67th Grammy Awards nominations: Beyoncé tops with 11 nods; Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter emerges contender

Setting a record for the most categories at any major award presentation, the Recording Academy has revealed candidates in 94 categories.

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The formal nomination of the 67th Annual Grammy Awards has been made public.

Whether Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” will help her extend her lead as the most-awarded Grammy artist is something that fans and industry insiders are eager to watch.

With 11 nominations, Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys, setting a new personal record for her album Cowboy Carter and its singles. Record, song, and album of the year are the three main categories in which she is a contender, with Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter. A stellar year for female performers across the Grammy nominations is highlighted by Roan and Carpenter’s inclusion in the best new artist category.

Producer of the Year: Non-Classical

  • Alissia
  • Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
  • Ian Fitchuk
  • Mustard
  • Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year: Non-Classical

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  • Jessi Alexander
  • Amy Allen
  • Edgar Barrera
  • Jessie Jo Dillon
  • Raye

Pop Solo Performance

  • “Bodyguard” — Beyoncé
  • “Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter
  • “Apple” — Charli XCX
  • “Birds of a Feather” — Billie Eilish
  • “Good Luck, Babe!” — Chappell Roan

Pop Duo/Group Performance

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  • “Us” — Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
  • “Levii’s Jeans” — Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
  • “Guess” — Charli XCX & Billie Eilish
  • “The Boy Is Mine” — Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
  • “Die With a Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

Dance Pop Recording

  • “Make You Mine” — Madison Beer
  • “Von Dutch” — Charli XCX
  • “L’Amour De Ma Vie: Over Now Extended Edit” — Billie Eilish
  • “Yes, And?” — Ariana Grande
  • “Got Me Started” — Troye Sivan

Rock Album

Black Crowes, The - Happiness Bastards [LP] (180 Gram) – Hot Tracks

  • “Happiness Bastards” — The Black Crowes
  • “Romance” — Fontaines D.C.
  • “Saviors” — Green Day
  • “TANGK” — Idles
  • “Dark Matter” — Pearl Jam
  • “Hackney Diamonds” — The Rolling Stones
  • “No Name” — Jack White

Alternative Music Performance

  • “Neon Pill” — Cage the Elephant
  • “Song of the Lake” — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
  • “Starburster” — Fontaines D.C.
  • “Bye Bye” — Kim Gordon
  • “Flea” — St. Vincent

Best New Artist

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Sabrina Carpenter
  • Benson Boone
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Doechii
  • Khruangbin
  • Raye
  • Chappell Roan
  • Shaboozey
  • Teddy Swims

R&B Performance

  • “Guidance” — Jhené Aiko
  • “Residuals” — Chris Brown
  • “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” — Coco Jones
  • “Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long
  • “Saturn” — SZA

R&B Album

  • “11:11 (Deluxe)” — Chris Brown
  • “Vantablack” — Lalah Hathaway
  • “Revenge” — Muni Long
  • “Algorithm” — Lucky Daye
  • “Coming Home” — Usher

Melodic Rap Performance

Jordan Adetunji - KEHLANI REMIX (feat. Kehlani) [Official Audio]

  • “Kehlani” — Jordan Adetunji ft Kehlani
  • “Spaghettii” — Beyoncé ft Linda Martell & Shaboozey
  • “We Still Don’t Trust You” — Future & Metro Boomin ft The Weeknd
  • “Big Mama” — Latto
  • “3” — Rapsody ft Erykah Badu

Musical Theater Album

  • Hell’s Kitchen
  • Merrily We Roll Along
  • The Notebook
  • The Outsiders
  • Suffs
  • The Wiz

Country Solo Performance

  • “16 Carriages” — Beyoncé
  • “I Am Not Okay” — Jelly Roll
  • “The Architect” — Kacey Musgraves
  • “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey
  • “It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton

Country Album

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  • Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé
  • F-1 Trillion – Post Malone
  • Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
  • Higher – Chris Stapleton
  • Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson

Song of the Year

  • “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriter- Shaboozey
  • “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriter- Billie Eilish
  • “Die With a Smile” – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters- Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  • “Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters- Taylor Swift ft Post Malone
  • “Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriter- Chappell Roan
  • “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter- Kendrick Lamar
  • “Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriter- Sabrina Carpenter
  • “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriter- Beyoncé

Gospel Performance/Song

Yolanda Adams - Church Doors (Terry Hunter Remix)

  • “Church Doors” — Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence & Sir William James Baptist
  • “Yesterday” — Melvin Crispell III
  • “Hold On (Live)” — Ricky Dillard
  • “Holy Hands” — DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans
  • “One Hallelujah” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine

Latin Pop Album

  • Funk Generation – Anitta
  • El Viaje – Luis Fonsi
  • GARCÍA – Kany García
  • Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira
  • Orquideas — Kali Uchis

Musica Mexicana Album

  • Diamantes — Chiquis
  • Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León
  • ÉXODO — Peso Pluma
  • De Lejitos — Jessi Uribe

Best African Music Performance

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  • “Tomorrow” – Yemi Alade
  • “MMS” – Asake & Wizkid
  • “Sensational” – Chris Brown ft Davido & Lojay
  • “Higher” – Burna Boy
  • “Love Me JeJe” – Tems

Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • American Fiction — Laura Karpman, composer
  • Challengers — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
  • The Color Purple — Kris Bowers, composer
  • Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer
  • Shōgun — Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

Song Written for Visual Media

  • “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma”: Twisters: The Album— Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters- Luke Combs)
  • “Better Place”: TROLLS Band Together— Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters- *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)
  • “Can’t Catch Me Now”: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes— Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriter- Olivia Rodrigo)
  • “It Never Went Away”: American Symphony— Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriter- Jon Batiste
  • “Love Will Survive”: The Tattooist of Auschwitz— Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriter- Barbra Streisand

Record of the Year

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  • “Now And Then” – The Beatles
  • “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé
  • “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
  • “360” – Charli XCX
  • “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish
  • “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
  • “Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
  • “Fortnight” – Taylor Swift ft Post Malone

Album of the Year

  • New Blue Sun – André 3000
  • Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé
  • Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
  • Brat – Charli XCX
  • Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
  • Hit Me Hard and Soft – Billie Eilish

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