The 2025 Grammy nominations are here at last. This year, the field is led by Beyoncé with 11, followed by Billie Eilish, Charli xcx, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone with seven and Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift with six each.
Now that we've broken the wax seals on the ancient scrolls, recited the requisite Latin spell and burned an amalgam of herbs and cedar, we can divulge to you the names on the enchanted list. Click here for the full breakdown ahead of the 2/2 ceremony at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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
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 f/Post Malone
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, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Die With a Smile”: Dernst 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 f/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
POP
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 f/Taylor Swift
“LEVII'S JEANS,” Beyoncé f/Post Malone
“Guess,” Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
“the boy is mine,” Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
“Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
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
DANCE/ELECTRONIC
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
"She's Gone, Dance On": Guy Lawrence & Howard Lawrence, producers; Guy Lawrence, mixer (Disclosure)
“Loved": Kieran Hebden, producer & mixer (Four Tet)
“leavemealone”: Boo, Fred again.., Alex Gibson, Kieran Hebden, LOOSE, Skrillex & Sid Stone, producers; Fred again.. & Jay Reynolds, mixers (Fred again.. & Baby Keem)
“Neverender”: Gaspard Augé & Xavier De Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Augé, Xavier De Rosnay, Damien Quintard & Vincent Taurelle, mixers (Justice & Tame Impala)
“Witchy”: Lauren D'Elia & KAYTRANADA, producers; Neal H. Pogue, mixer (KAYTRANADA f/Childish Gambino)
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Make You Mine”: Madison Beer & Leroy Clampitt, producers; Mitch McCarthy, mixer (Madison Beer)
“Von Dutch”: Finn Keane, producer; Tom Norris, mixer (Charli xcx)
“L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]”: Billie Eilish & FINNEAS, producers; Jon Castelli & Aron Forbes, mixers (Billie Eilish)
“yes, and?”: Ariana Grande, ILYA & Max Martin, producers; Serban Ghenea, mixer (Ariana Grande)
“Got Me Started”: Ian Kirkpatrick, producer; Alex Ghenea, mixer (Troye Sivan)
Best Dance/Electronic Album
BRAT, Charli xcx
Three, Four Tet
Hyperdrama, Justice
Timeless, KAYTRANADA
Telos, Zedd
Best Remixed Recording
“Alter Ego–KAYTRANADA Remix”: KAYTRANADA, remixer (Doechii f/JT)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]”: David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”: FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Jah Sees Them–Amapiano Remix”: Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
“Von Dutch”: A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook f/Addison Rae)
ROCK, METAL & ALTERNATIVE
Best Rock Performance
“Now and Then,” The Beatles
“Beautiful People (Stay High),” The Black Keys
“The American Dream Is Killing Me,” Green Day
“Gift Horse,” IDLES
“Dark Matter,” Pearl Jam
“Broken Man,” St. Vincent
Best Metal Performance
“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!),” Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
“Crown of Horns,” Judas Priest
“Suffocate,” Knocked Loose f/Poppy
“Screaming Suicide,” Metallica
“Cellar Door,” Spiritbox
Best Rock Song
“Beautiful People (Stay High)”: Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
“Broken Man”: Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
“Dark Matter”: Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
“Dilemma”: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
“Gift Horse”: Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)
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 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 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
R&B
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 Traditional R&B Performance
“Wet,” Marsha Ambrosius
“Can I Have This Groove,” Kenyon Dixon
“No Lie,” Lalah Hathaway f/Michael McDonald
“Make Me Forget,” Muni Long
“That's You,” Lucky Daye
Best R&B Song
"After Hours": Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
"Burning": Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
"Here We Go (Uh Oh)": Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
"Ruined Me": Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
"Saturn": Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
Best Progressive R&B Album
So Glad To Know You, Avery*Sunshine
En Route, Durand Bernarr
Bando Stone and the New World, Childish Gambino
Crash, Kehlani
Why Lawd?, NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
Best R&B Album
11:11 (Deluxe), Chris Brown
Vantablack, Lalah Hathaway
Revenge, Muni Long
Algorithm, Lucky Daye
Coming Home, USHER
RAP
Best Rap Performance
“Enough (Miami),” Cardi B
“When the Sun Shines Again,” Common & Pete Rock f/Posdnuos
“NISSAN ALTIMA,” Doechii
“Houdini,” Eminem
“Like That,” Future & Metro Boomin f/Kendrick Lamar
“Yeah Glo!,” GloRilla
“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar
Best Melodic Rap Performance
"KEHLANI,” Jordan Adetunji f/Kehlani
“SPAGHETTII,” Beyoncé f/Linda Martell & Shaboozey
“We Still Don't Trust You,” Future & Metro Boomin f/The Weeknd
“Big Mama,” Latto
“3:AM,” Rapsody f/Erykah Badu
Best Rap Song
"Asteroids": Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody f/Hit-Boy)
"Carnival": Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ [Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign] f/Rich the Kid & Playboi Carti)
"Like That": Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe "BbyKobe" Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future & Metro Boomin f/Kendrick Lamar)
"Not Like Us": Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
"Yeah Glo!": Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)
Best Rap Album
Might Delete Later, J. Cole
The Auditorium, Vol. 1, Common & Pete Rock
Alligator Bites Never Heal, Doechii
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), Eminem
We Don't Trust You, Future & Metro Boomin
COUNTRY
Best 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 Country Song
“The Architect”: Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)”: Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“I Am Not Okay”: Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
“I Had Some Help”: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone f/Morgan Wallen)
“TEXAS HOLD ’EM”: Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Cowboys Cry Too,” Kelsea Ballerini w/Noah Kahan
“II MOST WANTED,” Beyoncé f/Miley Cyrus
“Break Mine,” Brothers Osborne
“Bigger Houses,” Dan + Shay
“I Had Some Help,” Post Malone f/Morgan Wallen
Best Country Album
COWBOY CARTER, Beyoncé
F-1 Trillion, Post Malone
Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves
Higher, Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind, Lainey Wilson
LATIN & GLOBAL
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 Urbana Album
nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana, Bad Bunny
Rayo, J Balvin
FERXXOCALIPSIS, Feid
LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN, Residente
att., Young Miko
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Compita del Destino, El David Aguilar
Pa’ Tu Cuerpa, Cimafunk
Autopoiética, Mon Laferte
GRASA, NATHY PELUSO
¿Quién trae las cornetas?, Rawayana
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Diamantes, Chiquis
Boca Chueca, Vol. 1, Carín León
ÉXODO, Peso Pluma
De Lejitos, Jessi Uribe
Best Tropical Latin Album
MUEVENSE, Marc Anthony
Bailar, Sheila E.
