Grammy Awards 2025: Beyoncé accumulates nominations, discover them

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The nominations for the 67th Annual Grammy Awards have just been announced. Beyoncé tops the nominations, according to the Recording Academy.

Announced on February 2 in Los Angeles, the famous Grammy Awards ceremony has revealed the list of nominations for its 67th edition. After the coronation of Taylor Swift, who broke the record for the number of victories in the “Album of the Year” category in 2023, what will it be this year? Will Beyoncé finally be rewarded to match her talent and notoriety?

This is what could happen given the nominations announced by the Recording Academy this Friday, November 8. The Texan star has received nominations in no less than 11 categories for his country-influenced album “Cowboy Carter”, released at the end of March.

In the race for the best album award, Queen B will compete with Taylor Swift for “The Tortured Poets Department”, which has topped the charts in most countries around the world. Also competing in this popular category are singers Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter.

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
  • “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” – Chappell Roan
  • “The Tortured Poets Department” – Taylor Swift

On the “Record of the year” side, which rewards the overall performance of a title, the competition also promises to be fierce between Beyoncé and her competitors, including the Beatles, whose unreleased “Now and Then” was released at last fall.

Record of the year:

  • 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 feat Post Malone – “Fortnight”
  • The Beatles – “Now and Then”.

Nominations for “Song of the Year”

This prize is awarded to authors and composers.

  • Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
  • Billie Eilish — “Birds of the feather”
  • Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With a Smile”
  • Taylor Swift — “Fortnight” Feat. Post Malone
  • Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”
  • Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
  • Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
  • Beyoncé — “Texas Hold 'Em”

Revelation of the year:

  • Benson Boone
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Doechi
  • Khruangbin
  • Striped
  • Chappell Roan
  • Shaboozey
  • Teddy Swims

Discover all the nominations on the Recording Academy website.

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