Overnight (if you’re living in Australia, anyway, the nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards were announced, and if you’ve been following awards such as the CMAs, you might be surprised to find out that Beyoncé leads in the country – and Americana – award categories.
As of today, Beyoncé has become the most nominated artist ever at the Grammy Awards, scooping another 11 nominations for her country music-inspired album Cowboy Carter.
The album itself has been nominated for Album of the Year and Best Country Album, while Beyoncé features in another nine categories with different songs on the album.
TEXAS HOLD ‘EM has been nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, while producer Ian Fitchuk has been nominated for Producer of the Year for her song AMEN and RAYE was nominated for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical for Beyoncé’s song RIVERDANCE.
Elsewhere, her song BODYGUARD was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance, LEVII’S JEANS featuring Post Malone was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, SPAGHETTII with Linda Martell and Shaboozey was nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance, 16 CARRIAGES for Best Country Solo Performance, II MOST WANTED (featuring Miley Cyrus) for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, TEXAS HOLD ‘EM for Best Country Song, and YA YA for Best Americana Performance.
Other country artists nominated for Grammy Awards include Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Jelly Roll, and Kacey Musgraves. Post Malone has also received nominations for his country turn on F-1 Trillion.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will take place at Crypto Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, 2 February. Check out the full list of country, Americana, and bluegrass music nominees below via Billboard. The complete list of nominees is here.
2025 Grammy Awards Nominees
Best Country Solo Performance
“16 CARRIAGES,” Beyoncé
“I Am Not Okay,” Jelly Roll
“The Architect,” Kacey Musgraves
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey
“It Takes a Woman,” Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Cowboys Cry Too,” Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan
“II MOST WANTED,” Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus
“Break Mine,” Brothers Osborne
“Bigger Houses,” Dan + Shay
“I Had Some Help,” Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen
Best Country Song
“The Architect,” Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“I Am Not Okay,” Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
“I Had Some Help,” Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen)
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best Country Album
COWBOY CARTER, Beyoncé
F-1 Trillion, Post Malone
Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves
Higher, Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind, Lainey Wilson
Best American Roots Performance
“Blame It on Eve,” Shemekia Copeland
“Nothing in Rambling,” The Fabulous Thunderbirds feat. Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
“Lighthouse,” Sierra Ferrell
“The Ballad of Sally Anne,” Rhiannon Giddens
Best Americana Performance
“YA YA,” Beyoncé
“Subtitles,” Madison Cunningham
“Don’t Do Me Good,” Madi Diaz feat. Kacey Musgraves
“American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell
“Runaway Train,” Sarah Jarosz
“Empty Trainload of Sky,” Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best American Roots Song
“Ahead of the Game,” Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
“All in Good Time,” Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine feat. Fiona Apple)
“All My Friends,” Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan)
“American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
“Blame It on Eve,” John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)
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
Tigers Blood, Waxahatchee
Best Bluegrass Album
I Built a World, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Songs of Love and Life, The Del McCoury Band
No Fear, Sister Sadie
Live Vol. 1, Billy Strings
Earl Jam, Tony Trischka
Dan Tyminski: Live From The Ryman, Dan Tyminski
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