All at once, the rest is history.
Because Taylor Swift’s 2025 Grammy nominations just earned her yet another record. While the 34-year-old was previously tied with music legend Barbra Streisand for the most nominations in the Album of the Year category by a female artist at six, Taylor’s latest nod for The Tortured Poet’s Department this year brings her total to seven.
Making her the official female artist with the most Album of the Year nominations, with TTPD joining the ranks alongside Fearless, Red, 1989, Folklore, Evermore and Midnights.
And Album of the Year is only one of six nominations Taylor added this year to the impressive 52 she’s already collected.
Among her other nods this year are Record of the Year for "Fortnight" featuring Post Malone, which was also recognized in the Song of the Year category. With this nod, Taylor makes Grammy history once again, becoming the only artist to ever earn eight Song of the Year nominations.
The record-making moment should come as no surprise. After all, Taylor continues to make Grammys history year after year.
Last year, she become the most-nominated artist for Song of the Year last year with “Anti-Hero,” and then became first person to ever take home Album of the Year four times.
And while accepting the Grammy for Midnights—which also earned Best Pop Vocal Album—Taylor shared some insight into what it’s like for her to receive the recognition.
"I would love to tell you this is the best moment of my life," she gushed. "But I feel this happy when I finish a song or when I crack the code to a bridge that I love or when I'm shot-listing a music video or when I'm rehearsing with my dancers or my band or getting ready to go to Tokyo to play a show."
She continued, "For me, the award is the work. All I want to do is keep being able to do this. I love it so much. It makes me so happy. It makes me unbelievably blown away that it makes some people happy who voted for this award. All I want to do is keep doing this."
But Taylor isn’t the only highly nominated artist for the 2025 Grammys. Beyoncé is also making history this year with 11 nominations for Cowboy Carter, bringing her career total to a jaw-dropping 99 nods.
See the complete list of 2025 Grammy nominations HERE. And keep reading for all of the snubs and surprises this year...
SURPRISE: Beyoncé
The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer is having a real life boogie and a real life hoedown with her 11 nominations for Cowboy Carter. After being shut out of the 2024 Country Music Awards, she led the pack with her nods.
Although it shouldn’t be a surprise since it the album did break several streaming records and debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Top 200 in March.
SNUB: Ariana Grande
Eternal Sunshine might’ve been a wickedly good album, but the "7 Rings" singer was left out of the Big Four categories, which includes Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year. However, she did earn nominations in Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Dance Pop Recording.
SNUB: Jack Antonoff
While Taylor Swift’s frequent collaborator was recognized by the Grammys this year, he was left out of the coveted Producer of the Year category.
SNUB: Dua Lipa
The pop singer, who has three wins and 10 nominations under her belt, didn’t receive any nominations despite releasing her album Radical Optimism early this year, which included the earworm tune “Houdini.” The album also debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
SURPRISE: André 3000
With fully instrumental albums rarely nominated in the Album of the Year category and with a stacked list including Beyoncé, Taylor, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX and Chappell Roan, his New Blue Sun came as a happy surprise.
SURPRISE: Jimmy Carter
The former president, who has been in hospice care since February 2023, received his ninth Grammy nomination in the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category for Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration. The 100-year-old, the longest-living President in U.S. history, has won three overall, including in 2019 for Best Spoken Word Album for Faith - A Journey For All.
SNUB: Hozier
Although “Too Sweet” was the singer’s first No. 1 hit on the Hot 100 and thus, became the first Irish artist to top the chart since Sinéad O’Connor, it didn’t earn a spot on either Song of the Year or Record of the Year.
SURPRISE: The Beatles
It was a blast from the past when the beloved band was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance for their song “Now and Then.” Although first written as a solo demo by John Lennon in 1977, it wasn’t released until nearly 50 years later by his bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr (and George Harrison posthumously with guitar tracks).