Grammy Awards 2025: who will win, and who deserves to win? Featuring Beyoncé, Charli XCX and Doechii
Grammy Awards 2025: who will win, and who deserves to win? Featuring Beyoncé, Charli XCX and Doechii
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It’s one of the biggest nights in the music calendar: The Grammy Awards. The music industry’s equivalent to the Oscars strives to honour the best work released in the year prior, but has, of late, attracted controversy – from snubbing artists entirely (cough, The Weeknd) to facing accusations of racial bias (case in point: Beyoncé never winning Album of the Year).
Nevertheless, with such an abundance of stellar releases in 2024, the nominations for this year’s upcoming ceremony on February 1 are stacked. Beyoncé made history with a record-breaking 11 nods, pop’s new holy trinity (Sabrina Carpenter, Chappel Roan and Charli XCX) received major nominations and Taylor Swift has been given yet another shot at winning the night’s most prestigious award.
But as we know, sadly, sometimes who we think should win doesn’t end up nabbing the prize. Below, we’ve rounded up who we think will win in the ceremony’s major categories, vs who actually should. Who should win: Chappel Roan or Sabrina Carpenter.
Who will win: The Beatles. Good Luck Babe and Espresso weren’t just two of 2024’s defining songs, they were major breakthroughs for both pop stars. The inescapable chorus of Carpenter’s Espresso provided a soundtrack for the summer, while Good Luck, Babe! brought Roan’s brand of theatrical baroque pop (and impressive vocal chops) to the forefront.
Both songs equally deserve to win, which makes it a shame that the award will most likely go to The Beatles. Why? It’s a safe bet: the Academy are sticklers for legacy acts, plus there’s heightened appeal around the fact Now and Then was shelved for so long (over 20 years) and has been dubbed as the band’s final song.
