Grammy nominations 2025 live: Here’s how to watch who’s nominated and when the ceremony will take place

Here, Gayle King tells us what a great year it’s been for music. There’s not much objection from me, I enjoyed it.

OK, here are the nominees for songwriter and producer of the year (non-classical).

We have songwriters Jessi Alexander, Amy Allen, Edgar Berrera, Jessie Jo Dillon and RAYE!

Producer of the Year: Alissia, Dernst “D Mile” Emile II, Ian Fithcuk, Mustard and Daniel Nigro.

A reminder that the announcement of nominations ends up happening pretty quickly. I’ll provide a quick overview of some of the most notable nominations as they come in, but you can also find the continually updated full list of nominees from my amazing colleague Inga, which will be live as soon as the first category is announced.

Now I don’t have to wait much longer! Advance notice will be given in five minutes, while nominations themselves will take place at 4pm UK time (8am PT, 11am ET).

It feels like there are a few dead credentials that will end up in this year’s Big Four categories at the Grammy Awards.

A reminder of the Big Four: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist.

For those in the know, and because it’s a bit confusing, “Song of Year” honors the composition of a song and the writers behind it, while “Record of the Year” looks at the artists, producers, and engineers who contributed to that song.

Personally, I think it would be a shock if Taylor Swift wasn’t nominated for the record-breaking seventh album of 2024 award The Tortured Poets Department. While I would argue that the album itself is (on the whole) too long, Swift is a Grammys favorite and, regardless of length, Tortured Poets contains some of her best lyrics to date. “Fortnight” could get a nomination for Song of the Year and possibly Record of the Year, and I also imagine a nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.

There are two artists who could win the Big Four categories: Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan. Both will likely receive nominations for best new artist (and subsequently reignite the age-old debate about “new” since Carpenter is on her sixth album). Short and sweet. This and Roan’s debut The rise and fall of a Midwestern princess, are strong contenders for Album of the Year thanks to rave reviews for each album and strong commercial performances.

Carpenter’s mega-hit single “Espresso” will likely land in both the Song and Record of the Year categories, as will Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!”

It’s likely that all four categories will be dominated by US artists this year, but one singer flying the UK flag could be Charli XCX, who rose to greater international fame thanks to her landmark and critically acclaimed sixth album. Brat.

Beyonce should get recognition for her country-inspired album Cowboy Carter, along with Kendrick Lamar for his inflammatory Drake diss track “Not Like Us.”

The 2025 Grammy Awards will air live on February 2 on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. A host has yet to be announced; Trevor Noah has hosted for the past four years in a row.

With Kendrick Lamar widely expected to score at least one nomination for his Drake diss track “Not Like Us,” take a look at our timeline of the feuding hip-hop stars’ clashes:

The 2025 Grammy nominees will be announced during a live video stream on the Grammy website and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel on Friday at 8:00 a.m. Pacific and 11:00 a.m. Eastern (4:00 p.m. GMT). The start takes place 15 minutes before with a pre-show.

It was one of the most memorable Grammys in years. Apparently organizers felt they had to make up for the disappointing 2023 ceremony, where Harry Styles missed out on the Album of the Year award after we were promised a rematch between Adele and Beyoncé.

They did it, and more: This truly was the year of the women. After a glittering red carpet run in which many nominees appeared dressed as Grammy award winners (lots of bronze and gold this year), the ceremony opened with a spectacular medley of hits by British pop star Dua Lipa. At this point, the first prizes had already been awarded to the indie supergroup Boygenius, Billie Eilish and Kylie Minogue in the pre-broadcast show.

Trevor Noah, hosting for the fourth consecutive year, proved an ally. He defended Taylor Swift from grumpy NFL fans by flipping the joke and threatening to turn the camera on retired American football fans. Swift, who famously gave comedian Jo Koy a wintry look when he dared to make a joke at her expense at the Golden Globes, seemed smitten with Noah by comparison.