Grammys 2025: Beyoncé Makes History. Latino Artists Snubbed

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The Grammy nominations for 2025, sparked celebrations, controversy and historic achievements. Leading with an incredible 11 nominations, Beyoncé has once again cemented her status as a music industry icon.

This year, she becomes the most nominated artist in Grammy history, surpassing her husband, Jay-Z, and reaching a staggering total of 89 nominations. Among her nominations, Beyoncé's "Texas Hold 'Em" is nominated for Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Country Song, a genre that marks new territory for the queen of pop.

Right behind her are Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone, each with seven nominations. These artists have dominated both the mainstream and critical scenes, proving their versatility and appeal. Charli XCX and Billie Eilish are up for Best Pop Dance Recording, along with others in the genre such as Ariana Grande, Madison Beer and Troye Sivan.

U.S. artist Sabrina Carpenter is one of the Grammy's rising stars, earning her first nomination in the Best Pop Solo Performance category for her song Espresso. This song has launched her to stardom, and she has also garnered nominations in all four major categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist. This marks a major breakthrough for Carpenter, whose music has gained traction and recognition over the past year.

Chappell Roan, another first-time nominee, joined in the Best Pop Solo Performance category with her hit "Good Luck, Babe!". Joining her, Madison Beer and RAYE are also celebrating their first nominations, representing a new wave of talent recognized by the Academy. Other new nominees such as Gracie Abrams, Benson Boone and Nigerian artist Lojay have also secured their place among this year's nominees, generating excitement for global music representation at the Grammys.

While these nominations delighted many, they also left several fans and artists disappointed. Finneas, a usual Grammy favorite, was notably shut out of the Producer of the Year category for his work on HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, despite critical acclaim.

Ariana Grande fans have also expressed their displeasure, as her track "we can't be friends (wait for your love)" only received a nomination in the Best Pop Dance Recording category. Although the song debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Grande was absent in the main categories such as Album, Song and Record of the Year.

Dua Lipa and Camila Cabello were also excluded from the major categories, which surprised many who expected their recent work to be celebrated. Tyla, a new R&B sensation, was also ignored, leaving her fans questioning the Academy's decisions.

The 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards is scheduled for February 2, 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The event will be broadcast live on CBS and available for streaming on Paramount+

Latino artists snubbed from the 2025 Grammy noms

With four nominations, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudame is the most-nominated Latino artist for the 2025 Grammy Awards, followed by percussionist Sheila E., who earned two nominations. This year's list for the U.S.'s top music awards once again excluded Spanish-speaking artists from major categories.

Dudamel, one of the most acclaimed classical artists by the Academy, is competing in categories for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Engineered Non-Classical Album, Best Classical Compendium, and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

Sheila E., on her end, was nominated for Best Tropical Latin Album and Best Global Music Performance.

The remaining Latino nominees each received a single nomination, mostly in specific categories like Latin music or children's music. Exceptions were Cardi B, nominated for Best Rap Performance with 'Enough (Miami),' and Édgar Barrera in the Composer of the Year category.

Many anticipated Shakira's latest album 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran' would enter the general *Best Pop Album* category, or at least her song 'Puntería' with Cardi B would be considered, but it was overlooked. The biggest snub, however, was Camila Cabello, whose album 'C,XOXO' was ignored in a year that recognized most major pop female artists.

Nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards

Album of the Year

André 3000 - New Blue Sun
Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Charli XCX - Brat
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

Record of the Year

The Beatles - Now and Then
Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em
Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX - 360
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone - Fortnight

Song of the Year

Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em
Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone - Fortnight

Best New Artist

Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
RAYE
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia (Bugs - Jamila Woods)
Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II (Die With A Smile - Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars)
Ian Fitchuk (AMEN - Beyoncé)
Mustard (Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar)
Daniel Nigro (Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan)

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Jessi Alexander (Remember Him That Way - Luke Combs)
Amy Allen (Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter)
Edgar Barrera (Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido - Karol G)
Jessie Jo Dillon (Sorry Mom - Kelsea Ballerini)
RAYE (RIIVERDANCE - Beyoncé)

Best Pop Solo Performance

Beyoncé - Bodyguard
Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
Charli XCX - Apple
Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift - Us.
Beyoncé featuring Post Malone - Levii's Jeans
Charli XCX and Billie Eilish - Guess
Ariana Grande, Brandy, and Monica - the boy is mine
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile

Best Pop Vocal Album

Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Disclosure - She's Gone, Dance On
Four Tet - Loved
Fred Again & Baby Keem - Leavemealone
Justice & Tame Impala - Neverender
Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino - Witchy

Best Dance Pop Recording

Madison Beer - Make You Mine (Producers: Madison Beer & Leroy Clampitt; Mixer: Mitch McCarthy)
Charli XCX - Von Dutch (Producer: Finn Keane; Mixer: Tom Norris)
Billie Eilish - L'AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT] (Producers: Billie Eilish & FINNEAS; Mixers: Jon Castelli & Aron Forbes)
Ariana Grande - yes, and? (Producers: Ariana Grande, ILYA & Max Martin; Mixer: Serban Ghenea)
Troye Sivan - Got Me Started (Producer: Ian Kirkpatrick; Mixer: Alex Ghenea)

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Charli XCX - Brat
Four Tet - Three
Justice - Hyperdrama
Kaytranada - Timeless
Zedd - Telos

Best Remixed Recording

Charli XCX - Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix featuring Addison Rae
Doechii & Kaytranada Featuring JT - Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix)
Julian Marley & Antaeus - Jah Sees Them (Amapiano Remix)
Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)
Shaboozey & David Guetta - A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix)

Best Rock Performance

The Beatles - Now and Then
The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day - The American Dream Is Killing Me
Idles - Gift Horse
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
St. Vincent - Broken Man

Best Rock Song

The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day - Dilemma
Idles - Gift Horse
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
St. Vincent - Broken Man

Best Rock Album

The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards
Fontaines D.C. - Romance
Green Day - Saviors
Idles - Tangk
Jack White - No Name
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

Best Alternative Music Performance

Cage the Elephant - Neon Pill
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster
Kim Gordon - Bye Bye
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Song of the Lake
St. Vincent - Flea

Best Alternative Music Album

Brittany Howard - What Now
Clairo - Charm
Kim Gordon - The Collective
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Wild God
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming

Certainly, here's the continuation of the 2025 Grammy nominees list:

Best R&B Performance

Chris Brown - Residuals
Coco Jones - Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Jhené Aiko - Guidance
Muni Long - Made for Me (Live on BET)
SZA - Saturn

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Kenyon Dixon - Can I Have This Groove
Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald - No Lie
Lucky Daye - That's You
Marsha Ambrosius - Wet
Muni Long - Make Me Forget

Best R&B Song

Coco Jones - Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Kehlani - After Hours
Muni Long - Ruined Me
SZA - Saturn
Tems - Burning

Best Progressive R&B Album

Avery*Sunshine - So Glad to Know You
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone and the New World
Durand Bernarr - En Route
Kehlani - Crash
NxWorries - Why Lawd?

Best R&B Album

Chris Brown - 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway - Vantablack
Lucky Daye - Algorithm
Muni Long - Revenge
Usher - Coming Home

Best Rap Performance

Cardi B - Enough (Miami)
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos - When the Sun Shines Again
Doechii - Nissan Altima
Eminem - Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar - Like That
Glorilla - Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey - Spaghettii
Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd - We Still Don't Trust You
Jordan Adetunji with Kehlani - Kehlani (Remix)
Latto - Big Mama
Rapsody with Erykah Badu - 3

Best Rap Song

Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar - Like That
Glorilla - Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Rapsody & Hit-Boy - Asteroids
¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid featuring Playboi Carti - Carnival

Best Rap Album

Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Future & Metro Boomin - We Don't Trust You
J. Cole - Might Delete Later

Best Spoken Word Album

Malik Yusef - Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word
Omari Hardwick - Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series
Queen Sheba - Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say
Skillz - The Seven Number Ones
Tank and the Bangas - The Heart, the Mind, the Soul

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Catherine Russell & Sean Mason - My Ideal
Christie Dashiell - Journey in Black
Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner - Wildflowers Vol. 1
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding - Milton + Esperanza
Samara Joy - A Joyful Holiday

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck - Remembrance
Kenny Barron - Beyond This Place
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Sullivan Fortner - Solo Game

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - And So It Goes
Dan Pugach - Bianca Reimagined
John Beasley with Frankfurt Radio Big Band - Returning to Forever
Miguel Zenón - Golden City
Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band - Walk a Mile in My Shoe

Best Latin Jazz Album

Donald Vega featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero - As I Travel
Eliane Elias - Time and Again
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Collab
Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, John Beasley & Jose Gola - El Trio: Live in Italy
Michel Camilo & Tomatito - Spain Forever Again
Zaccai Curtis - Cubop Lives!

Best Global Music Performance

Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir - Sunlight to My Soul
Arooj Aftab - Raat Ki Rani
Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal - A Rock Somewhere
Masa Takumi with Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung - Kashira
Rocky Dawuni - Rise
Sheila E. with Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar - Bemba Colorá

Best African Music Performance

Asake & Wizkid - MMS
Burna Boy - Higher
Chris Brown featuring Davido & Lojay - Sensational
Tems - Love Me JeJe
Yemi Alade - Tomorrow

Best Global Music Album

Antonio Rey - Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado - Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Alkebulan II
Rema - Heis
Tems - Born in the Wild

Best Reggae Album

Collie Buddz - Take It Easy
Shenseea - Never Gets Late Here
Various Artists - Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By the Film (Deluxe)
Vybz Kartel - Party With Me
The Wailers - Evolution

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

Anoushka Shankar - Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn
Chris Redding - Visions of Sounds De Luxe
Radhika Vekaria - Warriors of Light
Ricky Kej - Break of Dawn
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Opus
Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon - Triveni

Best Children's Album

Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids - World Wide Playdate
John Legend - My Favorite Dream
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band - ¡Brillo, Brillo!
Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats - Creciendo
Rock for Children - Solid Rock Revival

Best Comedy Album

Dave Chappelle - The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan - The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser - Someday You'll Die
Ricky Gervais - Armageddon
Trevor Noah - Where Was I

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra
Dolly Parton - Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
George Clinton - ...And Your Ass Will Follow
Jimmy Carter - Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration
Various Artists - All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein - London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bradley Cooper
Various Artists - The Color Purple
Various Artists - Deadpool & Wolverine
Various Artists - Saltburn
Various Artists - Twisters: The Album

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Film and Television)

Kris Bowers - The Color Purple
Hans Zimmer - Dune: Part Two
Laura Karpman - American Fiction
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross - Shōgun
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Bear McCreary - God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
John Paesano - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Pinar Toprak - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Wilbert Roget II -