The 67th annual Grammy Awards delivered a night of historic wins, emotional tributes, and unforgettable performances, cementing its place as one of the most talked-about ceremonies in recent memory. With a backdrop of resilience following the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, music’s biggest night became not only a celebration of artistry but also a moment of solidarity and recognition for those affected by the tragedy.
Beyoncé Finally Claims Album of the Year
After years of near misses, Beyoncé secured her first-ever Album of the Year win for Cowboy Carter, an achievement that also saw her take home Best Country Album—a move that further solidified her genre-crossing dominance. The win marked her 35th Grammy overall, extending her record as the most awarded artist in the ceremony’s history.
“I’d like to thank and acknowledge and praise all of the firefighters for keeping us safe,” Beyoncé said while accepting the night’s top honor. “I just feel very full and very honored.”
The win was made even more poignant by the presenter—none other than Taylor Swift, who had previously won Album of the Year a record-breaking four times. The moment, which saw two of the most influential women in music onstage together, was a full-circle moment, evoking memories of the 2009 MTV VMAs when Kanye West interrupted Swift to argue that Beyoncé deserved the win. This time, there was no controversy—only admiration and mutual respect.
Kendrick Lamar Sweeps with “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar emerged as the night’s biggest winner, sweeping all five of his nominations, including Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Rap Song for “Not Like Us.” The track, which became a cultural moment in its own right, also took home Best Music Video and Best Rap Performance.
During his acceptance speech, Lamar took a moment to acknowledge the resilience of Los Angeles and its surrounding communities. “I can’t give enough thanks to these places that I rolled around since high school, and most importantly to the people and the families out in the Palisades and Altadena.”
Chappell Roan Calls Out the Music Industry
Best New Artist winner Chappell Roan delivered one of the night’s most talked-about speeches, using her moment to issue a bold challenge to record labels and industry executives.
“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,” Roan declared, drawing a standing ovation.
Her closing words—“Labels, we got you, but do you got us?”—resonated beyond the room, sparking conversations about the sustainability of careers in music.
Other Highlights
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars win Best Pop Duo
Alicia Keys wins Global Impact Award
A Night of Emotional Tributes and Firsts
The show opened with Trevor Noah addressing the recent Los Angeles wildfires, setting a tone of resilience. “Just a few weeks ago, we weren’t sure tonight that this show would even happen. You don’t need me to tell you this, this city has just been through one of the largest natural disasters in American history. … Tonight we’re not just celebrating our favorite music, we’re also celebrating the city that brought us so much of that music.”
This sentiment carried through in a rousing performance of “I Love L.A.” by Dawes, backed by an all-star ensemble including John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard, and St. Vincent. By night’s end, more than $7 million had been raised for wildfire relief efforts.
Sabrina Carpenter and Doechii Break Barriers
Sabrina Carpenter took home Best Pop Vocal Album for Short n’ Sweet, marking a major moment in her career. Doechii, meanwhile, won Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal, becoming only the third woman to win in the category since its inception in 1989.
Doechii acknowledged the weight of the moment: “Don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you.”
A Surprise Return and Showstopping Performances
The biggest shock of the night came when The Weeknd made an unexpected return to the Grammy stage, performing “Timeless.” This marked his first Grammy performance since he boycotted the awards in 2020 over what he called a lack of transparency in the nomination process.
Other standout performances included:
- Billie Eilish delivering a haunting rendition of “Birds of a Feather”
- Charli XCX setting the stage ablaze with “Guess”
- Shaboozey performing his record-breaking hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars paying tribute to Los Angeles with an emotional duet of “California Dreamin'”
Quincy Jones Tribute and In Memoriam Segment
The night’s most moving segment came during the tribute to the late Quincy Jones, who passed away in November 2024 at age 91.
The tribute featured:
- Cynthia Erivo performing “Fly Me to the Moon”
- Lainie Wilson with “Let the Good Times Roll”
- Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock joining forces for an instrumental salute
- Janelle Monáe closing the tribute with a high-energy “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough”
The segment also featured an emotional “We Are the World” moment, performed by a choir of students from schools destroyed by the fires, bringing the audience to tears.
Shakira’s Message to Immigrants
Shakira, who won Best Latin Pop Album for Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, used her speech to send a heartfelt message: “You are loved, you are worth it, and I will always fight with you.”
She later delivered one of the most energetic performances of the night, marking her first Grammy performance since 2007.
Final Thoughts
From Beyoncé’s historic win to Kendrick Lamar’s absolute sweep, the 2025 Grammy Awards proved to be an evening of firsts, advocacy, and deeply emotional performances. The night belonged to artists who not only made waves with their music but also used their platforms to challenge industry norms and uplift communities. As the dust settles, one thing is clear—this year’s Grammys weren’t just about celebrating music; they were about making history.
