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Coldplay, Morgan Wallen, Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan are vying for major tour of the year at the 2025 Pollstar Awards.
This marks a fairly young roster of nominees in the top category. Rodrigo, Kahan and Bryan are in their 20s, Wallen and Swift are in their 30s and the members of Coldplay are in their mid-40s. The relative youth of these headliners, and the range of genres they represent — encompassing pop, rock and country — is considered a healthy sign for the touring industry.
The Pollstar Awards recognize the most innovative and successful artists, tours, companies, venues and executives in the touring industry. Winners will be announced on Feb. 19 at the awards ceremony, which is slated to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Impressively, Chappell Roan and Gracie Abrams are nominated for both support/special guest of the year and new headliner of the year, a sign of their fast climbs to headliner status. Roan is nominated for support/special guest of the year for opening for Rodrigo, while brams is nominated in the support category for opening for Swift.
The other nominees for new headliner of the year are Charli XCX, Fred again.., Sabrina Carpenter and Sleep Token, a rock band from London. Thus, four of the six nominees for new headliner of the year are women.
Elsewhere, three of the six nominees for residency of the year were held at The Sphere in Las Vegas: Dead & Company, Eagles and U2.
“Once again, this year’s nominees represent the best of the best, showcasing the incredible talent, innovation, and hard work that drives our industry,” said Ray Waddell, chief content director of OVG Media & Conferences, which produces Pollstar Live!, Production Live!, and the Pollstar Awards.
A new honor this year is the Maxie Solters Award – Touring Publicist of the Year, recognizing the highest achievement for a public relations executive in the live touring industry. The award was named in tribute to the widely-respected Scoop Marketing publicist, who died on Aug. 15 at age 37.
Nominations were submitted by the Pollstar Awards nominating committee, which is comprised of agents, promoters, managers, producers, production professionals, venue representatives, Pollstar Boxoffice reporters and other touring professionals.
Pollstar subscribers can vote by logging into Pollstar.com to access their ballot. Voting is open now through December 6 at 5 p.m. PT. In addition to subscriber votes, data reporting and ticket sales will be weighted elements in the final results in some categories.
The Pollstar Awards ceremony is a highlight of the three-day Pollstar Live! conference, which is set to take place Feb. 18-20 at the Beverly Hilton. Registration is now open. Go to Pollstar.live to register and for the latest announcements about keynote speakers, panelists, session topics and more.
Here are the 36th Annual Pollstar Awards nominees in selected categories. View all the nominees at news.pollstar.com.
Major tour of the year
Coldplay, Music of the Spheres World Tour
Morgan Wallen, One Night at a Time 2024
Noah Kahan, We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour
Olivia Rodrigo, Guts World Tour
Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour
Zach Bryan, The Quittin Time Tour
Rock tour of the year
Blink-182, The More Time Tour
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, 2024 World Tour
Coldplay, Music of the Spheres World Tour
Foo Fighters, Everything or Nothing at All Tour
Green Day, The Saviors Tour
Metallica, M72 World Tour
Hip-Hop tour of the year
$uicideboy$, Grey Day Tour 2024
Drake, It’s All A Blur Tour
Megan Thee Stallion, Hot Girl Summer Tour
Missy Elliott, Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday 2 World Tour
Travis Scott, The Circus Maximus Tour
R&B tour of the year
Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson: Together Again
Jhené Aiko, The Magic Hour Tour
Kehlani, The Crash World Tour
Maxwell, The Serenade Tour
Usher, Usher: Past Present Future Tour
XSCAPE & SWV, The Queens of R&B Tour
Pop tour of the year
Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour
Charli XCX & Troye Sivan, Charli XCX & Troye Sivan Present: Sweat
Justin Timberlake, The Forget Tomorrow World Tour
Olivia Rodrigo, Guts World Tour
P!nk, Summer Carnival 2024
Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour
Country tour of the year
Chris Stapleton, All-American Road Show
Jelly Roll, The Beautifully Broken Tour
Kenny Chesney, Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour
Lainey Wilson, Country’s Cool Again Tour
Morgan Wallen, One Night at a Time 2024
Tyler Childers, Mule Pull ‘24 Tour
Zach Bryan, The Quittin’ Time Tour.
