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The list of nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards has been announced and Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé is among those with the highest amount.
Last Friday (Nov. 8), the Recording Academy announced the list of nominees for the 67th annual Grammy Awards. Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar were singled out among the artist nominees, respectively, for their groundbreaking work during the nomination period from September 2023 to August 2024. The nominees in each category were read by CBS Morning's hosted by Gayle King and comedian Jim Gaffigan, joined by past Grammy winners including last year's Best New Artist winner Victoria Monét, Mark Ronson and Paramore's Hayley Williams.
The fierce beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake will be on public display once again as Compton's hit song “Not Like Us” aimed at his Canadian rival was nominated for Song of the Year. It was also one of his two nominations for Best Rap Performance, the other being for his verse on “Like That” by Future and Metro Boomin. Kendrick Lamar has five total nominations and Drake has none.
Beyoncé leads all artists with 11 nominations in 94 categories for her Cowboy Carter album, released this year. The album is primarily nominated in the pop and country music categories, and the number of nominations surpasses the previous record of 10, which she received in 2009. The nominations also made Beyoncé the most nominated artist in Grammy history, with 99 total to date since its debut in 2003.
André 3000 was also nominated for this year's Grammys for his instrumental album New Blue Sun in the Album of the Year category. Other notable rap figures who received nominations include Common and Pete Rock for The Auditorium Vol. 1 and Doechii for Alligator bites never heal. Veteran MC Rapsody was also nominated for her song, “Asteroids,” from her recent critically acclaimed release, Please don't cry. The 67th Grammy Awards will air on February 2, 2025.
