The 2025 Grammy Award nominations are coming in. Here’s what you need to know

NEW YORK (AP) – 2025 Grammy Awards the nominations are just around the corner – who will compete for the top prizes?

The nominees will be announced during a video stream live on the Grammy website and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel on Friday at 8 a.m. Pacific and 11 a.m. Eastern, starting with a pre-show 15 minutes earlier.

A host of talent is on deck to announce the nominees, including Gayle King, Jim Gaffigan and a host of past Grammy winners: Brandy Clark, Kirk Franklin, David Frost, Robert Gordon, Kylie Minogue, Gaby Moreno, Deanie Parker, Ben Platt, Mark Ronson, Hayley Williams and last year’s best new artist recipient, Victoria Monet.

Only recordings commercially released in the US between September 16, 2023 and August 30, 2024 are eligible for nomination, so don’t expect to see album nods to Future’s “Mixtape Pluto” (although Future and Metro Boomin’s “We Don’t Trust You” is very likely to score a nomination), George Straits “Cowboys and Dreamers,” Tyler, The Creator’s “Chromakopia,” or “warriors,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first full post-“Hamilton” musical starring Pulitzer finalist Eisa Davis.

There are lots of unknowns going into the messages: Will Beyonce and Post Malone receive nominations in the country music categories after the success of their massive albums “Cowboy Carter” and “F-1 Trillion” respectively, even though they’re megastars not previously directly associated with the genre?

Will Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” the biggest song of the year, combining his country twang with the familiar sample of J Kwon’s 2004 rap hit “Tipsy” dominates?

The 2025 Grammy Awards will air February 2 live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.