Latin tour of the year
Bad Bunny, Most Wanted Tour
Carin León, Boca Chueca Tour 2024
Fuerza Regida, Pero No Te Enamores Tour 2024
Karol G, Mañana Será Bonito Tour
Luis Miguel, Luis Miguel Tour 2023-24
Peso Pluma, Éxodo Tour 2024
Comedy tour of the year
Gabriel Iglesias, Don’t Worry Be Fluffy Tour
Jim Gaffigan, Barely Alive Tour
Matt Rife, ProbleMATTic World Tour
Nate Bargatze, The Be Funny Tour
Nikki Glaser, Alive and Unwell Tour
Sebastian Maniscalco, It Ain’t Right
Residency of the year
Adele at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace/Neue Messe München
Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden
Dead & Company at The Sphere
Eagles at The Sphere
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Ryman Auditorium
U2 at The Sphere
Support/special guest of the year
Chappell Roan for Olivia Rodrigo
Ciara/Timbaland for Missy Elliott
Gracie Abrams for Taylor Swift
Paramore for Taylor Swift
The Smashing Pumpkins for Green Day
Zac Brown Band for Kenny Chesney
New headliner of the year
Chappell Roan
Charli XCX
Fred again..
Gracie Abrams
Sabrina Carpenter
Sleep Token
Lalah Hathaway may be a five-time Grammy Award winner, but the singer-songwriter tells Billboard that becoming a nominee again never loses its luster. “I never take it for granted,” says Hathaway. She received two nominations in the R&B category: best R&B album (Vantablack) and best traditional R&B performance (“No Lie,” featuring Michael McDonald). Explore See […]
The star has had a famously complicated but ultimately historic run with the Recording Academy.
Tears have been happily flowing from RAYE ever since she found out she scored her first three Grammy nominations on Friday morning (Nov. 8). The English singer-songwriter earned nods for best new artist, songwriter of the year, non-classical and best engineered album, non-classical for her work on Lucky Daye‘s album Algorithm. This marks the first […]
Shaboozey has a lot of reasons to dance on Friday (Nov. 8), with the 29-year-old breakout country star nabbing five nominations for the 2025 Grammys.
In addition to best new artist and best melodic rap performance for his “Spaghettii” duet with Beyoncé, Shaboozey’s smash hit single “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” was recognized for best country solo performance, best country song and, last but not least, song of the year. When his name was announced in the latter category Friday, the initially nervous-looking singer — as captured by his guitarist Stephen Musselman and reposted by Shaboozey on Instagram Stories — let out a huge cheer and jumped up from his seat, bursting with joy.
“Let’s go!!!!” he cheered while doing a happy dance as his friends applauded.
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Shaboozey also tweeted Friday, “GRAMMY NOMINATED BOOZEY!!!!!!!! I LOVE Y’ALL, THANK YOU @RecordingAcad !!!!” In another post on X, he simply wrote, “We did it!!!!”
The Virginia native’s nods are well-earned. After his star skyrocketed following Bey’s Cowboy Carter — for which he lent his talents to two tracks — Shaboozey quickly leveraged the opportunity into lasting success with “A Bar Song,” which has spent 16 weeks (so far) at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Earlier this week, the track tied for the second-longest reign in the chart’s history, bested only by Lil Nas X’s 19-week rule with “Old Town Road.”
“That’s the homie,” Shaboozey said of Lil Nas in his October Billboard cover story. “We haven’t had deep conversations, but I can tell what’s happening to me now is probably very similar to what he experienced.”
Shaboozey is just one of many artists who received good news Friday, with Beyoncé leading the way with 11 nominations, followed by Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone with seven nods apiece and Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift with six each. Shaboozey shares the best new artist category with Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Benson Boone, Doechii, Khruangbin, Raye and Teddy Swims.
The 2025 Grammys will take place Sunday, Feb. 2. See Shaboozey’s tweets below.
Muni Long now has a chance to bring home a second Grammy for best R&B performance. The singer-songwriter received a second nod in that category during the Recording Academy’s unveiling Friday (Nov. 8) of its nominee slate for the 67th Grammy Awards — this time for the live rendition of her hit song “Made for Me (Live on BET).”
Long also leads this year’s slate of R&B Grammy nominees, scoring three additional nods: best traditional R&B performance (“Make Me Forget”), best R&B song (“Ruined Me”) and best R&B album (Revenge). She received her first Grammy win at the 65th awards ceremony for her vocal work on her hit “Hrs and Hrs.”
