Grammy Awards 2025: Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter win big; see full winners list
The 2025 Grammy Awards is one of the most prestigious events that celebrates the best in music. Taylor Swift, who bagged Best Country Album two years ago, presented this year's award in the category to Beyonc for Cowboy Carter. The cultural icon, who had 11 nominations this year, became the first black woman to win country category in 50 years. While accepting the award Beyonc said, "I think 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."
Chappel Roan - who won Best New Artist - said, "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." It drew a standing ovation, and she got another when she closed with, "Labels we got you, but do you got us."
Sabrina Carpenter bagged Best Pop Vocal Album award for Short n' Sweet. When Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith of L.A. band Red Hot Chili Peppers presented the category, they teamed on the key opening verse from their breakout hit 'Under the Bridge'.
Best pop vocal album
Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet WINNER
Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft
Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine
Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department
Best rap album
J Cole Might Delete Later
Common and Pete Rock The Auditorium, Vol 1
Doechii Alligator Bites Never Heal WINNER
Eminem The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Gra ce)
Future and Metro Boomin We Don't Trust You
Best pop solo performance
Beyonc Bodyguard
Sabrina Carpenter Espresso WINNER
Charli xcx Apple
Billie Eilish Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe!
Best dance/electronic music album
Charli xcx Brat WINNER
Four Tet Three
Justice Hyperdrama
Kaytranada Timeless
Zedd Telos
Best rock performance
The Beatles Now and Then WINNER
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 rap performance
Cardi B Enough (Miami)
Common and Pete Rock featuring Posdnuos When the Sun Shines Again
Doechii Nissan Altima
Eminem Houdini
Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar Like That
GloRilla Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us WINNER
Best rap song
Rapsody featuring Hit-Boy Asteroids
$ [Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign] featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti Carnival
Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar Like That
Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us WINNER
GloRilla Yeah Glo!
Best alternative music album
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Wild God
Clairo Charm
Kim Gordon The Collective
Brittany Howard What Now
St Vincent All Born Screaming WINNER
Best country solo performance
Beyonc 16 Carriages
Jelly Roll I Am Not Okay
Kacey Musgraves The Architect
Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Chris Stapleton It Takes a Woman WINNER
Best country duo/group performance
Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan Cowboys Cry Too
Beyonc featuring Miley Cyrus II Most Wanted WINNER
Brothers Osborne Break Mine
Dan + Shay Bigger Houses
Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help
Best melodic rap performance
Jordan Adetunji featuring Kehlani Kehlani
Beyonc featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey Spaghettii
Future and Metro Boomin featuring the Weeknd We Still Don't Trust You
Latto Big Mama
Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu 3:AM WINNER
Best dance pop recording
Madison Beer Make You Mine
Charli xcx Von Dutch WINNER
Billie Eilish L'Amour de Ma Vie (Over Now Extended Edit)
Ariana Grande Yes, And?
Troye Sivan Got Me Started
Best dance/electronic recording
Disclosure She's Gone, Dance On
Four Tet Loved
Fred Again.. and Baby Keem Leavemealone
Justice and Tame Impala Neverender WINNER
Kaytranada featuring Childish Gambino Witchy
Best R&B performance
Jhene Aiko Guidance
Chris Brown Residuals
Coco Jones Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Muni Long Made for Me (Live on BET) WINNER
SZA Saturn
Best traditional R&B performance
Marsha Ambrosius Wet
Kenyon Dixon Can I Have This Groove
Lalah Hathaway featuring Michael McDonald No Lie
Muni Long Make Me Forget
Lucky Daye That's You WINNER
Best comedy album
Ricky Gervais Armageddon
Dave Chappelle The Dreamer WINNER
Jim Gaffigan The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser Someday You'll Die
Trevor Noah Where Was I
Best R&B song
Kehlani After Hours
Tems Burning
Coco Jones Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Muni Long Ruined Me
SZA Saturn WINNER
Best progressive R&B album
Avery*Sunshine So Glad to Know You WINNER tie
Durand Bernarr En Route
Childish Gambino Bando Stone and the New World
Kehlani Crash
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) Why Lawd? WINNER tie
Best R&B album
Chris Brown 11:11 (Deluxe) WINNER
Lalah Hathaway Vantablack
Muni Long Revenge
Lucky Daye Algorithm
Usher Coming Home
Best folk album
American Patchwork Quartet American Patchwork Quartet
Madi Diaz Weird Faith
Adrianne Lenker Bright Future
Aoife O'Donovan All My Friends
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Woodland WINNER
Best mu sica urbana album
Bad Bunny Nadie Sabe lo Que Va a Pasar Man ana
J Balvin Rayo
Feid Ferxxocalipsis
Residente Las Letras Ya No Importan WINNER
Young Miko Att.
Best metal performance
Gojira, Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne Mea Culpa (Ah! C a ira!) WINNER
Judas Priest Crown of Horns
Knocked Loose featuring Poppy Suffocate
Metallica Screaming Suicide
Spiritbox Cellar Door
Best African music performance
Yemi Alade Tomorrow
Asake and Wizkid MMS
Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay Sensational
Burna Boy Higher
Tems Love Me JeJe WINNER
Best rock song
The Black Keys Beautiful People (Stay High)
St Vincent Broken Man WINNER
Pearl Jam Dark Matter
Green Day Dilemma
Idles Gift Horse
Best rock album
The Black Crowes Happiness Bastards
Fontaines DC Romance
Green Day Saviors
Idles Tangk
Pearl Jam Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds WINNER
Jack White No Name
Best alternative music performance
Cage the Elephant Neon Pill
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Song of the Lake
Fontaines DC Starburster
Kim Gordon Bye Bye
St Vincent Flea WINNER
Best global music album
Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Alkebulan II WINNER
Ciro Hurtado Paisajes
Rema Heis
Antonio Rey Historias de Un Flamenco
Tems Born in the Wild
Best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording
Various Artists; Guy Oldfield, producer All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
George Clinton And Your Ass Will Follow
Dolly Parton Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Jimmy Carter Last Sundays in the Plains: A Centennial Celebration WINNER
Barbra Streisand My Name Is Barbra
Best country song
Kacey Musgraves The Architect WINNER
Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Jelly Roll I Am Not Okay
Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help
Beyonc Texas Hold 'Em
Best song written for visual media
Luke Combs Ain't No Love in Oklahoma from Twisters: The Album
'N Sync and Justin Timberlake Better Place from Trolls Band Together
Olivia Rodrigo Can't Catch Me Now from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Jon Batiste It Never Went Away from American Symphony WINNER
Barbra Streisand Love Will Survive from The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Best mu sica Mexicana album (including Tejano)
Chiquis Diamantes
Cari n Leo n Boca Chueca, Vol 1 WINNER
Peso Pluma E xodo
Jessi Uribe De Lejitos
Songwriter of the year, non-classical
Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen WINNER
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Producer of the year, non-classical
Alissia
Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro WINNER
Best musical theater album
Hell's Kitchen WINNER
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz