<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Tyla, Ariana Grande, and Taylor Swift.Michael Tran/Kevin Mazur/Erika Goldring/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards were announced on Friday.</li><li>Rising stars like Reneé Rapp and Tyla were shut out, while Ariana Grande came up short.</li></ul><p>Nominations for the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/grammy-awards-2025-nominees-winners-list-details-2024-11">67th annual Grammy Awards</a> were announced on Friday morning, heralding good news for many top artists — plus a few decisions that are sure to raise eyebrows.</p><p>Despite getting <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beyonce-cowboy-carter-cma-snub-shaboozey-comments-2024-9">shut out of the 2024 Country Music Association Awards</a> earlier this year, Beyoncé leads the pack of 2025 Grammy nominees with 11 nods for "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beyonce-cowboy-carter-country-radio-station-response-nashville-2024-3">Cowboy Carter</a>" across pop, rap, country, and Americana categories, plus album, song, and record of the year.</p><p>Beyoncé will compete against familiar faces for all three major prizes, including Billie Eilish, who's nominated for her third album "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-soft-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2024-5">Hit Me Hard and Soft</a>," and, of course, Taylor Swift, who could win her <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-grammy-history-aoty-four-times-2024-2">record-extending fifth album of the year award</a> with "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2024-4">The Tortured Poets Department</a>."</p><p>In fact, it's a big day for pop stars across the board. After <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/grammy-nominations-2024-snubs-surprises-2023-11">failing to secure a nod for best new artist last year</a>, Sabrina Carpenter is nominated in every "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/billie-eilish-second-person-win-four-major-grammys-one-year-2020-1">Big Four</a>" category thanks to a massive breakthrough year, which yielded a pair of hit songs and her first No. 1 album, "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sabrina-carpenter-short-n-sweet-album-review-2024-8">Short n' Sweet</a>." Queer-pop darling <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chappell-roan-controversy-explained-pr-experts-respond-2024-10">Chappell Roan</a> will join her, seeking the cherry on top of a <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-music-artists-you-need-to-know-2024-1">remarkable debut album rollout</a>. Dance music veteran Charli XCX, whose sixth album <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/charli-xcx-brat-autumn-remix-album-explained-2024-10">"Brat" dominated political and cultural discourse all summer</a>, received a whopping nine nominations across pop, dance, and general-field categories.</p><p>But this year's slate of nominations isn't all predictable pop-star fare. Some fan-favorite singers were excluded from key categories, while other artists received surprise nods.</p><p>Keep reading for a roundup of the biggest snubs, surprises, and missteps.</p>