Who’s Going to Win Top 2025 Grammy Awards? Our Fearless Predictions

UPDATE (Jan. 30): The Grammys are just around the corner, on Sunday (Feb. 2), so we’re relaunching awards editor Paul Grein’s handicapping of the six General Field categories. Online voting closed on Jan. 3 at 6 p.m. PT, and we posted this story bright and early the following Monday morning. Grein hasn’t touched his predictions. There would be no point in “updating” something where the votes were locked in place.

Since we posted his story, we have learned a lot about who will perform, or at least appear on, the telecast. Chappell Roan and Billie Eilish, who Grein picks to win in key categories, are both set to perform. Beyoncé, another of his picks, will be in the house, but has not been announced as performer. There’s no word yet on Kendrick Lamar, another of his picks to win. A Lamar performance seems unlikely, since he’ll be headlining the Super Bowl half-time show just one week later (you never want to upstage yourself!), but it seems likely that Lamar will be in the house in case he adds to his already formidable Grammy collection.

PREVIOUSLY (Jan. 6): Final-round Grammy voting closed on Friday (Jan. 3), so it’s time for our annual predictions of who is likely to win in the General Field categories. This used to consist of what is commonly called the Big Four – album, record and song of the year plus best new artist – but last year, the Recording Academy also elevated producer of the year, non-classical and songwriter of the year, non-classical to the General Field. (That move likely increased the number of people voting in those two categories. Here’s the way it works: All voting members can vote in the General Field categories. After that, they have to be very selective, voting in no more than 10 categories spread across no more than three fields.)

Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are each nominated in each of the Big Four categories. In addition, Daniel Nigro is nominated for album, record and song of the year for his work with Roan, as well as producer of the year, non-classical for his work with both Roan and Olivia Rodrigo.

History could be made in several of these categories. But we all know the big story of the night is: Will Beyoncé finally bring home album of the year after four previous losses in the category? Despite winning more Grammys than anyone else in history (32), Bey has yet to take what is widely seen as the top award on Music’s Biggest Night. Bey’s husband, Jay-Z, addressed the elephant in the room on the Grammy telecast last February when he said: “I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won album of the year. So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work.” How can Grammy voters resist that not-so-subtle pressure?

Here are our best guesses as to who will win in the General Field categories.