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The 2025 GRAMMY OFFICIAL nominations have been announced, and Austin City Limits congratulates all the amazing nominees populating 94 categories.

We’d like to give special recognition to the nominees who have appeared on ACL. Big congratulations to Billie Eilish (ACL Alum, Season 45) a top contender with seven nominations. The global pop sensation earned nods for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Duo/ Group Performance, and Best Dance Pop Recording.

Also awarded with seven nominations, Kendrick Lamar (ACL Alum, Season 41) is up for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

We’re thrilled to be showcasing many of this year’s nominees during our current Season 50. Stay tuned for new episodes premiering weekly on PBS. Congratulations to Chris Stapleton (Best Country Solo Performance & Best Country Album), Jelly Roll (Best Country Solo Performance & Best Country Song), Gracie Abrams (Best Pop Duo/Group Performance), Kacey Musgraves (Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Song, Best Country Album, Best Americana Performance, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical), Jacob Collier (Best Global Music Performance, Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, Album Of The Year), Norah Jones (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album), Carín León (Best Música Mexicana Album), and Brittany Howard (Best Alternative Music Album). All these amazing artists are featured on ACL’s golden anniversary Season 50. Visit pbs.org/austincitylimits or the PBS app to watch new episodes.

A special shoutout to other ACL alumni who earned nominations: The Black Keys (Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song), Cimafunk (Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album), Khruangbin (Best New Artist), Billy Strings (Best Bluegrass Album), St. Vincent (Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music Performance, Best Alternative Music Album), Charley Crockett (Best Americana Album), Jack White (Best Rock Album), and Pearl Jam (Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song).

A full list of all GRAMMY nominees can be found here – good luck to all. Co-produced by ACL executive producer, Terry Lickona, the 2025 Annual Grammy Awards will telecast on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.

ACL ALUMNI NOMINEES:

Record Of The Year:

• “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”– Billie Eilish
• “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar

Album Of The year:

• Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
• HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish

Song Of The Year:

• “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”– Billie Eilish
• “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar

Best New Artist:

• Khruangbin

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:

• Ian Fitchuk
  • Deeper Well (Kacey Musgraves) (Album)
  • Don’t Forget Me (Maggie Rogers) (Album)
  • “Peaceful Place” (Leon Bridges) (Single)
  • “Redemption Song (Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film)” (Leon Bridges) (Single)
  • “Three Little Birds (Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film)” (Kacey Musgraves) (Single)
• Mustard
  • “Not Like Us” (Kendrick Lamar) (Single)
• Daniel Nigro
  • “Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes)” (Olivia Rodrigo) (Single)
  • “girl i’ve always been” (Olivia Rodrigo) (Track)
  • “so american” (Olivia Rodrigo) (Track)
  • “stranger” (Olivia Rodrigo) (Track)

Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical:

• Amy Allen
  • “Chrome Cowgirl” (Leon Bridges) (Single)
  • “scared of my guitar” (Olivia Rodrigo) (Track)
• Edgar Barrera
  • “It Was Always You (Siempre Fuiste Tú)” (Carin León & Leon Bridges) (Single)
  • “The One (Pero No Como Yo)” (Carin León & Kane Brown) (Single)
  • “Sincere” (Khalid) (Track)
• Jessie Jo Dillon
  • “MESSED UP AS ME” (Keith Urban) (Single)

Best Pop Solo Performance: 

• “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” — Billie Eilish 

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

• “us.” — Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift

Best Pop Vocal Album:

• HIT ME HARD AND SOFT — Billie Eilish

Best Dance Pop Recording:

• “L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]” — Billie Eilish

Best Rock Performance:

• “Beautiful People (Stay High)” — The Black Keys
• “Dark Matter” — Pearl Jam
• “Broken Man” — St. Vincent

Best Rock Song:

• “Beautiful People (Stay High)” — Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
• “Broken Man” — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
• “Dark Matter” — Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)

Best Rock Album:

• Dark Matter — Pearl Jam
• No Name — Jack White

Best Alternative Music Performance:

• “Neon Pill” — Cage The Elephant
• “Song Of The Lake” — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• “Flea” — St. Vincent

Best Alternative Music Album:

• Wild God — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• What Now — Brittany Howard
• All Born Screaming — St. Vincent

Best Rap Performance:

• “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Song:

• “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

Best Spoke Word Poetry Album:

• The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — Tank and The Bangas

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

• Milton + esperanza — Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
  • (she’s been on the show, not Milton)

Best Alternative Jazz Album:

• Code Derivation — Robert Glasper

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

• Visions — Norah Jones

Best Country Solo Performance:

• “I Am Not Okay” — Jelly Roll
• “The Architect” — Kacey Musgraves
• “It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

• “Cowboys Cry Too” — Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
  • (Noah was on)

Best Country Song:

• “The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
• “I Am Not Okay” — Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)

Best Country Album:

• Deeper Well — Kacey Musgraves
• Higher — Chris Stapleton

Best American Roots Performance:

• Nothing In Rambling” — The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
  • (Bonnie Raitt)

Best Americana Performance:

• “Don’t Do Me Good” — Madi Diaz Featuring Kacey Musgraves
  • (Kacey)
• “Runaway Train” — Sarah Jarosz
• “Empty Trainload Of Sky” — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
  • (Gillian)

Best Americana Album:

• $10 Cowboy — Charley 
• Polaroid Lovers — Sarah Jarosz

Best Bluegrass Album:

• Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings

Best Contemporary Blues:

• Mileage — Ruthie Foster

Best Folk Album:

• Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
  • (Gillian)

Best Música Urbana Album:

• LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN — Residente

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album:

• Pa’ Tu Cuerpa — Cimafunk

Best Música Mexicana Album:

• Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León

Best Global Music Performance:

• “A Rock Somewhere” — Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal

Best Children’s Music Album:

• My Favorite Dream — John Legend

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording:

• Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones — Dolly Parton

Best Song Written for Media Visuals:

• Can’t Catch Me Now [From “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”] — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
• It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

Best music Video:

• “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar

Best Music Film:

• “American Symphony” — Jon Batiste
  • Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers
• “June” — (June Carter Cash)
  • Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson & Kristen Vaurio, video producer

Best Recording Package:

• The Avett Brothers — Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:

• Deeper Well — Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)

Best Immersive Audio Album:

• Genius Loves Company — Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling & Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles With Various Artists)
  • (Ray Charles)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:

• Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
  • (Jacob & John)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals:”Always Come Back” — Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)