GRAMMYs 2025 Analysis Info

In order to produce a cohesive report we’ve narrowed down the scope of our GRAMMY analysis to 26 award categories. How we selected those categories is detailed below. This means that this analysis is not the full picture but we believe it’s a representative picture for our particular audience.

Category Selection

To provide insights into the most prominent GRAMMY categories, we selected a focused list of awards, emphasizing popularity and broad industry impact.

General Field
We prioritized non-genre-specific categories that typically feature at the end of the telecast, such as Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Genre-Specific Categories
For major genres, we selected 2-4 categories each in Alternative, Country, Dance/Electronic, Metal, Pop, R&B, Rap, and Rock. To ensure inclusivity, we also included a Latin category, specifically Latin Pop, recognizing that the Latin GRAMMYs are a distinct event deserving separate analysis.

Note on Category Focus
Our selected categories primarily cover album, recording, performance, and song awards. While “song” categories officially honor songwriters and composers, for simplicity, we track these nominations at the artist level, acknowledging the essential role artists play in securing these nominations, regardless of the formal recipient.

Tracking Methodology: Companies Representing Nominees

For a (near) complete view of industry representation, we identified key management, label, and agency affiliations associated with each nominee.

Management Companies
Each artist’s management company is credited for nominations. For collaborative nominations, each artist’s management receives recognition.

Record Labels
The label that released the nominated work is credited for each nomination. In cases of featured artists, only the primary artist’s label is tracked. For artists associated with multiple labels (e.g., Jacob Collier’s releases through Decca and Interscope), both labels are credited. For joint releases by artists on different labels (e.g., Future & Metro Boomin), each label listed in the release’s official byline is credited.

Agencies
Agencies are credited in the same way as management companies, with each artist’s agency counted for individual and collaborative nominations (regardless of booking territory).

Categories We Tracked

Album of the Year

Best Alternative Album

Best Alternative Music Performance

Best Country Album

Best Country Solo Performance

Best Country Song

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Best Latin Pop Album

Best Metal Performance

Best New Artist

Best Pop Album

Best Pop Dance Recording

Best Pop Solo Performance

Best Progressive R&B Album

Best R&B Album

Best R&B Performance

Best R&B Song

Best Rap Album

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap Song

Best Rock Album

Best Rock Performance

Best Rock Song

Record of the Year

Song of the Year