By Our Reporter
The nominations for the 67th annual Grammy Awards — music’s biggest honor, bestowed by the Recording Academy — have been announced.
Five hip-hop Nigerians made the list under the “Best African Music Performance.” They are, “Tomorrow” – Yemi Alade, “MMS” – Asake & Wizkid; “Sensational” – Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay, “Higher” – Burna Boy and “Love Me JeJe” – Tems.
And, as expected, Grammy darlings Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish continued their pop-diva domination.
Beyoncé — the all-time Grammy winner with 32 gramophones — leads with 11 nominations, while Swift and Eilish picked up 6 and 7 nods, respectively.
The three perennial contenders are all up for Album of the Year: Beyoncé for “Cowboy Carter,” Swift for “The Tortured Poets Department” and Eilish for “Hit Me Hard and Soft.”
And the much-lauded ladies will also face off for Record and Song of the Year, with Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ’Em,” Swift’s “Fortnight” and Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather.”
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Last February, Swift became the first artist to win Album of the Year four times for “Midnights,” while Eilish won her second Song of the Year trophy for her “Barbie” ballad “What Was I Made For?” And they both lost to Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers for “Record of the Year.”
Meanwhile, two of 2024’s rising divas — Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan — received 6 nominations each and will battle it out for Best New Artist.
Among those announcing the nominees in the livestream event on Grammy.com were 2024 Best New Artist winner Victoria Monét, Kylie Minogue, Ben Platt, Brandy Clark and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.
Here is a complete list of nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards, which will take place on Feb. 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Behold, here is the complete 2025 Grammy nominations list.
Song of the Year: “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark @%Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish).
“Die With A Smile” – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Record of the Year
“Now and Then” – The Beatles
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Beyoncé
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
“360” – Charli xcx
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
RAYE
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Album of the Year
“New Blue Sun” – André 3000
“COWBOY CARTER” – Beyoncé
“Short n’ Sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter
“BRAT” – Charli xcx
“Djesse Vol. 4” – Jacob Collier
“HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” – Billie Eilish
“Chappell Roan the Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” – Chappell Roan
“THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT” – Taylor Swift
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 Pop Vocal Album
“Short n’ Sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter
“HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” – Billie Eilish
“eternal sunshine” – Ariana Grande
“Chappell Roan the Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” – Chappell Roan
“THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT” – Taylor Swift
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Make You Mine” – Madison Beer
“Von dutch” – Charli xcx
“L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]” – Billie Eilish
“yes, and?” – Ariana Grande
“Got Me Started” – Troye Sivan
Best Rock Song
“Beautiful People (Stay High)” – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
“Broken Man” – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
“Dark Matter” – Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
“Dilemma” – Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)
“Gift Horse” – Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)
Best Alternative Music Album
“Wild God” – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
“Charm” – Clairo
“The Collective” – Kim Gordon
“What Now” – Brittany Howard
“All Born Screaming” – St. Vincent
Best R&B Song
“After Hours” – Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Burning” – Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
“Ruined Me” – Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
“Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
Best Progressive R&B Album
“So Glad to Know You” – Avery*Sunshine
“En Route” – Durand Bernarr
“Bando Stone and the New World” – Childish Gambino
“CRASH” – Kehlani
“Why Lawd?” – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
Best Rap Performance
“Enough (Miami)” – Cardi B
“When the Sun Shines Again” – Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos
“NISSAN ALTIMA” – Doechii
“Houdini” – Eminem
“Like That” – Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar
“Yeah Glo!” – GloRilla
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Best Alternative Jazz Album
“Night Reign” – Arooj Aftab
“New Blue Sun” – André 3000
“Code Derivation” – Robert Glasper
“Foreverland” – Keyon Harrold
“No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin” – Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Country Album
“COWBOY CARTER” – Beyoncé
“F-1 Trillion” – Post Malone
“Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves
“Higher” – Chris Stapleton
“Whirlwind” – Lainey Wilson
Best Americana Album
“The Other Side” – T Bone Burnett
“$10 Cowboy” – Charley Crockett
“Trail of Flowers”– Sierra Ferrell
“Polaroid Lovers” – Sarah Jarosz
“No One Gets Out Alive” – Maggie Rose
“Tigers Blood” – Waxahatchee
Best Latin Pop Album
“Funk Generation” – Anitta
“El Viaje” – Luis Fonsi
“GARCÍA” – Kany García
“Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” – Shakira
“ORQUÍDEAS” – Kali Uchis
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
“American Fiction” – Laura Karpman, composer
“Challengers” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
“The Color Purple” – Kris Bowers, composer
“Dune: Part Two” – Hans Zimmer, composer
“Shōgun” – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers
Best Opera Recording
“Adams: Girls of the Golden West” – John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
“Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas” – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
“Moravec: The Shining” – Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus)
“Puts: The Hours” – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
“Saariaho: Adriana Mater” – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)