Grammy Awards 2025: The nominations list revealed

The 2025 Grammy Award nominations have been announced - and the genre-spanning music star has broken a major record.

It’s shaping up to be another huge night at the Grammy Awards for Beyoncé.

The singer leads the pack of nominations for the 2025 ceremony with a whopping 11 nods - taking her career total to a record-breaking 99.

Following closely behind are Billie Eilish, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX, who each scored seven nominations.

Grammys favourite Taylor Swift had slightly lower representation by her usually-dominant standards, attracting six nominations across the board.

However, she’s also managed to break a record, thanks to her seventh entry for Album of the Year (for The Tortured Poets Department), which has officially made her the most-nominated woman in that category.

Newcomers Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan have made a dramatic entrance in their maiden year, each also collecting six nods.

Several major categories were announced in a special live-streaming event on Friday (US time) which featured appearances by past winners including Kylie Minogue, Mark Ronson, Ben Platt and Victoria Monét.

In total, there are 94 categories with golden gramophones up for grabs.

The 2025 Grammy Awards will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, airing Monday, February 3 (AEST).

Changes have been made to the major categories this year, with the number of potential nominees reduced from 10 to eight, and rules were adjusted to contend with the rise of AI technology being used in the industry.

Taylor Swift at last year’s ceremony. Picture: Robyn Beck/AFP

Plus, three new categories have been introduced: Best African Music Performance, Best Pop Dance Recording, and Best Alternative Jazz Album.

The show will also debut the Harry Belafonte Best for Social Change award, which was renamed and recategorised to honour Harry Belafonte, a calypso music star and civil rights champion, who passed away last April at the age of 96.

Here are the nominations in the major categories:

Song of the Year

Beyoncé - Texas Hold ’Em

Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather

Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile

Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please

Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone - Fortnight

Best Country Album

Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

Chris Stapleton - Higher

Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well

Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind

Post Malone - F-1 Trillion

Best Country Solo Performance

Beyoncé - 16 Carriages

Chris Stapleton - It Takes a Woman

Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay

Kacey Musgraves - The Architect

Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell’s Kitchen

Merrily We Roll Along

The Notebook

The Outsiders

Suffs

The Wiz

Sabrina Carpenter is among the nominees. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey - Spaghettii

Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd - We Still Don’t Trust You

Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani - Kehlani (Remix)

Latto - Big Mama

Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu - 3:AM

Best R&B Album

Chris Brown - 11:11 (Deluxe)

Lalah Hathaway - Vantablack

Lucky Daye - Algorithm

Muni Long - Revenge

Usher - Coming Home

Best R&B Performance

Chris Brown - Residuals

Coco Jones - Here We Go (Uh Oh)

Jhené Aiko - Guidance

Muni Long - Made for Me (Live on BET)

SZA - Saturn

Best New Artist

Benson Boone

Doechii

Chappell Roan

Khruangbin

Raye

Sabrina Carpenter

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

Best Alternative Music Performance

Cage the Elephant - Neon Pill

Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

Kim Gordon - Bye Bye

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Song of the Lake

St. Vincent - Flea

Best Rock Album

The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards

Fontaines D.C. - Romance

Green Day - Saviors

Idles - Tangk

Jack White - No Name

Pearl Jam - Dark Matter

The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

Best Dance Pop Recording

Ariana Grande - Yes, And?

Billie Eilish - L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]

Charli XCX - Von Dutch

Madison Beer - Make You Mine

Troye Sivan - Got Me Started

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Doe - Holy Hands

Melvin Crispell III - Yesterday

Ricky Dillard - Hold On (Live)

Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr - One Hallelujah

Yolanda Adams - Church Doors

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine – Remix

Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone - Levii’s Jeans

Charli XCX & Billie Eilish - Guess Featuring Billie Eilish

Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift - Us.

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile

Best Pop Solo Performance

Beyoncé - Bodyguard

Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather

Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

Charli XCX - Apple

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

Beyonce is also nominated in several categories. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia

Daniel Nigro

Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II

Ian Fitchuk

Mustard

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Amy Allen

Edgar Barrera

Jessi Alexander

Jessie Jo Dillon

Raye

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

Kris Bowers - The Color Purple

Hans Zimmer - Dune: Part Two

Laura Karpman - American Fiction

Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross - Shōgun

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers

Best African Music Performance

Asake & Wizkid - MMS

Burna Boy - Higher

Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay - Sensational

Tems - Love Me JeJe

Yemi Alade - Tomorrow

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Carín León - Boca Chueca, Vol. 1

Chiquis - Diamantes

Jessi Uribe - De Lejitos

Peso Pluma - Éxodo

Best Latin Pop Album

Anitta - Funk Generation

Kali Uchis - Orquídeas

Kany García - García

Luis Fonsi - El Viaje

Shakira - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Originally published as Grammy Awards 2025: The nominations list revealed