Beyoncé leads 2025 Grammy nominations, becomes most-nominated artist ever: See the full list of nominees

The 2025 Grammys have laid their cards down, down, down, down, and it's all coming up Beyoncé. 

The "Texas Hold 'Em" singer officially broke the record to become the most-nominated artist in Grammys history, receiving 11 nods — including for Record, Song, and Album of the Year — for her 2024 country album, Cowboy Carter. Beyoncé, who is already the most awarded artist in history with 32 gramophones, previously shared the nominations feat with her husband, Jay-Z, but she has gained the upper hand this year with 99 total nominations to her name.

The Houston native, who received zero CMA Award nominations for Cowboy Carter amid continued criticism that her country album isn't really country, had a clean sweep through the Grammys' country categories, earning nods for Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Best Country Song, and Best Country Album. 

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Queen Bey may reign supreme over this year's nominations, but a few artists are hot on her heels: Billie Eilish; Post Malone; the inventor of Brat summer, Charli XCX, and Kendrick Lamar, whose viral beef with Drake spawned the summertime smash hit "Not Like Us," each received seven nominations. Tortured poet Taylor Swift and first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan followed them closely, each earning six nods. 

This year also saw women dominating the Best Pop Vocal Album category, with Carpenter, Roan, Eilish, Swift, and Ariana Grande up for the award for their chart-smashing records. They also made up the majority of artists nominated in this year's Record, Album, and Song of the Year categories.  

Members of the Recording Academy vote on the Grammys each year. The final round of voting is set to close on Jan. 3, a little less than a month before music's biggest night will air live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 2.

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Check out the list of the 2025 Grammy Awards nominations below.

The 2025 Grammy nominations

Record of the Year

"Now and Then" – The Beatles

"Texas Hold 'Em" – Beyoncé 

"Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter 

"360" – Charli XCX 

"Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish

"Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar

"Good Luck, Babe!" – Chappell Roan 

"Fortnight" – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 

Album of the Year

New Blue Sun – André 3000

COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé

Short n' Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter

BRAT – Charli XCX

Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift 

Song of the Year

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)

"Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

"Die With a Smile" – Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars) 

"Fortnight" – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone) 

"Good Luck, Babe!" – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan) 

"Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

"Please Please Please" – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter) 

"Texas Hold 'Em" – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé) 

Best New Artist

Benson Boone

Sabrina Carpenter 

Doechii 

Khruangbin 

Raye 

Chappell Roan 

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims 

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia 

Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II 

Ian Fitchuk 

Mustard 

Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Jessi Alexander 

Amy Allen 

Edgar Barrera 

Jessie Jo Dillon 

Raye 

Best Pop Vocal Album

Short n' Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish

eternal sunshine – Ariana Grande

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan 

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift 

Best Pop Solo Performance

"Bodyguard" - Beyoncé

"Espresso" - Sabrina Carpenter

"Apple" - Charli XCX

"Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish

"Good Luck, Babe!" - Chappell Roan

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

"Us" - Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift

"Levii's Jeans" - Beyoncé feat. Post Malone

"Guess" - Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish

"The Boy Is Mine" - Ariana Grande, Brandy, and Monica

Best Pop Dance Recording

"Make You Mine" – Madison Beer 

"Von Dutch" – Charli XCX 

"L'Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]" – Billie Eilish 

"Yes, and?" – Ariana Grande 

"Got Me Started" – Troye Sivan

Best Rock Album

Happiness Bastards — The Black Crowes

Romance — Fontaines D.C.

Saviors — Green Day

Tangk — IDLES

Dark Matter — Pearl Jam

Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones

No Name — Jack White

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell's Kitchen

Merrily We Roll Along

The Notebook

The Outsiders

Suffs

The Wiz

Best Alternative Music Album

Wild God – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 

Charm – Clairo

The Collective – Kim Gordon

What Now – Brittany Howard 

All Born Screaming – St. Vincent 

Best Alternative Music Performance

"Neon Pill" — Cage the Elephant

"Song of the Lake" — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

"Starburster" — Fontaines D.C.

"Bye Bye" — Kim Gordon

"Flea" — St. Vincent

Best R&B Album

11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown

Vantablack — Lalah Hathaway

Revenge — Muni Long

Algorithm — Lucky Daye

Coming Home — Usher

Best R&B Performance

"Guidance" — Jhené Aiko

"Residuals" — Chris Brown

"Here We Go (Uh Oh)" — Coco Jones

"Made for Me (Live on BET)" — Muni Long

"Saturn" — SZA

Best Melodic Rap Performance

"Kehlani" — Jordan Adetunji feat. Kehlani

"Spaghetii" — Beyoncé feat. Linda Martell and Shaboozey

"We Still Don't Trust You" — Future and Metro Boomin feat. the Weeknd

"Big Mama" — Latto

"3:AM" — Rhapsody feat. Erykah Badu

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Night Reign – Arooj Aftab 

New Blue Sun – André 3000 

Code Derivation – Robert Glasper 

Foreverland – Keyon Harrold 

No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Country Album

COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé

F-1 Trillion – Post Malone

Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves

Higher – Chris Stapleton

Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson 

Country Solo Performance

"16 Carriages" — Beyoncé

"I Am Not Okay" — Jelly Roll

"The Architect" — Kacey Musgraves

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" — Shaboozey

"It Takes a Woman" — Chris Stapleton

Best Americana Album

The Other Side – T Bone Burnett

$10 Cowboy – Charley Crockett

Trail of Flowers – Sierra Ferrell 

Polaroid Lovers – Sarah Jarosz

No One Gets Out Alive – Maggie Rose 

Tigers Blood – Waxahatchee 

Best Gospel Performance/Song

"Church Doors" — Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence & Sir William James Baptist, songwriters

"Yesterday" — Melvin Crispell III

"Hold On (Live)" — Ricky Dillard

"Holy Hands" — Doe' Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans, songwriters

"One Hallelujah" — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters

Best Latin Pop Album

Funk Generation – Anitta

El Viaje – Luis Fonsi

GARCÍA – Kany García

Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira 

ORQUÍDEAS – Kali Uchis 

Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano)

Diamantes – Chiquis

Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 – Carín León

ÉXODO – Peso Pluma

De Lejitos – Jessi Uribe

Best African Music Performance

"Tomorrow" – Yemi Alade

"MMS" – Asake and Wizkid

"Sensational" – Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay 

"Higher" – Burna Boy

"Love Me JeJe" – Tems 

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (includes film and television)

American Fiction – Laura Karpman, composer

Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers

The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, composer

Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer, composer

Shōgun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross, and Leopold Ross, composers 

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" [From Twisters: The Album] — Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)

"Better Place" [From TROLLS Band Together] — Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)

"Can't Catch Me Now" [From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes] — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (OliviaRodrigo)

"It Never Went Away" [From American Symphony] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

"Love Will Survive" [From The Tattooist of Auschwitz] — Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)

Best Opera Recording

Adams: Girls of the Golden West – John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) 

Moravec: The Shining – Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus)
Puts: The Hours – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus) 

Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas) 

See the complete list of the 2025 Grammy nominations here.