Grammy nominees 2025: Beyoncé dominates as Tame Impala, The ...

The nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards have been announced.

By far the dominant artist was Beyoncé, who received 11 nods thanks to her hit country music album Cowboy Carter.

Her 2025 nominations take Texan superstar's career total to 99, the most nominations of any artist ever.

Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone received seven nominations each, while Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter got six.

And for those with an eye on Australian talent, both Troye Sivan (Got Me Started, for Best Dance Pop Recording) and Tame Impala with Justice (Neverender, for Best Dance/Electronic Recording) scored one nod each.

The Beatles' latest album Now and Then, which used artificial intelligence to replicate John Lennon's voice, was also nominated for Album of the Year.

Among those tasked with announcing the nominees live was none other than Australia's Kylie Minogue, who in February won Best Pop Dance Recording for her hit, Padam Padam.

Sabrina Carpenter has received six Grammy nominations. (Reuters: Andrew Kelly)

When are the Grammy Awards?

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 2, 2025, in the Los Angeles Arena.

The awards celebrate the artists and tracks that made their mark on the year.

How are the nominees, and winners, decided on?

The Grammys heralds itself as "the only music award in which nominees and winners are determined by creators themselves".

In other words, performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, instrumentalists and other creators working in the music and recording industry are able to vote.

In order to qualify for nomination to the 2025 awards, recordings must be released between September 16, 2023, and August 30, 2024.

The Grammys says it receives roughly 20,000 entries each year, across a variety of categories, which are whittled down to just five or eight finalists for each award.

Who's been nominated, and for what?

There are way too many categories (94, across 12 fields!) to list everyone.

But generally, there are a handful awards considered the most high-profile, and they all belong in what's called the General Field.

The nominees in the General Field are:

Record Of The YearNow and Then — The BeatlesTEXAS HOLD 'EM — BeyoncéEspresso — Sabrina Carpenter360 — Charli XCXBIRDS OF A FEATHER — Billie EilishNot Like Us — Kendrick LamarGood Luck, Babe! — Chappell RoanFortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post MaloneAlbum Of The YearNew Blue Sun — André 3000Cowboy Carter — BeyoncéShort 'n' Sweet — Sabrina CarpenterBRAT — Charli XCXDjesse Vol. 4 — Jacob CollierHIT ME HARD AND SOFT — Billie EilishThe Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess — Chappell RoanThe Tortured Poets Department — Taylor SwiftSong Of The YearA Bay Song (Tipsy) — Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Nevin Sastry, Chibueze Collins Obinna & Mark Williams (Shaboozey)Birds of a Feather — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell (Billie Eilish)Die With a Smile — Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars)Fortnight — Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift and Post Malone)Good Luck, Babe! — Daniel Nigro, Kayleigh Rose Amstutz & Justin Tranter (Chappell Roan)Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar (Kendrick Lamar)Please Please Please — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter (Sabrina Carpenter)TEXAS HOLD 'EM — Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq (Beyoncé)Best New ArtistBenson BooneSabrina CarpenterDoechiiKhruangbinRayeChappell RoanShaboozeyTeddy SwimsProducer Of The Year, Non-ClassicalAlissiaDernst "D’Mile" Emile IIIan FitchukMustardDaniel NigroSongwriter of the Year, Non-ClassicalJessi AlexanderAmy AllenEdgar BarreraJessie Jo DillonRAYEBest Pop Vocal AlbumShort n' Sweet — Sabrina CarpenterHIT ME HARD AND SOFT — Billie Eilisheternal sunshine — Ariana GrandeThe Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess — Chappell RoanTHE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT — Taylor SwiftBest Dance Pop RecordingMake You Mine — Madison BeerVon dutch — Charli XCXL'AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT] — Billie Eilishyes, and? — Ariana GrandeGot Me Started — Troye SivanBest Rock SongBeautiful People (Stay High) — Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)Broken Man — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)Dark Matter — Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)Dilemma — Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)Gift Horse — Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)Best Alternative Music AlbumWild God — Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsCharm — ClairoThe Collective — Kim GordonWhat Now — Brittany HowardAll Born Screaming — St. VincentBest R&B SongAfter Hours — Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)Burning — Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)Here We Go (Uh Oh) — Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)Ruined Me — Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)Saturn — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)Best Progressive R&B AlbumSo Glad to Know You — Avery*SunshineEn Route — Durand BernarrBando Stone And The New World — Childish GambinoCRASH — KehlaniWhy Lawd? — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)Best Rap PerformanceEnough (Miami) — Cardi BWhen The Sun Shines Again — Common & Pete Rock Featuring PosdnuosNISSAN ALTIMA — DoechiiHoudini — EminemLike That — Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick LamarYeah Glo! — GloRillaNot Like Us — Kendrick LamarBest Alternative Jazz AlbumNight Reign — Arooj AftabNew Blue Sun — André 3000Code Derivation — Robert GlasperForeverland — Keyon HarroldNo More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin — Meshell NdegeocelloBest Country AlbumCOWBOY CARTER — BeyoncéF-1 Trillion — Post MaloneDeeper Well — Kacey MusgravesHigher — Chris StapletonWhirlwind — Lainey WilsonBest Americana AlbumThe Other Side — T Bone Burnett$10 Cowboy — Charley CrockettTrail Of Flowers — Sierra FerrellPolaroid Lovers — Sarah JaroszNo One Gets Out Alive — Maggie RoseTigers Blood — WaxahatcheeBest Latin Pop AlbumFunk Generation — AnittaEl Viaje — Luis FonsiGARCÍA — Kany GarcíaLas Mujeres Ya No Lloran — ShakiraORQUÍDEAS — Kali UchisBest African Music PerformanceTomorrow — Yemi AladeMMS — Asake & WizkidSensational — Chris Brown Featuring Davido & LojayHigher — Burna BoyLove Me JeJe — TemsBest Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)American Fiction — Laura Karpman, composerChallengers — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composersThe Color Purple — Kris Bowers, composerDune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composerShōgun — Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composersBest Opera RecordingAdams: Girls of the Golden West — John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)Moravec: The Shining — Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus)Puts: The Hours — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O'Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)Saariaho: Adriana Mater — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O'Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

Reporting with Reuters