Radio Güira, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional), Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Vacilón Santiaguero, Kiki Valera
Best Global Music Performance
“Raat Ki Rani,” Arooj Aftab
“A Rock Somewhere,” Jacob Collier f/Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
“Rise,” Rocky Dawuni
“Bemba Colorá,” Sheila E. f/Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
“Sunlight to My Soul,” Angélique Kidjo f/Soweto Gospel Choir
“Kashira,” Masa Takumi f/Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung
Best African Music Performance
“Tomorrow,” Yemi Alade
“MMS,” Asake & Wizkid
“Sensational,” Chris Brown f/Davido & Lojay
“Higher,” Burna Boy
“Love Me JeJe,” Tems
Best Global Music Album
Alkebulan II, Matt B f/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Paisajes, Ciro Hurtado
Heis, Rema
Historias de un Flamenco, Antonio Rey
Born in the Wild, Tems
Best Reggae Album
Take It Easy, Collie Buddz
Party With Me, Vybz Kartel
Never Gets Late Here, Shenseea
Bob Marley: One Love–Music Inspired by the Film (Deluxe), various artists
Evolution, The Wailers
AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC
Best American Roots Performance
“Blame It on Eve,” Shemekia Copeland
“Nothing in Rambling,” The Fabulous Thunderbirds f/Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
“Lighthouse,” Sierra Ferrell
“The Ballad of Sally Anne,” Rhiannon Giddens
Best Americana Performance
“YA YA,” Beyoncé
“Subtitles,” Madison Cunningham
“Don’t Do Me Good,” Madi Diaz f/Kacey Musgraves
“American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell
“Runaway Train,” Sarah Jarosz
“Empty Trainload of Sky,” Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best American Roots Song
“Ahead of the Game": Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
“All in Good Time”: Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine f/Fiona Apple)
“All My Friends”: Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan)
“American Dreaming”: Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
“Blame It on Eve”: John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)
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 Bluegrass Album
I Built a World, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Songs of Love and Life, The Del McCoury Band
No Fear, Sister Sadie
Live Vol. 1, Billy Strings
Earl Jam, Tony Trischka
Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman, Dan Tyminski
Best Traditional Blues Album
Hill Country Love, Cedric Burnside
Struck Down, The Fabulous Thunderbirds
One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley
Sam’s Place, Little Feat
Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa, The Taj Mahal Sextet
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, Joe Bonamassa
Blame It on Eve, Shemekia Copeland
Friendlytown, Steve Cropper & the Midnight Hour
Mileage, Ruthie Foster
The Fury, Antonio Vergara
Best Folk Album
American Patchwork Quartet, American Patchwork Quartet
Weird Faith, Madi Diaz
Bright Future, Adrianne Lenker
All My Friends, Aoife O’Donovan
Woodland, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Regional Roots Music Album
25 Back to My Roots, Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul
Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles f/J’Wan Boudreaux
Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Breed Brass Band f/Trombone Shorty
Kuini, Kalani Pe’a
Stories From the Battlefield, The Rumble f/Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.
MUSICAL THEATER
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Color Purple, various artists
Deadpool & Wolverine, various artists
Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
Saltburn, various artists
Twisters: The Album, various artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
American Fiction: Laura Karpman, composer
Challengers: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
The Color Purple: Kris Bowers, composer
Dune: Part Two: Hans Zimmer, composer
Shōgun: Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: Pinar Toprak, composer
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla: Bear McCreary, composer
Marvel's Spider-Man: John Paesano, composer
Star Wars Outlaws: Wilbert Roget, II, composer
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord: Winifred Phillips, composer
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 (Olivia Rodrigo)
“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)
VIDEO/FILM
Best Music Video
“Tailor Swif”: Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors (A$AP Rocky)
“360”: Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo & Evan Thicke, video producers (Charli xcx)
"Houdini": Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna & Justin Diener, video producers (Eminem)
"Not Like Us": Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers (Kendrick Lamar)
“Fortnight”: Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer (Taylor Swift f/Post Malone)
Best Music Film
American Symphony: Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers (Jon Batiste)
June: Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson & Kristen Vaurio, video producers (June Carter Cash)
Kings From Queens: Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer (Run DMC)
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple: Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher & Bill Teck, video producers (Steven Van Zandt)
The Greatest Night in Pop: Bao Nguyen, video director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie & Harriet Sternberg, video producers (various artists)
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