2025 Grammy nominees: André 3000, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, and others

Among the numerous names up for silverware are Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, and André 3000, according to the 2025 Grammy Awards nominees.

On Friday, November 8, The Recording Academy announced the much-awaited nominations for the 67th annual awards ceremony, which will be held on February 2 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

The content from Beyoncé’s chart-topping Cowboy Carter album, which is nominated in 11 categories across many genres, puts her ahead of all other musicians. Bey broke a tie with her husband, JAY-Z, to become the most nominated artist with 99, and the most decorated artist in Grammy history with 32 wins.

Naturally, Kendrick Lamar’s dominating diss tracks against Drake also garner a lot of attention; “Not Like Us” garnered five nominations, including in the coveted Song of the Year and Record of the Year categories.

The rap categories also include nominations for Future and Metro Boomin, Eminem, Cardi B, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign, J. Cole, GloRilla, Latto, Rapsody, Common, and Pete Rock, as well as first-time nominee Doechii, who is competing for Best Rap Album and Best New Artist, among other categories.

In other news, André 3000’s controversial shift to spiritual jazz has paid off, as his first solo album, New Blue Sun, is nominated for Album of the Year, his first since OutKast’s historic victory in 2004.

Check out the full 2025 Grammy Awards nominations below.

Best Rap Album

• J. Cole — Might Delete Later
• Common & Pete Rock — The Auditorium, Vol. 1
• Doechii — Alligator Bites Never Heal
• Eminem — The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)
• Future & Metro Boomin — We Don’t Trust You

Best Rap Song

• Rapsody feat. Hit-Boy — “Asteroids”
• Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign feat. Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti — “Carnival”
• Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar — “Like That”
• Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
• GloRilla — “Yeah Glo!”

Best Rap Performance

• Cardi B — “Enough (Miami)”
• Common & Pete Rock feat. Posdnuos — “When the Sun Shines Again”
• Doechii — “Nissan Altima”
• Eminem — “Houdini”
• Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar — “Like That”
• GloRilla — “Yeah Glo!”
• Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”

Best Melodic Rap Performance

• Jordan Adetunji feat. Kehlani — “Kehlani”
• Beyoncé feat. Linda Martell & Shaboozey — “Spaghettii”
• Future & Metro Boomin feat. The Weeknd — “We Still Don’t Trust You”
• Latto — “Big Mama”
• Rapsody feat. Erykah Badu — “3:AM”

Album of the Year

• André 3000 — New Blue Sun
• Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter
• Sabrina Carpenter — Short n’ Sweet
• Charli xcx — Brat
• Jacob Collier — Djesse Vol. 4
• Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft
• Chappell Roan — The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
• Taylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department

Song of the Year

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

Record of the Year

• The Beatles — “Now and Then”
• 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 & Post Malone — “Fortnight”

Best New Artist

• Benson Boone
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Doechii
• Khruangbin
• RAYE
• Chappell Roan
• Shaboozey
• Teddy Swims

Best R&B Album

• Chris Brown — 11:11 (Deluxe)
• Lalah Hathaway — Vantablack
• Muni Long — Revenge
• Lucky Daye — Algorithm
• Usher — Coming Home

Best Progressive R&B Album

• Avery*Sunshine — So Glad to Know You
• Durand Bernarr — En Route
• Childish Gambino — Bando Stone & The New World
• Kehlani — Crash
• NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) — Why Lawd?

Best R&B Song

• Kehlani — “After Hours”
• Tems — “Burning”
• Coco Jones — “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
• Muni Long — “Ruined Me”
• SZA — “Saturn”

Best R&B Performance

• Jhené Aiko — “Guidance”
• Chris Brown — “Residuals”
• Coco Jones — “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
• Muni Long — “Made For Me (Live On BET)”
• SZA — “Saturn”

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Marsha Ambrosius — “Wet”
• Kenyon Dixon — “Can I Have This Groove”
• Lalah Hathaway feat. Michael McDonald — “No Lie”
• Muni Long — “Make Me Forget”
• Lucky Daye — ““That’s You”

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• Queen Sheba — Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say
• Omari Hardwick — Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series
• Malik Yusef — Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema: Episode 1 in the Beginning Was the Word
• Tank & The Bangas — The Heart, The Mind, The Soul
• Mad Skillz — The Seven Number Ones

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Sabrina Carpenter — Short n’ Sweet
• Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft
• Ariana Grande — eternal sunshine
• Chappell Roan — The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
• Taylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Beyoncé — “Bodyguard”
• Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”
• Charli xcx — “Apple”
• Billie Eilish — “Birds of a Feather”
• Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift — “Us”
• Beyoncé feat. Post Malone — “Levii’s Jeans”
• Charli xcx & Billie Eilish — “Guess”
• Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica — “The Boy Is Mine”
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With a Smile”

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Charli xcx — BRAT
• Four Tet — Three
• Justice — Hyperdrama
• KAYTRANADA — Timeless
• Zedd — Telos

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• Disclosure — “She’s Gone, Dance On”
• Four Tet — “Loved”
• Fred Again.. feat. Baby Keem — “Leavemealone”
• Justice & Tame Impala — “Neverender”
• Kaytranada feat. Childish Gambino — “Witchy,”

Best Dance Pop Recording

• Madison Beer — “Make You Mine”
• Charli xcx — “Von Dutch”
• Billie Eilish — “L’amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”
• Ariana Grande — “yes, and?”
• Troye Sivan — “Got Me Started”

Best Country Album

• Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter
• Post Malone — F-1 Trillion
• Kacey Musgraves — Deeper Well
• Chris Stapleton — Higher
• Lainey Wilson — Whirlwind

Best Country Song

• Kacey Musgraves — “The Architect”
• Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
• Jelly Roll) — “I Am Not Okay
• Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”
• Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• Kelsea Ballerini feat. Noah Kahan — “Cowboys Cry Too”
• Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus — “II Most Wanted”
• Brothers Osborne — “Break Mine”
• Dan + Shay — “Bigger Houses”
• Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”

Best Country Solo Performance

• Beyoncé — “16 Carriages”
• Jelly Roll — “I Am Not Okay”
• Kacey Musgraves — “The Architect”
• Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
• Chris Stapleton — “It Takes A Woman”

Best Music Video

• A$AP Rocky — “Tailor Swif”
• Taylor Swift & Post Malone — “Fortnight”
• Charli xcx — “360”
• Eminem — “Houdini”
• Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”

Best African Music Performance

• Yemi Alade — “Tomorrow”
• Asake & Wizkid — “MMS”
• Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay — “Sensational”
• Burna Boy — “Higher”
• Tems — “Love Me JeJe”

Best Reggae Album

• Collie Buddz — Take It Easy
• Vybz Kartel — Party With Me
• Shenseea — Never Gets Late Here
• Various Artists — Bob Marley: One Love — Music Inspired by the Film (Deluxe)
• The Wailers — Evolution

Best Latin Pop Album

• Anitta — Funk Generation
• Luis Fonsi — El Viaje
• Kany García — García
• Shakira — Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
• Kali Uchis — Orquídeas

Best Música Urbana Album

• Bad Bunny — Nadie Sabe lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana
• J Balvin — Rayo
• Feid — Ferxxocalipsis
• Residente — Las Letras Ya No Importan
• Young Miko — Att.

Best Alternative Jazz Album

• Arooj Aftab — Night Reign
• André 3000 — New Blue Sun
• Robert Glasper — Code Derivation
• Keyon Harrold — Foreverland
• Meshell Ndegeocello — No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Best Americana Performance

• Beyoncé — “Yaya”
• Madison Cunningham — “Subtitles”
• Madi Diaz feat. Kacey Musgraves — “Don’t Do Me Good”
• Sierra Ferrell — “American Dreaming”
• Sarah Jarosz — “Runaway Train”
• Gillian Welch & David Rawlings — “Empty Trainload of Sky”

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• Luke Combs — “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma”
• *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake — “Better Place”
• Olivia Rodrigo — “Can’t Catch Me Now”
• Jon Batiste — “It Never Went Away”
• Barbra Streisand — “Love Will Survive”

Best Music Film

• Jon Batiste — American Symphony
• June Carter Cash — June
• Run-DMC — Kings From Queens
• Steven Van Zandt — Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
• Various Artists — The Greatest Night in Pop

Best Instrumental Composition

• Shelly Berg — “At Last”
• Christopher Zuar Orchestra — “Communion”
• André 3000 — “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time”
• Chick Corea & Béla Fleck — “Remembrance”
• Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman — “Strands”

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Alissia
• Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
• Ian Fitchuk
• Mustard
• Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Jessi Alexander
• Amy Allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• RAYE

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Lucky Daye — Algorithm
• Charlotte Day Wilson — Cyan Blue
• Kacey Musgraves — Deeper Well
• Willow — Empathoge
• Peter Gabriel — I/O
• Sabrina Carpenter — Short n’ Sweet

Best Remixed Recording

• Kaytranada — “Alter Ego (Remix)” originally by Doechii & JT
• David Guetta — “A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” originally by Shaboozey
• FNZ a& Mark Ronson — “Espresso (Working Late Remix)” originally by Sabrina Carpenter
• Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish — “Jah Sees Them (Amapiano Remix) originally by Julian Marley & Antaeus
• A.G. Cook — “Von Dutch (Remix)” originally by Charli xcx & Addison Rae