Beyonce leads Grammy nominations with 11
"Texas Hold 'Em," one of the most overtly country songs on the album was up for Record of the year, while "Cowboy Carter" was nominated for Album of the Year.
Shaboozey received six nominations.
Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" was up for Song of the Year. Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams plus Chibueze Collins Obinna (that's Shaboozey's real name) were nominated as songwriters.
So was "Texas Hold 'Em" with songwriters Brian Bates, Beyonce, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bulow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq.
Shaboozey also was nominated for Best New Artist. The song was up for Best Remixed Recording with the remix courtesy of David Guetta.
The Grammys will be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025.
Other nominations were:
Best Country Solo Peformance
"16 Carriages," Beyonce
"I Am Not Okay," Jelly Roll
"The Architect," Kacey Musgraves
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)," Shaboozey
"It Takes a Woman," Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"Cowboys Cry Too," Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan
"II Most Wanted," Beyonce featuring Miley Cyrus
"Break Mine," Brothers Osborne
"Bigger Houses," Dan + Shay
"I Had Some Help," Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
Best Country Song
"The Architect," Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)," Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
"I Am Not Okay," Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley and Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
"I Had Some Help," Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen and Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen)
"Texas Hold 'Em," Brian Bates, Beyonce, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan
Best Country Album
"Cowboy Carter," Beyonce
"F-1 Trillion," Post Malone
"Deeper Well," Kacey Musgraves
"Higher," Chris Stapleton
"Whirlwind," Lainey Wilson
Best American Roots Performance
"Blame It on Eve," Shemekia Copeland
"Nothing in Rambling," The Fabulous
"Thunderbirds featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb' Mo', <
BR>"Taj Mahal and Mick Fleetwood
" "Lighthouse," Sierra Ferrell
" "The Ballad of Sally Anne," Rhiannon Giddens
Best Americana Performance
"Yaya," Beyonce
"Subtitles," Madison Cunningham
"Don't Do Me Good," Madi Diaz featuring Kacey Musgraves
"American Dreaming," Sierra Ferrell
"Runaway Train," Sarah Jarosz
"Empty Trainload of Sky," Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Best American Roots Song
"Ahead of the Game," Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
"All in Good Time," Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine featuring Fiona Apple)
"All My Friends," Aoife O'Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O'Donovan)
"American Dreaming," Sierra Ferrell and Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
"Blame It on Eve," John Hahn and Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)
Best Americana Album
"The Other Side," T Bone Burnett
"$10 Cowboy," Charley Crockett
"Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell
"Polaroid Lovers," Sarah Jarosz
"No One Gets Out Alive," Maggie Rose
"Tigers Blood," Waxahatchee
Best Bluegrass Album
"I Built a World," Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
"Songs of Love and Life," The Del McCoury Band
"No Fear," Sister Sadie
"Live Vol. 1," Billy Strings
"Earl Jam," Tony Trischka
"Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman," Dan Tyminski
Best Folk Album
"American Patchwork Quartet," American Patchwork Quartet
"Weird Faith," Madi Diaz
"Bright Future," Adrianne Lenker
"All My Friends," Aoife O'Donovan
"Woodland," Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Ian Fitchuk, who produced Kacey Musgraves' "Deeper Well" and one song on a Dylan Gossett EP was nominated for Producer of the Year.
Country songwriters Jessi Alexander and Jessie Jo Dillon were both nominated for Songwriter of the Year – Non-Classical.
Lake Street Dive was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Good Together." Bela Fleck's "Rhapsody In Blue" received a nod for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.
"Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones" from Dolly Parton is up for Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling.
A Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television) went to "Twisters: The album"
Best Song Written for Visual Media nominations included "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma," from "Twisters: The Album"; Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs and Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)
Best Music Film nominees included "June" (June Carter Cash) Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson and Kristen Vaurio, video producers.
Best Recording Package nominations went to
"The Avett Brothers," Jonny Black and Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)
"Baker Hotel," Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)
"F-1 Trillion," Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon and Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical nominees included "Deeper Well," Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder and Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella included "Rhapsody in Blue(grass)," Bela Fleck and Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Bela Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz and Bryan Sutton).
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- 02/02/25: Beyonce takes Best Album at GRAMMYS; Ferrell wins four
- 03/29/24: Beyonce is out with "Cowboy Carter"
- 03/29/24: Beyonce, Lewis, Yonder Mountain release new tracks
- 03/27/24: Beyonce releases "Cowboy Carter" track list - maybe
- 02/26/24: Beyonce tops Billboard Hot 100 with "Texas Hold 'Em"
- 02/20/24: Beyonce tops country chart
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