The most sought-after prizes at the Grammys are in the four main categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. These awards honor the top talents in music, highlighting a variety of genres.

Record of the Year recognizes a song that demonstrates outstanding artistic merit and quality, independent of its commercial success or chart performance. This award is given to the performing artist, producer, recording engineer, and/or mixer of the song. In contrast, the Song of the Year award is focused on the songwriting itself and is awarded to the songwriters.

Below is a list of this year’s nominees for the Record of the Year at the 67th annual Grammy Awards.

Nominees for Record of the Year 2025

• “Now And Then” – The Beatles
• “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé
• “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
• “360” – Charli XCX
• “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish
• “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
• “Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
• “Fortnight” – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Complete List of Record of the Year Grammy Winners

Here is the full list of Grammy Award winners for Record of the Year from 1959 onward:

• “Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)” – Domenico Modugno (1st Grammy Awards in 1959)
• “Mack the Knife” – Bobby Darin (2nd Grammy Awards in 1959)
• “Theme of ‘A Summer Place’” – Percy Faith (3rd Grammy Awards in 1961)
• “Moon River” – Henry Mancini (4th Grammy Awards in 1962)
• “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” – Tony Bennett (5th Grammy Awards in 1963)
• “Days of Wine and Roses” – Henry Mancini (6th Grammy Awards in 1964)
• “The Girl from Ipanema” – Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto (7th Grammy Awards in 1965)
• “A Taste of Honey” – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (8th Grammy Awards in 1966)
• “Strangers in the Night” – Frank Sinatra (9th Grammy Awards in 1967)
• “Up, Up, and Away” – The 5th Dimension (10th Grammy Awards in 1968)
• “Mrs. Robinson” – Simon & Garfunkel (11th Grammy Awards in 1969)
• “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” – The 5th Dimension (12th Grammy Awards in 1970)
• “Bridge over Troubled Water” – Simon & Garfunkel (13th Grammy Awards in 1971)
• “It’s Too Late” – Carole King (14th Grammy Awards in 1972)
• “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack (15th Grammy Awards in 1973)
• “Killing Me Softly with His Song” – Roberta Flack (16th Grammy Awards in 1974)
• “I Honestly Love You” – Olivia Newton-John (17th Grammy Awards in 1975)
• “Love Will Keep Us Together” – Captain & Tennille (18th Grammy Awards in 1976)
• “This Masquerade” – George Benson (19th Grammy Awards in 1977)
• “Hotel California” – Eagles (20th Grammy Awards in 1978)
• “Just the Way You Are” – Billy Joel (21st Grammy Awards in 1979)
• “What a Fool Believes” – The Doobie Brothers (22nd Grammy Awards in 1980)
• “Sailing” – Christopher Cross (23rd Grammy Awards in 1981)
• “Bette Davis Eyes” – Kim Carnes (24th Grammy Awards in 1982)
• “Rosanna” – Toto (25th Grammy Awards in 1983)
• “Beat It” – Michael Jackson (26th Grammy Awards in 1984)
• “What’s Love Got to Do with It” – Tina Turner (27th Grammy Awards in 1985)
• “We Are the World” – USA for Africa (28th Grammy Awards in 1986)
• “Higher Love” – Steve Winwood (29th Grammy Awards in 1987)
• “Graceland” – Paul Simon (30th Grammy Awards in 1988)
• “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” – Bobby McFerrin (31st Grammy Awards in 1989)
• “Wind Beneath My Wings” – Bette Midler (32nd Grammy Awards in 1990)
• “Another Day in Paradise” – Phil Collins (33rd Grammy Awards in 1991)
• “Unforgettable” – Natalie Cole featuring Nat King Cole (34th Grammy Awards in 1992)
• “Tears in Heaven” – Eric Clapton (35th Grammy Awards in 1993)
• “I Will Always Love You” – Whitney Houston (36th Grammy Awards in 1994)
• “All I Wanna Do” – Sheryl Crow (37th Grammy Awards in 1995)
• “Kiss from a Rose” – Seal (38th Grammy Awards in 1996)
• “Change the World” – Eric Clapton (39th Grammy Awards in 1997)
• “Sunny Came Home” – Shawn Colvin (40th Grammy Awards in 1998)
• “My Heart Will Go On” – Celine Dion (41st Grammy Awards in 1999)
• “Smooth” – Santana featuring Rob Thomas (42nd Grammy Awards in 2000)
• “Beautiful Day” – U2 (43rd Grammy Awards in 2001)
• “Walk On” – U2 (44th Grammy Awards in 2002)
• “Don’t Know Why” – Norah Jones (45th Grammy Awards in 2003)
• “Clocks” – Coldplay (46th Grammy Awards in 2004)
• “Here We Go Again” – Ray Charles and Norah Jones (47th Grammy Awards in 2005)
• “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” – Green Day (48th Grammy Awards in 2006)
• “Not Ready to Make Nice” – The Chicks (49th Grammy Awards in 2007)
• “Rehab” – Amy Winehouse (50th Grammy Awards in 2008)
• “Please Read the Letter” – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (51st Grammy Awards in 2009)
• “Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon (52nd Grammy Awards in 2010)
• “Need You Now” – Lady A (53rd Grammy Awards in 2011)
• “Rolling in the Deep” – Adele (54th Grammy Awards in 2012)
• “Somebody I Used to Know” – Gotye featuring Kimbra (55th Grammy Awards in 2013)
• “Get Lucky” – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers (56th Grammy Awards in 2014)
• “Stay With Me” – Sam Smith (57th Grammy Awards in 2015)
• “Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (58th Grammy Awards in 2016)
• “Hello” – Adele (59th Grammy Awards in 2017)
• “24K Magic” – Bruno Mars (60th Grammy Awards in 2018)
• “This is America” – Childish Gambino (61st Grammy Awards in 2019)
• “Bad Guy” – Billie Eilish (62nd Grammy Awards in 2020)
• “Everything I Wanted” – Billie Eilish (63rd Grammy Awards in 2021)
• “Leave the Door Open” – Silk Sonic (64th Grammy Awards in 2022)
• “About Damn Time” – Lizzo (65th Grammy Awards in 2023)
• “Flowers” – Miley Cyrus (66th Grammy Awards in 2024)