The Beatles and The Stones amongst Grammy nominees

Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush also in with a chance

The 2025 Grammy nominations have just been announced and some classic artists have received recognition in various categories.

The Beatles get their first nomination in 28 years for the ‘Now and Then’ single. The song earned nods for Record Of The Year and Best Rock Performance, which brings their career nominations count to 25. Perhaps surprisingly, The Beatles have only ever won seven Grammys.

The Fab Four’s former rivals The Rolling Stones (they’ve only won three times) are nominated in the Best Rock Album category for their well received Hackney Diamonds and Kate Bush receives her first Grammy nomination since her film The Line, The Cross & The Curve got the nod for Best Music Video, Longform in 1995. The Baskerville Edition of Hounds of Love is nominated in two categories, Best Recording Package and Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package which seems to demonstrate that even the Grammy Academy aren’t sure of the difference between those categories and have decided to nominate it in both, just in case (this edition is neither limited nor a ‘boxed’ package). These are Kate’s fourth and fifth nominations; she’s never won.

Peter Gabriel has won, six times in fact (from 21 nominations) and i/o gets a well deserved two nominations: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best Immersive Audio Album (for the Dolby Atmos ‘In-Side Mix’. Roxy Music’s Avalon is also recognised in the Best Immersive Audio Album category for Bob Clearmountain’s Atmos Mix which was made available on streaming platforms earlier this year.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, John Lennon’s Mind Games box is nominated in the Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package, as is Nirvana‘s In Utero 30th anniversary edition. Neither Nirvana nor Kate’s Baskerville HOL package were particularly well received by fans (expensive, over engineered etc.). That fact is clearly is irrelevant to the Grammy Academy.

Finally, the super deluxe edition of Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls is nominated in the Best Historical Album category, and award that goes to “compilation producers and mastering engineers”.

The gongs will be handed out on Sunday 2 February 2025. You can find a full list of nominees over at the Grammy website.