Beyoncé big favorite, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan in the fight

Music – The elite of pop are fighting to win the best musical award of the year, and a cowgirl is headlining. The nominations for the next Grammy Awards ceremony, which will be held on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, were announced this Friday, November 8.

And as the main headliner, we find Beyoncé, nominated in eleven categories for her album Cowboy Cartera tribute to the African-American roots of country, as announced by the Recording Academy.

Beyoncé will notably compete with the other mega star of American music Taylor Swift in the best album category. And when it comes to best solo performance, we find her battling it out with new pop stars Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Bilie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter.

Well ahead of the nominations

In detail, with Cowboy CarterBeyoncé received nominations in the category of best album of the year, but also in that of best country album. And this while his album, which draws heavily on this genre, was recently excluded from nominations for the Country Music Awards. With the single Texas Hold ’Empunctuated by the sound of the banjo, and Cowboy Carter, « Queen B » had nevertheless become the first black artist to rise to the top of the Billboard reference charts for country.

In addition to experiencing phenomenal success, Cowboy Carterwhich also includes a cover of the classic Jolene by absolute country star Dolly Parton, has reignited debates on the place of African-Americans in the history of country music, from which they have been largely ousted, the genre being rather associated with white and conservative musicians.

And Beyoncé's rehabilitation enterprise could be saluted during what is akin to the “Oscars of music” since with eleven nominations, she is well ahead of Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone (seven nominations each) , then Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift, who each received 6 nominations.

Scheduled two weeks after the inauguration at the White House of Donald Trump, against whom the American music community was largely organized, the ceremony of the 67th Grammy Awards could also take a political turn.

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