Yesterday (November 8), the 2025 Grammy Awards full nomination list was revealed. While many of the nominations came as no surprise, the Album Of The Year category shocked many music lovers. The biggest jaw-dropper came from Andre 3000’s long-awaited debut album (which happens to be an instrumental project), New Blue Sun nod.

He was half of Outkast, the last rap act to win album of the year — 20 years ago. His latest nominations are for “New Blue Sun,” an expression of ultimate freedom.

André 3000, known for winning Album of the Year with Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below two decades ago, received three Grammy nominations for his debut solo instrumental flute album New Blue Sun,

The Grammy nominations were revealed on Friday (Nov. 8), and one of the most interesting nods is André 3000’s flute album New Blue Sun for Album Of The Year, sitting amongst Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Chappell Roan’s The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess,

André 3000 has gotten used to not having expectations over the years. Since rattling the mainstream music foundation as one-half of Outkast, the 49-year-old has consistently thrown wrenches into what the world had come to know and accept as popular music,