Kacey Musgraves kicked the red carpet off in style, sporting a dazzling gold fringed maxi skirt. The country singer looked incredible in the striking look, pairing the statement skirt with a classic white tank top. The 2025 Grammys will be hosted by Trevor Noah for the fifth consecutive year and held at LA's Crypto.com Arena. The show will raise funds to support fire relief efforts after the devastation caused by the LA blazes which began on January 7 in Pacific Palisades.

Superstar singer Beyonce dominates the list of Grammy Award contenders with 11 nods, including an Album Of The Year nomination for her venture into country music, Cowboy Carter. Behind Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone tie with seven nominations each. Kacey Musgraves kicked the red carpet off in style, sporting a dazzling gold fringed maxi skirt. The country singer looked incredible in the striking look, pairing the statement skirt with a classic white tank top.

Pop phenomenon Taylor Swift and newcomers Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter scored six each. Women dominated the Album of the Year category, the top Grammy honor. Beyonce, winner of more Grammys over her career than any other artist, has never taken home the album trophy. Swift has won the honor four times and is in the running again with her breakup album The Tortured Poets Department. At the awards ceremony in February, the Beyonce and Swift records will compete with Carpenter's 'Short n' Sweet,' 'Brat' from Charli XCX, Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft,' and Roan's 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.'.

The two male artists nominated in the album field were rapper Andre 3000 with 'New Blue Sun' and jazz artist Jacob Collier for 'Djesse Vol. 4.'. Winners will be chosen by the roughly 13,000 singers, songwriters, producers, engineers and others who make up the Recording Academy. Kehlani looked beautiful in a strapless pinstripe gown, complete with a peplum skirt and train. Kehlani brought her daughter Adeye Nomi, five, to the Grammys.

Beyonce's Cowboy Carter was viewed by experts and fans as a reclamation and homage to an overlooked legacy of Black Americans within country music and culture. It became the first album by a Black woman to land at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart when it was released last spring. The Beyonce album was snubbed, however, by voters for the Country Music Awards in September. Beyonce's other Grammy nods included record and song of the year for single 'Texas Hold 'Em.' Her 11 nominations brought her lifetime total to 99, more than any other artist. Prior to Friday, she had been tied for the lead with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, who has 88.

Beyonce got 11 nods for her album Cowboy Carter; seen on October 25 in Houston. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter was viewed by experts and fans as a reclamation and homage to an overlooked legacy of Black Americans within country music and culture. The show will raise funds to support fire relief efforts after the devastation caused by the LA blazes which began on January 7 in Pacific Palisades - pictured: Flames from the Eaton fire in Altadena engulf a home.

Gayle King made an introduction before the Grammy nominations were announced. In the best new artist field, 'Espresso' singer Carpenter will face fellow pop singer Roan, pop-rock singer Benson Boone, hip-hop/country artist Shaboozey, multi-genre musician Teddy Swims and others. Another name on the Grammy nominations list? The Beatles. 'Now and Then,' produced with artificial intelligence to bring the voice of John Lennon to life, was nominated for song of the year.

Best Pop Solo Performance nominations went to Beyonce, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, and Chappell Roan. Best New Artist went to Benson Boone, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Khruangbin, Raye, Chappell Roan, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims. Best Country Album went to Cowboy Carter, F-1, Deeper Well, Higher, and Whirlwind. Song of the Year went to Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em, Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather, Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!, Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us, Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile, Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please, Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) and Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone - Fortnight.

Taylor Swift landed six nominations; seen at the Kansas City Chiefs v Baltimore Ravens game in September in Kansas City, Missouri. Sabrina Carpenter - seen in October at the 2024 TIME100 Next List event in NYC - got six nominations. Charli XCX - who got seven nominations - at the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 2. Best Country Solo Performance was: Beyoncé - 16 Carriages, Chris Stapleton - It Takes a Woman, Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay, Kacey Musgraves - The Architect, Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy).