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The 2025 Grammys have their cards down, down, down, down, and it's all just around the corner, Beyoncé.

The “Texas Hold 'Em” singer has officially broken the record and is the most nominated artist in Grammys history. She received 11 awards for her country album 2024 – including “Record”, “Song” and “Album of the Year”. Cowboy Carter. Beyoncé, already the most awarded artist in history with 32 gramophones, previously shared the nomination power with her husband Jay-Z, but this year she has taken over with a total of 99 nominations.

The Houston native who received zero CMA Award nominations for his film Cowboy Carter Despite persistent criticism that her country album wasn't really country, she managed a clean sweep in the country categories of the Grammys, picking up awards for best country solo performance, best country duo/group performance, and best country song and best country album.

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Taylor Swift; Beyonce; Chappell Roan.

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Queen Bey may have the upper hand in this year's nominations, but a few artists are hot on her heels: Billie Eilish; Post Malone; the inventor of brat Summer, Charli XCX; and Kendrick Lamar, whose viral beef with Drake spawned the summer hit “Not Like Us,” each received seven nominations. Tortured poet Taylor Swift and first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan followed closely behind, receiving six nods each.

This year, women also dominated the Best Pop Vocal Album category, with Carpenter, Roan, Eilish, Swift and Ariana Grande vying for the award for their chart-topping records. They also made up the majority of artists nominated in this year's Record, Album and Song of the Year categories.

Members of the Recording Academy vote on the Grammys every year. The final round of voting is scheduled to end on January 3rd, a little less than a month before music's biggest night is broadcast live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2nd.

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Check out the list of nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards below.

The 2025 Grammy nominations

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, baby!” – Chappell Roan

“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone

Album of the Year

New blue sun – Andre 3000

COWBOY CARTER – Beyonce

Short and sweet – Sabrina Carpenter

BRAT – Charli XCX

Djesse Vol. 4 –Jacob Collier

Hit me hard and soft – Billie Eilish

The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess – Chappell Roan

THE DEPARTMENT OF TORTURED POETS – 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 and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars)

“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone)

“Good luck, baby!” – 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)

Best New Artist

Benson Boone

Sabrina Carpenter

Doechii

Khruangbin

Raye

Chappell Roan

Shaboozey

Teddy swims

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia

Ernst “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 Vocal Album

Short and sweet – Sabrina Carpenter

Hit me hard and soft – Billie Eilish

eternal sunshine – Ariana Grande

The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess – Chappell Roan

THE DEPARTMENT OF TORTURED POETS – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Bodyguard” – Beyoncé

“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Apple” – Charli XCX

“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish

“Good luck, baby!” – Chappell Roan

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Us” – Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift

“Levii's Jeans” – Beyoncé feat. Post Malone

“Guess” – Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish

“The Boy Is Mine” – Ariana Grande, Brandy and Monica

Best Pop Dance Recording

“Make You Mine” – Madison Beer

“Von Dutch” – Charli XCX

“L'Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]“ – Billie Eilish

“So what?” – Ariana Grande

“Got Me Started” – Troye Sivan

Best rock album

Lucky bastards – The black crows

Romance – Fontaines DC

savior – Green day

Tangk – IDLE

Dark matter – Pearl jam

Hackney Diamonds – The Rolling Stones

No name – Jack White

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell's Kitchen

We roll along happily

The notebook

The outsiders

Enough

The magician

Best Alternative Music Album

Wild God – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

charm – Clairo

The collective –Kim Gordon

What now –Brittany Howard

Everything was born screaming – St. Vincent

Best Alternative Music Performance

“Neon Pill” – elephant’s cage

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

“Starburster” – Fontaines DC

“Bye Bye” – Kim Gordon

“Flea” – St. Vincent

Best R&B Album

11:11 (Deluxe) –Chris Brown

Vantablack – Lalah Hathaway

Revenge — Muni Long

algorithm – Lucky Daye

Return home – Usher

Best R&B Performance

“How to” – Jhené Aiko

“Residuals” – Chris Brown

“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Coco Jones

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

“Saturn” – SZA

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“Kehlani” – Jordan Adetunji feat. Kehlani

“Spaghetii” – Beyoncé feat. Linda Martell and Shaboozey

“We Still Don’t Trust You” – Future and Metro Boomin feat. the Weeknd

“Big Mama” – Latto

“3:AM” – Rhapsody feat. Erykah Badu

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Night Reign – Arooj Aftab

New blue sun – Andre 3000

Code derivation –Robert Glasper

Foreverland – Keyon Harrold

No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Country Album

COWBOY CARTER – Beyonce

F-1 trillion – Post Malone

Deeper well – Kacey Musgraves

Higher –Chris Stapleton

Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson

Country solo performance

“16 Carriages” – Beyoncé

“I’m not feeling well” – Jelly Roll

“The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey

“It Takes a Woman” – Chris Stapleton

Best Americana Album

The other side – T Bone Burnett

$10 cowboy –Charley Crockett

Trail of flowers – Sierra Ferrell

Polaroid lovers – Sarah Jarosz

Nobody gets out alive – Maggie Rose

Tiger Blood – Waxahatchee

Best Gospel Performance/Best Gospel Song

“Church Doors” – Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence and Sir William James Baptist, songwriters

“Yesterday” – Melvin Crispell III

“Hold On (Live)” – Ricky Dillard

“Holy Hands” – Doe' Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord and Juan Winans, songwriters

“One Hallelujah” – Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell and Israel Houghton with Jonathan McReynolds and Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Naomi Raine, songwriters

Best Latin Pop Album

Funk generation – Anita

El Viaje –Luis Fonsi

GARCIA – Kanye Garcia

Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira

ORQUIDEAS – Kali Uchis

Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano)

Diamonds – Chiquis

Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 – Carin Leon

EXODO – Peso Pluma

De Lejitos – Jessi Uribe

Best African Music Performance

“Tomorrow” – Yemi Alade

“MMS” – Asake and Wizkid

“Sensational” – Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay

“Higher” – Burna Boy

“Love Me JeJe” lyrics

Best Soundtrack for Visual Media (Including Film and Television)

American fiction – Laura Karpman, composer

challenger – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers

The color purple – Kris Bowers, composer

Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer, composer

Shogun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross, composers

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“There is no love in Oklahoma.” [From Twisters: The Album] — Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)

“Better place” [From TROLLS Band Together] — Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)

“Can’t catch me now.” [From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes] — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (OliviaRodrigo)

“It never went away” [From American Symphony] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

“Love will survive” [From The Tattooist of Auschwitz] — Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)

Best opera recording

Adams: Girls of the Golden West – John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny and Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez and Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Moravec: The Shining One – Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce and Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus)
Puts: The Hours – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Kelli O'Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan and Christopher Purves; Jason O'Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

The full list of 2025 Grammy nominations can be found here.