2025 Grammy Nominations include favorites Waxahatchee, Fontaines DC, Madi Diaz, Brittany Howard and more

It’s that time of year: the 2025 Grammy Nominations have been revealed, and we’re pleased (but not surprised) to see so many XPN favorites on this list. While you know we love the bigger names and perennial winners such as Beyoncé and Billie Eilish, we’re so excited to see first-timers like Waxahatchee and Madi Diaz get a nod from the industry. Shoutouts as well to Fontaines DC, Brittany Howard, Charley Crockett, Sierra Ferrell, Sara Jarosz, Shemekia Copeland and so many more artists who have come through the station in recent memory.

Scroll below to see the artists nominated in major categories, and watch them perform (often the music they’re nominated for this year!) recorded live at XPN.

Record of the Year

1. “Now and Then” by The Beatles
2. “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé
3. “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
4. “360” by Charli XCX
5. “Bird of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
6. “Not Likes Us” by Kendrick Lamar
7. “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan
8. “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Album of the Year

1. “New Blue Sun” by André 3000
2. “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé
3. “Short n’ Sweet” by Sabrina Carpenter
4. “Brat” by Charli XCX
5. “Djesse Vol. 4” by Jacob Collier
6. “Hit Me Hard and Soft” by Billie Eilish
7. “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” by Chappell Roan
8. “The Tortured Poets Department” by Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

1. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters
   (Shaboozey)
2. “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
3. “Die With a Smile” by Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
4. “Fortnight” by Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters
   (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
5. “Good Luck, Babe!” by Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
6. “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
7. “Please Please Please” by Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
8. “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best New Artist

Best Rock Album

1. “Happiness Bastards” by The Black Crowes
2. “Romance” by Fontaines D.C.
3. “Saviors” by Green Day
4. “TANGK” by Idles
5. “Dark Matter” by Pearl Jam
6. “Hackney Diamonds” by The Rolling Stones
7. “No Name” by Jack White

Best Alternative Music Album

1. “Wild God” by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
2. “Charm” by Clairo
3. “The Collective” by Kim Gordon
4. “What Now” by Brittany Howard
5. “All Born Screaming” by St. Vincent

Best Americana Album

1. The Other Side by T Bone Burnett
2. $10 Cowboy by Charley Crockett
3. Trail Of Flowers by Sierra Ferrell
4. Polaroid Lovers by Sarah Jarosz
5. No One Gets Out Alive by Maggie Rose
6. Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

Best Folk Album

1. American Patchwork Quartet by American Patchwork Quartet
2. Weird Faith by Madi Diaz
3. Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker
4. All My Friends by Aoife O’Donovan
5. Woodland by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

And so many more!