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The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards have been announced, with several milestones reached by some of the world’s biggest artists.
Beyonce shattered a record to become the most nominated artist of all time, with a total of 99 nominations throughout her career. She was previously tied with her husband, Jay-Z, at 88, but moved ahead after leading the 2025 nominations with 11 nods, including Album of the Year for her country-influenced Cowboy Carter.
Taylor Swift received yet another Album of the Year nod, this time for her latest hit album, The Tortured Poets Department, which pulls her out of a tie with Barbra Streisand and places her as the woman with the most nominations in the category.
Other artists who will be vying for Album of the Year include 2024’s breakthrough star Chappell Roan with her debut, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, and Sabrina Carpenter with her sixth record, Short n’ Sweet.
British star Charli XCX is a also up for her critically adored, trend-setting album Brat, while RAYE received a deserved nod for Best New Artist.
Hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar was nominated for both Record and Song of the Year for his diss track “Not Like Us”, which ties him with Jay-Z for the most nods in those categories by a rapper.
2025 Grammy nominations in full: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter among nominees
Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 17:46
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Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 17:01
Here are the 2025 Grammy nominations in full
Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 16:58
Taylor Swift breaks record to become the most-nominated female artist in the Album of the Year category – other records smashed
Swift has now received a whopping seven nominations for Album of the Year over her career, breaking her previous tie with Barbra Streisand at six.
Beyonce leads the 2025 nominations with 11 nods, a new one-year record for a female artist. This is also the fifth time she’s received the most nominations in a single year, and also brings her total to a record 99 nominations. She previously shared the record with her husband, Jay-Z, as they had 88 nods apiece.
Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 16:33
Charli XCX, BRAT review: Dance-pop star slips a little vulnerability into her clever, anarchic beats
Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 16:27
Some early takeaways so far
It seems the Grammys voting academy might have reached Taylor Swift saturation point, as the pop titan is far less dominant in the 2025 nominations as she was for this year’s awards show.
So far, she’s only got two big nominations and both of them are collaborations: her single “Fortnight” ft Post Malone, and her guest feature on Gracie Abrams’ song “Us”.
At the moment, Beyonce seems to be dominating thanks to her album Cowboy Carter, along with Chappell Roan for her album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish.
Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 16:18
Song of the Year nominations are in ft Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan
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
Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 16:14
Here are the big R&B nominations
Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe), Lalah Hathaway – Vantablack, Lucky Daye – Algorithm, Muni Long – Revenge, Usher – Coming Home
Chris Brown – Residuals, Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh), Jhené Aiko – Guidance, Muni Long – Made for Me (Live on BET), SZA – Saturn
Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 16:13
Beyonce gets her country nomination!
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 Beyoncé – 16 Carriages, Chris Stapleton – It Takes a Woman, Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay, Kacey Musgraves – The Architect, Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Roisin O’Connor8 November 2024 16:12