After Long, these R&B stars are tied at two nominations apiece in the R&B categories: Chris Brown, Coco Jones, SZA, Lucky Daye, Kehlani and Lalah Hathaway. Also receiving nods were Jhené Aiko and Childish Gambino.
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It’s a strong Grammy showing for Brown this time around. In addition to nods for best R&B performance (“Residuals”) and best R&B album ( 11:11 [Deluxe]), he also picked up a third nomination in the best African music performance category for “Sensational,” also featuring Davido and Lojay. Tems, one of the other four artists vying against Brown in that category (with “Love Me Jeje”), is also up for best R&B song (“Burning”).
Continuing a comeback heightened by this year’s Super Bowl halftime performance and tour, Usher garnered a best R&B album nomination for his first solo project since 2016, Coming Home. Also of note is Marsha Ambrosius’ nod for best traditional R&B performance for the song “Wet,” giving the singer-songwriter her 10th Grammy nomination. The track is featured on Casablanco, executive produced by Dr. Dre and Ambrosius’ first new studio album since 2018.
SZA continues to reign with hit “Saturn,” which received nods for best R&B song and best R&B performance. Also gaining key recognition this year: Kehlani for best R&B song (“After Hours”) and best progressive R&B album (Crash); Lucky Daye for best traditional R&B performance (“That’s You”) and best R&B album (Algorithm) plus Coco Jones for best R&B song and best R&B performance (both for “Here We Go (Uh Oh).” Jones won her first Grammy for best R&B performance for “ICU” this past February. Kehlani is also the featured guest on Jordan Adetunji’s breakout hit “Kehlani,” which is nominated in the best melodic rap category.
In the category of unexpected nominations are such names as longtime indie favorite Avery*Sunshine (So Glad to Know You) and buzzing artist Durand Bernarr (En Route), both for best progressive R&B album. Among the unexpected snubs: Bryson Tiller, 4batz, PartyNextDoor and Tyla, though THR reported that the singer’s self-titled debut album had been moved from best R&B album to the best pop vocal album category.
The 67th Grammy Awards are set to air Feb. 2 on CBS.
The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards were announced on Friday (Nov. 8), and while major pop stars including Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift made appearances in the Big Four categories, there were other A-listers with major releases this year that were notably absent. Ariana Grande was one of those artists who […]
Edgar Barrera‘s prowess has been widely recognized not only by the Latin Recording Academy, with nine nominations for the 2024 Latin Grammys alone, but also by the Recording Academy. For the second year in a row, the Mexican-American hitmaker is competing for songwriter of the year, non-classical at the Grammys thanks to Spanish-language songs written with or for stars such as Ivan Cornejo, Carín León, Shakira, Karol G and Peso Pluma.
In the list of nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards, announced Friday (Nov. 8), Barrera was once again included in a non-Latin genre category, along with English-language songwriters Jessi Alexander, Amy Allen, Jessie Jo Dillon and Raye. Songs cited this year under his name are “Atención” (Ivan Cornejo), “(Entre Paréntesis)” (Shakira and Grupo Frontera), “It Was Always You (Siempre Fuiste Tú)” (Carín León and Leon Bridges), “No Se Vale” (Camilo), “The One (Pero No Como Yo)” (Carín León and Kane Brown), “Por El Contrario” (Becky G with Ángela Aguilar and Leonardo Aguilar), “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”(Karol G), “Sincere” (Khalid) and “Tommy & Pamela” (Peso Pluma and Kenia Os).
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The nominations in general include other Latin artists, but not in such prominent categories as songwriter of the year. Among others, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel is nominated again in the classical music categories, along with Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, and Puerto Rican saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón appears in the jazz categories.
In the Latin music-specific categories — which include pop, urban, rock or alternative, Mexican music and tropical music — there are superstars who have been nominated or awarded in the past, such as Anitta, Bad Bunny, Shakira, Kali Uchis, Peso Pluma, J Balvin, Residente, Juan Luis Guerra and Marc Anthony, among others. Plus, first-time nominees include Feid, Young Miko and Rawayana.
