Country Nominees Unveiled For 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Today, Friday, Nov. 8, the highly anticipated list of nominees for the 67th GRAMMY Awards were announced during a special…
Beyonce, Jelly Roll, Kacey Musgraves, Shaboozey; Photos Provided
Today, Friday, Nov. 8, the highly anticipated list of nominees for the 67th GRAMMY Awards were announced during a special livestream event. During the presentation, viewers learned that several country hitmakers earned nods across multiple categorizes.
In the country categories specifically, Beyoncé leads with four nominations, followed by Post Malone with three. Several other country artists earned recognition ahead of this year’s coveted event, including Chris Stapleton, Jelly Roll, Kacey Musgraves, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson, Brothers Osborne, Kelsea Ballerini and Dan + Shay.
Along with being nominated within the four country music categories, a few of these Music City acts like Combs, Musgraves and Malone were among those named in other all-genre categories as well.
Plus, Shaboozey’s breakout year just got even better as he is going into the 2025 GRAMMY Awards as a first-time nominee with six nods under his belt. He is vying for a win in the categories of Best New Artist, Song of the Year for “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Best Country Solo Performance for “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Best Country Song for “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Best Melodic Rap Performance for Beyonce’s “SPAGHETTII” (also featuring Linda Martell), and Best Remixed Recording for “A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” with David Guetta.
Morgan Wallen also racked up his first set of nominations for best country duo/group performance and best country song for his featured role on Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” which he also co-wrote.
Beyoncé secured 11 new nods overall, making her the most nominated artist for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards. Following close behind her are Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone with seven nods each and Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift with six each.
Queen Bey made history this year with her nominations. On top of being the second black artist to be nominated in the Country Album category (the first being Mickey Guyton in 2022), she has now earned 99 total GRAMMY nominations throughout her career, making her the most-nominated artist in the show’s history. Her latest string of recognition spans multiple GRAMMY fields, as a result of her genre-bending 2024 album Cowboy Carter, which earns three general nods (album of the year, plus record and song of the year for lead single “Texas Hold ‘Em”) as well as four nominations in country categories, two in pop, one in rap, and one in Americana.
This year’s eligibility period includes recordings released between Sept. 16, 2023 – Aug. 30, 2024. The final round of GRAMMY voting will take place Dec. 12, 2024 – Jan. 3, 2025.
Winners of the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be unveiled on Sun, Feb. 2, 2025 when the celebration returns to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. Fans can tune into the show’s live brodcast on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT.
Prior to the Telecast, the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony® will be held at the Peacock Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT and will be streamed live on live.GRAMMY.com and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel.
See below for a list of Country and Americana GRAMMY nominees. For a complete nominations list leading up to the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards, click HERE.
Record of the Year
“Now and Then” – The Beatles
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Beyoncé
“360” – Charli xcx
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Album of the Year
New Blue Sun, André 3000
COWBOY CARTER, Beyoncé
Short n’ Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter
BRAT, Charli xcx
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, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Die With a Smile,” Dernst 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 feat. 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)
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 feat. Taylor Swift
“LEVII’S JEANS,” Beyoncé feat. Post Malone
“Guess,” Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
“the boy is mine,” Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
“Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Best Remixed Recording
“Alter Ego – KAYTRANADA Remix,” KAYTRANADA, remixer (Doechii feat. JT)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix],” David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix),” FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix,” Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
“Von Dutch,” A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook Featuring Addison Rae)
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
RAYE
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
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 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
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Madeleine O’Connell
Madeleine O’Connell graduated from North Central College with a bachelors degree in Journalism and Broadcast Communications before deciding to pursue her studies further at DePaul University. There, she earned her masters degree in Digital Communication & Media Arts. O’Connell served as a freelance writer for over two years while also interning with the Academy of Country Music, SiriusXM and Circle Media and assisting with Amazon Music’s Country Heat Weekly podcast. In addition to Country Now, she has been published in American Songwriter, Music Mayhem, and Holler.Country. Madeleine O’Connell is a member of the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music.