Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Chappell Roan will all be up for major honours at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

The trophies will be handed out in a star-studded ceremony on 2 February, with 94 categories in total. Here are the contenders for the biggest prizes.

The "big four" awards

[Album of the year]

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

[Record of the year]

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

[Song of the year]

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

[Best new artist]

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

Pop and dance

[Best pop vocal album]

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

[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 ft Taylor Swift - Us
Beyoncé ft Post Malone - Levii’s Jeans
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish - Guess
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

[Best dance/electronic recording]

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

[Best dance/electronic album]

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

[Best dance pop recording]

Madison Beer - Make You Mine
Charli XCX - Von Dutch
Billie Eilish - L’Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]
Ariana Grande - Yes, and?
Troye Sivan - Got Me Started

Rock and metal

[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)
St Vincent - Broken Man
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
Green Day - Dilemma
Idles - Gift Horse

[Best rock album]

The Black Crowes - Happiness B******s
Fontaines DC - Romance
Green Day - Saviors
Idles - TANGK
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
Jack White - No Name

[Best alternative music album]

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

[Best metal performance]

Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne - Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
Judas Priest - Crown of Horns
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy - Suffocate
Metallica - Screaming Suicide
Spiritbox - Cellar Door

Rap

[Best rap performance]

Cardi B - Enough (Miami)
Common & Pete Rock ft 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]

Jordan Adetunji ft Kehlani - Kehlani
Beyoncé ft Linda Martell & Shaboozey - Spaghettii
Future & Metro Boomin ft The Weeknd - We Still Don’t Trust You
Latto - Big Mama
Rapsody ft Erykah Badu - 3:AM

[Best rap song]

Rapsody ft Hit-Boy - Asteroids
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign - Carnival
Future & Metro Boomin ft Kendrick Lamar - Like That
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
GloRilla - Yeah Glo!

[Best rap album]

J Cole - Might Delete Later
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

Country

[Best country solo performance]

Beyoncé - 16 Carriages
Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves - The Architect
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Chris Stapleton - It Takes A Woman

[Best country duo/group performance]

Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan - Cowboys Cry Too
Beyoncé ft Miley Cyrus - II Most Wanted
Brothers Osborne - Break Mine
Dan + Shay - Bigger Houses
Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help

[Best country song]

Kacey Musgraves - The Architect
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay
Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em

[Best country album]

Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter
Post Malone - F-1 Trillion
Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
Chris Stapleton - Higher
Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind
R&B and Afrobeats

[Best R&B performance]

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

[Best R&B song]

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

[Best progressive R&B album]

Avery*Sunshine - So Glad to Know You
Durand Bernarr - En Route
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone And The New World
Kehlani - Crash
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) - Why Lawd?

[Best R&B album]

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

[Best African music performance]

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

[Producer of the Year, Non-Classical]

Alissia
Daniel Nigro
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard

[Songwriter of the Year]

Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Film and TV

[Best comedy album]

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

[Best compilation soundtrack for visual media]

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

[Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and televison)]

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

[Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media]

Pinar Toprak - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Bear McCreary - God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
John Paesano - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Wilbert Roget, II - Star Wars Outlaws
Winifred Phillips - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

[Best song written for visual media]

Luke Combs - Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake - Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)
Olivia Rodrigo - Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
Jon Batiste - It Never Went Away (From American Symphony)
Barbra Streisand - Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)

[Best music video]

A$AP Rocky - Tailor Swif
Charli XCX - 360
Eminem - Houdini
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Taylor Swift ft Post Malone - Fortnight

[Best music film]

American Symphony
June
Kings From Queens
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
The Greatest Night In Pop
Jazz and classical

[Best jazz vocal album]

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

[Best jazz instrumental album]

Ambrose Akinmusire ft Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley - Owl Song
Kenny Barron ft Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson - Beyond This Place
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck - Remembrance
Sullivan Fortner - Solo Game

[Best alternative jazz album]

Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
André 3000 - New Blue Sun
Robert Glasper - Code Derivation
Keyon Harrold - Foreverland
Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin

[Best musical theatre album]

Hell’s Kitchen
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz

[Best opera recording]

Adams: Girls Of The Golden West - John Adams, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas - Yannick Nézet-Séguin (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Moravec: The Shining - Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
Puts: The Hours - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Saariaho: Adriana Mater - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

[Best orchestral performance]

John Adams: City Noir - Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance - Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major - JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina - Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen - Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)