Two big stars from Alabama — Brittany Howard and Lionel Richie — could add to their stash of Grammy Awards in 2025.

Howard, the rock and R&B dynamo from Athens, and Richie, the pop and R&B legend from Tuskegee, are among the nominees announced for the 67th Grammy Awards. Two more musicians from Alabama earned Grammy nods as well: Indie artist Waxahatchee, also known as Birmingham’s Katie Crutchfield, and Will Kimbrough, a veteran singer-songwriter from Mobile.

Nominations in 94 Grammy categories were confirmed on Friday by the Recording Academy; winners will be announced in February. (See the full list of nominees here.)

Howard, 36, earned her latest Grammy nomination in the category of Best Alternative Music Album for “What Now.” It’s her second studio album as a solo artist, released in 2024 on the Island Records label. She debuted a song from the album, “Prove It to You,” in February on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”

Howard already has five Grammy wins and 16 nominations to her credit, including four wins and nine nominations with the Alabama Shakes, according to the Grammys website. The Shakes won three Grammys in 2016, all linked to the album “Sound & Color,” and one more in 2018 for “Killer Diller Blues,” a track from “The American Epic Sessions (Deluxe).” Howard won her first solo Grammy in 2021 for “Stay High,” a track from “Jaime,” in the category of Best Rock Performance.

RELATED: Which Alabama music star has the most Grammy wins? The answer might surprise you

Richie, 75, was nominated in the category of Best Music Film for his work on the 2024 Netflix documentary “The Greatest Night in Pop.” He also appears in the movie, which chronicles the making of the blockbuster charity anthem “We Are the World” in 1985. Richie is nominated as a producer for the film, alongside director Bao Nguyen and fellow producers Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham and Harriet Sternberg.

Richie already has four Grammy wins and 32 nominations, according to the Grammys website. He earned his first Grammy in 1983 for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, for “Truly.” Richie’s “Can’t Slow Down” won Album of the Year in 1985, and he received a Grammy for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1985, as well. “We Are The World,” written by Richie and Michael Jackson, won Song of the Year at the Grammys in 1986.

READ: Lionel Richie thrills fans at long-awaited show in Alabama: ‘This is homecoming! I feel the love’

Waxahatchee is a first-time Grammy nominee, earning a nod in the category of Best Americana Album for “Tigers Blood.” It’s her sixth studio album, released in March 2024 on the Anti- label.

As Waxahatchee, Crutchfield has six studio albums to her credit, 2012-present. Standouts include “Cerulean Salt,” a 2013 release that earned spots on several high-profile “best of the year” lists; and a 2020 release, “Saint Cloud,” which received rapturous kudos for its introspective songs about addiction and sobriety, codependency and love.

Crutchfield, 35, learned her craft on Birmingham’s punk scene in the mid-2000s, playing in a band called the Ackleys with her sister Allison. (The two also collaborated on projects such as P.S. Eliot and Bad Banana.) She remains firmly in the DIY camp as Waxahatchee and maintains her own yardstick for success.

READ: Waxahatchee among 5 must-see concerts coming to Birmingham

Kimbrough, 60, is nominated in the category of Best American Roots Song for “Blame It On Eve,” recorded by blues and soul artist Shemekia Copeland. This is a songwriter’s award; Kimbrough is nominated alongside co-writer John Hahn.

“Blame It On Eve” is the title track of an album released in August 2024 by Alligator Records. Kimbrough produced the album, according to the Alligator Records website, and is listed as co-writer of eight songs on the 12-track record. He also played guitar, mandolin, organ and percussion on the project.

“Blame It On Eve” was nominated for a 2025 Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Blues Album, and Copeland received another nod for the title track, in the category of Best American Roots Performance. Kimbrough shares in the Grammy glory for these two nominations, although he’s not specifically mentioned as a nominee.

Kimbrough might not be a household name, but the Mobile native is highly respected as a songwriter, instrumentalist and collaborator in the music world. Here’s how Lawrence Specker described Kimbrough in a May feature story for AL.com:

“He’s been a rising college-rock star, a major-label might-have-been, a diligent and productive singer-songwriter with a distinctive voice, a Nashville journeyman known as a writer, guitarist and producer. He has been a sideman to legends including legendary Texas songwriter Rodney Crowell; Emmylou Harris, in whose backing band, the Red Dirt Boys, he still plays; and Jimmy Buffett, a fellow Mobile expatriate who took him in as a long-term musical collaborator.”

Kimbrough co-wrote several songs for Buffett’s posthumously released “Equal Strain on All Parts,” including “Bubbles Up,” a single praised by former Beatle Paul McCartney. Kimbrough also released a new solo album this year, “For the Life of Me.”

READ: Jimmy Buffett collaborator Will Kimbrough: ‘Everyone wants to be understood’

Winners of the 2025 Grammy Awards will be announced on Feb. 2 in Los Angeles. Although a handful of trophies will be awarded during a televised ceremony that Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena, most winners will be announced earlier in the day at an event known as the Grammys Premiere Ceremony.

Winners of the categories Howard, Richie, Waxahatchee and Kimbrough are competing in are likely to be announced at the Premiere Ceremony, held at the Peacock Theater across the street from the Crypto.com Arena.