The 2025 Grammy Awards recognized some of the most talented performers and biggest hits in music, while showcasing all the glitz and glam.
Beyoncé, who has become the most nominated artist in the award show’s history with a total of 99 nominations, took home Album of the Year for her country album, Cowboy Carter.
This is the first time she has won the award and she became the first Black woman to do so in the 21st century. Lauryn Hill last won in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, joining Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston.
Not only was the Texas Hold ’Em singer the most nominated artist this year, with a total of 11 nods, but she also has the most Grammy Awards of all time, with a total of 35 wins.
Beyoncé started the night strong by taking home the award for Best Country Duo/Group performance for her collab with Miley Cyrus, II Most Wanted. The win marked her first-ever win in a Country category —making her the first Black woman to win a Grammy for a country music song since the Pointer Sisters win in 1975 for Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Beyoncé also won Best Country Album for Cowboy Carter, making her the first Black female artist to win in the category.
“Wow I really was not expecting this,” Beyoncé said as she accepted her award. “I want to thank God that I’m still able to do what I love after so many years. I’d like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted album. We worked so hard on it.”
Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us, a diss track released during his feud with Drake, won Song of the Year and Record of the Year. It’s the second rap song to win Record of the Year following Childish Gambino’s win in 2019 for This Is America.
“First and foremost, praise to the most high we woke up this morning,” Lamar said in his acceptance speech, sending love to Los Angeles. “We gonna dedicate this one to this city: Compton, Long Beach, Inglewood, Hollywood, out to the Valley, San Bernardino, all that. This is my neck of the woods that held me down since a young pup, since I was in the studio scrapping to write the best raps and all that to write ones like these.”
Lamar’s hit record was also an early winner, receiving trophies for Best Music Video, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. It marks his seventh time winning in the latter category. Earlier this year, Not Like Us become the first diss track to reach one billion streams on Spotify, according to figures listed on streaming service.
Sabrina Carpenter accepted the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for her album, Short n’ Sweet. She also took home a Grammy prior to the show for Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit song, Espresso.
“I’m still out of breath from the performance, so I really was not expecting this,” she said during her speech for Best Pop Vocal Album. “And all those nominees that were just on the screen are some of my favourite artists in the world, and I can’t believe I’m nominated against them, or even in this room right now. This is whoa — my first Grammy, so I’m gonna cry.”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars made their acceptance speeches to each other as they accepted Best Group/Duo Performance for their duet, Die With a Smile.
“I’m so honoured to have a small part in your giant musical legacy and I really truly believe that God gave us this song to sing together,” Mars told Gaga.
Gaga went just as big with her kudos, saying, “Bruno you are an incredible human being, you’re a musician for the ages.”
Chappell Roan used her Best New Artist acceptance speech to push for health care and profit-sharing for young artists.
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“I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage, and health care especially, to developing artists,” she said, reading from what looked like a diary, to loud cheers.
She talked about being dropped from her initial label deal when she was a minor and being left without job experience and health insurance. “Labels, we got you, but do you got us?” she said.
(Find below a complete list of all the nominees in the major categories. Final winners will be bolded as the ceremony goes on.)
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Album of the Year
André 3000 – New Blue Sun
**WINNER: Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Charli XCX – Brat
Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 4
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Record of the Year
The Beatles – Now and Then
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX – 360
**WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Song of the Year
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
**WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
Charli XCX – 360
Eminem – Houdini
**WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyoncé – Bodyguard
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX – Apple
**WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine – Remix
Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone – Levii’s Jeans
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess Featuring Billie Eilish
Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift – Us.
