Canadian Songwriters Earn Grammy Nominations for Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter': Full List of 2025 Canadian Grammy Nominees

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.

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 Grammys 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.

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. Producer Cirkut was also recognized in two categories for work on Charli XCX's ubiquitous Brat album.

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

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

BRAT, Charli xcx
Charli xcx, Cirkut & A. G. Cook, producers; A. G. Cook, Tom Norris & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Charlotte Aitchison, Henry Walter, Alexander Guy Cook, Finn Keane & Jonathan Christopher Shave, songwriters; Idania Valencia, 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

“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

“360,” Charli xcx
Cirkut & A. G. Cook, producers; Cirkut & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Idania Valencia, 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 Musical Theater Album

The Wiz
Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René Louis & Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie Smalls, composer & lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast Recording)

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