Arizona Tribune - Key nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards

Beyonce leads all nominees with 11 on the strength of her groundbreaking country album "Cowboy Carter":

- Album of the Year -

"New Blue Sun" - Andre 3000

"Cowboy Carter" - Beyonce

"Short n' Sweet" - Sabrina Carpenter

"Brat" - Charli XCX

"Djesse Vol. 4" - Jacob Collier

"Hit Me Hard and Soft" - Billie Eilish

"The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" - Chappell Roan

"The Tortured Poets Department" - Taylor Swift

- Record of the Year, recognizing overall performance on a song -

"Now and Then" - The Beatles

"Texas Hold 'Em" - Beyonce

"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, featuring Post Malone

- Song of the Year, recognizing songwriting -

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" - Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Shaboozey, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)

"Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (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, Post Malone & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)

"Good Luck, Babe!" - Chappell Roan, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)

"Not Like Us" - Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

"Please Please Please" - Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

"Texas Hold 'Em" - Brian Bates, Beyonce, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bulow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyonce)

- Best New Artist -

Benson Boone

Sabrina Carpenter

Doechii

Khruangbin

Raye

Chappell Roan

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

- Best Pop Solo Performance -

"Bodyguard" - Beyonce

"Espresso" - Sabrina Carpenter

"Apple" - Charli XCX

"Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish

"Good Luck, Babe!" - Chappell Roan

- Best Pop Vocal Album -

"Short n' Sweet" - Sabrina Carpenter

"Hit Me Hard and Soft" - Billie Eilish

"Eternal Sunshine" - Ariana Grande

"The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" - Chappell Roan

"The Tortured Poets Department" - Taylor Swift

- Best Music Video -

"Tailor Swif" - A$AP Rocky

"360" - Charli XCX

"Houdini" - Eminem

"Not Like Us" - Kendrick Lamar

"Fortnight" - Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

- Best Rap Album -

"Might Delete Later" - J. Cole

"The Auditorium, Vol. 1" - Common and Pete Rock

"Alligator Bites Never Heal" - Doechii

"The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) - Eminem

"We Don't Trust You" - Future and Metro Boomin

- Best Rock Album -

"Happiness Bastards" - The Black Crowes

"Romance" - Fontaines DC

"Saviors" - Green Day

"Tangk" - Idles

"Dark Matter" - Pearl Jam

"Hackney Diamonds" - The Rolling Stones

"No Name" - Jack White

- Best Country Album -

"Cowboy Carter" - Beyonce

"F-1 Trillion" - Post Malone

"Deeper Well" - Kacey Musgraves

"Higher" - Chris Stapleton

"Whirlwind" - Lainey Wilson

- Best Country Solo Performance -

"16 Carriages" - Beyonce

"I Am Not Okay" - Jelly Roll

"The Architect" - Kacey Musgraves

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" - Shaboozey

"It Takes a Woman" - Chris Stapleton

- Best Global Music Album -

"Alkebulan II" - Matt B featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Paisajes" - Ciro Hurtado

"Heis" - Rema

"Historias de un Flamenco" - Antonio Rey

"Born in the Wild" - Tems

- Artists with Most Nominations -

Beyonce (11)

Charli XCX (7)

Billie Eilish (7)

Kendrick Lamar (7)

Post Malone (7)

Sabrina Carpenter (6)

Chappell Roan (6)

Taylor Swift (6)

D.Lopez--AT