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Iconic GRAMMY Beauty Moments Nominated for 2025 GRAMMY Awards – Essence
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Before the most important night of music, official list of nominees The 2025 annual GRAMMY Awards were announced today. The most decorated Grammy winner in history with 32 nods, none aside from Beyoncé, leads with 11 nominations. This season Super Bowl performer and 16-time winner Kendrick Lamar has a shot at two more. Cardi B has the potential so as to add a tenth trophy to her mantle.
To highlight their success, artists exhibit their most historic looks of the 12 months on the Grammy Awards. In 2004, Beyoncé wore smoky purple eyeshadow that faded on her cheeks as she clutched five awards between her ring-clad fingers. Erykah Badu, nominated this 12 months for Best Melodic Rap Performance from Rhapsody, posed Angela Davis-style with metallic lips when she won in 2003.
Endorsed by Kendrick Lamar rapper Doechii attended her first Grammys of 2022 in a red ponytail with extensions and a black and metallic stiletto. Meanwhile, Cardi B 2019 Dressed Like a Flower Stem with Pearls Wrapped Around Her Updo, Afro Accessory Beats the Artist Tems lent to her 2023 buns with matching gold metallic eyeshadow.
To have a good time a few of our favourite 2025 GRAMMY nominees and get enthusiastic about their 2025 awards show looks, take a have a look at their best GRAMMY beauty moments.
Beyoncé, forty sixth Annual GRAMMY Awards
Beyoncé – nominated for 11 2025 GRAMMY Awards – opted for purple eyeshadow and a sleek hairstyle on the forty sixth Annual GRAMMY Awards.
Brandy and Monica, forty first Annual GRAMMY Awards
Brandy and Monica – nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in Ariana Grande’s “The Boy Is My” – arrived in metallic lipstick and glitter eye shadow on the forty first Annual GRAMMY Awards.
Cardi B, 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards
This 12 months’s Best Rap Performance nominee Cardi B attended the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards in a pearl hairstyle and daring eye shadow.
Erykah Badu, forty fifth Annual GRAMMY Awards
Erykah Badu, nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance, attended the forty fifth Annual GRAMMY Awards with an Angela Davis-esque hairstyle and henna on her biceps.
Alicia Keys, fiftieth Annual GRAMMY Awards
Composer and lyricist Alicia Keys was nominated for best musical theater album, years after she showed off her wins with pink lipstick and a straight, raw haircut.
Tems, sixty fifth Annual GRAMMY Awards
Tems was nominated for three GRAMMY Awards: Best R&B Song, Best World Music Album and Best African Music Performance, and attended the sixty fifth Awards in gold eyeshadow and chocolate lipstick.
SZA, sixtieth Annual GRAMMY Awards
Nominated for best R&B performance and best R&B song, SZA showed up in a voluminous wig and eyelashes to match the sixtieth annual GRAMMY Awards.
A$AP Rocky, 2019 GRAMMY Gala
A$AP Rocky – nominated on this 12 months’s Best Music Video category – wore his signature braids and a neat manicure through the 2019 GRAMMY gala.
Coco Jones, sixty fifth GRAMMY Awards
Coco Jones, nominated for best R&B song and best R&B performance, showed as much as the sixty fifth GRAMMY Awards in matte lips that contrasted along with her glitter eyeshadow.
Jon Batiste, 66th GRAMMY Awards
Jon Batiste – nominated for ‘Best Song Written for Visual Media’ and ‘Best Musical Film’ – showed off clean skins and places ultimately 12 months’s awards.
Doechii, sixty fourth Annual GRAMMY Awards
Doechii – nominated for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance and Best Remixed Recording – sported a straightforward red ponytail on the sixty fourth Annual GRAMMY Awards.
