Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, and Billie Eilish Lead 2025 Grammy Nominations

The Grammys have revealed the nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards, with Beyoncé, Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Taylor Swift earning the most nods.

Beyoncé is in the lead with 11 nominations, including Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter, and Song and Record of the Year for “Texas ‘Hold Em.” She also received nominations in all four country music categories (eat your heart out, CMAs). This brings Beyoncé’s career nominations up to 99 total. Though the singer has won 32 Grammys, she still has yet to win Album of the Year. Also up for Album of the Year are Andre 3000, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charlie XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Jacob Collier.

Both Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish grabbed seven nominations, with both earning a nod in Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Charli XCX also earned seven nominations, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Dance/Electronic Album. Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift scored six nominations, while Sabrina Carpenter

Elsewhere, Green Day is up for three awards in Best Rock Album, Best Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song alongside The Beatles, St. Vincent, IDLES, Pearl Jam, and The Black Keys. Eminem is up for three Grammys next year, including Best Rap Album for The Death of  Slim Shady. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ score for Challengers is up for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Cage the Elephant earned a nod for Best Alternative Music Performance, while Gojira, Marina Viotti, and Victor Le Masn’s “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” is nominated for Best Metal Performance.

See the full list of nominees below.

The 2025 Grammy Awards will be held on February 2nd, 2025, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The event will air live on CBS and Paramount+.

2025 Grammy Nominations

Album of the Year:
André 3000 — New Blue Sun
Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter
Sabrina Carpenter —Short n’ Sweet
Charli XCX — Brat
Jacob Collier — Djesse Vol. 4
Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan — The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
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 feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”

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 feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best New Artist:
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
RAYE
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Best Alternative Music Album:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Wild God
Clairo – Charm
Kim Gordon – The Collective
Brittany Howard – What Now
St. Vincent – All Born Screaming

Best Alternative Music Performance:
Cage the Elephant – “Neon Pill”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Song of the Lake”
Fontaines D.C. – “Starburster”
Kim Gordon – “Bye Bye”
St. Vincent – “Flea”

Best Rock Performance:
The Beatles – “Now And Then”
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Green Day – “The American Dream Is Killing Me”
IDLES – “Gift Horse”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
St. Vincent – “Broken Man”

Best Rock Song:
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
St. Vincent – “Broken Man”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
Green Day – “Dilemma”
IDLES – “Gift Horse”

Best Rock Album:
The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Green Day – Saviors
Idles – Tangk
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Jack White – No Name

Best Metal Performance:
Gojira, Marina Viotti, and Victor Le Masne – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”
Judas Priest – “Crown of Horns”
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy – “Suffocate”
Metallica – “Screaming Suicide”
Spiritbox – “Cellar Door”

Best Solo Pop Performance:
Beyoncé – “Bodyguard”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Charli XCX – “Apple”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift – “us.”
Beyoncé feat. Post Malone – “Levii’s Jeans”
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess”
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – “The Boy Is Min”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

Best Dance/Electronic Recording:
Disclosure – “She’s Gone, Dance On”
Four Tet – “Loved”
Fred Again and Baby Keem – “Leavemealone”
Justice and Tame Impala – “Neverender”
Kaytranada feat. Childish Gambino – “Witchy”

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Charli XCX – Brat
Four Tet – Three
Justice – Hyperdrama
Kaytranada – Timeless
Zedd – Telos

Best Rap Album:
J. Cole — Might Delete Later
Common & Pete Rock — The Auditorium, Vol. 1
Future & Metro Boomin — We Don’t Trust You
Eminem — The Death Of Slim Shady
Doechii — Alligator Bites Never Heal

Best Rap Song:
Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
Glorilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Rapsody & Hit-Boy – “Asteroids”
¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid feat. Playboi Carti – “Carnival”

Best Rap Performance:
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
GloRilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Eminem – “Houdini”
Cardi B – “Enough (Miami)”
Doechii – “NISSAN ALTIMA”
Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
Common, Pete Rock, and Posdnuos – “When The Sun Shines Again”

Best Melodic Rap Performance:
Jordan Adetunji feat. Kehlani – “Kehlani”
Beyoncé feat. Linda Martell and Shaboozey – “Spaghettii”
Future and Metro Boomin feat. The Weeknd – “We Still Don’t Trust You”
Latto – “Big Mama”
Rapsody feat. Erykah Badu – “3:AM”

Best Country Album:
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Chris Stapleton – Higher
Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind

Best Country Solo Pop Performance:
Beyoncé – “16 Carriages”
Jelly Roll – “I Am Not Okay”
Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Chris Stapleton – “It Takes a Woman”

Best Música Urbana Album:
Bad Bunny – Nadie Sabe lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana
J Balvin – Rayo
Feid – Ferxxocalipsis
Residente – Las Letras Ya No Importan
Young Miko – Att

Best Americana Album:
T Bone Burnett – The Other Side
Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy
Sierra Ferrell – Trail of Flowers
Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
Maggie Rose – No One Gets Out Alive
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood

Best Folk Album:
American Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork Quartet
Madi Diaz – Weird Faith
Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings – Woodland

Best Comedy Album:
Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan – The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die
Ricky Gervais – Armageddon
Trevor Noah – Where Was I

Best Music Video:
A$AP Rocky – “Tailor Swif”
Charli XCX – “360”
Eminem – “Houdini”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best Music Film:
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
June Carter Cash – June
Run-DMC – Kings From Queens
Steven Van Zandt – Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Various Artists – The Greatest Night in Pop

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Kris Bowers – The Color Purple
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Laura Karpman – American Fiction
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross – Shōgun
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

Producer of the Year:
Alissia
D-Mile
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year:
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye

 

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