Beyoncé dominates female-led Grammy Award nominations
By Ellie Iorizzo, PA Los Angeles Correspondent
Beyoncé has led the female-dominated 67th Grammy Award nominations.
The annual awards show will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2nd, 2025.
US singer Beyoncé secured nods for her chart-topping country music album Cowboy Carter, which marked the follow-up to act one of the trilogy, Renaissance.
Beyoncé made history during the Grammys ceremony in 2023, securing the most awards won in a lifetime after picking up her 32nd gong.
However, the star has never won the prestigious album of the year prize.
This year, Cowboy Carter has secured nods for album of the year and best country album, while track Texas Hold ‘Em is up for the coveted record of the year and song of the year.
Beyoncé will compete with megastar Taylor Swift, whose surprise double album The Tortured Poets Department is also up for album of the year, with her track featuring Post Malone titled Fortnight up for record of the year and song of the year.
It comes after Swift made Grammy history in February, as the first person to win album of the year four times.
The US star used her acceptance speech at the ceremony to announce the release of her 11th studio album, which saw her become the most-streamed artist in a single day on streaming platform Spotify.
The Grammy nominations on Friday also saw US star Billie Eilish nominated in the top categories for her third studio album, Hit Me Hard And Soft, which was released in May.
The fourth track on the record, titled Birds Of A Feather, scored nods for record of the year and song of the year, while the album is up for album of the year.
The nominations also saw a host of British stars nominated including Charli XCX whose sixth studio album Brat, which inspired a summer trend, is competing in the album of the year category.
Her track 360 is also up for record of the year, while her duet with Eilish titled Guess secured a nod for best pop duo performance.
The Beatles Now And Then track is also up for record of the year, while British star Raye received her first nods for best new artist and songwriter of the year non-classical.
The 66th Grammy Awards also saw female musicians dominate in the major categories.
Eilish took home song of the year for her hit track What Was I Made For? from the film Barbie, while Miley Cyrus won record of the year for her viral summer sensation Flowers.
Only recordings commercially released in the US between Sept 16 2023 to August 30 2024 are eligible for nominations for the 2025 ceremony.