Burna Boy to Tems! List of nominees at the 2025 Grammy Awards

The list of nominees for the b2025 Grammy Awards has officially been announced and different heavyweights are battling for the prestigious awards in different categories.

Singer Beyonce got a total of 11 nominations followed by Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX and Billie Eilish with seven nods each.

Currently, Beyonce has a total of 99 nominations more than any other artist. However, she is yet to win the Album of the Year at the Grammys.

The Winners will be announced on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles.

Nigeria’s Tems, Wizkid, Buna Boy, Yemi Alade and Asake have all been nominated in the Best African Music Performance Category.

Best African Music Performance

Asake & Wizkid - "MMS"

Burna Boy - "Higher"

Chris Brown - "Sensational" Featuring Davido & Lojay

Tems - "Love Me JeJe"

Yemi Alade - "Tomorrow"

Best Global Music Performance

Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir - "Sunlight to My Soul"

Arooj Aftab - "Raat Ki Rani"

Jacob Collier - "A Rock Somewhere" Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal

Masa Takumi - "Kashira" Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung

Rocky Dawuni - "Rise"

Sheila E. - "Bemba Colorá" Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar

Best Global Music Album

Antonio Rey - Historias de un Flamenco

Ciro Hurtado - Paisajes

Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Alkebulan II

Rema - Heis

Tems - Born in the Wild

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

·         "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" – Chappell Roan

·         "The Tortured Poets Department" – Taylor Swift 

Song of the Year 

·         "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)

·         "Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

·         "Die With a Smile" – Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars)

·         "Fortnight" – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)

·         "Good Luck, Babe!" – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)

·         "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

·         "Please Please Please" – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

·         "Texas Hold 'Em" – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and 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 

·         Doechi 

·         Khruangbin

·         Raye

·         Chappell Roan

·         Shaboozey 

·         Teddy Swims

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

·         "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" – Chappell Roan

·         "The Tortured Poets Department" – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Solo Performance

·         "Bodyguard" by Beyoncé

·         "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter

·         "Apple" by Charli XCX

·         "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish

·         "Good Luck, Babe!" by Chappell Roan

Best Pop Duo/Group performance

·         "Us." by Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift

·         "Levii's Jeans" by Beyoncé featuring Post Malone

·         "Guess" by Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish

·         "The Boy is Mine" by Ariana Grande featuring Brandy and Monica

·         "Die with a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

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 Dance/Electronic Music Album

·         "Brat" — Charli XCX

·         "Three" — Four Tet

·         "Hyperdrama" — Justice

·         "Timeless" — Kaytranada

·         "Telos" — Zedd

Best Rock Album

·         "Happiness Bastards" — The Black Crowes

·         "Romance" — Fontaines D.C.

·         "Saviors" — Green Day

·         "TANGK" — Idles

·         "Dark Matter" — Pearl Jam

·         "Hackney Diamonds" — The Rolling Stones

·         "No Name" — Jack White

Best Alternative Music Album

·         "Neon Pill" — Cage the Elephant

·         "Song of the Lake" — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

·         "Starburster" — Fontaines D.C.

·         "Bye Bye" — Kim Gordon

·         "Flea" — St. Vincent

Best R&B Album

·         "11:11 (Deluxe)" — Chris Brown

·         "Vantablack" — Lalah Hathaway

·         "Revenge" — Muni Long

·         "Algorithm" — Lucky Daye

·         "Coming Home" — Usher

Best Melodic Rap Performance

·         "Kehlani" — Jordan Adetunji featuring Kehlani

·         "Spaghettii" — Beyoncé featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey

·         "We Still Don't Trust You" — Future and Metro Boomin featuring The Weeknd

·         "Big Mama" — Latto

·         "3:AM" — Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu

Best Rap Album 

·         "Might Delete Later" — J. Cole 

·         "The Auditorium, Vol. 1" — Common and Pete Rock

·         "Alligator Bites Never Heal" — Doechii

·         "The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)" — Eminem

·         "We Don't Trust You" — Future and Metro Boomin

Best Country Album

·         "Cowboy Carter" – Beyoncé

·         "F-1 Trillion" – Post Malone

·         "Deeper Well" – Kacey Musgraves

·         "Higher" – Chris Stapleton

·         "Whirlwind" – Lainey Wilson

Best Country Song

·         "The Architect" – Kacey Musgraves. Written by Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne

·         "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey. Written by Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams

·         "I Am Not Okay" – Jelly Roll. Written by Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley and Taylor Phillips

·         "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen. Written by Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen and Chandler Paul Walters

·         "Texas Hold 'Em" – Beyoncé. Written by Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq

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 Gospel Album

·         "Covered Vol. 1" — Melvin Crispell III

·         "Choirmaster II (Live)" — Ricky Dillard

·         "Father's Day" — Kirk Franklin

·         "Still Karen" — Karen Clark Sheard

·         "More Than This" — CeCe Winans

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

·         "Diamantes" — Chiquis

·         "Boca Chueca, Vol. 1" — Carín León

·         "ÉXODO" — Peso Pluma

·         "De Lejitos" — Jessi Uribe

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 and Leopold Ross, composers

Best Musical Theater Album 

·         "Hell's Kitchen" 

·         "Merrily We Roll Along" 

·         "The Notebook"

·         "The Outsiders"

·         "Suffs" 

·         "The Wiz"

For a complete list of nominations in all 94 categories, visit GRAMMY.com.