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67th Grammy Award Nominees – Country, Folk, Americana, American Roots, Bluegrass

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Nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards were announced earlier today with some new names in some of the country categories, including Shaboozey who has a total of five nominations including Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”.

Overall, Beyonce leads all artists with 11 Grammy nominations, Post Malone is one of four artists with seven, and Shaboozey has five.

In the country categories, Beyonce leads with four nominations, followed by Post Malone with three. Several other artists (Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Morgan Wallen) can be found in two country categories.

The 2025 Grammy Awards will take place on Feb. 2 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

2025 Grammy Award Nominees – Country, Folk, Americana, American Roots, Bluegrass

Best Country Solo Performance
“16 Carriages” by Beyonce
“I Am Not Okay” by Jelly Roll
“The Architect” by Kacey Musgraves
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey
“It Takes a Woman” by Chris Stapleton

Best Country Album
Beyonce, Cowboy Carter
Post Malone, F-1Trillion
Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well
Chris Stapleton, Higher
Lainey Wilson, Whirlwind

Best Country Duo / Group Performance
Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus, “II Most Wanted”
Brothers Osborne, “Break Mine”
Dan + Shay, “Bigger Houses”
Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan, “Cowboys Cry Too”
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help”

Best Country Song (Awarded to Songwriters)
Beyoncé, “Texas Hold ’Em”
Jelly Roll, “I Am Not Okay”
Kacey Musgraves, “The Architect”
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help”
Shaboozey, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Best Americana Album
Charley Crockett, $10 Cowboy
Maggie Rose, No One Gets Out Alive
Sarah Jarosz, Polaroid Lovers
Sierra Ferrell, Trail of Flowers
T Bone Burnett, The Other Side
Waxahatchee, Tigers Blood

Best American Roots Song (Awarded to Songwriters)
Aoife O’Donovan, “All My Friends”
Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple, “All In Good Time”
Mark Knopfler, “Ahead of the Game”
Shamekia Copeland, “Blame It On Eve”
Sierra Ferrell, “American Dreaming”

Best American Roots Performance
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood, “Nothing in Rambling”
Rhiannon Giddens, “The Ballad of Sally Anne”
Shemekia Copeland, “Blame It on Eve”
Sierra Ferrell, “Lighthouse”

Best Americana Performance
Beyoncé, “Ya Ya”
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, “Empty Trainload of Sky”
Madi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves, “Don’t Do Me Good”
Madison Cunningham, “Subtitles”
Sarah Jarosz, “Runaway Train”
Sierra Ferrell, “American Dreaming”

Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings, Live Vol. 1
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, I Built a World
Dan Tyminski, Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman
The Del McCoury Band, Songs of Love and Life
Sister Sadie, No Fear
Tony Trischka, Earl Jam

Best Folk Album
Adrianne Lenker, Bright Future
American Patchwork Quartet, American Patchwork Quartet
Aoife O’Donovan, All My Friends
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Woodland
Madi Diaz, Weird Faith

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

Best Song Written for Visual Media
Barbra Streisand, “Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)”
Jon Batiste, “It Never Went Away” (From the Netflix Documentary American Symphony)
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)

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