2025 Grammy Nominations announced

The 2025 Grammy Nominations have been revealed over the weekend with another great showing for jazz, soul and blues artists including the UK’s own Jacob Collier who’s up for the prestigious Album of the Year prize. Other nominees include Lalah Hathaway who’s up for best Traditional R&B Performance and best R&B Album, Kurt Elling, Catherine Russell and Samara Joy are fighting it out in the best jazz vocal album category, while Cyrille Aimee, Norah Jones and Gregory Porter’s Christmas Wish project are all in the best traditional pop category. Instrumentalists honoured this year include trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, legendary pianist Kenny Barron and saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, plus two posthumous nods for Chick Corea.

In the blues categories, there’s a vibrant mix of traditional and contemporary sounds including Sue Foley’s One Guitar Woman, plus Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa by The Taj Mahal Sextet capturing his legendary live blues fusion. On the contemporary side, Joe Bonamassa’s Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 offers electrified blues is up against Shemekia Copeland’s Blame It On Eve.

Grammy stalwart Jon Batiste has also chalked up another 4 nominations, this time for his music movie ‘American Symphony’.

The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on 2nd February.

The full list is available at grammy.com while our abridged list of highlighted nominees is below…

Album Of The Year

Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier

New Blue Sun - André 3000

Best New Artist

Khruangbin

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“No Lie" - Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael Mcdonald

Best R&B Album

“Vantablack” – Lalah Hathaway

“Algorithm” – Lucky Daye

Best Progressive R&B Album

“So Glad To Know You” – Avery*Sunshine

Best Jazz Performance

"Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit)" - The Baylor Project

"Phoenix Reimagined (Live)" - Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff "Tain" Watts & John Scofield

"Juno" - Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" - Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner

"Little Fears" - Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Journey In Black - Christie Dashiell

Wildflowers Vol. 1 - Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner

A Joyful Holiday - Samara Joy

Milton + Esperanza - Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding

My Ideal - Catherine Russell & Sean Mason

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Owl Song - Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley

Beyond This Place - Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson

Phoenix Reimagined (Live) - Lakecia Benjamin

Remembrance - Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

Solo Game - Sullivan Fortner

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Returning To Forever - John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band

And So It Goes - The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

Walk A Mile In My Shoe - Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band

Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws And Persistence - Dan Pugach Big Band

Golden City - Miguel Zenón

Best Latin Jazz Album

Time And Again - Eliane Elias

El Trio: Live In Italy - Horacio 'El Negro' Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola

Cuba And Beyond - Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet

As I Travel - Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Night Reign - Arooj Aftab

New Blue Sun - André 3000

Code Derivation - Robert Glasper

Foreverland - Keyon Harrold

No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin - Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

À Fleur De Peau - Cyrille Aimée

Visions - Norah Jones

Christmas Wish - Gregory Porter

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Plot Armor - Taylor Eigsti

Rhapsody In Blue - Béla Fleck

Orchestras (Live) - Bill Frisell Featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan

Mark - Mark Guiliana

Speak To Me - Julian Lage

Best Traditional Blues Album

Hill Country Love - Cedric Burnside

Struck Down - The Fabulous Thunderbirds

One Guitar Woman - Sue Foley

Sam's Place - Little Feat

Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa - The Taj Mahal Sextet

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 - Joe Bonamassa

Blame It On Eve - Shemekia Copeland

Friendlytown - Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour

Mileage - Ruthie Foster

The Fury - Antonio Vergara

Best Instrumental Composition

"Remembrance" - Chick Corea, Composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella

"Baby Elephant Walk - Encore" - Michael League, Arranger (Snarky Puppy)

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, Arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)

“Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)” - Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, Arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

American Fiction – Laura Karpman, Composer

The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, Composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media

It Never Went Away From “American Symphony” – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, Songwriters (Jon Batiste)

Best Music Film

American Symphony – Jon Batiste