Karol G, who won last year’s Grammy for best música urbana album for Mañana Será Bonito and now has eight nominations at the 2024 Latin Grammys — including album of the year for Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season) — was surprisingly not among this year’s Grammy nominees.
Below are the nominees for the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in the Latin music and Latin jazz categories. Winners will be announced in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 2.
Best Latin Pop Album
Funk Generation, Anitta
El Viaje, Luis Fonsi
García, Kany García
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira
Orquídeas, Kali Uchis
Best Música Urbana Album
Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, Bad Bunny
Rayo, J Balvin
Ferxxocalipsis, Feid
Las Letras Ya No Importan, Residente
Att., Young Miko
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Compita del Destino, El David Aguilar
Pa’ Tu Cuerpa, Cimafunk
Autopoiética, Mon Laferte
Grasa, Nathy Peluso
¿Quién trae las cornetas?, Rawayana
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Diamantes, Chiquis
Boca Chueca, Vol. 1, Carín León
Éxodo, Peso Pluma
De Lejitos, Jessi Uribe
Best Tropical Latin Album
Muevense, Marc Anthony
Bailar, Sheila E.
Radio Güira, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional), Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Vacilón Santiaguero, Kiki Valera
Best Latin Jazz Album
Spain Forever Again, Michel Camilo & Tomatito
Cubop Lives!, Zaccai Curtis
Collab, Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Time and Again, Eliane Elias
El Trio: Live in Italy, Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
Cuba and Beyond, Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet
As I Travel, Donald Vega feat. Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero
Once again, it’s Queen Bey’s world, we’re just living in it.Beyoncé made history on Friday (Nov. 8) when she landed 11 2025 Grammy Award nominations, setting a one-year record for nods for a woman artist. The Cowboy Carter star had previously shared the title with Lauryn Hill, who earned 10 noms in 1999; Bey got 10 as well in 2010.
She wasn’t alone in racking up multiple nominations, with Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone tied for second place with seven nods and Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift tied for third place with six nominations.
Records fell all over the place, with Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department marking her seventh album of the year nomination, helping her break a tie with Barbra Streisand for the woman with the most AOTY nods. Beyoncé also made history when Cowboy Carter got an AOTY bid, elevating the singer to the pole position on the list of Black artists with the most AOTY nominations as a lead artist; she was formerly tied with Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar on that list.
Bey has been up for the night’s top prize four other times, but to date has never won the award. In addition, Cowboy Carter has officially become the most Grammy-nominated album of all time, surpassing previous record-holders Michael Jackson’s Thriller and husband Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3, which both earned 10 noms; her earlier albums Renaissance and Lemonade both earned nine AOTY nominations.
Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” snagged record and song of the year nominations, putting the Compton MC in a tie with Jay-Z for the most noms in each of those categories by a rapper. Roan and Carpenter both racked up nominations in each of the Big Four categories – album, record and song of the year and best new artist – marking the third time in Grammy history that two artists have achieved that quadfecta in the same year.
Eilish ran up her fifth record of the year nomination for “Birds of a Feather,” making the singer the first artist in Grammy history to roll up five record of the year nods before turning 23; Eilish will turn that age on Dec. 18. Grammy darling Swift got her record-extending eighth song of the year nomination for co-writing the Tortured Poets single “Fortnight,” a category she has yet to win in. Swift co-wrote “Fortnight” with Jack Antonoff and Post Malone, whose nomination marks his second in that category.
“Fortnight” is also up for record of the year, with Posty scoring additional attention in best pop duo/group performance for his Cowboy Carter duet with Bey on “Levii’s Jeans,” as well as best country duo/group performance for his smash single “I Had Some Help” with Morgan Wallen, which also got a nod for best country song.
Charli XCX might celebrate her Brat summer next year thanks to a record of the year nomination for her single “360,” as well as AOTY notices for Brat and best pop solo performance for “Apple,” among other noms.
For the full list of this year’s nominees, click here. The 67th annual Grammy Awards will take place on Feb. 2 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Below, find the artists who have the most 2025 Grammy nominations.
The Recording Academy has unveiled its nominations list for the 2025 Grammys, and some pretty huge names weren’t on it — at least, not in all of the Big Four categories fans might have been expecting. Though stars such as Taylor Swift, Billie Eillish, Beyoncé, Charli XCX and more all received wide recognition on the […]