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When it comes to the 2025 Grammy Award nominations, B次元官网网址淐owboy CarterB次元官网网址� rules the nation. She leads the nods with 11, bringing her career total to 99 nominations. That makes her the most nominated artist in Grammy history.

B次元官网网址淐owboy CarterB次元官网网址� is up for album and country album of the year, and B次元官网网址淭exas Hold B次元官网网址橢mB次元官网网址� is nominated for record, song and country song of the year. She also received nominations in a wide swath of genres, including pop, country, Americana and melodic rap performance categories.

This is her first time receiving nominations in the country and Americana categories. Previously, she and her husband Jay-Z were tied for most career nominations, at 88.

If Beyonc茅 wins the album of the year, sheB次元官网网址檒l become the first Black woman to do so in the 21st century. Lauryn Hill last won in 1999 for B次元官网网址淭he Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,B次元官网网址� joining Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston as the only Black women to take home the GrammysB次元官网网址� top prize.

Post Malone also received his first ever nominations in the country categories this year, having released his debut country album B次元官网网址淔-1 TrillionB次元官网网址� in August. That one is up for country album and B次元官网网址淚 Had Some Help,B次元官网网址� his collaboration with Morgan Wallen, is nominated for country song and country duo/group performance. They are WallenB次元官网网址檚 first ever Grammy nominations.

Malone is just behind Beyonc茅, with seven nominations, tied with Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX, who earned her first nominations as a solo artist.

LamarB次元官网网址檚 ubiquitous diss track released during his feud with Drake, B次元官网网址淣ot Like Us,B次元官网网址� is nominated for record and song of the year, rap song, music video as well as best rap performance. He has two simultaneous entries in the latter category, a career first: Future & Metro Boomin featuring Lamar, B次元官网网址淟ike ThatB次元官网网址� is up for best rap performance and best rap song.

This is his third time receiving two simultaneous nominations for best rap song.

Taylor Swift and first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan boast of six nominations each.

Last year, women artists dominated the major categories. This year, that continues somewhat, but the main trend seems to be a variance of genre. In the album of the year category, alongside B次元官网网址淐owboy CarterB次元官网网址� is Andr茅 3000B次元官网网址檚 new age, alt-jazz B次元官网网址淣ew Blue SunB次元官网网址� and multi-instrumentalist Jacob CollierB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淒jesse Vol. 4.B次元官网网址� Rising pop stars Carpenter and Roan round it out, with B次元官网网址淪hort nB次元官网网址� SweetB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淭he Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessB次元官网网址� respectively, as well as SwiftB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Tortured Poets Department,B次元官网网址� EilishB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淗it Me Hard and Soft,B次元官网网址� and Charli XCXB次元官网网址檚 rave-ready B次元官网网址淏RAT.B次元官网网址�

Eilish is the only artist to have her first three albums become nominated for album of the year.

Last year, Swift won album of the year for B次元官网网址淢idnights,B次元官网网址� breaking the record for most wins in the category with four. This year, she becomes the first ever woman to seven career nominations in the category.

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Only recordings commercially released in the U.S. between Sept. 16, 2023 through Aug. 30, 2024 were eligible for nominations. The final round of Grammy voting, which determines its winners, will take place Dec. 12 through January 3.

In the best new artist category, Carpenter and Roan will go head-to-head, alongside Benson Boone, Doechii, Khruangbin, RAYE, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims.

In the song of the year category, Beyonc茅 is joined by Eilish with B次元官网网址淏irds of a Feather,B次元官网网址� Swift and Post Malone with B次元官网网址淔ortnight,B次元官网网址� RoanB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淕ood Luck, Babe!B次元官网网址�, CarpenterB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淧lease Please Please,B次元官网网址� LamarB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淣ot Like Us,B次元官网网址� Lady Gaga and Bruno MarsB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淒ie With A Smile,B次元官网网址� and ShaboozeyB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淎 Bar Song (Tipsy).B次元官网网址�

Shaboozey is also a first-time nominee. His B次元官网网址淎 Bar Song (Tipsy)B次元官网网址� is the biggest song of the year, having spent more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 than any other B次元官网网址� it is so popular, a remix of the track is also up for remixed recording.

Elsewhere, Shaboozey is nominated in the melodic rap performance category for his feature on Beyonc茅B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淪PAGHETTII.B次元官网网址� Linda Martell, the first commercially-successful Black woman musician in country, is also featured on the song, delivering the 83-year-old artist her first Grammy nomination.

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The 2025 Grammy Awards will air Feb. 2 live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Maria Sherman, The Associated Press