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Partial list of nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy Awards 2025 nominations have been announced, and Beyoncé is leading the way.

She received 11 nominations, including for Album, Song and Record of the Year for the music from “Cowboy Carter,” her highly anticipated country album.

Post Malone also received Nominations in the country categories, including honors for “I Had Some Help,” giving collaborator Morgan Wallen his first Grammy nominations.

Other notable nominees include newcomers Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan also helped out their first nominations. Billie Eilish received several nominations, including for Album of the Year.

The year The most dominant artist is Taylor Swiftwill also compete for several grand prizes.

See which artists are nominated in major categories at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, taking place February 2 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; “Chappell Roan: The Rise and Fall of a Princess of the Midwest,” 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, baby!”, Chappell Roan; “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift with Post Malone.

Song of the Year (Songwriter’s Award)

“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams; “Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and FINNEAS; “Die with a Smile”, Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt); “Fortnight,” Jack Antonoff, Austin Post and Taylor Swift; “Good Luck, Babe!”, Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter; “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar; “Please Please Please,” Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter; Texas Hold ‘Em, Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bulow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq.

Best New Artist

Benson Boone; Sabrina Carpenter; Doechii; Khruangbin; RAYE; Chappell Roan; Shaboozey; Teddy swims.

songwriter of the year

Jessi Alexander; Amy Allen; Edgar Barrera; Jessie Jo Dillon; RAYE.

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Bodyguard,” Beyoncé; “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter; “Apple,” Charli XCX; “Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish; “Good luck, baby!”, Chappell Roan.

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“us.” Gracie Abrams with Taylor Swift; “Levii’s Jeans,” Beyoncé with Post Malone; “Guess What,” Charli XCX and Billie Eilish; “The Boy Is Mine,” Ariana Grande, Brandy and Monica; “Die with a Smile”, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.

Best Rap Performance

“Enough (Miami),” Cardi B; “When the Sun Shines Again,” Common and Pete Rock with Psdnuos; “Nissan Altima,” Doechii; “Houdini,” Eminem; “Like That,” Future and Metro Boomin with Kendrick Lamar; “Yeah Glo!”, GloRilla; “Not like us,” Kendrick Lamar.

Best African Music Performance

“Morning,” Yemi Alade; “MMS,” Asake and Wizkid; “Sensational,” Chris Brown with Davido and Lojay; “Higher,” Burna Boy; “Love Me JeJe,” Tems.

Best Pop Vocal Album

“Short n’ Sweet,” Sabrina Carpenter; “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” Billie Eilish; “Eternal Sunshine,” Ariana Grande; “Chappell Roan: The Rise and Fall of a Princess of the Midwest,” Chappell Roan; “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift.

Best Rap Album

“Could be deleted later,” J. Cole; “The Auditorium, Vol. 1,” Common and Pete Rock; “Alligator Bites Never Heal,” “Doechii,” “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace),” Eminem; “We Don’t Trust You,” Future and Metro Boomin.

Best Country Album

“Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé; “F-1 Billion,” Post Malone; “Deeper Well,” Kacey Musgraves; “Higher,” Chris Stapleton; “Whirlwind,” Lainey Wilson.

Best R&B Album

“11:11 (Deluxe),” Chris Brown; “Vantablack,” Lalah Hathaway; “Revenge,” Muni Long; “Algorithm,” Lucky Dave; “Coming Home,” Usher.

Best Dance/Electronic Album

“BRAT,” Charli XCX; “Three”, Four Tet; “Hyperdrama,” Justice; “Timeless,” KAYTRANADA; “Telos,” Zedd.

Best rock album

“Happiness Bastards,” the Black Crowes; “Romance,” Fontaines DC; “Savior,” Green Day; “TANGK,” IDLES; “Dark Matter,” Pearl Jam; “Hackney Diamonds,” the Rolling Stones; “No Name,” Jack White.

