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]]>We can count on Lady Gaga to put on quite a show every time she hits the stage, and her epic Coachella set was a great interlude for her upcoming tour The Mayhem Ball.
Many of our favorite alternative artists performed at this year’s Coachella, but none impressed us more than Clairo, who emerged as one of the festival’s biggest breakout performers.
Charli XCX brought her biggest hits to the Coachella stage, along with some of the collaborators featured on her latest album Brat, including Lorde, Billie Eilish, Troye Sivan, and Addison Rae.
This year’s Coachella lineup featured several legacy acts, and Missy Elliot’s performance reminded us why she’s one of the biggest hip-hop legends of her generation.
Speaking of legacy acts, the punk-rock icons Green Day made quite a splash with their cathartic Coachella set and stayed true to their rebellious spirit.
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]]>Beyoncé’s wait for the album of the year victory finally ended this Sunday night, when she came out victorious with her country-themed record Cowboy Carter. This album also won her a historic prize for the best country album, transforming her into the first Black female artist to collect this award.
Kendrick Lamar also had a reason to celebrate on Sunday night, after winning awards in all the categories he was nominated for and walking away with five trophies. He won song and record of the year with the viral hit “Not Like Us”, in addition to the best music video, best rap song, and best rap performance.
Charli XCX joined Beyoncé as one of the artists to walk away with three awards, including the best dance/electronic album for Brat. Sierra Ferrell was also among the top winners after dominating the Americana field with four awards, while St. Vincent won three in the alternative categories.
The 2025 Grammy Awards returned to Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, with Trevor Noah hosting the festivities for the fifth consecutive time.
Album of the Year
Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé
Beyoncé, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant & Dave Hamelin, producers; Matheus Braz, Brandon Harding, Hotae Alexander Jang, Dani Pampuri & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Ryan Beatty, Beyoncé, Camaron Ochs, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Dave Hamelin, S. Carter & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
Song of the Year
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Record of the Year
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Sean Momberger, Mustard & Sounwave, producers; Ray Charles Brown Jr. & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Nicolas de Porcel, mastering engineer
Best New Artist
Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Die with a Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Best Latin Pop Album
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira
Best Country Album
Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Short n’ Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter
Best Rap Album
Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Best Classical Compendium
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — Tank and The Bangas
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
Best Choral Performance
“Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
Best Opera Recording
“Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
Best Orchestral Performance
|“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Instrumental Composition
“Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)
Best Immersive Audio Album
i/o (In-Side Mix) — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel & Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)
Producer of the Year, Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses. S stands for Single, T for Track and A for Album)
Elaine Martone
Bartók: String Quartet No.3; Suite From ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
The Book Of Spells (Merian Ensemble) (A)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Divine Mischief (Julian Bliss, J. Eric Wilson & Baylor University Wind Ensemble) (A)
Joy! (John Morris Russell & Cincinnati Pops) (A)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Schubert: The Complete Impromptus (Gerardo Teissonnière) (A)
Stranger At Home (Shachar Israel) (A)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon
Best Reggae Album
Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — (Various Artists)
Best Global Music Album
Alkebulan II — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Best African Music Performance
“Love Me JeJe” — Tems
Best Global Music Performance
“Bemba Colorá” — Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Plot Armor — Taylor Eigsti
Best Alternative Jazz Album
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin — Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Latin Jazz Album
Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Best Jazz Vocal Album
A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy
Best Jazz Performance
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” — Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
i/o — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May & Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
Best Song Written For Visual Media
It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — Winifred Phillips, composer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein — London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
Best Alternative Music Album
All Born Screaming — St. Vincent
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Flea” — St. Vincent
Best Rock Album
Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones
Best Rock Song
“Broken Man” — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
Best Metal Performance
“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
Best Rock Performance
“Now and Then” — The Beatles
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses. S stands for Single, T for Track and A for Album)
