Chappell Roan, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish are among the LGBTQIA+ artists and allies that have scored major Grammy nominations.
Taking place 2 February at the Crypto.com Arena in LA, the 2025 ceremony has been dominated by Beyoncé (feels correct) and her trailblazing country-inspired album COWBOY CARTER.
With 11 noms, Beyoncé now boasts 99 career nominations and has, officially, surpassed her husband Jay-Z as the most nominated artist in the history of the Grammys.
To the surprise of none, she will once again compete for the coveted Album of the Year, where she faces strong opposition from Charli xcx, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift. If she wins, it will mark her first ever award in the category.
As for the aforementioned queer artists, Billie has landed seven nominations, making history in the process as the first ever artist to be nominated for Album of the Year with their first three albums.
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With her acclaimed debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and breakout single ‘Good Luck, Babe!’, Chappell is now a Grammy Award-nominated artist. She’s up for six trophies, including Best New Artist.
GAY TIMES cover star Kehlani has three: Best R&B Song (‘After Hours’), Best Progressive R&B Album (CRASH) and Best Melodic Rap Performance (‘Kehlani REMIX’).
Additional LGBTQIA+ nominees include Troye Sivan for Best Dance Pop Recording (‘Got Me Started’), Doechii for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance (‘Nissan Altima’) and Best Rap Album (Alligator Bites Never Heal), St Vincent for Best Rock Song (‘Broken Man’) and Best Alternative Music Album (All Born Screaming).
More incoming: Cardi B for Best Rap Performance (‘Enough (Miami)’), Green Day for Best Rock Album (Saviors), Best Rock Performance (‘The American Dream is Killing Me’), and Best Rock Song (‘Dilemma’), and Kaytranada for Best Dance/Electronic Recording (‘Witchy’), Best Dance/Electronic Album (Timeless) and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical (‘Alter Ego’).
Ahead of her highly-anticipated seventh studio album, Lady Gaga has also scored two nominations for her and Bruno Mars’ global smasher, ‘Die With A Smile’, under Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
As for community favourites, Sabrina Carpenter has collected six for her breakout album Short ‘n’ Sweet and its two chart-topping singles, ‘Espresso’ and ‘Please Please Please’.
Following the domination of BRAT Summer, Charli has earned her best year yet at the Grammys with nine nominations, from Record of the Year (‘360’) to Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (‘Guess’ with Billie) and Best Pop Solo Performance (‘Apple’).
Ariana Grande’s comeback album, eternal sunshine, is up for three: Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (‘the boy is mine’ with Brandy and Monica) and Best Dance Pop Recording (‘yes, and?’).
British treasure RAYE has finally been recognised by the academy with three: Best New Artist, Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Lucky Daye’s Algorithm).
Check out all the major nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards below.
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 & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Die With A Smile” – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & 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
Doechii
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 Solo Performance
“Bodyguard” – Beyoncé
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Apple” – Charli xcx
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“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
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 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 Rock Song
“Beautiful People (Stay High)” – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
“Broken Man” – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
“Dark Matter” – Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
“Dilemma” – Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)
“Gift Horse” – Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)
Best Alternative Music Album
Wild God – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Charm – Clairo
The Collective – Kim Gordon
What Now – Brittany Howard
All Born Screaming – St. Vincent
Best R&B Song
“After Hours” – Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Burning” – Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
“Ruined Me” – Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
“Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
Best Progressive R&B Album
So Glad to Know You – Avery*Sunshine
En Route – Durand Bernarr
fBando Stone And The New World – Childish Gambino
CRASH – Kehlani
Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
Best Rap Performance
“Enough (Miami)” – Cardi B
“When The Sun Shines Again” – Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos “NISSAN ALTIMA” – Doechii
“Houdini” – Eminem
“Like That” – Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar “Yeah Glo!” – GloRilla
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Night Reign – Arooj Aftab
New Blue Sun – André 3000
Code Derivation – Robert Glasper
Foreverland – Keyon Harrold
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Country Album
COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé
F-1 Trillion – Post Malone
Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
Higher – Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson
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
Best Latin Pop Album
Funk Generation – Anitta
El Viaje – Luis Fonsi
GARCÍA – Kany García
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira
ORQUÍDEAS – Kali Uchis
Best African Music Performance
“Tomorrow” – Yemi Alade
“MMS” – Asake & Wizkid
“Sensational” – Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay
“Higher” – Burna Boy
“Love Me JeJe” – Tems
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Televison)
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 & Leopold Ross, composers
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