a rock nomination at the 2017 ceremony. Her five nominations in the country and American Roots categories come two months after she was overlooked at the CMA Awards, when she received no nominations. The Grammys' country committee recently dissed her when they rejected "Daddy Lessons," her twangy song from Lemonade (2016).

Months after female acts won all televised awards at the 2024 Grammys, women continue to dominate in major categories for next year, including 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 receives her sixth nomination in the category with Eternal Sunshine, tying Kelly Clarkson's record.

Although a woman has never won producer of the year (non-classical), Alissia is nominated this year, marking the first female nomination in six years. She is up against Dan Nigro, Mustard, Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II, and Ian Fitchuk.

The 2025 Grammys will be broadcast live on February 2 from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Final voting runs from December 12 until January 3. The top category nominations for 2025 are shown below, while a complete list of 2025 Grammy nominations can be seen here.

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 OConnell & 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

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