Daniel Nigro
“Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes)” (Olivia Rodrigo) (S)
Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Chappell Roan) (A)
“girl i’ve always been” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“Good Luck, Babe!” (Chappell Roan) (S)
“so american” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“stranger” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
Best Historical Album
Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
Centennial — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Mind Games — Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)
Best Recording Package
Brat — Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx)
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter
Best Comedy Album
The Dreamer — Dave Chappelle
Best Children’s Music Album
Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Visions — Norah Jones
Best Music Film
“American Symphony” — Jon Batiste
Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers
Best Music Video
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
Best Rap Song
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“3” — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu
Best Rap Performance
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
Best R&B Album
11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown
Best Progressive R&B Album (tie)
So Glad to Know You — Avery*Sunshine
Why Lawd? — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
Best R&B Song
“Saturn” — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“That’s You” — Lucky Daye
Best R&B Performance
“Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
A Songwriter’s Award. (Artists’ names appear in parentheses.) (S) stands for Single, (T) stands for Track
Amy Allen
“Chrome Cowgirl” (Leon Bridges) (S)
“Espresso” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
“High Road” (Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph) (S)
“Please Please Please” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
“run for the hills” (Tate McRae) (S)
“scared of my guitar” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“Selfish” (Justin Timberlake) (S)
“Sweet Dreams” (Koe Wetzel) (S)
“Taste” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) — Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana
Best Música Urbana Album
Las Letras Ya No Importan — Residente
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Mileage — Ruthie Foster
Best Traditional Blues Album
Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — The Taj Mahal Sextet
Best American Roots Performance
“Lighthouse” — Sierra Ferrell
Best Country Song
“The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“II Most Wanted” — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus
Best Country Solo Performance
“It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton
Best Roots Gospel Album
Church — Cory Henry
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Heart Of A Human — DOE
Best Gospel Album
More Than This — CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Llyod Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“One Hallelujah” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Kuini — Kalani Pe’a
Best Folk Album
Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Bluegrass Album
Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings
Best Americana Album
Trail Of Flowers — Sierra Ferrell
Best American Roots Song
“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
Best Americana Performance
“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell
Best Remix Recording
“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Von dutch” — Charli xcx
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
Best Dance/Electronic Album
BRAT — Charli xcx
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala
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]]>Charli XCX is one of the artists vying for the album of the year with her hit record Brat, but she’ll have to beat some tough competition to take it home. The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World, Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism, Ezra Collective’s Dance, No One’s Watching, and The Last Dinner Party’s Prelude to Ecstasy are also in the running for this prize.
Charli XCX also scored the song of the year nomination with “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish. The list of contenders in this category also includes Dua Lipa’s “Training Season”, The Beatles’ “Now and Then”, Coldplay’s “Feelslikeimfallinginlove”, and Artemas’ “I Like the Way You Kiss Me”.
In addition to the album and song of the year, Charli XCX is also in the running for the British artist of the year, best pop act, and best dance act. This brings a total of her nominations to five, while Dua Lipa, Ezra Collective, and The Last Dinner Party scored four each.
The 2025 Brit Awards will return to The O2 Arena in London on March 1, with Jack Whitehall serving as a host.
Artist of the year
Group of the year
Album of the year
Song of the year
Best new artist
International artist of the year
International group of the year
International song of the year
Best alternative/rock act
Best hip-hop/grime/rap act
Best dance act
Best pop act
Best R&B act
Rising star
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]]>After trying to break into the mainstream for a decade, Sabrina Carpenter finally got her moment to shine in 2024. Short n’ Sweet put her on everyone’s radar, and its singles “Espresso”, “Please Please Please”, and “Taste” were among the biggest hits of 2024.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was one of the defining songs of 2024, and he kept the moment going by dropping a surprise album GNX. It featured 12 brand-new tracks, including chart-topping single “Squabble Up” and collaborations with SZA and Roddy Ricch.
Hit Me Hard and Soft didn’t create as much commotion as its predecessors, but it did a great job capturing Billie Eilish’s evolution as an artist, in addition to giving us hit singles “Lunch” and “Birds of a Feather”.
