Everything You Need to Know About Grammy Nominations

It’s been a big year in music: Women are in pop-dominated charts, several new artists had huge breakout albums and songs, and there was the first major rap beef in quite some time. All of that and more is reflected in the nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards that were announced Friday. Of course, there were some snubs and surprises as well—this is the Grammys, after all. Here are eight takeaways from a list that was mostly predictable, but serves as a reflection on the state of popular music, and sets up some major story lines for the ceremony on February 2.