JUST IN: Cardi B Accidentally Drops New Song Snippet To Celebrate Grammy Nomination With Beyonce leaves Husband Jay-Z behind After 2025 Grammy Nominations
That sophomore album is still on the way.
The 2025 Grammy Awards are coming soon, and we finally got the list of nominees in all its categories. This obviously sparked a lot of discussion, but fortunately, it also led some artists with upcoming projects to fuel their rollout and teases a little more.
Chief among these examples is Cardi B, who recently took to social media to celebrate her nomination in the Best Rap Performance category for “Enough (Miami)” and express her gratitude by sharing a new, dramatic, ominous snippet from her highly anticipated (and long-delayed) sophomore album.
“Ahhhh so grateful..” she posted over a short audio of the snippet in question. “and the fact that this song is my light work. Whew!!! This album honey… anyways thank you guys. Enjoy your day!!”
Apart from Cardi B, other Best Rap Performance nominees this year include two Kendrick Lamar appearances with “Not Like Us” and the Future and Metro Boomin collab “Like That’ – one of seven K.Dot nods – plus nominations for Common and Pete Rock’s “When The Sun Shines Again” with De La Soul’s Posdnuos, Doechii’s “NISSAN ALTIMA,” Eminem’s “Houdini,” and GloRilla’s “Yeah Glo!”
Cardi B Teases New Music
As far as the wider Grammys nominations for 2025, Cardi B was not the only female superstar to land some nods with no 2024 album. SZA also picked up some nominations for her track “Saturn,” and Beyoncé made Grammy history with a leading 11 nominations this year, the most ever for a female artist in a single year.
In addition, she’s now the most nominated artist in Recording Academy history. In the hip-hop categories, though, Doechii got a Best New Artist nod plus a Rap Album of the Year nomination, whereas other nominees in the latter category include J. Cole and Common and Pete Rock.
Back to Cardi B, the headlines around her these days center more around her extracurriculars than her musical career moves. For example, fans continue to try to guess her and Offset’s recent child’s name, and the election also brought about many strong statements from her. We’ll see if this Grammy nomination will lead to the reveal that the sophomore album is right around the corner.
Beyonce leaves husband Jay-Z behind after 2025 Grammy nominations
Beyoncé has made history by becoming the most-nominated artist of all time at the Grammy Awards, overtaking her husband Jay-Z.
The couple had been tied on 88 nominations each – but Beyoncé has now pulled ahead thanks to recognition for her latest album, Cowboy Carter.
She leads this year’s Grammys race with 11 nominations, including best album, best country album, and song of the year for Texas Hold ‘Em.
The other leading nominees, with seven each, are Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Charli XCX.
The Beatles also picked up a nomination for record of the year for Now And Then, an unfinished John Lennon track that was completed last year with the help of AI.
The recognition comes 60 years after the Fab Four were nominated for best new artist, which they went on to win.
Beyoncé is already the Recording Academy’s most-honoured artist, with 32 wins as a solo artist and a further three as part of Destiny’s Child.
However, she has never won the coveted album of the year trophy, despite four nominations in the category.
Earlier this year, Jay-Z appeared to scold Grammy voters for Beyonce’s lack of recognition in the top category as he accepted a lifetime achievement prize.
“I don’t want to embarrass this young lady,” he told the audience. “But she has more Grammys than everyone and never won album of the year.
“So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that. The most Grammys; never won album of the year. That doesn’t work.”
Beyonce’s 11 nominations are the most ever received by a female artist in a single year.