**WINNER: Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
**WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
À Fleur De Peau, Cyrille Aimée
Pieces of Treasure, Rickie Lee Jones
**WINNER: Visions, Norah Jones
Good Together, Lake Street Dive
Impossible Dream, Aaron Lazar
Christmas Wish – Gregory Porter
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Doechii
**WINNER: Chappell Roan
Khruangbin
Raye
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – Enough (Miami)
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos – When the Sun Shines Again
Doechii – Nissan Altima
Eminem – Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
**WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Kehlani, Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani
Spaghettii, Beyoncé Featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey
We Still Don’t Trust You, Future & Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd
Big Mama, Latto
**WINNER: 3:AM, Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu
Best Rap Song
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
**WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Rapsody & Hit-Boy – Asteroids
¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid Featuring Playboi Carti – Carnival
Best Rap Album
Common & Pete Rock – The Auditorium Vol. 1
**WINNER: Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
Eminem – The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Future & Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust You
J. Cole – Might Delete Later
Best R&B Performance
Guidance, Jhené Aiko
Residuals, Chris Brown
Here We Go (Uh Oh), Coco Jones
Saturn, SZA
**WINNER: Made For Me (Live On BET), Muni Long
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Wet, Marsha Ambrosius
Can I Have This Groove, Kenyon Dixon
No Lie, Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald
Make Me Forget, Muni Long
**WINNER: That’s You, Lucky Daye
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Kehlani – After Hours
Muni Long – Ruined Me
**WINNER: SZA – Saturn
Tems – Burning
Best R&B Album
**WINNER: Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway – Vantablack
Lucky Daye – Algorithm
Muni Long – Revenge
Usher – Coming Home
Best Pop Dance Recording
Make You Mine, Madison Beer
**WINNER: Von Dutch, Charli XCX
L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit], Billie Eilish
Yes, And?, Ariana Grande
Got Me Started, Troye Sivan
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
**WINNER: Charli XCX – Brat
Four Tet – Three
Justice – Hyperdrama
Kaytranada – Timeless
Zedd – Telos
Best Rock Album
The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Green Day – Saviors
Idles – Tangk
Jack White – No Name
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
**WINNER: The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Best Rock Song
The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – Dilemma
Idles – Gift Horse
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
**WINNER: St. Vincent – Broken Man
Best Rock Performance
**WINNER: The Beatles – Now and Then
The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing Me
Idles – Gift Horse
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
St. Vincent – Broken Man
Best Metal Performance
**WINNER: Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!), Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
Crown of Horns, Judas Priest
Suffocate, Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy
Screaming Suicide, Metallica
Cellar Door, Spiritbox
Best Alternative Music Performance
Neon Pill, Cage The Elephant
Song of The Lake, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Starburster, Fontaines D.C.
BYE BYE, Kim Gordon
**WINNER: Flea, St. Vincent
Best Alternative Music Album
Wild God, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Charm, Clairo
The Collective, Kim Gordon
What Now, Brittany Howard
**WINNER: All Born Screaming, St. Vincent
Best Country Album
**WINNER: Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Chris Stapleton – Higher
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
Best Country Solo Performance
Beyoncé – 16 Carriages
**WINNER: Chris Stapleton – It Takes a Woman
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
**WINNER: Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus – II Most Wanted
Brothers Osborne – Break Mine
Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses
Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Best Country Song
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em
Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
**WINNER: Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Americana Performance
YA YA, Beyoncé
Subtitles, Madison Cunningham
Don’t Do Me Good, Madi Diaz Featuring Kacey Musgraves
**WINNER: American Dreaming, Sierra Ferrell
Runaway Train, Sarah Jarosz
Empty Trainload Of Sky, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Latin Pop Album
Funk Generation, Anitta
El Viaje, Luis Fonsi
GARCÍA, Kany García
**WINNER: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira
ORQUÍDEAS, Kali Uchi
Best Comedy Album
**WINNER: Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan – The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die
Ricky Gervais – Armageddon
Trevor Noah – Where Was I
Best Musical Theatre Album
**WINNER: Hell’s Kitchen
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz
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For a complete list of the 2025 Grammy winners, visit the official Grammys site.
— With files from The Associated Press
