The Annual Grammy Awards 2025 was an eventful night. Beyoncé made history as a black female musician to win the Best Country Album Award in 50 years!
The event of the 2025 Grammy Awards was held yesterday and Queen Bey made history! Held at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles, the night awarded breakout music stars of 2024 and Beyoncé just made history as a black woman in music. The ‘Drunk in Love’ singer was leading the nominations with 11 nods, thanks to her 2024 superhit album Cowboy Carter. Now the star has scripted history by winning the Best Country Album trophy. This makes the singer the first black woman to win a country music category in half a century!
Beyoncé also won the Best Country Duo/Group Performance for her collaboration ‘II Most Wanted’ with Miley Cyrus. While she was the most awarded Grammy artist in history by setting the record with her album Renaissance in 2023, she now extended her record by upping the number of Grammy awards to 35. She won three awards during the 2025 ceremony.
The global music superstar also finally won the prestigious Album of the Year award for Cowboy Carter after years of her being nominated for the top award but never actually winning. This win on Sunday also finally takes away her record as the most nominated female artist in the album of the year category without a win. Queen Bey was previously nominated for ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’, ‘Beyoncé’, ‘Lemonade’ and ‘Renaissance’.
“I just feel very full and very honored. It’s been many, many years,” the artist said while accepting the long-awaited award. “I just wanna thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, every producer, all of the hard work. I want to dedicate this to Ms. [Linda] Martell, and I hope we just keep pushing forward, opening doors. God bless y’all. Thank you so much.”
While accepting her award as the first Black woman to win the Best Country Album Grammy for ‘Cowboy Carter’ the artist said, “Wow, I really was not expecting this.” “Wow, I wanna thank God — Oh my God! — that I’m able to still do what I love after so many years. Oh my God!” She continued, “I’d like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this album. We worked so hard on it. I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about, and to stay persistent. Wow, I’d like to thank my beautiful family, all of the artists that were collaborators… thank you! This wouldn’t have been this album without you. I’d like to thank God again and my fans, and I still am in shock. So thank you so much for this honor.”
In other highlights from the ceremony, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for ‘Die With A Smile’. While accepting the award, Gaga spoke in support of the LGBTQ+ Community. “Trans people are not invisible,” she said. “Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love.”
The legendary Quincy Jones had a tribute at the night where Will Smith made an appearance during one of the event’s most impactful segments. Janelle Monáe, Herbie Hancock, Cynthia Erivo, and Stevie Wonder joined to give their tributes through moving performances. Apart from this, the ongoing rivalry between Kendrick Lamar and Drake added an extra element of excitement to the evening. Lamar triumphed, taking home five awards, including Song and Record of the Year. “I dedicate this one to the city,” he declared, paying tribute to his Compton heritage. With this latest achievement, Lamar joins Jay-Z and Ye among the few rappers to surpass 20 Grammy wins.
Now let’s see the full list of winners at the 2025 Annual Grammy Awards –
Album of the Year – Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album – Short N’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter
Song of the Year – Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
Record of the Year – Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
Best New Artist – Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga ft. Bruno Mars
Best Comedy Album – The Dreamer by Dave Chappelle
Best Country Album – Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé
Best Country Duo/Group Performance – II Most Wanted by Beyoncé; and Miley Cyrus
Best Country Solo Performance – It Takes A Woman by Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song – The Architect by Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne
Best Dance/Electronic Album – Brat by Charli XCX
Best Latin Pop Album – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran by Shakira
Best Music Video – Not Like Us-Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Song – Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Performance – Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Album – Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii
Best R&B Song – Saturn by Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solana Rowe, Jared Solomon and Scott Zhang
Best R&B Performance – Made for Me (Live on BET) by Muni Long
Best Pop Solo Performance – Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter
Best Rock Performance – Now and Then by The Beatles
Best Rock Album –Hackney Diamonds by Rolling Stones
Best R&B Album – 11:11 (Deluxe) by Chris Brown
Best Americana Performance – American Dreaming by Sierra Ferrell
Best Musical Theater Album – Hell’s Kitchen
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical – Amy Allen
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical – Daniel Nigro
Best Alternative Music Performance – Flea by St. Vincent
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Visions by Norah Jones
Best Metal Performance – Mea Culpa (Ah! Çaira!) by Gojira, Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne
Best Rock Song – Broken Man by Annie Clark, St. Vincent
Best Alternative Music Album – All Born Screaming by St. Vincent
Best Traditional R&B Performance – That’s You by Lucky Daye
Best Remixed Recording – Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix) by FNZ, Mark Ronson and Sabrina Carpenter
Best American Roots Performance – Lighthouse by Sierra Ferrell
Best American Roots Song – American Dreaming by Sierra Ferrell and Melody Walker
Best Americana Album
Trail Of Flowers by Sierra Ferrell
Best Music Film – American Symphony
Best Jazz Performance – Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” by Samara Joy ft. Sullivan Fortner
Best Jazz Vocal Album – A Joyful Holiday by Samara Joy
Best Classical Compendium –Ortiz: Revolucion Diamantina
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