Lainey Wilson, Brad Paisley To Represent Country Music As Performers At 2025 Grammy Awards

Bringing the country to LA.

This morning, the Recording Academy announced the first round of performers for the show that’s set to take place this weekend, which includes country music’s own Lainey Wilson and Brad Paisley. Of course, Lainey Wilson is one of the biggest and most notable faces in country music right now, but Brad Paisley? A country music legend, no doubt, but he hasn’t a #1 hit in over a decade and the last time he had two chart-topping hits in a row? 2011. A bit of a head-scratcher… but I have to imagine he has some kind of tribute to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Other than those two, Chapelle Roan, Shakira, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Benson Boone, Doechii, RAYE, Sabrina Carpenter, Teddy Swims, Chris Martin, Sheryl Crow, Brittany Howard, Cynthia Erivo, Herbie Hancock, Jacob Collier, Janelle Monae, John Legend, St. Vincent and Stevie Wonder round out the list as performers.

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Notably for this year’s country nominees, the genres biggest star Morgan Wallen was largely ignored, except for the song he’s a featured artist on with Post Malone, “I Had Some Help,” which is sure to win one of the categories.

Post Malone and Beyoncé racked up quite a few nominations for their respective F-1 Trillion and Cowboy Carter, but the country critic in me has a hard time buying into the fact that two artists who are from outside of the genre (and are massive superstars in other genres) should win this category with their first ever country albums. Not to mention, Beyoncé explicitly said that Cowboy Carter was NOT a country album, but then clearly submitted for the country category.

In addition to performing, Lainey is nominated for Best Country Album for her 2024 Whirlwind record.

The 67th GRAMMY Awards will air live on CBS and Paramount+ this Sunday, February 2nd at 8PM EST at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

You can view all of the country nominees below.

COUNTRY

Best Country Solo Performance:

Beyoncé – 16 Carriages
Chris Stapleton – It Takes a Woman
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus – II Most Wanted
Brothers Osborne – Break Mine
Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses
Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help

Best Country Song:

Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Best Country Album:

Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Chris Stapleton – Higher
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion

AMERICANA/ROOTS

Featuring nominations for Sierra Ferrell, Beyoncé, Charley Crockett and more.

Best American Roots Performance:

The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – Nothing in Rambling
Rhiannon Giddens – The Ballad of Sally Anne
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Sierra Ferrell – Lighthouse

Best Americana Performance:

Beyoncé – Ya Ya
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Empty Trainload of Sky
Madi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves – Don’t Do Me Good
Madison Cunningham – Subtitles
Sarah Jarosz – Runaway Train
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming

Best American Roots Song:

Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple – All in Good Time
Mark Knopfler – Ahead of the Game
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming

Best Americana Album:

Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy
Maggie Rose – No One Gets Out Alive
Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
Sierra Ferrell – Trail of Flowers
T Bone Burnett – The Other Side
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood

Best Bluegrass Album:

Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built a World
Dan Tyminski – Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman
The Del McCoury Band – Songs of Love and Life
Sister Sadie – No Fear
Tony Trischka – Earl Jam

ALL-GENRE

Record of the Year:

The Beatles – Now and Then
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX – 360
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Album of the Year:

André 3000 – New Blue Sun
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Charli XCX – Brat
Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 4
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

Song of the Year:

Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Best New Artist:

Benson Boone
Doechii
Chappell Roan
Khruangbin
Raye
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Additionally, country songwriters Jessi Alexander and Jessie Jo Dillon are both nominated in the Songwriter of the Year category, which is worth noting.

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical:

Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye