List of Nominees Grammys 2025: Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar Lead

Beyoncé continues her reign as the queen of the Grammys: She leads the 2025 awards with 11 nominations, even sweeping all four country categories with her historic Cowboy Carter album.

Beyoncé is up for album of the year and best country album, while her No. 1 country hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” is up for song of the year, record of the year and best country song. Her other nominations include Best Country Solo Performance for “16 Carriages,” Best Country/Duo Performance “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus and Best Americana Performance for “Ya Ya.”

With 99 career nominations, she now breaks her tie with hubby Jay-Z, who now has 89 nods, including an album of the year co-writer of several Cowboy Carter songs. Beyoncé is the most decorated artist in Grammy history with 32 wins and could finally win her first album of the year trophy next year.

However, she has competition. Taylor Swift, the first artist to win album of the year four times, is nominated for The Ward of Tortured Poetsmaking her the first woman to earn seven nods in the category. Other nominees include Hit me hard and soft by Billie Eilish – who becomes the first artist to have their first three albums compete for the top prize – Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ SweetCharli XCX’s bratChappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern PrincessOther 3000’s New blue sun and Jacob Colliers Djesse Vol. 4.

Eilish, Charli XCX, Post Malone and Kendrick Lamar – up for song and record of the year with “Not Like Us” – follow Beyoncé with seven nominations each. Swift, Carpenter and Roan got six nods apiece.

Beyoncé and Lamar’s songs vying for record of the year are Swift and Malone’s “Fortnight,” Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Charli XCX’s “360,” Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” and the Beatles’ final song “Now and Then.”

Beyoncé, Lamar, Swift, Eilish and Roan’s songs are also competing for song of the year — a songwriter award — along with Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song.” (Tipsy), which spends its 16th week atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Shaboozey is also up for Best New Artist alongside Carpenter, Roan, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Raye, Doechii and Khruangbin. Shaboozey who got a boost after appearing on two Cowboy Carter tracks, is nominated for Best Rap Melodic Performance for his guest appearance on Beyoncé’s “Spaghetti.” Country music pioneer Linda Martell, the first black woman to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, also appears on the song and earns her first ever Grammy nominations.

Other first-time nominees include Carpenter, Kim Gordon, Willow, Pete Rock and Morgan Wallen, who scored two country nods for her performance on Malone’s No. 1 hit “I Need Some Help.” Malone also earned a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Levii’s Jeans” with Beyoncé.

Beyoncé’s country and American Roots nominations extend her genre-bending run at the Grammys, having won honors in R&B, rap, pop and dance. She even earned a rock nomination at the show in 2017. Her five cross-country and American roots nods come two months after she was snubbed at the CMA Awards, where she received zero nominations. She was also snubbed by the Grammys’ country committee when they rejected “Daddy Lessons,” her zany song from 2016’s Lemonade.

Months after female acts swept every TV award at the 2024 Grammys, women are also dominating big categories for next year, such as album of the year, record of the year, best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album, with nominees including Swift, Eilish, Carpenter, Roan and Ariana Grande, who gets her sixth nod in the category with Eternal sunshineand ties a record set by Kelly Clarkson.

And while a woman has never won Producer of the Year (non-classical), Alissia is nominated this year – marking the first female nod in six years. She is up against Dan Nigro, Mustard, Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II and Ian Fitchuk.

The 2025 Grammys will air live on February 2 from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The final vote is from December 12 to January 3. The 2025 nominations for the top categories follow and click here for a complete list of the 2025 Grammy nominations.