Beyoncé continues her reign as the queen of the Grammys: She leads the 2025 awards with 11 nominations, even sweeping all four country categories with her historic Cowboy Carter album.
Beyoncé is up for album of the year and best country album, while her No. 1 country hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” is nominated for song of the year, record of the year and best country song. Her other nominations include best country solo performance for “16 Carriages,” best country/duo performance “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus and best Americana performance for “Ya Ya.”
With 99 career nominations, she now breaks her tie with hubby Jay-Z, who now has 89 nods including one for album of the year as a co-writer of several Cowboy Carter songs. Beyoncé is the most decorated artist in Grammy history, with 32 wins, and could finally win her first album of the year trophy next year.
She’s got competition, though. Taylor Swift, the first artist to win album of the year four times, is nominated for The Tortured Poets Department, making her the first woman to earn seven nods in the category. Other nominees include Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish — who becomes the first artist to have their first three albums compete for the top prize — Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet, Charli XCX’s brat, Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun and Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4.
Eilish, Charli XCX, Post Malone and Kendrick Lamar — who is up for song and record of the year with “Not Like Us” — follow Beyoncé with seven nominations each. Swift, Carpenter and Roan earned six nods apiece.
Battling Beyoncé and Lamar’s songs for record of the year are Swift and Malone’s “Fortnight,” Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Charli XCX’s “360,” Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” and the Beatles’ final song “Now and Then.”
Beyoncé, Lamar, Swift, Eilish and Roan’s songs are also competing for song of the year — a songwriter’s awards — along with Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which is spending its 16th week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Shaboozey is also up for best new artist alongside Carpenter, Roan, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Raye, Doechii and Khruangbin. Shaboozey, who got a boost after appearing on two Cowboy Carter tracks, is nominated for best melodic rap performance for his guest appearance on Beyoncé’s “Spaghetti.” Country music pioneer Linda Martell, the first Black woman to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, also appears on the song and earns her first-ever Grammy nominations.
(Excerpt) Read more in: The Hollywood Reporter