Album of the Year 2025 Grammys Poll: Who Should Win?

When 2024 turned out to be one of the most densely packed years for pop music releases in recent memory, it was a given that the following year’s Grammys would be extremely competitive. But as the days close in on Sunday’s ceremony, the face-off is starting to feel more and more contentious — especially in the album of the year category.

In 2025, some of pop’s most established titans are squaring off against breakout newcomers and tastemakers in the category, with no clear front-runner to speak of. For starters, last year’s winner Taylor Swift returns to the fold in 2024, this time with her 17-week Billboard 200-topper The Tortured Poets Department. If the prize was awarded based on sales, the Eras Tour headliner would have it in the bag, having recorded the second-highest first-week numbers in history — 2,610,000 units, to be exact — with her sprawling 11th studio record the in April last year. She’s also the reigning AOTY winner, taking home the award a record fourth time in 2024 for the year prior’s Midnights.

But Beyoncé is also in the race for the fifth time in her career, this time thanks to Cowboy Carter. Some people think that the critical acclaim of the country-bending, genre-exploring LP — which features all-star cameos from Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Post Malone, Miley Cyrus and more greats — might be the project to finally get the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer that AOTY honor, which would become the crown jewel of her already record-high Grammy count (32 total).

But three of last summer’s most talked-about ladies also share the category with Bey and Tay: Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Charli XCX. All three women ruled the charts last year with their respective projects, with Short n’ Sweet, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and Brat, respectively, all spawning year-defining viral hits and turning their creators into superstars.

And those are just a few of the heavyweights included in this year’s album of the year category, which will also see Grammy darling Billie Eilish‘s Hit Me Hard and Soft face off against André 3000‘s New Blue Sun and Jacob Collier‘s Djesse Vol. 4. Opinions about who should actually take home the coveted gramophone are rampant, but only Recording Academy voters can decide the fate of the nominees.

Except for here, where your voice is the one that matters: Tell Billboard which project you hope to see win album of the year at the 2025 Grammys by casting your vote in the poll below.