Charli XCX has given us one of the biggest pop culture phenomenons of 2024 with her album Brat. It resulted in the viral “Brat summer” trend, in addition to producing such hit songs as “Apple”, “Girl, So Confusing” ft. Lorde”, “Von Dutch”, and “360”.
Beyoncé made us fall in love with country with her latest album Cowboy Carter. The perfect illustration of her versatility as an artist, this record has given us the viral hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” and collaborations with Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, and Post Malone.
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]]>This Friday marked the release of Charli XCX’s long-awaited remix album Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat. This album brought new versions of several beloved Brat songs our way, but none created more buzz than “Sympathy is a Knife” featuring Ariana Grande.
It’s been a great week for new album releases overall. Jelly Roll made it to our list with “Winning Streak” from Beautifully Broken, while Samara Joy made the cut with “Reincarnation Of A Lovebird” from Portrait. Several songs on our list were also taken from deluxe versions of hit albums, including Coldplay’s “The Karate Kid” and Tyla’s “Push 2 Start”.
Many artists have also teased their upcoming album with amazing new songs this week. Halsey is teasing the release of The Great Impersonator by dressing up as a different music icon every day, and she added more fuel to the fire with the release of “I Never Loved You”. The Cure also set the stage for their upcoming album Songs of a Lost World with a new song “A Fragile Thing”.
Check out our list to discover new music by Maggie Rogers, Dom Dolla, Tove Lo, and The Wombats.
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]]>Brat and It’s Completely Different, but Also Still Brat will be released on October 11, and it will feature remixes of songs from her latest studio album Brat. It hit the shelves back in June and became a true cultural phenomenon, inspiring the viral trend “brat summer”, in addition to producing hit singles “Von Dutch”, “360”, and “Apple”.
Charli XCX dropped several Brat remixes before the remix album was even officially announced, including “Von Dutch” ft. Addison Rae, “360” ft. Robyn and Yung Lean, “Girl, So Confusing” ft. Lorde, “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish, “Talk Talk” ft. Troye Sivan – and there’s more where that came from!
Charli XCX teased new remixes with a series of billboards in the hometowns of her collaborators, with their names spelled backward on the lime green backgrounds. They sparked a lot of commotion online, and the singer eventually confirmed who’ll be featured on the new version of Brat, listing Ariana Grande, The 1975, The Japanese House, Bon Iver, Caroline Polachek, and Tinashe as some of her collaborators.
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]]>Several songs on our list for this week marked the start of new eras for some of our favorite artists, starting with The Weeknd. He recently announced his next studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow, and its lead single “Dancing in the Flames” was worth the wait.
Tate McRae set the stage for the next chapter of her career with a new single “It’s Ok, I’m Ok” and paid homage with its epic music video. FKA Twigs is currently gearing up for the release of her third studio album Eusexua, and she gave us a taste of things to come with the lead single of the same name.
When it comes to new album releases, our favorite indie artists were having a field day this Friday. Suki Waterhouse promoted her new album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin with “Model, Actress, Whatever”, London Grammar impressed us with “You and I” from The Greatest Love, while Snow Patrol rocked our world with “Never Really Tire” from The Forest is the Path.
Check out the rest of our list to discover new music by Charli XCX, Troye Sivan, FINNEAS, Franz Ferdinand, and Teddy Swims.
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]]>Charli XCX’s hit album Brat produced some pretty amazing remixes, and her latest is the most epic one yet. She joined forces with one of the leading young artists, Billie Eilish, for the new version of “Guess”, one of three songs from the extended edition of Brat.
Khalid kicked August off with Sincere, one of the most anticipated new albums hitting the shelves this month. He gave us several singles before his third studio album was released in full and promoted it with the music video for “Heatstroke”.
Jack White’s new album No Name has gotten a wide release on August 2, and “That’s How I’m Feeling” emerged as one of its best songs. Kacey Musgraves released another song from the extended edition of her latest album Deeper Well, titled “Arm’s Length”.
