67th Annual Grammy Awards

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The 67th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will honor the best recordings, compositions, and artists from September 16, 2023, to August 30, 2024, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy, on February 2, 2025.[1] In its 22nd year at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the ceremony will be broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+. Nominations were announced through a YouTube livestream on November 8, 2024.[2] A host for the ceremony has yet to be announced.

67th Annual Grammy Awards
DateFebruary 2, 2025
LocationCrypto.com Arena
Los Angeles, California
Hosted byTBA
Most awardsTBA
Most nominationsBeyoncé (11)
Websitegrammy.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Paramount+
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Beyoncé received the most nominations with eleven, which set a new one-year record for nominations by a female artist. She previously shared the record with Lauryn Hill, who earned 10 nominations at the 1999 ceremony, and matched it herself in 2010.[3] Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone followed with seven nominations each.[4] With a career total of 99 nominations, Beyoncé became the most nominated artist in Grammy history, breaking a tie with her husband Jay-Z.[5] Taylor Swift also made history as the first woman to earn seven career nominations for Album of the Year, with The Tortured Poets Department.[6] "Now and Then" by the Beatles is the first song produced with the help of artificial intelligence to be nominated for a Grammy.[7] At 100 years of age, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter became the oldest nominee ever; he was nominated for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording.[8]

Background

For the 2025 ceremony, the Recording Academy announced several changes for different categories and updates on eligibility rules.[9] No new categories were introduced for the first time in four years.[10] In an urgent letter to the 12,000 voting members of the Recording Academy, chief executive officer (CEO) Harvey Mason Jr. urged them to cast their votes with "purpose, intention, and integrity" and without "bias, grudge-holding, or careless voting."[11][12]

Category changes

Criteria amendments

  • All eligibly-certified featured artists with less than 50% of playing time will be awarded a Winners' Certificate for all genre album categories. This rule does not apply to Best Musical Theater Album or the General Field and Craft categories.
  • The annual fee media companies must pay to enter a recording in the online entry process was increased to $180.
  • Criteria for Best Traditional R&B Performance was amended to "more accurately represent recordings that embody the classical elements of R&B/soul music, distinguishing them from contemporary interpretations of the genre."
  • Criteria for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album was amended to expand the category by "broadening its scope and welcoming more entries from the musical theater community." Its album eligibility criteria was also updated, requiring that albums must contain more than 75% of newly recorded (previously unreleased) performances.
  • Criteria for Best Children's Music Album was amended with a requirement for lyrics and English-language translations to be included in entry submissions. An intended audience range was also defined as "infant to 12 years old".
  • Submission guidelines for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical were amended with the hopes of allowing a "wider representation of the songwriter community", with the minimum submission threshold in which a songwriter is credited as a songwriter or co-writer (not a primary or featured artist or producer) being reduced from five to four songs. The additional number of songs a songwriter may enter in which they are also credited as a primary or featured artist, or any other supporting role was also increased from four to five.

Nominees

First round voting took place from October 4 to October 15, 2024. The nominees were announced by Brandy Clark, Kirk Franklin, David Frost, Robert Gordon, Kylie Minogue, Victoria Monét, Gaby Moreno, Deanie Parker, Mark Ronson, Ben Platt, and Hayley Williams on November 8 in a livestream on the official Grammy YouTube channel.[14] Final round voting will then take place from December 12, 2024, to January 3, 2025, ahead of winners being revealed during the Grammy Premiere Ceremony and telecast on February 2.[15][16]

General Field

General Field

Pop & Dance/Electronic

Pop & Dance/Electronic Field

Rock, Metal & Alternative

Rock, Metal & Alternative Field

R&B, Rap & Spoken Word Poetry

R&B, Rap and Spoken Word Poetry Field
  • Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say – Queen Sheba
  • Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 SeriesOmari Hardwick
  • Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the WordMalik Yusef
  • The Heart, The Mind, The SoulTank and the Bangas
  • The Seven Number OnesMad Skillz

Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater

Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater Field

Country & American Roots

Country & American Roots Field
  • 25 Back to My RootsSean Ardoin and Kreole Rock And Soul
  • Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalBig Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles featuring J'Wan Boudreaux
  • Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – New Breed Brass Band featuring Trombone Shorty
  • KuiniKalani Pe'a
  • Stories from The Battlefield – The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

Gospel & Contemporary Christian

Gospel & Contemporary Christian Field
  • ChurchCory Henry
  • Loving YouThe Nelons
  • Rhapsody – The Harlem Gospel Travelers
  • The Gospel According To Mark – Mark D. Conklin
  • The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2 – Authentic Unlimited

Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant

Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant Field

Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film

Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film Field

Package, Notes & Historical

Package, Notes & Historical Field
  • Centennial
    • Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
  • Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition
  • Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings
    • Tom Laskey & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)
  • Pepito y Paquito
  • The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording - Super Deluxe Edition)
  • After Midnight
    • Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras)
  • The Carnegie Hall Concert
  • Centennial
    • Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
  • John Culshaw — The Art Of The Producer - The Early Years 1948-55
  • SONtrack Original De La Película "Al Son De Beno"
    • Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement

Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement Field

Classical

Classical Field
  • "Clear Voices In The Dark"
    • Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
  • "A Dream So Bright: Choral Music Of Jake Runestad"
    • Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
  • "Handel: Israel in Egypt"
    • Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry & Edward Vogel; Apollo's Fire; Apollo's Singers)
  • "Ochre"
    • Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
  • "Sheehan: Akathist"
    • Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D'Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)
  • "Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles" – JACK Quartet
  • "Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, 'Archduke'" – Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
  • "Cerrone: Beaufort Scales" – Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble
  • "Home" – Miró Quartet
  • "Rectangles and Circumstance" – Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
  • "Akiho: Longing" – Andy Akiho
  • "Bach: Goldberg Variations" – Víkingur Ólafsson
  • "Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D'Arc" – Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)
  • "Entourer" – Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
  • "Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra" – Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)
  • Beyond The Years - Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price
    • Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
  • A Change Is Gonna Come
    • Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
  • Newman: Bespoke Songs
    • Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
  • Show Me The Way
    • Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
  • Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
    • Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d'Oro)
  • Akiho: BeLonging
    • Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
  • American Counterpoints
    • Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
  • Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode
    • JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
  • Mythologies II
    • Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, producers
  • Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
    • Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
  • Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello
    • Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
  • Coleman: Revelry
    • Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
  • Lang: Composition As Explanation
    • David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
  • Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
    • Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
  • Saariaho: Adriana Mater
    • Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)

Multiple nominations

The following received multiple nominations:

CEO's Merit Awards

Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award

The Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award honors songwriters of "message-driven music that speaks to the social issues of our time and has demonstrated and inspired positive global impact." This award is renamed after Belafonte for his legacy in music and activism.[13]

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