With the announcement of this yr’s Grammy nominations, Beyoncé has formally made historical past.
The music celebrity picked up 11 nominations, the many of the yr, formally changing into the most-nominated artist in Grammy historical past. On prime of her 99 profession nominations, Beyoncé can be the artist with probably the most Grammys ever (32), a lead she may very properly prolong on Feb. 2, 2025, in the course of the subsequent Grammys.
Beyoncé is not the one artist with purpose to have fun this yr’s Grammy nominations. From the continued relevance of Charli XCX’s brat to a shock Beatles nomination, listed below are 5 takeaways from the nominations from the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift will face off in prime classes.
Girls cleaned up on the Grammy nominations, with Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Taylor Swift all choosing up nods for Album of the Yr. (André 3000’s New Blue Solar and Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4 spherical out the checklist.)
Two of the most important names from that checklist, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, will sq. off in key classes like File of the Yr, Album of the Yr, Track of the Yr, and Greatest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency. (Swift picked up six nominations to Beyoncé’s 11 for her album The Tortured Poets Division.)
However as Beyoncé’s Grammy dominance continues, one query stays: Can she lastly win Album of the Yr, this time for her country-Americana opus Cowboy Carter? The award has eluded her for her complete profession, to the purpose that she singles it out on the track “SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN'” (“A-O-T-Y, I ain’t win”). Nevertheless, given the Academy’s love for the album, with seven totally different songs nominated in 4 genres, 2025 may very properly be the yr Beyoncé takes dwelling the highest prize. About rattling time.
Mashable High Tales
The Grammys clearly had a brat summer time.
Charli XCX has been a steadily modern artist for years now, however would you consider she solely had two Grammy nominations previous to this yr? (Each have been for “Fancy,” her 2014 collaboration with Iggy Azalea.)
This yr, although, Charli XCX picked up seven nominations. That is the facility of brat, her internet-beloved album that spawned the brat summer time phenomenon, powered Kamala Harris’s Presidential marketing campaign, and gifted us a banger remix album months after its launch. Nominations embrace Album of the Yr, File of the Yr (for 360), Greatest Pop Solo Efficiency (for “Apple”), Greatest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency (for “Guess” with Billie Eilish), and Greatest Dance Pop Recording (for “Von Dutch”).
Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan have fun their breakout years.
2024 was the yr of Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, two artists who’ve been releasing nice work for years and eventually reached superstardom over the summer time. The 2 picked up seven nominations apiece, together with Greatest New Artist, the place they’re the possible frontrunners.
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Sabrina Carpenter’s different nominations embrace Album of the Yr (for Brief n’ Candy), File of the Yr (for “Espresso”), and Track of the Yr (for “Please Please Please”). Chappell Roan’s different nominations embrace Album of the Yr (for The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess), File of the Yr, and Track of the Yr (each for “Good Luck, Babe!”).
The Beatles get a nomination with the assistance of AI.
The Beatles will compete towards Beyoncé and Taylor Swift for File of the Yr due to the discharge of their remaining track, “Now and Then.”
John Lennon wrote and recorded a demo for “Now and Then” previous to his dying in 1980. Nevertheless it’s solely simply now being launched due to AI expertise, which separated his voice from the demo’s instrumental. The 2 surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, consented to the usage of AI and have been concerned within the track’s creation from starting to finish. In addition they sing and play devices on the track themselves. The late George Harrison can be featured on “Now and Then,” because it makes use of a few of his older guitar recordings.
Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s rap beef makes it to the Grammys.
In case you wanted any extra proof as to who received the rap beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, look no additional than this yr’s nominations. Kendrick Lamar’s diss monitor “Not Like Us” picked up 5 nominations, together with File of the Yr, Track of the Yr, and Greatest Rap Efficiency. Drake, for his half, has declined to undergo the Grammys in previous years. Nonetheless, Kendrick Lamar’s nominations right here — and potential Grammy efficiency — are simply one other victory lap.
The Grammy Awards air Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.