2024 has been an exciting and overwhelming year for music, leaving the Grammys Recording Academy with an overflow of nominees to choose from. From record-breaking nominations to disappointing snubs, the 2025 Grammy nominations left much to unpack.
Girl power is an overarching theme of the 67th Grammy Awards. Women dominate many of the major pop music categories, and some consist exclusively of women. Most notably, six of the eight nominees for Record of the Year are women, and all nominees for Best Pop Vocal Album are women.
Beyoncé secured a total of 11 nominations, making her the most nominated artist this year. This brings her overall number of nominations to 99, officially making her the most-awarded artist in history, which she was previously tied for with her husband, Jay-Z. Behind Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Post Malone and Kendrick Lamar are tied for the second most-nominated artists with seven nominations each.
Another stand-out category is Best New Artist, which should realistically be renamed “Breakout Artist.” Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are undoubtedly trailblazers in this category, but Raye and Benson Boone are following swiftly behind. Carpenter and Roan are first-time nominees this year, both securing four nominations each. Clairo is also a notable first-time nominee, earning a spot under Best Alternative Music Album.
The Beatles received nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance for “Now and Then,” a 1977 recording restored via AI in November 2023. These are the band’s first nominations since 1997 and have since stirred the pot in the music community.
Other surprises include Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” being nominated for Song of the Year, and Ariana Grande’s album “Eternal Sunshine” being snubbed. While Grande cored a total of three nominations, she was not nominated for Album of the Year, Record of the Year or Song of the Year.
The Grammy Awards will take place on Feb. 2, 2025, where awards in each of these categories, along with so many more, will be presented to the respected winners.
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