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Beyoncé’s eighth album Cowboy Carter could extend her lead as the most-awarded artist in the history of the Grammys

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.

The “big four” awards

Album of the year

André 3000 – New Blue SunBeyoncé – Cowboy CarterSabrina Carpenter – Short n’ SweetCharli XCX – BratJacob Collier – Djesse Vol 4Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and SoftChappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessTaylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

Record of the year

The Beatles – Now And ThenBeyoncé – Texas Hold ’EmSabrina Carpenter – EspressoCharli XCX – 360Billie Eilish – Birds of a FeatherKendrick Lamar – Not Like UsChappell Roan – Good Luck, *****!Taylor Swift ft Post Malone – Fortnight

Song of the year

Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘EmSabrina Carpnter – Please Please PleaseBillie Eilish – Birds Of A FeatherLady Gaga & Bruno Mars – **** With a SmileKendrick Lamar – Not Like UsChappel Roan – Good Luck, *****!Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)Taylor Swift ft Post Malone – Fortnight

Best new artist

Benson BooneSabrina CarpenterDoechiiKhruangbinRayeChappell RoanShaboozeyTeddy Swims

Pop and dance

Best pop vocal album

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ SweetBillie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft Ariana Grande – Eternal SunshineChappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessTaylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

Best pop solo performance

Beyoncé – BodyguardSabrina Carpenter – EspressoCharli XCX – AppleBillie Eilish – Birds of a FeatherChappell Roan – Good Luck, *****!

Best pop duo/group performance

Gracie Abrams ft Taylor Swift – UsBeyoncé ft Post Malone – Levii’s JeansCharli XCX & Billie Eilish – GuessAriana Grande, Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is MineLady Gaga & Bruno Mars – **** With A Smile

Best dance/electronic recording

Disclosure – She’s Gone, Dance OnFour Tet – LovedFred Again & Baby Keem – LeavemealoneJustice & Tame Impala – NeverenderKaytranada ft Childish Gambino – Witchy

Best dance/electronic album

Charli XCX – BratFour Tet – ThreeJustice – BratKaytranada – TimelessZedd – Telos

Best dance pop recording

Madison ***** – Make You MineCharli XCX – Von DutchBillie Eilish – L’Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]Ariana Grande – Yes, and? Troye Sivan – Got Me Started

Rock and metal

Best rock performance

The Beatles – Now And ThenThe ****** Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)Green Day – The ********* Dream Is ******** MeIdles – Gift HorsePearl Jam – Dark MatterSt. Vincent – Broken Man

Best rock song

The ****** Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)St Vincent – Broken ManPearl Jam – Dark MatterGreen Day – DilemmaIdles – Gift Horse

Best rock album

The ****** Crowes – Happiness B******sFontaines DC – RomanceGreen Day – SaviorsIdles – TANGKPearl Jam – Dark MatterThe Rolling Stones – Hackney DiamondsJack White – No Name

Best alternative music album

Nick ***** & The Bad Seeds – Wild GodClairo – CharmKim Gordon – The CollectiveBrittany Howard – What NowSt Vincent – All Born Screaming

Best metal performance

Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)Judas Priest – Crown of HornsKnocked Loose Featuring Poppy – SuffocateMetallica – Screaming SuicideSpiritbox – Cellar Door

Rap

Best rap performance

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

Best melodic rap performance

Jordan Adetunji ft Kehlani – KehlaniBeyoncé ft Linda Martell & Shaboozey – SpaghettiiFuture & Metro Boomin ft The Weeknd – We Still Don’t Trust YouLatto – Big MamaRapsody ft Erykah Badu – 3:AM

Best rap song

Rapsody ft Hit-Boy – AsteroidsKanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign – CarnivalFuture & Metro Boomin ft Kendrick Lamar – Like ThatKendrick Lamar – Not Like UsGloRilla – Yeah Glo!

Best rap album

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

Country

Best country solo performance

Beyoncé – 16 CarriagesJelly Roll – I Am Not OkayKacey Musgraves – The ArchitectShaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)Chris Stapleton – It Takes A Woman

Best country duo/group performance

Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry TooBeyoncé ft Miley Cyrus – II Most WantedBrothers Osborne – Break MineDan + Shay – ******* HousesPost Malone ft Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help

Best country song

Kacey Musgraves – The ArchitectShaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)Jelly Roll – I Am Not OkayPost Malone ft Morgan Wallen – I Had Some HelpBeyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em

Best country album

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

R&B and Afrobeats

Best R&B performance

Jhené Aiko – GuidanceChris Brown – ResidualsCoco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)Muni Long – Made For Me (Live On BET)SZA – Saturn

Best R&B song

Kehlani – After Hours Tems – BurningCoco 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 RouteChildish Gambino – Bando Stone And The New World Kehlani – CrashNxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – Why Lawd?

Best R&B album

Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)Lalah Hathaway – VantablackMuni Long – RevengeLucky Daye – AlgorithmUsher – Coming Home

Best ******** music performance

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

Production and songwriting

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

AlissiaDaniel NigroDernst “D’Mile” Emile IIIan FitchukMustard

Songwriter of the Year

Amy AllenEdgar BarreraJessi AlexanderJessie Jo DillonRaye

Film and TV

Best comedy album

Ricky Gervais – ArmageddonDave Chappelle – The Dreamer Jim Gaffigan – The PrisonerNikki Glaser – Someday You’ll DieTrevor Noah – Where Was I

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

The ****** Purple – Various ArtistsDeadpool & Wolverine – Various ArtistsMaestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein – London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley CooperSaltburn – Various ArtistsTwisters: The Album – Various Artists

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

Laura Karpman – ********* Fiction Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers Kris Bowers – The ****** 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 PandoraBear McCreary – **** of War Ragnarök: ValhallaJohn Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2Wilbert Roget, II – Star Wars OutlawsWinifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the **** 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 ********* Symphony)Barbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)

Best music video

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif Charli XCX – 360Eminem – HoudiniKendrick Lamar – Not Like UsTaylor Swift ft Post Malone – Fortnight

Best music film

********* SymphonyJuneKings From QueensStevie Van Zandt: DiscipleThe Greatest Night In Pop

Jazz and classical

Best jazz vocal album

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

Best jazz instrumental album

Ambrose Akinmusire ft Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley – Owl SongKenny Barron ft Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson – Beyond This PlaceLakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – RemembranceSullivan Fortner – Solo Game

Best alternative jazz album

Arooj Aftab – Night ReignAndré 3000 – New Blue SunRobert Glasper – Code DerivationKeyon Harrold – ForeverlandMeshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin

Best musical theatre album

*****’s KitchenMerrily We Roll AlongThe NotebookThe OutsidersSuffsThe Wiz

Best opera recording

Adams: ****** 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)

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