2025 Grammy Nominations

Right before new years, the 2025 Grammy nominations were announced. This year Beyoncé leads the nominations with 11. She is nominated for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Country Album, Best Country song and more. Trailing behind her in nominations includes Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish and Post Malone with 7 nominations each.  

The nominees for the 4 main categories, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the year, and Best new artist are as follows.

Album of the year:

1)        New Blue Sun – Andre 3000

2)        COWBOY CARTER – Beyonce

3)        Short n’Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter

4)        BRAT – Charli XCX

5)        Dresse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier

6)        HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish

7)        Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan

8)        THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:

1)        “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozpey

2)        “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish

3)        “Die With A Smile” – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

4)        “Fortnight” – Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff

5)        “Good Luck, Babe” – Chappell Roan

6)        “Not Like Us” -  Kendrick Lamar

7)        “Please Please” – Sabrina Carpenter

8)        “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Beyonce

Record of the Year:

1)        “Now and Then” – The Beatles

2)        “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Beyonce

3)        “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter

4)        “360” – Charli XCX

5)        “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish

6)        “Not Like Us” - Kendrick Lamar

7)        “Fortnight” – Taylor Swift

Best New Artist

1)        Benson Boone

2)        Sabrina Carpenter

3)        Doechii

4)        Khruangbin

5)        Raye

6)        Chappell Roan

7)        Shaboozey

8)        Teddy Swims

Alongside the artists who received the most nominations, some artists may have been snubbed from nominations. Hozier, Megan thee Stallion and Dua Lipa received no nominations, although their singles such as “Too Sweet” by Hozier topped the charts.

Shockingly, Ariana Grande did not receive a nomination for “We Can’t Be Friends (wait for your love)” in the Song of the Year category. However, she still has three nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and Best Dance Pop Recording.

On the country side of things, the supposed “country album” by fan favorite Beyonce known as Cowboy Carter is nominated for Best Country Album, as well as “Texas Hold ‘Em” nominated for Best Country Song, and Country Duo/Group Performance for her collaboration with Miley Cyrus.

She has numerous nominations, which leads to speculation around her credibility as a country artist. As a pop artist since her career started in the late 1900s, those roots are seen in her country album. This leads to questions about whether or not she is a member of the country community, or she is just popular and supposedly “deserving” of a Grammy.

Many of these categories are competitive, with no outstandingly popular artist leading any category. Especially in the big 4, each artist is increasingly popular, and this leads to limited predictability surrounding the awards.