Beyonce leads the 2025 Grammy noms, becoming the most nominated artist in the show's history

Beyoncé, aka Cowboy Carter, received the most nominations in the history of the ceremony with 11 nominations in various categories of the 2025 Grammys, including album and song of the year, bringing her total to 99.

This singer has been nominated in various categories including pop, country, Americana and melodic rap performance. This is the first time that Beyonce is nominated in the country and Americana categories.

Previously, Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z held the record for most Grammy nominations with 88. If Beyoncé wins Album of the Year, she will be the first black woman in the 21st century to win the award.

With the release of his first country album, F-1 Trillion, in August this year, Post Malone has been nominated for a Grammy in the country category for the first time. This album was nominated for Best Country Album and his song "I Needed a Little Help" with Morgan Wallen was nominated for Best Country Song and Best Country Group or Duet. These are Whalen's first Grammy nominations.

With seven nominations, Post Malone is tied with Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX for the first time as a solo artist.

Kendrick Lamar's controversial track "We're Not Like Us," released during his feud with Drake, is nominated for Best Song and Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video and Best Rap Performance. He is also nominated for two simultaneous performances in the Best Rap Performance category, which is the first time in his career. This is the third time that Lamar has been nominated for two songs at the same time in the Best Rap Song category.

Taylor Swift and newcomers Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Rohn each have 6 nominations.

Last year, female artists held the lead roles. This year, this trend continues to some extent, but the main focus seems to be on the diversity of genres. In the album of the year section, along with "Cowboy Carter", the albums "New Blue Sun" by Andre 3000 in the style of New Age and Alternative Jazz and "Dejes Vol. 4" by Jacob Collier, a multi-instrumental musician, can be seen. Rising pop stars Carpenter and Ron, with "Short and Sweet" and "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess," along with Taylor Swift's "Department of Tormented Poets," Billie Eilish's "Hard and Soft" and "Wild Child" Charli XCX's work, which is accompanied by a fast rhythm, completes the list of nominees in this section.

Billie Eilish is the only artist whose first three albums have been nominated for Album of the Year.

Last year, Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for "Midnights," breaking the record for most wins in the category with four wins. This year, she becomes the first woman to be nominated seven times in the category.

"The breadth and diversity of genres that are seen in more mainstream sectors is new and really exciting," says Harvey Mason Jr., CEO and president of the Recording Academy. He attributes the event's success to an active and evolving voting body. "We have been very careful in how we look at and try to restore balance to the membership of the Academy. "So, not just looking for gender or racial equality, with a different racial mix, but equality of genres and trying to make sure that all kinds of music in different regions and different places are represented in all possible ways."

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