Welcome to Beyoncé land. “Cowboy Carter” rules the country when it comes to 2025 Grammy Award nominations. He got the nod with 11 nominations, bringing his career total to 99 nominations. This makes him the most nominated artist in Grammy history.

“Cowboy Carter” was nominated for album of the year and country album, while “Texas Hold ‘Em” was nominated for record, song and country song of the year. He was also nominated across a wide range of genres, including pop, country, Americana and melodic rap performance categories.

This is his first time being nominated in the country and America categories.

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If Beyoncé wins album of the year, she will be the first Black woman to do so in the 21st century. Lauryn Hill last won in 1999 for “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”; She became the only Black woman after Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston to take home the Grammy’s top prize.

Post Malone also received his first nomination in the country categories this year for releasing his debut country album, “F-1 Trillion,” in August. This album is set for his collaboration with Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help,” and a country album. , was nominated for country song and country duo/group performance. These are Wallen’s first Grammy nominations.

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

Lamar’s ubiquitous diss track “Not Like Us” during his feud with Drake was nominated for record and song of the year, rap song, music video and best rap performance. He has two simultaneous entries in the latter category, a career first: Future & Metro Boomin featuring Lamar, whose “Like That” is nominated for best rap performance and best rap song.

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

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

Last year, female artists dominated the main categories. This year this continues in some form, but the main trend seems to be species diversity. Along with “Cowboy Carter” in the album of the year category, André 3000’s new-age, alt-jazz “New Blue Sun” and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier’s “Djesse Vol. 4.” Rising pop stars Carpenter and Roan feature “Short n’ Sweet” and “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” respectively, as well as Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” and Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft” completes it. and Charli XCX’s rave-ready “BRAT.”

Eilish is the only artist whose first three albums were nominated for album of the year.

Last year, Swift won album of the year for “Midnights,” breaking the record for most wins in the category with four albums. She became the first woman to have seven career nominations in this category this year.

“The breadth and diversity of genres represented across the board is new and truly exciting,” says Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason Jr. He credits his success to an active and growing voting body. “We have been very intentional about how we look at our membership and try to rebalance our membership. So it’s not just gender or people of different races, but genre parity and trying to make sure that all different genres of music from different regions and different locations are represented in every way possible.

Only recordings commercially released in the United States between September 16, 2023 and August 30, 2024 were eligible for nomination. The final round of Grammy voting, which will determine the winners, will take place between December 12 and January 3.

In the best new artist category, Carpenter and Roan will face off against Benson Boone, Doechii, Khruangbin, RAYE, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims.

In the song of the year category, Beyoncé was joined by Eilish with “Birds of a Feather”, Swift and Post Malone with “Fortnight”, Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!”, Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” and Lamar’s “Not Like”. ” accompanied by the song. Us”, “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey.

Shaboozey was also a first-time nominee. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” became the biggest song of the year, spending more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 than any other; It is so popular that a remix of the track is also available for remix recording.

Shaboozey was nominated in the melodic rap performance category for her performance in Beyoncé’s “SPAGHETTII.” Linda Martell, the country’s first commercially successful Black female musician, also appears on the song, earning the 83-year-old artist her first Grammy nomination.

For record of the year, “Texas Hold ‘Em”, Swift and Post Malone’s “Fortnight”, Eilish’s “Birds of a Father”, Lamar’s “Not Like Us”, Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe” !” and Carpenter’s “Espresso”. ,” Charli XCX’s “360,” and the Beatles’ last new song, the AI-powered “Now and Then.”

“We’re trying to make sure we keep up with how music creators and our community are using technology. And in this case, the AI ​​improved the record and made sure it was eligible in the categories it was eligible for,” explains Mason Jr.

So what’s missing? Like last year, there’s a huge absence of Latin music, the fastest-growing streaming genre in the United States, and it’s not represented in major categories. Despite being one of the fastest-growing genres, there are also only four entries in the best Música Mexicana album category.

And K-pop doesn’t seem to exist either. There were no nominations for BTS members who released solo material this year: RM’s “Right Place, Wrong Person,” J-Hope’s “Hope on the Street, Vol. 1” and Jimin’s “Muse.” As a boy band BTS has been nominated five times throughout their career.

“I definitely see room for improvement in many genres, and we continue to invite people to be a part of the academy,” Mason Jr. said. he says. “Without proper representation, we cannot get the right results. When I say accurate, I mean a reflection and representation of what is happening in music today. Therefore, the work continues.”

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