The Recording Academy released nominations for the 67th Annual Grammy Awards Nov. 8, with artists including Beyoncé, Charli XCX and Kendrick Lamar ruling the nominations and rising stars Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan among those up for Best New Artist.

The ceremony will take place Feb. 2, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. CBS will broadcast the event live, and Paramount+ is offering a live stream and on-demand viewing.

Female artists dominated the nominations, securing six out of the eight spots for Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Beyoncé, Roan, Taylor Swift, Carpenter, Charli XCX and Billie Eilish form a powerhouse of female empowerment.

Carpenter was stunned by the nods she received, saying, “I don’t know how that’s possible. I’m a best old artist, I’ve been here.” 

Beyoncé secured 11 nominations for her eighth studio album “Cowboy Carter” and its accompanying singles, trumping the 10 nominations she received in 2009 and marking a new personal best. Billboard also announced her as the “Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century” Dec. 4, rounding out a successful year for the artist. 

Chris Willman, Variety’s chief music critic, begs the question, “Is this the Grammys’ year of the woman?” 

While that appears to be the case, last year, female artists or groups occupied seven out of the eight spots for Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Willman writes, “In other words, this ‘stepping up’ has been the norm and not the exception for several successive years now.” 

But what do fans around the world think of the selections? 

When the Recording Academy announced the nominations on X, the post was flooded with comments in support of Ariana Grande, whose album “eternal sunshine” did not receive as many nods as fans expected. 

The album, which topped the Billboard 200 chart in March, and its two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits “yes, and?” and “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” did not receive any major nominations. 

Prior to this year’s Grammys, Grande has acquired 15 total nominations, securing wins for Best Pop Vocal Album for “Sweetener” in 2019 and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the song “Rain on Me,” a 2021 collaboration with Lady Gaga. 

Grande did receive three nominations for the 2025 Grammys, including Best Pop Vocal Album for “eternal sunshine,” Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “the boy is mine (Remix)” and Best Dance Pop Recording for her single “yes, and?”

However, Grande’s fans felt she was snubbed of the recognition she deserved. One user commented on the Recording Academy’s post, writing, “Do yall just not know who ariana grande is because there’s absolutely no way.”  

Another user commented, “The #GRAMMYs is an award that is supposed to recognize artists on merit. Sadly it has become just another fan based awards show. It is where the world can see talented artists rewarded for their work in the industry NOT about their popularity.” 

Other fans were happy to see their favorite artists among the nominees, like RAYE, who received her first-ever nominations for Best New Artist and Songwriter of the Year. 

Fans commented on her X post announcing her nominations, with one user writing, “SOO PROUD OF YOU!!!” 

A surprising nomination arose when André 3000’s “New Blue Sun,” an instrumental ambient flute collection, appeared among those up for Album of the Year.

An instrumental album has only won Album of the Year once in Grammys history, when Henry Mancini’s “The Music From Peter Gunn” won the very first Album of the Year award in 1959, making this nod toward André 3000 particularly uncommon. 

André 3000 himself was surprised when the list of nominees was released, telling the New York Times, “We were trying to be nominated in some type of way for alternative jazz or ambient, possibly. But I was totally surprised by this. So yeah, it was super, super, super duper cool.”

André 3000 has 1.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify as of November 2024, with his streams increasing by 46% by Nov. 9 compared to the previous week.

This nomination is uniquely timed, as it occurred 20 years after the last time André 3000 took home the biggest award — when he won Album of the Year alongside rapper Big Boi for Outkast’s rap album “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.” 

Take a look at the full list of nominations here to dive deeper or to see if your favorite artist made the cut.