Oh yeah, it is that time again! Here are my no context predictions for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards (excluding limited categories):
Record of the Year:
“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish
Album of the Year:
Hit Me Hard and Soft – Billie Eilish
Song of the Year:
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Best New Artist:
Sabrina Carpenter
Songwriter of the Year:
Amy Allen
Producer of the Year (Non-classical):
Daniel Nigro
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Chappell Roan
Best Pop/Group Performance:
“Die With A Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Best Pop Vocalist:
Eternal Sunshine – Ariana Grande
Best Dance/Electronic Recording:
“Witchy” – Kaytranda ft. Childish Gambino
Best Dance Pop Recording:
“Von Dutch” – Charli XCX
Best Dance/Electronic Recording:
“BRAT” – Charli XCX
Best Remixed Recording:
“A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” – David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
Best Rock Recording:
“The American Dream Is Killing Me” – Green Day
Best Metal Performance:
“Suffocate” – Knocked Loose ft. Poppy
Best Rock Song:
“Broken Man” – St. Vincent
Best Rock Album:
Romance – Fontaines DC
Best Alternative Music Performance:
“Neon Pill” – Cage The Elephant
Best Alternative Music Album:
Charm – Clairo
Best R&B Performance:
“Saturn” – SZA
Best R&B Song:
“Saturn” – SZA
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
“Make Me Forget” – Muni Long
Best Progressive R&B Album:
Band Stone And The New World – Childish Gambino
Best R&B Album:
Algorithm – Lucky Day
Best Rap Performance:
“Nissan Altima” – Doechii
Best Melodic Rap Performance:
“Spaghetti” – Beyonce ft. Linda Martell & Shaboozey
Best Rap Song:
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Album:
Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii
Best Jazz Performance:
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” – Samara Joy
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
A Holiday Joyful – Samara Joy
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Remembrance – Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Returning To Forever – John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album:
El Trio: Live in Italy – Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
Best Alternative Jazz Album:
New Blue Sun – André 3000
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Good Together – Lake Street Dive
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Mark – Mark Guiliana
Best Musical Theater Album:
The Wiz
Best Country Solo Performance:
“A Bar Song (Shaboozey)” – Tipsy
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen
Best Country Song:
“Texas Hold Em” – Beyonce
Best Country Album
Cowboy Carter – Beyonce
Best Bluegrass Album:
Songs of Love and Life – The Del McCoury Band
Best Latin Pop Album:
ORQUÍDEAS – Kali Uchis
Best Música Urbana Album:
nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana – Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album:
¿Quién trae las cornetas? -Rawayana
Best Tropical Latin Album:
MUEVENSE – Marc Anthony
Best Global Music Performance:
“A Rock Somewhere” – Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
Best African Music Performance:
“Higher” – Burna Boy
Best Global Music Album:
Born in the Wild – Tems
Best Reggae Album:
Take It Easy – Collie Buddz
Best Comedy Album:
Armageddon – Ricky Gervais
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording:
Behind The Seams: My Life in Rhinestones – Dolly Parton
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
The Color Purple
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television):
Dune: Part Two
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media:
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
“Can’t Catch Me Now [From \‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes\’]”
Best Music Video:
“Houdini” – Eminem
Best Music Film:
Kings From Queens – Run DMC
Best Recording Package:
Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
Hounds Of Love The Boxes Of Lost At Sea
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
empathogen