Beyoncé led nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards with 11 nods, a new single-year record for a female artist. Bey previously shared the record with Lauryn Hill, who received 10 nods at the 1999 ceremony. Bey earned 10 nods at the 2010 ceremony. This is Bey's fifth time as the all-time leader for most Grammy nods . In two other years, he shared the lead. Those 11 nods bring Beyoncé's career total to a record 99 nods. She previously shared the record with her husband, Jay-Z, with 88 nods each.
Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone tied for second with seven nods. Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift tied for third with six nods.
These and other artists celebrated milestone achievements when the nominations for the 67th Annual Grammy Awards were revealed on Friday, November 8.
by Swift Department of Tormented Poets was nominated for album of the year, allowing her to break out of a tie with Barbra Streisand and stand alone as the woman with the most nods in that category.
By Beyoncé Cowboy Carter she was nominated in the same category, making her the black artist with the most albums of the year, as a main artist. She was previously tied for this honor with Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar.
Lamar's “Not Like Us” was nominated for record and song of the year, allowing him to tie Jay-Z for the most nods in each of those categories by a rapper. “Not Like Us” has transcended its roots into the year's bitterest rap feud. Even if one didn't know the backstory, it's just an undeniable crush.
The Beatles' “Now and Then” was nominated for record of the year, giving the group a 60-year record of nominations in the category. They were first nominated for the world-famous 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' at the 1965 ceremony. The Fab Four barely edged out the old record holder for the longest-running nod in the category, Tony Bennett of whose nod spans 59 years, from “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (the winner in 1963) to his collaboration with Lady Gaga. “I Get a Kick Out of You” (2022 ceremony nominee).
(John Lennon, who died in 1980, and George Harrison, who died in 2001, are not considered candidates for this record. While most of the track is billed as newly recorded, parts of the work from decades ago (the Lennon and Harrison's contributions to the recording) do not meet the definition of a new recording and are therefore not Grammy Eligible.)
Roan and Carpenter are both nominated in each of the Big Four categories – album, record and song of the year as well as best new artist. This is just the third time in Grammy history that two artists have achieved this feat in the same year. Billie Eilish and Lizzo did it five years ago. Olivia Rodrigo and FINNEAS did it three years ago.
Women did very well in the nominations. Female top artists took six of the eight spots for both album of the year and record of the year. Female songwriters took four of the five spots in the non-classical songwriter of the year category. Jessi Alexander, Amy Allen, Jessie Jo Dillon and RAYE compete in this class with Edgar Barrera.
And a female producer was nominated for non-classical producer of the year for the first time in six years. Alissia, who produced tracks by Jamila Woods, Rae Khalil, BJ the Chicago Kid and Lion Babe, competes in this category with Dernst “D'Mile” Emile II, Ian Fitchuk, Mustard and Daniel Nigro. Alicia is the ninth woman nominated in the category. the first since Linda Perry at the 2019 ceremony.
It was a similar story in genre categories. All five nominees for both Best Pop Vocal album and Best Pop Solo Performance are women. Female artists took four of the five spots for Best R&B Performance and Best Alternative Music album. Female artists took five of the six spots for Best Americana Performance, although David Rawling is co-credited with Gillian Welch on one of the six recordings.
Diving deeper into the Big Four categories, Beyoncé earned a record ninth nomination of the year in that category with “Texas Hold'Em,” which extends her record for the most nods in the category's history. (Two years ago she surpassed former record holder Frank Sinatra.) Bey has never won in this category. Fun fact: “Texas Hold 'Em” isn't the first poker-themed hit to set a record of the year. Kenny Rogers' “The Gambler” was nominated for awards in 1980.
Swift and Malone received their sixth and fourth record of the year nominations, respectively, with “Fortnight,” which won video of the year at the MTV VMAs on Sept. 11.
Eilish received her fifth nomination of the year in the category with “Birds of a Feather,” which was released in July and quickly overshadowed her previous release “Lunch.” Eilish is the first artist in Grammy history to collect five records of the year before turning 23. She will reach that birthday on December 18.
Swift received her record-extending eighth song of the year nomination for writing “Fortnight.” As with Beyoncé's record of the year, Swift has yet to win in the category. Swift co-wrote “Fortnight” with Jack Antonoff (his fifth nod in the category) and Post Malone (his second).
Beyoncé and Mars each earned their sixth song of the year nominations — Bey for “Texas Hold 'Em” and Mars for “Die With a Smile.” For those keeping score, that puts them in a tie with Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie for second on the Grammy Song of the Year nominations leaderboard. All five co-writers of “Die With a Smile” are nominated for previous song of the year. Lady Gaga and Dernst Emile II (D'Mile) have been nominated four times in the category. James Fauntleroy and Andrew Watt have each been nominated twice.
Eilish and Finneas received their fifth song of the year for 'Birds of a Feather'. They have won twice, for “Bad Guy” and their own Barbie ballad “Why did I make?”
Three Best Young Artist nominees won young artist awards at other top shows. RAYE won Best New Artist at the Brit Awards on March 2. Roan won Best New Artist at the MTV VMAs on September 11. Doechii won the Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award in 2023. Doechii is the seventh Best New Artist nominee to win the Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award, following Jazmine Sullivan, Nicki Minaj, Kelsea Ballerini, Rosalía, Chloe x Halle and Victoria Monét.
A fun note: Two of the Best New Artist nominees, Benson Boone and Sabrina Carpenter, share a last name with past winners in this category. Debby Boone won in 1978. Karen and Richard Carpenter won in 1971.
After four years of being one of the best-selling artists in any genre, Morgan Wallen finally earned his first Grammy nominations – for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Country Song for his role in “I Had Some Help” by Post Malone. which he also wrote.
Jazz great Chick Corea, who died in 2021 at age 79, received three nominations, bringing his career total to 75. Corea has won 27 Grammys, a total equal to or better than only four musicians in Grammy history – Beyoncé (32), Sir Georg Solti (31), Quincy Jones (28) and Alison Krauss (also 27).
Classic producer David Frost, who has won 25 Grammys, received two more nods this year. Sound engineer and mixer Serban Ghenea, who has won 21 Grammys, has five more nods this year.
The Greatest Night in Popwhich was nominated for a Primetime Emmy this year for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction, is up for Best Musical. The film recounts the recording that produced “We Are the World,” which won four Grammys in 1986 — record and song of the year, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals and best music video, short form.
Dolly Parton Receives Her 55th Grammy Nomination – Best Audiobook, Narrative, and Narrative Recording for Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones. More impressive than her total number of nods is the fact that the Queen of Country has been nominated in at least one category in 37 of the first 67 years of the Grammys, a remarkable display of consistent resonance with voters. The other nominees in the category are former President Jimmy Carter, Barbra Streisand, George Clinton and Guy Oldfield, the producer of All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words.
Alicia Keys and John Legend, who have won a combined 28 Grammys, are each nominated for the first time in major categories. Keys is nominated for Best Musical Theater album for Hell's Kitchen. Legend is nominated for Best Children's Music album for My favorite dream.
This year's eligibility period includes recordings released between September 16, 2023 and August 30, 2024. The final round of Grammy voting will take place from December 12 to January 3. The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will return to the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2. The show, which is scheduled to run 3-1/2 hours, will again be produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy. Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor and Jesse Collins are executive producers.
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