The rest of the songs on our list are equally impressive, so stick around to check out new music by Jhené Aiko, Maren Morris, Suki Waterhouse, Saweetie, Ashe, Jamie XX, and The Avalanches.
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]]>Several major artists chose June 21 as the release date of their new albums, starting with Kehlani, who knocked us off our feet with Crash. It was also a great week for Gracie Abrams, who released her sophomore album The Secret of Us, and stirred quite a commotion with the A-list collaboration “Us.” feat. Taylor Swift.
It was a great week for amazing collaborations overall, and quite a few made it to our list. Maren Morris and Julia Michaels proved they’re a match made in heaven with “Cut!”, while Jamie xx and Robyn joined forces for “Life”.
It’s also been a great week for remixes of songs we already know and love. Ariana Grande did the most meta thing ever and invited Brandy and Monica to hop on a remix of “The Boy is Mine”, while Charli XCX recorded a new version of “Girl, So Confusing” alongside Lorde.
Check out the rest of our list to discover new music by Coldplay, Lola Young, Suki Waterhouse, and The Japanese House.
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]]>Brat entered the chart with 82,000 equivalent album units earned, including 45,000 in album sales, 37,000 SEA units (equaling 46.72 million on-demand official streams of its deluxe edition’s 18 songs), and TEA units in the range of 1,000.
This is both the largest sales week and streaming week of the singer’s career, in addition to being her largest week on the Billboard 200 chart overall. Brat is her second album to enter the top ten in the US, following the success of her previous album Crash at No. 7.
Charli XCX’s latest album also found success in the UK, where it hit No. 2 with the biggest opening week of her career. It also landed No. 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart and Official Record Store Chart in this country due to the success of its physical formats.
Brat was released on June 7 via Atlantic Records, while its deluxe edition featuring three more songs dropped just three days later. Charli XCX promoted its release with the lead single “Von Dutch” and a star-studded music video for “360”.
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]]>We can count on Lady Gaga to put on quite a show every time she hits the stage, and her epic Coachella set was a great interlude for her upcoming tour The Mayhem Ball.
Many of our favorite alternative artists performed at this year’s Coachella, but none impressed us more than Clairo, who emerged as one of the festival’s biggest breakout performers.
Charli XCX brought her biggest hits to the Coachella stage, along with some of the collaborators featured on her latest album Brat, including Lorde, Billie Eilish, Troye Sivan, and Addison Rae.
This year’s Coachella lineup featured several legacy acts, and Missy Elliot’s performance reminded us why she’s one of the biggest hip-hop legends of her generation.
Speaking of legacy acts, the punk-rock icons Green Day made quite a splash with their cathartic Coachella set and stayed true to their rebellious spirit.
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]]>Beyoncé’s wait for the album of the year victory finally ended this Sunday night, when she came out victorious with her country-themed record Cowboy Carter. This album also won her a historic prize for the best country album, transforming her into the first Black female artist to collect this award.
Kendrick Lamar also had a reason to celebrate on Sunday night, after winning awards in all the categories he was nominated for and walking away with five trophies. He won song and record of the year with the viral hit “Not Like Us”, in addition to the best music video, best rap song, and best rap performance.
Charli XCX joined Beyoncé as one of the artists to walk away with three awards, including the best dance/electronic album for Brat. Sierra Ferrell was also among the top winners after dominating the Americana field with four awards, while St. Vincent won three in the alternative categories.
The 2025 Grammy Awards returned to Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, with Trevor Noah hosting the festivities for the fifth consecutive time.
