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Musicians with North Texas ties contending for 2025 Grammy Awards

Erykah Badu performs with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Friday, June 21, 2019, in Dallas.
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The Dallas Morning News
Erykah Badu performs with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Friday, June 21, 2019, in Dallas.

A small army of North Texas acts will vie for trophies at , airing Sunday at 7 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+.

leads the local pack with seven nominations, while 鈥 Annie Clark to her family in Lake Highlands 鈥 is up for four awards, including two for her industrial-tinged song 鈥淏roken Man.鈥

Other nominees with local ties include , , , and , who grew up 80 miles east of Dallas in Golden.

Despite the big D-FW presence, all eyes will be on H-Town hero , who鈥檒l compete in 11 categories, including album of the year for her much-debated, country-themed . Queen Bey has already won a record 32 Grammys, but she鈥檚 lost all four times she鈥檚 been up for the album trophy. One of her fellow contenders will be , who has won the prize a record four times and hopes to take it home again for .

Comedian Trevor Noah hosts the telecast for the fifth year in a row. On Wednesday, the Recording Academy announced performances by St. Vincent, Chris Martin, Cynthia Erivo and Stevie Wonder, among others. They join the previously announced performers Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter.

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