Beyoncé is queen of the Grammys. Well, the coronation is set to take place on Feb. 2 yet, at the 2025 Grammy Awards which will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. But I think the final results will be a shoo-in for Bey.
After all, she has, would you believe 11 nominations including the top ones for the single Texas Hold ‘Em and her amazing epic of an album Cowboy Carter. And doubly amazing, after all that controversy about whether Beyoncé is country or not, she now has a nomination for Best Country Album and even one in the Americana category.
Despite the competition, Taylor, Kendrick Billie, etc., I think next year’s Grammys will be a Beyoncé show. Here now is the list of nominees.
•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 ft. Post Malone.
•Album of the Year: New Blue Sun, Andre 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, Chappel Roan; The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift.
•Song of the Year: A Bar Song (Tipsy), Shaboozey; Birds of a Feather, Billie Eilish; Die with a Smile, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars; Fortnight, Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone; Good Luck Babe!, Chappell Roan; Not Like Us, Kendrick Lamar; Please Please Please, Sabrina Carpenter; Texas Hold ‘Em, Beyoncé.
•Best New Artist: Benson Boone; Sabrina Carpenter; Doechii; Khruangbin; RAYE; Chappel Roan; Shaboozey; Teddy Swims.
•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.
•Pop Solo Performance: Body Guard, Beyoncé; Espresso, Sabrina Carpenter; Apple, Charli XCX; Birds of a Feather, Billie Eilish; Good Luck, Babe!, Chappel Roan.
•Pop Duo/Group Performance: us, Gracie Abrams ft. Taylor Swift; Levii’s Jeans, Beyoncé ft. Post Malone; Guess, Charlii XCX and Billie Eilish; the boy is mine, Ariana Grande, Brandy and Monica; Die with a Smile, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.
•Rock Performance: Now and Then, The Beatles; Beautiful People (Stay High), The Black Keys; The American Dream is Killing Me, Green Day; Gift Horse, Idles; Dark Matter, Pearl Jam; Broken Man, St. Vincent.
•Rock Album: Happiness Bastards, The Black Crows; Romance, Fontaines D.C.; Saviors, Green Day; TANGK, Idles; Dark Matter, Pearl Jam; Hackney Diamonds, The Rolling Stones; No Name, Jack White.
•R&B Performance: Guidance, Jhene Aiko; Residuals, Chris Brown; Here We Go (Uh Oh), Coco Jones; Made for Me (Live on BET) Muni Long; Saturn, SZA.
•Traditional R&B: Wet, Marsha Ambrosius; Can I Have This Groove, Kenyon Dixon; No Lie, Lalah Hathaway ft. Michael McDonald; Make Me Forget, Muni Long; That’s You, Lucky Daye.
•R&B Song: After Hours, Kehlani; Burning, Tems; Here We Go (Uh Oh), Coco Jones; Ruined Me, Muni Long; Saturn, SZA.
•R&B Album: 11:11 Deluxe, Chris Brown; Vantablack, Lalah Hathaway; Revenge, Muni Long; Algorithm, Lucky Daye; Coming Home, Usher.
•Rap Performance: Enough (Miami), Cardi B; When the Sun Shines Again, Common and Pete Rock ft. Posduonos; Nissan Altima, Doechii; Houdini, Eminem; Like That, Metro Boomin’, Kendrick Lamar; Yeah Glo!, GloRilla; Not Like Us, Kendrick Lamar.
•Melodic Rap Performance: Kuhlani, Jordan Adetunji ft. Kehlani; Spaghetti, Beyoncé ft. Linda Martell and Shaboozey; We Still Don’t Trust You, Future and Metro Boomin’ ft. The Weeknd; Big Mama, Latto; 3:AM, Rapsody ft. Erykah Badu.
•Rap Song: Asteroids, Rapsody ft. Hit Boy; Carnival, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $Ign; Like That, Future and Metro Boomin’ ft. Kendrick Lamar; Not Like Us, Kendrick Lamar; Yeah Glo, GloRilla.
•Rap Album: Might Delete Later, J. Cole; The Auditorium Vol. 1, Common & Pete Rock; Alligator Bites Never Heal, Doechii; The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace), Eminem; We Don’t Trust You, Future and Metro Boomin’.
•Traditional Pop Vocal Album: A Fleur De Peau, Cyrille Aimee; Visions, Norah Jones; Good Together, Lake Street Dive; Impossible Dream, Aaron Lazar; Christmas Wish, Gregory Porter.
For the other nominees, do check out the Grammy site.