Album of the Year
Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé
Beyoncé, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant & Dave Hamelin, producers; Matheus Braz, Brandon Harding, Hotae Alexander Jang, Dani Pampuri & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Ryan Beatty, Beyoncé, Camaron Ochs, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Dave Hamelin, S. Carter & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
Song of the Year
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Record of the Year
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Sean Momberger, Mustard & Sounwave, producers; Ray Charles Brown Jr. & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Nicolas de Porcel, mastering engineer
Best New Artist
Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Die with a Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Best Latin Pop Album
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira
Best Country Album
Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Short n’ Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter
Best Rap Album
Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Best Classical Compendium
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — Tank and The Bangas
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
Best Choral Performance
“Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
Best Opera Recording
“Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
Best Orchestral Performance
|“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Instrumental Composition
“Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)
Best Immersive Audio Album
i/o (In-Side Mix) — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel & Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)
Producer of the Year, Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses. S stands for Single, T for Track and A for Album)
Elaine Martone
Bartók: String Quartet No.3; Suite From ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
The Book Of Spells (Merian Ensemble) (A)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Divine Mischief (Julian Bliss, J. Eric Wilson & Baylor University Wind Ensemble) (A)
Joy! (John Morris Russell & Cincinnati Pops) (A)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Schubert: The Complete Impromptus (Gerardo Teissonnière) (A)
Stranger At Home (Shachar Israel) (A)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon
Best Reggae Album
Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — (Various Artists)
Best Global Music Album
Alkebulan II — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Best African Music Performance
“Love Me JeJe” — Tems
Best Global Music Performance
“Bemba Colorá” — Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Plot Armor — Taylor Eigsti
Best Alternative Jazz Album
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin — Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Latin Jazz Album
Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Best Jazz Vocal Album
A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy
Best Jazz Performance
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” — Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
i/o — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May & Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
Best Song Written For Visual Media
It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — Winifred Phillips, composer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein — London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
Best Alternative Music Album
All Born Screaming — St. Vincent
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Flea” — St. Vincent
Best Rock Album
Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones
Best Rock Song
“Broken Man” — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
Best Metal Performance
“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
Best Rock Performance
“Now and Then” — The Beatles
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses. S stands for Single, T for Track and A for Album)
Daniel Nigro
“Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes)” (Olivia Rodrigo) (S)
Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Chappell Roan) (A)
“girl i’ve always been” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“Good Luck, Babe!” (Chappell Roan) (S)
“so american” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“stranger” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
Best Historical Album
Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
Centennial — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Mind Games — Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)
Best Recording Package
Brat — Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx)
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter
Best Comedy Album
The Dreamer — Dave Chappelle
Best Children’s Music Album
Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Visions — Norah Jones
Best Music Film
“American Symphony” — Jon Batiste
Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers
Best Music Video
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
Best Rap Song
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“3” — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu
Best Rap Performance
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
Best R&B Album
11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown
Best Progressive R&B Album (tie)
So Glad to Know You — Avery*Sunshine
Why Lawd? — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
Best R&B Song
“Saturn” — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“That’s You” — Lucky Daye
Best R&B Performance
“Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
A Songwriter’s Award. (Artists’ names appear in parentheses.) (S) stands for Single, (T) stands for Track
Amy Allen
“Chrome Cowgirl” (Leon Bridges) (S)
“Espresso” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
“High Road” (Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph) (S)
“Please Please Please” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
“run for the hills” (Tate McRae) (S)
“scared of my guitar” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“Selfish” (Justin Timberlake) (S)
“Sweet Dreams” (Koe Wetzel) (S)
“Taste” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) — Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana
Best Música Urbana Album
Las Letras Ya No Importan — Residente
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Mileage — Ruthie Foster
Best Traditional Blues Album
Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — The Taj Mahal Sextet
Best American Roots Performance
“Lighthouse” — Sierra Ferrell
Best Country Song
“The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“II Most Wanted” — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus
Best Country Solo Performance
“It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton
Best Roots Gospel Album
Church — Cory Henry
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Heart Of A Human — DOE
Best Gospel Album
More Than This — CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Llyod Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“One Hallelujah” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Kuini — Kalani Pe’a
Best Folk Album
Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Bluegrass Album
Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings
Best Americana Album
Trail Of Flowers — Sierra Ferrell
Best American Roots Song
“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
Best Americana Performance
“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell
Best Remix Recording
“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Von dutch” — Charli xcx
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
Best Dance/Electronic Album
BRAT — Charli xcx
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala
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]]>Charli XCX is one of the artists vying for the album of the year with her hit record Brat, but she’ll have to beat some tough competition to take it home. The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World, Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism, Ezra Collective’s Dance, No One’s Watching, and The Last Dinner Party’s Prelude to Ecstasy are also in the running for this prize.
