Beyonce PASSES husband Jay-Z in all-time Grammy nominations with 11 nods for Cowboy Carter
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Beyonce has surpassed her husband Jay-Z in all-time Grammy nominations with her 11 nods at the 2025 ceremony.
The songstress, 43, dominated the list of Grammy Award contenders and landed an Album Of The Year nomination for her venture into country music, Cowboy Carter.
Beyonce's other Grammy nods included record and song of the year for single 'Texas Hold 'Em.'
Her 11 nominations brought her lifetime total to 99, more than any other artist. Prior to Friday, she had been tied for the lead with Jay-Z, 54, who has 88 with 24 wins.
Cowboy Carter has also become the most Grammy nominated album of all-time, beating Michael Jackson's thriller and her past albums Renaissance and Lemonade.
Beyonce has surpassed her husband Jay-Z in all-time Grammy nominations with her 11 nods at the 2025 ceremony - pictured at the 2024 Grammys
The songstress, 43, dominated the list of Grammy Award contenders and landed an Album Of The Year nomination for her venture into country music, Cowboy Carter
Beyonce, winner of more Grammys over her career than any other artist with 32 trophies, has never taken home the album trophy.
Behind Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone tied with seven nominations each.
Pop phenomenon Taylor Swift and newcomers Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter scored six each.
Women dominated the album of the year category, the top Grammy honor.
Swift has won the Album of the Year honor four times and is in the running again with her breakup album The Tortured Poets Department.
At the awards ceremony on February 2, the Beyonce and Swift records will compete with Carpenter's 'Short n' Sweet,' 'Brat' from Charli XCX, Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft,' and Roan's 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.'
The two male artists nominated in the album field were rapper Andre 3000 with 'New Blue Sun' and jazz artist Jacob Collier for 'Djesse Vol. 4.'
Winners will be chosen by the roughly 13,000 singers, songwriters, producers, engineers and others who make up the Recording Academy.
Her 11 nominations brought her lifetime total to 99, more than any other artist. Prior to Friday, she had been tied for the lead with Jay-Z, 54, who has 88 with 24 wins - pictured 2018
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter was viewed by experts and fans as a reclamation and homage to an overlooked legacy of Black Americans within country music and culture
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter was viewed by experts and fans as a reclamation and homage to an overlooked legacy of Black Americans within country music and culture.
It became the first album by a Black woman to land at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart when it was released last spring.
The Beyonce album was snubbed, however, by voters for the Country Music Awards in September.
In the best new artist field, 'Espresso' singer Carpenter will face fellow pop singer Roan, pop-rock singer Benson Boone, hip-hop/country artist Shaboozey, multi-genre musician Teddy Swims and others.
Another name on the Grammy nominations list? The Beatles. 'Now and Then,' produced with artificial intelligence to bring the voice of John Lennon to life, was nominated for song of the year.
Best Pop Solo Performance nominations went to Beyonce, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, and Chappell Roan.
Best New Artist went to Benson Boone, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Khruangbin, Raye, Chappell Roan, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims.
Best Country Album went to Cowboy Carter, F-1, Deeper Well, Higher, and Whirlwind.
Song of the Year went to Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em, Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather, Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!, Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us, Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile, Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please, Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) and Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone - Fortnight.
Best Country Solo Performance was: Beyoncé - 16 Carriages, Chris Stapleton - It Takes a Woman, Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay, Kacey Musgraves - The Architect, Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy).
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television) went to American Fiction, Challengers, The Color Purple, Dune: Part Two and Shogun.
Nominees are being announced during a video stream live on the Grammy website and the Recording Academy's YouTube channel on Friday at 8 a.m. Pacific and 11 a.m. Eastern.
There were several stars that listed off the nominations including Gayle King and Jim Gaffigan.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will air February 2 live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles
Past Grammy winners also jumped in: Brandy Clark, Kirk Franklin, David Frost, Robert Gordon, Kylie Minogue, Gaby Moreno, Deanie Parker, Ben Platt, Mark Ronson, Hayley Williams and last year's best new artist recipient, Victoria Monét.
Only recordings commercially released in the U.S. between September 16, 2023 through August 30, 2024 were eligible for nominations.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will air February 2 live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
GRAMMY NOMINATIONS 2025 - FULL LIST
Song of the Year
Beyoncé - Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone - Fortnight
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter
Best Country Album
Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter
Chris Stapleton - Higher
Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind
Post Malone - F-1 Trillion
Best Country Solo Performance
Beyoncé - 16 Carriages
Chris Stapleton - It Takes a Woman
Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves - The Architect
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz
Jelly Roll also got a nod
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey - Spaghettii
Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd - We Still Don’t Trust You
Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani - Kehlani (Remix)
Latto - Big Mama
Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu - 3:AM
Best R&B Album
Chris Brown - 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway - Vantablack
Lucky Daye - Algorithm
Muni Long - Revenge
Usher - Coming Home
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown - Residuals
Coco Jones - Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Jhené Aiko - Guidance
Muni Long - Made for Me (Live on BET)
SZA - Saturn
Sabrina Carpenter was placed in the Best New Artist category
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Doechii
Chappell Roan
Khruangbin
Raye
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Best Alternative Music Performance
Cage the Elephant - Neon Pill
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster
Kim Gordon - Bye Bye
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Song of the Lake
St. Vincent - Flea
Benson Boone
Best Rock Album
The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards
Fontaines D.C. - Romance
Green Day - Saviors
Idles - Tangk
Jack White - No Name
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
Best Dance Pop Recording
Ariana Grande - Yes, And?
Billie Eilish - L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]
Charli XCX - Von Dutch
Madison Beer - Make You Mine
Troye Sivan - Got Me Started
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Doe - Holy Hands
Melvin Crispell III - Yesterday
Ricky Dillard - Hold On (Live)
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr - One Hallelujah
Yolanda Adams - Church Doors
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine – Remix
Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone - Levii’s Jeans
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish - Guess Featuring Billie Eilish
Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift - Us.
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyoncé - Bodyguard
Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX - Apple
Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
Billie Eilish
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Daniel Nigro
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Kris Bowers - The Color Purple
Hans Zimmer - Dune: Part Two
Laura Karpman - American Fiction
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross - Shōgun
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid - MMS
Burna Boy - Higher
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay - Sensational
Tems - Love Me JeJe
Yemi Alade - Tomorrow
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Carín León - Boca Chueca, Vol. 1
Chiquis - Diamantes
Jessi Uribe - De Lejitos
Peso Pluma - Éxodo
Best Latin Pop Album
Anitta - Funk Generation
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
Kany García - García
Luis Fonsi - El Viaje
Shakira - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
