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Blair Caldwell
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Canadian Songwriters Earn Major Grammy Nominations for Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em' and 'Cowboy Carter'
Canadians Nate Ferraro, Lowell and Megan Bülow all picked up a nomination for their work writing "Texas Hold 'Em," while Dave Hamelin garnered a nod for Album of the Year for producing Cowboy Carter. Read on for more Canadian nominees, including Kaytranada, The Weeknd, Spiritbox and Charlotte Day Wilson.
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Beyoncé is leading the 2025 Grammy nominations — along with her Canadian collaborators.
"Texas Hold 'Em," co-written by three Canadians, has been nominated for two of the biggest awards, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Writers Nathan Ferraro, Lowell, and Megan Bülow all picked up nominations for Song of the Year, which is awarded to the writers and composers behind the track, as well as Best Country Song. Ferraro talked with Billboard Canada earlier this year about his Canadian writing team, while Lowell won the inaugural Billboard Canada Non-Performing Songwriter Award this summer.
Beyoncé's country album Cowboy Carter is also nominated for Album of the Year with Canadian Dave Hamelin (formerly of Montreal indie rock band The Stills) named in the nomination for his work as a producer and songwriter across the album.
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In total, Beyoncé picked up a whopping 11 nominations for her history-making Cowboy Carter, which features a slew of Canadian contributions.
The album, which made Beyoncé the first Black woman to lead Billboard's Country Albums chart, didn't receive any recognition at the Country Music Awards. But Cowboy is faring better with the Grammys, including a nomination for Best Country Album. With today's nominations, Beyoncé is now the most-nominated artist in history.
Montreal producer Kaytranada also did well in the nominations, picking up nominations for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for his Childish Gambino collab "Witchy," Best Dance/Electronic Album for Timeless, and Best Remixed Recording.
Canadian metal group Spiritbox received a nomination for Best Metal Performance for the second straight year, this time with "Cellar Door." The Weeknd notched a nod for Best Melodic Rap Performance for the Future and Metro Boomin collab "We Still Don't Trust You." Canadian guitarist Sue Foley is nominated with One Guitar Woman for Best Traditional Blues Album and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has three nominations for his opera and soundtrack work.
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In the technical categories, Toronto R&B singer Charlotte Day Wilson was recognized for her album Cyan Blue with a Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical nod. Canadian super producer Shawn Everett also appears in the same category for work on Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well.
Canadian engineer Serban Ghenea, meanwhile, racks up the highest number of Canadian nods: a grand total of five nominations, for his work with a trifecta of pop stars: Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift, and Ariana Grande.
Check out the full list of nominations here and find a list of Canadian Grammy nominees below:
Song of the Year & Best Country Song
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Album of the Year
COWBOY CARTER, Beyoncé
Beyoncé, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant & Dave Hamelin, producers; Matheus Braz, Brandon Harding, Hotae Alexander Jang, Dani Pampuri & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Ryan Beatty, Beyoncé, Camaron Ochs, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Dave Hamelin, S. Carter & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
Short n’ Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter
Jack Antonoff, Julian Bunetta, Ian Kirkpatrick & John Ryan, producers; Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, Julian Bunetta, Sabrina Carpenter, Ian Kirkpatrick, Julia Michaels & John Ryan, songwriters; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers
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THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, producers; Zem Audu, Bella Blasko, Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Jonathan Low, Michael Riddleberger, Christopher Rowe, Laura Sisk & Evan Smith, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
Record of the Year
“Fortnight,” Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Jack Antonoff, Louis Bell & Taylor Swift, producers; Louis Bell, Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Michael Riddleberger & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
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“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” Beyoncé
Beyoncé, Nate Ferraro, Killah B & Raphael Saadiq, producers; Hotae Alexander Jang, Alex Nibley & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“Witchy,” KAYTRANADA feat. Childish Gambino
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Timeless, KAYTRANADA
Best Dance Pop Recording
“yes, and?,” Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande, ILYA & Max Martin, producers; Serban Ghenea, mixer
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Cyan Blue, Charlotte Day Wilson
Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
Deeper Well
Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)
Short n’ Sweet
Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter)
Best Metal Performance
“Cellar Door,” Spiritbox
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“We Still Don’t Trust You,” Future & Metro Boomin feat. The Weeknd
Best Traditional Blues Album
One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley
Best Opera Recording
“Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
“Puts: The Hours”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
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