2025 Grammys nominations live: Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Beyonce and Chappell Roan vying for nods
Swift could set a record as the most-nominated woman for Album of the Year, while Kendrick Lamar is predicted to receive a nod in the Record and Song of the Year groups
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Your support makes all the difference.The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards will be announced today, with several milestones expected to be reached by some of the world’s biggest artists.
Taylor Swift is predicted to receive an Album of the Year nod for her latest hit album, The Tortured Poets Department, which would pull her out of a tie with Barbra Streisand and place her as the woman with the most nominations in the category.
Other artists vying for Album of the Year nominations include 2024’s breakthrough star Chappell Roan with her debut, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, and Sabrina Carpenter with her sixth record, Short n’ Sweet.
Charli XCX is another hopeful thanks to her critically adored, trend-setting album Brat, as is Beyoncé for her country-influenced record, Cowboy Carter.
Hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar is likely to be nominated for both Record and Song of the Year for his diss track “Not Like Us”, which would tie him with Jay-Z for the most nods in those categories by a rapper.
Nominees will be announced during a livestream on the Grammy website and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel on Friday (8 November) at 8am PT and 11am ET (4pm GMT)
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Reminder: What time the Grammy nominations will be announced
The 2025 Grammy nominees will be announced during a video stream live on the Grammy website and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel on Friday at 8am Pacific and 11am Eastern (4pm GMT), kicking off with a pre-show 15 minutes earlier.
How the 2024 Grammy Awards unfolded
It was one of the most memorable Grammys in years. Clearly, organisers felt they had to make up for the deflating 2023 ceremony, where Harry Styles skipped away with Album of the Year after we were promised a rematch between Adele and Beyonce.
They managed it, and then some: this truly was the Year of the Women. After a glittering run on the red carpet, where many nominees appeared to turn up dressed as Grammy Awards (a lot of bronze and gold this year), the ceremony opened with a spectacular medley of hits from British pop star Dua Lipa. By this point, the pre-telecast show had already seen early prizes handed out to indie supergroup Boygenius, Billie Eilish and Kylie Minogue.
Trevor Noah, hosting for the fourth consecutive year, proved himself an ally. He defended Taylor Swift from grouchy NFL fans by flipping the joke and threatening to put the camera on retired American football fans. Swift, who famously sent a wintery glare in comedian Jo Koy’s direction when he dared to make a joke at her expense at the Golden Globes, seemed delighted by Noah by comparison.
How the 2024 Grammy Awards unfolded
Artists including Joni Mitchell and Celine Dion made rapturously received appearances, while artists who had previously gone without recognition were finally given their flowers
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Who’s hosting the 2025 Grammys?
A host for next year’s ceremony has yet to be announced. The 2024 ceremony was hosted for the fourth consecutive year by comedian and presenter Trevor Noah, who you can read more about here:
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Who’s announcing the Grammy 2025 nominations?
On hand to read out the nominees are: Gayle King, Jim Gaffigan and past Grammy winners Brandy Clark, Kirk Franklin, David Frost, Robert Gordon, Kylie Minogue, Gaby Moreno, Deanie Parker, Ben Platt, Mark Ronson and Hayley Williams, plus last year’s best new artist recipient, Victoria Monét.
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