Charli XCX also scored the song of the year nomination with “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish. The list of contenders in this category also includes Dua Lipa’s “Training Season”, The Beatles’ “Now and Then”, Coldplay’s “Feelslikeimfallinginlove”, and Artemas’ “I Like the Way You Kiss Me”.
In addition to the album and song of the year, Charli XCX is also in the running for the British artist of the year, best pop act, and best dance act. This brings a total of her nominations to five, while Dua Lipa, Ezra Collective, and The Last Dinner Party scored four each.
The 2025 Brit Awards will return to The O2 Arena in London on March 1, with Jack Whitehall serving as a host.
Artist of the year
Group of the year
Album of the year
Song of the year
Best new artist
International artist of the year
International group of the year
International song of the year
Best alternative/rock act
Best hip-hop/grime/rap act
Best dance act
Best pop act
Best R&B act
Rising star
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]]>After trying to break into the mainstream for a decade, Sabrina Carpenter finally got her moment to shine in 2024. Short n’ Sweet put her on everyone’s radar, and its singles “Espresso”, “Please Please Please”, and “Taste” were among the biggest hits of 2024.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was one of the defining songs of 2024, and he kept the moment going by dropping a surprise album GNX. It featured 12 brand-new tracks, including chart-topping single “Squabble Up” and collaborations with SZA and Roddy Ricch.
Hit Me Hard and Soft didn’t create as much commotion as its predecessors, but it did a great job capturing Billie Eilish’s evolution as an artist, in addition to giving us hit singles “Lunch” and “Birds of a Feather”.
Charli XCX has given us one of the biggest pop culture phenomenons of 2024 with her album Brat. It resulted in the viral “Brat summer” trend, in addition to producing such hit songs as “Apple”, “Girl, So Confusing” ft. Lorde”, “Von Dutch”, and “360”.
Beyoncé made us fall in love with country with her latest album Cowboy Carter. The perfect illustration of her versatility as an artist, this record has given us the viral hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” and collaborations with Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, and Post Malone.
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]]>This Friday marked the release of Charli XCX’s long-awaited remix album Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat. This album brought new versions of several beloved Brat songs our way, but none created more buzz than “Sympathy is a Knife” featuring Ariana Grande.
It’s been a great week for new album releases overall. Jelly Roll made it to our list with “Winning Streak” from Beautifully Broken, while Samara Joy made the cut with “Reincarnation Of A Lovebird” from Portrait. Several songs on our list were also taken from deluxe versions of hit albums, including Coldplay’s “The Karate Kid” and Tyla’s “Push 2 Start”.
Many artists have also teased their upcoming album with amazing new songs this week. Halsey is teasing the release of The Great Impersonator by dressing up as a different music icon every day, and she added more fuel to the fire with the release of “I Never Loved You”. The Cure also set the stage for their upcoming album Songs of a Lost World with a new song “A Fragile Thing”.
Check out our list to discover new music by Maggie Rogers, Dom Dolla, Tove Lo, and The Wombats.
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]]>Brat and It’s Completely Different, but Also Still Brat will be released on October 11, and it will feature remixes of songs from her latest studio album Brat. It hit the shelves back in June and became a true cultural phenomenon, inspiring the viral trend “brat summer”, in addition to producing hit singles “Von Dutch”, “360”, and “Apple”.
Charli XCX dropped several Brat remixes before the remix album was even officially announced, including “Von Dutch” ft. Addison Rae, “360” ft. Robyn and Yung Lean, “Girl, So Confusing” ft. Lorde, “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish, “Talk Talk” ft. Troye Sivan – and there’s more where that came from!
