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    Beyoncé makes history, receiving 11 nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards

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    Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has made Grammy history again. Not only is the megastar the top nominee for the 2025 award show, she is now the most nominated artist in history. She also scored nominations for the first time in the country and American roots categories.

    Beyoncé was nominated for 11 Grammys on Friday morning, including the top prize – album of the year – for her critically acclaimed eighth studio album, “Cowboy Carter.” She also has a chance to win prizes in the field of country and American roots for the first time. All told, seven different songs from “Cowboy Carter” have been nominated in four different genres.

    These nominations include Best Country Album, Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus, Best Country Song for “Texas Hold ‘Em,” Best Country Solo Performance for “16 Carriages” and Best Americana Performance for “Ya Yeah.”

    She also received her first nod in the best pop duo/group performance category for her song with Post Malone, “Levii’s Jeans.”

    Beyoncé, who is already the most decorated Grammy artist in history with a total of 32 wins, is now the most nominated artist of all time with a total of 99 nominations throughout her career. She was previously linked to her husband, Jay-Z, at 88.

    Complete list of Beyoncé’s 2025 Grammy nominations

    1. Record of the Year: “Texas Hold ‘Em”
    2. Album of the Year: “Cowboy Carter”
    3. Song of the Year: “Texas Hold ‘Em”
    4. Best Pop Solo Performance: “Bodyguard”
    5. Best pop duo/group performance: “Levii’s Jeans” with Post Malone
    6. Best Melodic Rap Performance: “Spaghettii” with Linda Martell and Shaboozey
    7. Best Country Solo Performance: “16 Carriages”
    8. Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus
    9. Best Country Song: “Texas Hold ‘Em”
    10. Best Country Album: “Cowboy Carter”
    11. Best Americana Performance: “Ya Ya”

    The significance of Beyoncé’s nominations

    For the Beyhive, this year’s awards ceremony is likely one of the most anticipated in history as many wonder if the Recording Academy will finally award the Beyoncé Album of the Year.

    To date, only three black women have won album of the year in Grammy history: Natalie Cole (1992), Whitney Houston (1994) and Lauryn Hill (1999). Beyoncé has been nominated four times for her albums “I’m…Sasha Fierce,” “Beyoncé,” “Lemonade” and “Renaissance.”

    This year also marks the first time a black woman has been nominated in the top category for a country album. Ray Charles was nominated for album of the year in 1962 for “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”.

    In the history of the awards show, no black woman has ever won a Grammy for a country song. In 2020, Mickey Guyton became the first Black woman to be recognized in a country music category when her song “Black Like Me” was nominated.

    Earlier this year, the superstar’s husband, hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, called out the Recording Academy for dissing Beyoncé while calling out the Dr. Dre received Global Impact Award. Consequently, he sparked a broader conversation about exclusion within the music industry.

    In the fall, Beyoncé made headlines when, despite her groundbreaking album, she was snubbed with zero nominations for the 2024 Country Music Association Awards. She was the top nominee for the People’s Choice Country Awards with a total of twelve nods. However, she did not take home any prizes.

    Beyoncé first announced her eighth studio album during a surprise Super Bowl commercial in February, when she released the singles “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold ‘Em.” The songs immediately took the internet by storm, as did the album after it was released. Since then, she’s broken many records and made history, and it’s safe to say that “Cowboy Carter” has been a huge catalyst for the recent attention given to black country artists and the genre’s roots.

    Before releasing the project, Beyoncé opened up about her struggles within the industry and alluded to her 2016 performance at the CMA Awards with The Chicks.

    “This album has been over five years in the making. It grew out of an experience I had years ago where I felt unwelcome… and it was very clear that I wasn’t,” she wrote on Instagram. “The criticism I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to go beyond the limitations placed on me. Act II is the result of challenging myself and taking the time to bend and fuse genres to create this body of work.”

    The Grammys will take place on February 2 at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles.

    Follow Caché McClay, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter for the USA TODAY Network Instagram, TikTok And X as @cachemcclay.

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