Best Alternative Music Album

“Wild God,” Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; “Charm,” Clairo; “The Collective,” Kim Gordon; “Now What,” Brittany Howard; “All Born Screaming,” St. Vincent.

Best Progressive R&B Album

“So glad to know you,” Avery(Asterisk)Sunshine; “On the Road”, Durand Bernarr; “Bando Stone and the New World,” Childish Gambino; “Crash,” Kehlani; “Why Lawd?”, NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxledge).

Best Jazz Vocal Album

“Journey in Black,” Christie Dashiell; “Wildflowers Vol. 1,” Kurt Elling and Sullivan Fortne; “A Happy Holiday,” Samara Joy; “Milton + Esperanza,” Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding; “My Ideal,” Catherine Russell and Sean Mason.

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

“Owl Song,” Ambrose Akinmusire with Bill Frisell and Herlin Riley; “Beyond this Place,” Kenny Barron with Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins and Steve Nelson; “Remembrance,” Chick Corea and Béla Fleck; “Solo Play,” Sullivan Fortner.

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

“A Fleur de Peau,” Cyrille Aimée; “Visions,” Norah Jones; “Good Together,” Lake Street Dive; “Impossible Dream,” Aaron Lazar; “Christmas Wish,” Gregory Porter.

Best Gospel Album

Covered Vol. 1, Melvin Crispell III; “Choirmaster II (Live),” Ricky Dillard; “Father’s Day,” Kirk Franklin; “Still Karen,” Karen Clark Sheard; “More than that,” CeCe Winans.

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

“Heart of a Man,” DOE; “When Wind Meets Fire,” Elevation Worship; “Child of God,” Forrest Frank; “Coat of Many Colors,” Brandon Lake; The Maverick Way Complete, Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore.

Best Latin Pop Album

“Funk Generation”, Anitta; “El Viaje,” Luis Fonsi; “GARCIA,” Kany Garcia; “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran,” Shakira; “ORQUIDEAS”, Kali Uchis.

Best Latin Urban 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; “¿Quien Trae las Cornetas?”, Rawayana.

Best Reggae Album

“Take it Easy,” Collie Budz; “Party with Me,” Vybz Kartel; “It’s never too late here,” Shenseea; “Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired by the Movie (Deluxe),” various artists; “Evolution”, the Wailers.

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

“Civil Writes: The South Has Something to Say,” Queen Sheba; “Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series,” Omari Hardwick; “Good MUSIC Universe Sonic Sinema: Episode 1 In the beginning was the word,” Malik Yusef; “The Heart, the Mind, the Soul,” Tank and the Bangas; “The Seven Number Ones”, Mad Skillz.

Best Comedy Album

“Armageddon,” Ricky Gervais; “The Dreamer,” Dave Chappelle; “The Prisoner,” Jim Gaffigan; “One Day You’ll Die,” Nikki Glaser; “Where was I,” Trevor Noah.

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

“The Color Purple”; “Deadpool and Wolverine”; “Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein”; “salt burn”; “Twisters: The Album.”

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” from “Twisters,” Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs and Jonathan Singleton; “Better Place” from Trolls Band Together, Amy Allen, Shellback and Justin Timberlake; “Can’t Catch Me Now” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo; “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony,” Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson; “Love Will Survive” from The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve and Hans Zimmer.

Best Visual Media Soundtrack (Composer Award)

“American Fiction,” Laura Karpman; “Challengers,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross; “The Color Purple,” Kris Bowers; “Dune: Part Two,” Hans Zimmer; Shogun, Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross.

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia; Ernst “D’Mile” Emile II; Ian Fitchuk; Mustard; Daniel Nigro.

Best Music Video

“Tailor Swif,” A$AP Rocky; “360,” Charli XCX; “Houdini,” Eminem; “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar; “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift with Post Malone.

Best Music Film

“American Symphony”; “June”; “Kings of Queens”; “Steven Van Zandt: Student”; “The biggest night in pop.”

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