2025 Grammy nominations live: Charli XCX up for Album of the Year with Beyonce and Taylor Swift

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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.

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.

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

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

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)