The nominees for the 2025 Emmy Awards have been introduced in the present day. Among the many notable music figures to attain nominations are: Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kamasi Washington, Caroline Shaw, Hamilton Leithauser, Mark Ronson, Hans Zimmer, Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh, and the Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. See all the nominees here.
Lamar was acknowledged for the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. (Lamar beforehand won an Emmy Award, in 2022, for his efficiency in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show.) He’s nominated for Excellent Music Course and Excellent Selection Particular (Stay). He shares the latter nomination with govt producers Jay-Z and Dave Free, amongst others.
Beyoncé might be trying to defeat her husband within the Excellent Selection Particular (Stay) class, because it’s considered one of 4 classes through which her Beyoncé Bowl present was nominated. For the particular, Beyoncé herself was additionally nominated for Excellent Directing for a Selection Particular.
One other notable nominee for Excellent Selection Particular (Stay) is Mark Ronson, who was an govt producer of SNL50: The Homecoming Concert.
Jazz luminary Kamasi Washington scored his second profession Emmy nomination, incomes a nod for his title theme for Grownup Swim’s Lazarus. Washington didn’t prevail in 2020 after being nominated for his work on Becoming.
Becoming a member of Washington within the Excellent Unique Important Title Theme Music class are the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser (Your Pals & Neighbors), Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus), Mark Mothersbaugh (The Residence), Volker “Hauschka” Bertelmann (Dune: Prophecy), and others.
Whereas she already has a number of Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, composer Caroline Shaw might be searching for her first Emmy Award. She was nominated for her rating for Ken Burns’ Leonardo da Vinci, and she or he’ll face off in opposition to Hans Zimmer (The Americas), and others.
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson acquired three nominations on the 2025 Emmys. He’s up for Excellent Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program (for Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music), Excellent Music Course (for SNL50: The Homecoming Live performance), and Excellent Documentary or Nonfiction Particular (for Sly Lives!).
Elsewhere, John Mulaney acquired a nomination as a author for SNL50: The Anniversary Special; Nathan Fielder acquired two nominations for The Rehearsal; Chloë Sevigny acquired one for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story; Ayo Edebiri acquired two for The Bear; and Adam Scott acquired one for Severance. Moreover, Beatles ’64 was twice nominated, and the Apple TV+ particular Bono: Tales of Give up scored one nomination.
