“I think it’s somewhere in between Beyonce, Charli (XCX) and (Billie) Eilish of (Sabrina) Carpenter like a dark horse,” says Gold Derby user silverer in our forums in response to the 2025 Grammy nominations for Album of the Year, which were announced along with 93 other categories on November 8. “(Charli’s) ‘360’ getting the (Record of the Year) nod instead of the Mars/Gaga ace is huge.” Join the many lively discussions taking place in our music forums and see the full list of Grammy nominations here.

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Norwegian wondered: ‘Is Beyoncé repeating herself The chicks situation? Snubbed for country music awards, with massive backlash as a result, he won several Grammys, including AOTY. There’s a lot to be said for Beyoncé as the frontrunner for Album of the Year, as she has eleven nominations, the most for any woman in a single year in Grammy history. Of course, Beyoncé has been burned before: her self-titled album was lost in one fell swoop Hint‘Morning phase’. Then “Lemonade” lost in an upset Adele’25.’ And “Renaissance” lost in an upset Harry Styles‘Harry’s House’. But now the Recording Academy could finally redeem her after she was completely banned from the CMA Awards this fall.

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“If Charli’s album beats Beyoncé’s, I will rebel,” he promised At least I try. But OscarForLily countered, “Charli’s beyond (but deserved) performance has me over the moon! So deserved. I really manifest the passion behind her AOTY win. It was HER year.” Ghost faceDilla thinks ‘Bey can win’, but warned that ‘Sabrina can win too’, and ‘as a shocker Andre (3000) can win.” But P(oweR) valley argued, “I still don’t think it’s wise to underestimate someone like Billie,” who has already won six times in the overall field. However, Huerco pointed out that “Billie missed crucial categories for her…Best Engineered Album and Producer of the Year (Finneas). I think ‘Short n’ Sweet’ will have an English name Amy Allen in Songwriter of the Year says a lot.”

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Okay, so no one can agree on who wins Album of the Year at this point. PopGuy even made a case for it Taylor Swift to win for the fifth time for “The Tortured Poets Department”: “Taylor wins big every time she has multiple kinks in the (overall field).” Perhaps it will become clearer by the time voting begins on December 12. Grammy voters will fill out ballots through January 3. For now, it might be best to look at the bright side of such a hotly contested race, as Vinnie: “I don’t have one category where I feel 100 percent a winner. That’s a good thing, because it means they did a good job.”

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