Album of the Year
Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé
Beyoncé, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant & Dave Hamelin, producers; Matheus Braz, Brandon Harding, Hotae Alexander Jang, Dani Pampuri & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Ryan Beatty, Beyoncé, Camaron Ochs, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Dave Hamelin, S. Carter & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
Song of the Year
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Record of the Year
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Sean Momberger, Mustard & Sounwave, producers; Ray Charles Brown Jr. & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Nicolas de Porcel, mastering engineer
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Die with a Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Best Latin Pop Album
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira
Best New Artist
Chappell Roan
Best Country Album
Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Short n’ Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter
Best Rap Album
Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Best Classical Compendium
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — Tank and The Bangas
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
Best Choral Performance
“Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
Best Opera Recording
“Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
Best Orchestral Performance
|“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Instrumental Composition
“Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)
Best Immersive Audio Album
i/o (In-Side Mix) — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel & Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)
Producer of the Year, Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses. S stands for Single, T for Track and A for Album)
Elaine Martone
Bartók: String Quartet No.3; Suite From ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
The Book Of Spells (Merian Ensemble) (A)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Divine Mischief (Julian Bliss, J. Eric Wilson & Baylor University Wind Ensemble) (A)
Joy! (John Morris Russell & Cincinnati Pops) (A)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Schubert: The Complete Impromptus (Gerardo Teissonnière) (A)
Stranger At Home (Shachar Israel) (A)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon
Best Reggae Album
Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — (Various Artists)
Best Global Music Album
Alkebulan II — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Best African Music Performance
“Love Me JeJe” — Tems
Best Global Music Performance
“Bemba Colorá” — Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Plot Armor — Taylor Eigsti
Best Alternative Jazz Album
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin — Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Latin Jazz Album
Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Best Jazz Vocal Album
A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy
Best Jazz Performance
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” — Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
i/o — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May & Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
Best Song Written For Visual Media
It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — Winifred Phillips, composer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein — London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
Best Alternative Music Album
All Born Screaming — St. Vincent
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Flea” — St. Vincent
Best Rock Album
Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones
Best Rock Song
“Broken Man” — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
Best Metal Performance
“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
Best Rock Performance
“Now and Then” — The Beatles
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses. S stands for Single, T for Track and A for Album)
Daniel Nigro
“Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes)” (Olivia Rodrigo) (S)
Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Chappell Roan) (A)
“girl i’ve always been” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“Good Luck, Babe!” (Chappell Roan) (S)
“so american” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“stranger” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
Best Historical Album
Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
Centennial — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Mind Games — Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)
Best Recording Package
Brat — Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx)
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter
Best Comedy Album
The Dreamer — Dave Chappelle
Best Children’s Music Album
Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Visions — Norah Jones
Best Music Film
“American Symphony” — Jon Batiste
Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers
Best Music Video
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
Best Rap Song
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“3” — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu
Best Rap Performance
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
Best R&B Album
11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown
Best Progressive R&B Album (tie)
So Glad to Know You — Avery*Sunshine
Why Lawd? — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
Best R&B Song
“Saturn” — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“That’s You” — Lucky Daye
Best R&B Performance
“Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
A Songwriter’s Award. (Artists’ names appear in parentheses.) (S) stands for Single, (T) stands for Track
Amy Allen
“Chrome Cowgirl” (Leon Bridges) (S)
“Espresso” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
“High Road” (Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph) (S)
“Please Please Please” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
“run for the hills” (Tate McRae) (S)
“scared of my guitar” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“Selfish” (Justin Timberlake) (S)
“Sweet Dreams” (Koe Wetzel) (S)
“Taste” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) — Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana
Best Música Urbana Album
Las Letras Ya No Importan — Residente
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Mileage — Ruthie Foster
Best Traditional Blues Album
Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — The Taj Mahal Sextet
Best American Roots Performance
“Lighthouse” — Sierra Ferrell
Best Country Song
“The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“II Most Wanted” — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus
Best Country Solo Performance
“It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton
Best Roots Gospel Album
Church — Cory Henry
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Heart Of A Human — DOE
Best Gospel Album
More Than This — CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Llyod Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“One Hallelujah” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Kuini — Kalani Pe’a
Best Folk Album
Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Bluegrass Album
Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings
Best Americana Album
Trail Of Flowers — Sierra Ferrell
Best American Roots Song
“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
Best Americana Performance
“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell
Best Remix Recording
“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Von dutch” — Charli xcx
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
Best Dance/Electronic Album
BRAT — Charli xcx
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala
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