2025 Grammy Nominations: Beyoncé Reigns with 11 Nods as Taylor Swift’s Streak Slows – Full List Inside!

November 9, 2024: The 2025 Grammy nominations are in, and it’s official – Beyoncé is back to claim her throne! With a whopping 11 nominations, Queen Bey is leading the pack, bringing her career Grammy nod count to an unbelievable 99! It’s Beyoncé’s world, and we’re just living in it. Right behind her with seven nods each are Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, and Charli XCX, whose album Brat marks her grand Grammys breakthrough.

Taylor Swift, who usually dominates the scene, has a solid showing with six nominations for her album The Tortured Poets Department, but it’s a quieter year by her usual standards.

She’s got some new rivals in town – fresh faces like Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are making their Grammy debuts with six nominations each, turning heads and making waves.

For the highly-coveted Album of the Year category, the competition is fierce. Contenders include Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Taylor’s The Tortured Poets Department, Billie’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, Charli XCX’s Brat, and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Add in Andre 3000’s woodwind wonder New Blue Sun and Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4, and you’ve got a category packed with unique sounds and star power.

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Over in Record of the Year, singles from these albums go head-to-head, with a few surprise entries like the Beatles’ “Now and Then” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” the latter fuelled by his much-publicised rivalry with Drake.

In the Best New Artist category, first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Shaboozey (with five nods!), and Doechii are bringing fresh energy to the scene. Jazz legend Chick Corea also makes an appearance posthumously, adding three nominations to his legacy and tying with Kanye West for fifth-most nominations ever – not a bad way to make history!

The only notable absence? Country star Zach Bryan, who opted out of Grammy consideration, saying he’s not comfortable with music as a “competition.”

He joins a list of past Grammy rebels like Drake, the Weeknd, and Frank Ocean who’ve also chosen not to play the awards game.

It’s going to be a nail-biter at the Grammys this year, with some fan-favorite veterans and hot new faces fighting for the spotlight!

See the full list of Grammy nominees here:

Record of the Year

The Beatles – Now and Then

Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em

Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather

Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!

Charli XCX – 360

Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Album of the Year

André 3000 – New Blue Sun

Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft

Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

Charli XCX – Brat

Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 4

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet

Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

Song of the Year

Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em

Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather

Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!

Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile

Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please

Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Best Country Album

Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

Chris Stapleton – Higher

Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well

Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind

Post Malone – F-1 Trillion

Best Country Solo Performance

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Beyoncé – 16 Carriages

Chris Stapleton – It Takes a Woman

Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay

Kacey Musgraves – The Architect

Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Best Musical Theatre Album

Hell’s Kitchen

Merrily We Roll Along

The Notebook

The Outsiders

Suffs

The Wiz

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey – Spaghettii

Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd – We Still Don’t Trust You

Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani – Kehlani (Remix)

Latto – Big Mama

Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – 3:AM

Best R&B Album

Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)

Lalah Hathaway – Vantablack

Lucky Daye – Algorithm

Muni Long – Revenge

Usher – Coming Home

Best R&B Performance

Chris Brown – Residuals

Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)

Jhené Aiko – Guidance

Muni Long – Made for Me (Live on BET)

SZA – Saturn

Best New Artist

Benson Boone

Doechii

Chappell Roan

Khruangbin

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Raye

Sabrina Carpenter

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

Best Alternative Music Performance

Cage the Elephant – Neon Pill

Fontaines D.C. – Starburster

Kim Gordon – Bye Bye

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Song of the Lake

St. Vincent – Flea

Best Dance Pop Recording

Ariana Grande – Yes, And?

Billie Eilish – L’Amour de Ma Vie (Over Now Extended Edit)

Charli XCX – Von Dutch

Madison Beer – Make You Mine

Troye Sivan – Got Me Started

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine – Remix

Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone – Levii’s Jeans

Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess Featuring Billie Eilish

Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift – Us.

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile

Best Pop Solo Performance

Beyoncé – Bodyguard

Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather

Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!

Charli XCX – Apple

Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

Best Rock Album

The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards

Fontaines D.C. – Romance

Green Day – Saviors

Idles – Tangk

Jack White – No Name

Pearl Jam – Dark Matter

The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia

Daniel Nigro

Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II

Ian Fitchuk

Mustard

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Amy Allen

Edgar Barrera

Jessi Alexander

Jessie Jo Dillon

Raye

Best African Music Performance

Asake & Wizkid – MMS

Burna Boy – Higher

Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational

Tems – Love Me JeJe

Yemi Alade – Tomorrow

Best Musica Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Carín León – Boca Chueca, Vol. 1

Chiquis – Diamantes

Jessi Uribe – De Lejitos

Peso Pluma – Éxodo

Best Latin Pop Album

Anitta – Funk Generation

Kali Uchis – Orquídeas

Kany García – García

Luis Fonsi – El Viaje

Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Doe – Holy Hands

Melvin Crispell III – Yesterday

Ricky Dillard – Hold On (Live)

Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr – One Hallelujah

Yolanda Adams – Church Doors

Last year’s winners for the Big Four categories included Taylor Swift for Album of the Year, Miley Cyrus for Record of the Year, Victoria Monet as Best New Artist and Billie Eilish for Song of the Year. The 2024 ceremony also honoured artists like SZA, Karol G and Killer Mike.