Charli XCX teased new remixes with a series of billboards in the hometowns of her collaborators, with their names spelled backward on the lime green backgrounds. They sparked a lot of commotion online, and the singer eventually confirmed who’ll be featured on the new version of Brat, listing Ariana Grande, The 1975, The Japanese House, Bon Iver, Caroline Polachek, and Tinashe as some of her collaborators.
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]]>Several songs on our list for this week marked the start of new eras for some of our favorite artists, starting with The Weeknd. He recently announced his next studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow, and its lead single “Dancing in the Flames” was worth the wait.
Tate McRae set the stage for the next chapter of her career with a new single “It’s Ok, I’m Ok” and paid homage with its epic music video. FKA Twigs is currently gearing up for the release of her third studio album Eusexua, and she gave us a taste of things to come with the lead single of the same name.
When it comes to new album releases, our favorite indie artists were having a field day this Friday. Suki Waterhouse promoted her new album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin with “Model, Actress, Whatever”, London Grammar impressed us with “You and I” from The Greatest Love, while Snow Patrol rocked our world with “Never Really Tire” from The Forest is the Path.
Check out the rest of our list to discover new music by Charli XCX, Troye Sivan, FINNEAS, Franz Ferdinand, and Teddy Swims.
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]]>Charli XCX’s hit album Brat produced some pretty amazing remixes, and her latest is the most epic one yet. She joined forces with one of the leading young artists, Billie Eilish, for the new version of “Guess”, one of three songs from the extended edition of Brat.
Khalid kicked August off with Sincere, one of the most anticipated new albums hitting the shelves this month. He gave us several singles before his third studio album was released in full and promoted it with the music video for “Heatstroke”.
Jack White’s new album No Name has gotten a wide release on August 2, and “That’s How I’m Feeling” emerged as one of its best songs. Kacey Musgraves released another song from the extended edition of her latest album Deeper Well, titled “Arm’s Length”.
The rest of the songs on our list are equally impressive, so stick around to check out new music by Jhené Aiko, Maren Morris, Suki Waterhouse, Saweetie, Ashe, Jamie XX, and The Avalanches.
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]]>Several major artists chose June 21 as the release date of their new albums, starting with Kehlani, who knocked us off our feet with Crash. It was also a great week for Gracie Abrams, who released her sophomore album The Secret of Us, and stirred quite a commotion with the A-list collaboration “Us.” feat. Taylor Swift.
It was a great week for amazing collaborations overall, and quite a few made it to our list. Maren Morris and Julia Michaels proved they’re a match made in heaven with “Cut!”, while Jamie xx and Robyn joined forces for “Life”.
It’s also been a great week for remixes of songs we already know and love. Ariana Grande did the most meta thing ever and invited Brandy and Monica to hop on a remix of “The Boy is Mine”, while Charli XCX recorded a new version of “Girl, So Confusing” alongside Lorde.
Check out the rest of our list to discover new music by Coldplay, Lola Young, Suki Waterhouse, and The Japanese House.
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]]>Brat entered the chart with 82,000 equivalent album units earned, including 45,000 in album sales, 37,000 SEA units (equaling 46.72 million on-demand official streams of its deluxe edition’s 18 songs), and TEA units in the range of 1,000.
This is both the largest sales week and streaming week of the singer’s career, in addition to being her largest week on the Billboard 200 chart overall. Brat is her second album to enter the top ten in the US, following the success of her previous album Crash at No. 7.
Charli XCX’s latest album also found success in the UK, where it hit No. 2 with the biggest opening week of her career. It also landed No. 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart and Official Record Store Chart in this country due to the success of its physical formats.
Brat was released on June 7 via Atlantic Records, while its deluxe edition featuring three more songs dropped just three days later. Charli XCX promoted its release with the lead single “Von Dutch” and a star-studded music video for “360”.
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