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The 2025 Grammy Awards, also known as the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, are coming up and the nominations have been released. It will be taking place on February 25, 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and will be broadcasted live on CBS Television Network and Paramount+.
The award show celebrates and awards artists, producers, songwriters, engineers, and mixers. The winners will be chosen by Recording Academy Voting Members that consist of creators in the recording industry. There are 94 categories with no new categories added this year. Here are some of the nominations for the 2025 Grammy
Awards:
Record of the Year
Record of the Year is awarded to a single track or single and to the artist(s), album producer(s), recording engineer(s), mastering engineer(s), and/or mixer(s). A single is a song or instrumental that is separately released from an album. A track is when a song or instrumental is released with an album. They are both judged identically even though the qualifications are different.
Now and Then – The Beatles
Texas Hold Them – Beyoncé
Expresso – 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
Album of the Year
Album of the Year is awarded to an album that has a minimum of five different tracks with a 15-minute playing time or has a 30-minute playing time with no minimum track amount. An album’s playing time must be more than 75% of new, unreleased recordings. The award is given to artist(s), featured artist(s), songwriter(s), producer(s), recording engineer(s), mixers(s), and mastering engineer(s) who are credited with a minimum of 20% playing time in the album.
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
Song of the Year is awarded to the songwriters of a single track or single. The requirement to be nominated is that the songwriter must have at least five song credits as a songwriter or co-writer. If the requirements are met, then the songwriter(s) of sampled work can also win a certificate.
A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters
Birds of a Feather – Billie Elish
Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters
Die With a Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters
Fortnight – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters
Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters
Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar, songwriter
Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter
Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters
Texas Hold ‘Em – Beyoncé
Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters
Best New Artist
Best New Artist is a category that highlights a new solo artist, duo, or group. To be nominated for this award, the artist must have had a breakthrough during the year and have impacted the music industry. In order to be eligible for this award, the artist must have at least five singles or tracks, or a max of 30 singles or tracks. If an artist becomes popular this year and has over 30 singles or tracks, they will be eligible to be nominated.
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Best Pop Solo Performance
The Best Pop Solo Performance category is for performing solo artists that released a single or track. The award is given to the performing artist, however, the producer(s), engineer(s), and songwriter(s) can also win a Winners Certificate.
Bodyguard – Beyoncé
Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
Apple – Charli xcx
Birds of a Feather – Billie Eilish
Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance is given to two or more artists collaborating on a pop song. This category decides the winner based on the quality of the performance, like the production and arrangement. Producer(s), engineer(s), mixer(s), immersive producer(s), and songwriter(s) of the winning performance are awarded with a Winners Certificate.
Us. – Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
Levii’s Jeans – Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
Guess – Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
The Boy is Mine – Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
Die With A Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Pop Vocal Album is given to an album that has over 50% of its playing time being newly recorded pop tracks. Vocal ability isn’t taken into consideration when deciding on who will be nominated or win. The award is given to the artist(s), producer(s), engineer(s), and mixer(s).
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
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