Grammy nominations: Syracuse native Post Malone up for 7 awards, snubbed in top category

Will this be the year Syracuse native Post Malone finally wins a Grammy Award?
The 2025 Grammy nominations were announced Friday morning with Posty up for top awards Record of the Year and Song of the Year, both for his Taylor Swift collaboration ”Fortnight.” Malone is also nominated for five other categories, including Pop Duo/Group Performance (”Levii’s Jeans” with Beyoncé), Best Country Album (”F-1 Trillion”), Best Country Duo/Group Performance (”I Had Some Help” feat. Morgan Wallen), Best Country Song (”I Had Some Help”) and Best Music Video (”Fortnight”).
Malone is tied with Charli XCX, Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar for the second-most Grammy nominations this year with seven each. Beyoncé leads them all with 11 nods, surpassing her husband Jay-Z with 99 total nominations — plus she’s already won more Grammys than any other artist in history with 32 trophies, according to Billboard.
Malone, however, was snubbed in the Album of the Year category. There are worthy candidates like Beyoncé (”Cowboy Carter”), André 3000 (”New Blue Sun”), Sabrina Carpenter (”Short n’ Sweet”), Charli XCX (“Brat”), and Eilish (”Hit Me Hard and Soft”), but some fans will be wondering why jazz singer-songwriter Jacob Collier (”Djesse Vol. 4″) is nominated over Malone or other artists.
Album of the Year is the only major category that Collier is nominated for, but could surprise everyone like Herbie Hancock in 2008 (when “River: The Joni Letters” beat out Kanye West, Amy Winehouse and the Foo Fighters) thanks to collaborations with big names like Michael McDonald, Shawn Mendes, John Legend, Chris Martin and Kirk Franklin. Collier is also up for Best Global Music Performance and Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella.
Malone will also have fierce competition for Record of the Year, including The Beatles’ AI-assisted release “Now and Then” and popular songs from Beyoncé (”Texas Hold ‘Em”), Kendrick Lamar (”Not Like Us”), Billie Eilish (”Birds of a Feather”), Chappell Roan (”Good Luck Babe!”) and Sabrina Carpenter (”Espresso”). Beyoncé, Lamar, Eilish, Roan and Carpenter also competing with Malone for Song of the Year, plus Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga (”Die with a Smile”) and Shaboozey (”A Bar Song (Tipsy)”).
Carpenter, Roan and Shaboozey are also up for Best New Artist, along with Benson Boone, Doechii, Khruangbin, Raye and Teddy Swims.
Malone, who was born Austin Richard Post in Syracuse, N.Y., and lived in Baldwinsville until he was 10 years old, has previously been nominated for 10 Grammys but has gone home empty-handed every time. He’s best known for pop/hip-hop hits like “Circles,” “Better Now,” “Rockstar,” “White Iverson,” “Psycho,” and “Sunflower” but shifted to country recently with his “F-1 Trillion” album featuring Morgan Wallen, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs and Dolly Parton.
This year marks his first time being nominated for Grammys in any country category. He’s also up for four prizes at the upcoming Country Music Association Awards.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will air Feb. 2 live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
See the list of Grammy nominations in top categories below:
Record of the Year
”Now And Then” – The Beatles
”Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
”360″ – Charli xcx
”Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish
”Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
”Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
”Fortnight” – Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
Album of the Year
“New Blue Sun” – André 3000
“Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé
“Short n’ Sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Brat” – Charli XCX
“Djesse Vol. 4″ – Jacob Collier
“Hit Me Hard and Soft” – Billie Eilish
Song Of The Year
”A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
”Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
”Die With a Smile” – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
”Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
”Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
”Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
”Texas Hold ‘Em” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Pop Solo Performance
”Bodyguard” — Beyoncé
“Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter
”Apple” — Charli XCX
”Birds of a Feather” — Billie Eilish
”Good Luck, Babe!” — Chappell Roan
Pop Duo/Group Performance
”Us” — Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
”Levii’s Jeans” — Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
”Guess” — Charli XCX & Billie Eilish
”The Boy Is Mine” — Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
”Die With a Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Country Album
“Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé
“F-1 Trillion” – Post Malone
“Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves
“Higher” – Chris Stapleton
“Whirlwind” – Lainey Wilson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Cowboys Cry Too,” Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan
“II MOST WANTED,” Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus
“Break Mine,” Brothers Osborne
“Bigger Houses,” Dan + Shay
“I Had Some Help,” Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen
Best Country Song
“The Architect,” Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“I Am Not Okay,” Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
“I Had Some Help,” Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen)
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best Rock Album
”Happiness Bastards” — The Black Crowes
”Romance” — Fontaines D.C.
“Saviors” — Green Day
”TANGK” — Idles
”Dark Matter” — Pearl Jam
”Hackney Diamonds” — The Rolling Stones
”No Name” — Jack White
Best Rap Album
“Might Delete Later,” J. Cole
“The Auditorium, Vol. 1,” Common & Pete Rock
“Alligator Bites Never Heal,” Doechii
“The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” Eminem
“We Don’t Trust You,” Future & Metro Boomin
Best Music Video
“Tailor Swif,” A$AP RockyVania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors
“360,” Charli xcxAidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo & Evan Thicke, video producers
“Houdini,” EminemRich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna & Justin Diener, video producers
“Not Like Us,” Kendrick LamarDave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
“Fortnight,” Taylor Swift feat. Post MaloneTaylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer
Song Written for Visual Media
”Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” [From “Twisters: The Album”] — Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)
”Better Place” [From “TROLLS Band Together”] — Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)
”Can’t Catch Me Now” [From “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”] — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
”It Never Went Away” [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
”Love Will Survive” [From “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”] — Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)