Grammys 2025 nominations: Who’s up for the biggest prizes?

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Chappell Roan will all be up for major honours at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

The trophies will be handed out in a star-studded ceremony on 2 February, with 94 categories in total. Here are the contenders for the biggest prizes.

Album of the year

André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Charli XCX – Brat
Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol 4
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

Record of the year

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

Song of the year

Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em
Sabrina Carpnter – Please Please Please
Billie Eilish – Birds Of A Feather
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Chappel Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift ft Post Malone – Fortnight

Best new artist

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

Best pop vocal album

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

Best pop solo performance

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

Best pop duo/group performance

Gracie Abrams ft Taylor Swift – Us
Beyoncé ft Post Malone – Levii’s Jeans
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile

Best dance/electronic recording

Disclosure – She’s Gone, Dance On
Four Tet – Loved
Fred Again & Baby Keem – Leavemealone
Justice & Tame Impala – Neverender
Kaytranada ft Childish Gambino – Witchy

Best dance/electronic album

Charli XCX – Brat
Four Tet – Three
Justice – Brat
Kaytranada – Timeless
Zedd – Telos

Best dance pop recording

Madison Beer – Make You Mine
Charli XCX – Von Dutch
Billie Eilish – L’Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]
Ariana Grande – Yes, and?
Troye Sivan – Got Me Started

Best rock performance

The Beatles – Now And Then
The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing Me
Idles – Gift Horse
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
St. Vincent – Broken Man

Best rock song

The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
St Vincent – Broken Man
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
Green Day – Dilemma
Idles – Gift Horse

Best rock album

The Black Crowes – Happiness B******s
Fontaines DC – Romance
Green Day – Saviors
Idles – TANGK
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Jack White – No Name

Best alternative music album

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God
Clairo – Charm
Kim Gordon – The Collective
Brittany Howard – What Now
St Vincent – All Born Screaming

Best metal performance

Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
Judas Priest – Crown of Horns
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy – Suffocate
Metallica – Screaming Suicide
Spiritbox – Cellar Door

Best rap performance

Cardi B – Enough (Miami)
Common & Pete Rock ft Posdnuos – When The Sun Shines Again
Doechii – Nissan Altima
Eminem – Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
GloRilla – Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Best melodic rap performance

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

Best rap song

Rapsody ft Hit-Boy – Asteroids
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign – Carnival
Future & Metro Boomin ft Kendrick Lamar – Like That
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
GloRilla – Yeah Glo!

Best rap album

J Cole – Might Delete Later
Common & Pete Rock – The Auditorium, Vol 1
Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
Eminem – The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)
Future & Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust You

Best country solo performance

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

Best country duo/group performance

Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too
Beyoncé ft Miley Cyrus – II Most Wanted
Brothers Osborne – Break Mine
Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses
Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help

Best country song

Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em

Best country album

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

Best R&B performance

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

Best R&B song

Kehlani – After Hours
Tems – Burning
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Muni Long – Ruined Me
SZA – Saturn

Best progressive R&B album

Avery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know You
Durand Bernarr – En Route
Childish Gambino – Bando Stone And The New World
Kehlani – Crash
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – Why Lawd?

Best R&B album

Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway – Vantablack
Muni Long – Revenge
Lucky Daye – Algorithm
Usher – Coming Home

Best African music performance

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

Best comedy album

Ricky Gervais – Armageddon
Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan – The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die
Trevor Noah – Where Was I

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

The Color Purple – Various Artists
Deadpool & Wolverine – Various Artists
Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein – London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
Saltburn – Various Artists
Twisters: The Album – Various Artists

Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and televison)

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

Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
John Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Wilbert Roget, II – Star Wars Outlaws
Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Best song written for visual media

Luke Combs – Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake – Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)
Olivia Rodrigo – Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (From American Symphony)
Barbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)

Best music video

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
Charli XCX – 360
Eminem – Houdini
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Taylor Swift ft Post Malone – Fortnight

Best music film

American Symphony
June
Kings From Queens
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
The Greatest Night In Pop

Best jazz vocal album

Christie Dashiell – Journey In Black
Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner – Wildflowers Vol 1
Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – Milton + Esperanza
Catherine Russell & Sean Mason – My Ideal

Best jazz instrumental album

Ambrose Akinmusire ft Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley – Owl Song
Kenny Barron ft Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson – Beyond This Place
Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance
Sullivan Fortner – Solo Game

Best alternative jazz album

Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Robert Glasper – Code Derivation
Keyon Harrold – Foreverland
Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin

Best musical theatre album

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

Best opera recording

Adams: Girls Of The Golden West – John Adams, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas – Yannick Nézet-Séguin (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Moravec: The Shining – Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
Puts: The Hours – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

Best orchestral performance

John Adams: City Noir – Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance – Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major – JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen – Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
Stravinsky: The Firebird – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)