Beyoncé overtakes Jay-Z to become most-nominated artist ever

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 race with 11 nominations in total, including best album, best country album, and song of the year for Texas Hold ‘Em.

The other leading nominees, with seven each, were 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.

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.

Most recently, Harry Styles beat her to that prize at the 2023 ceremony, where Beyoncé’s disco odyssey Renaissance had been the bookmakers’ favourite to win.

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.”

• 11 – Beyoncé
• 7 – Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Charli XCX
• 6 – Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan

The nominations for all 94 Grammy categories were revealed on Friday.

British star Raye picked up several citations, including songwriter of the year and best new artist.

The Rolling Stones were also nominated for best rock album for Hackney Diamonds, their first album of original material since 2016.