Beyonce receives the Best Country Album award for 'Cowboy Carter' from Taylor Swift during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, Feb 2, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Beyonce won the Grammy for album of the year for the first time in her long career, an award that was presented by Los Angeles County firefighters, at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Kendrick Lamar won Grammys for song of the year and record of the year for Not Like Us, while Chappell Roan took best new artist, the fourth of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards.
“I’d like to thank and acknowledge all of the firefighters for keeping us safe,” Beyonce said on reaching the stage to accept the Grammy for album of year for “Cowboy Carter,” the first album of the year Grammy for her out of a record 35 she has won.
“I feel very full and honoured,” she said. “It’s been many, many years.”
Beyonce embraces her daughter Blue Ivy Carter as she receives Album of the Year award for 'Cowboy Carter'. Photo: Reuters
Kendrick Lamar, who next weekend will headline the Super Bowl LIX halftime show, snagged the two big awards handed out before album of the year.
“We gonna dedicate this one to the city,” Lamar said in accepting record of the year for the song Not Like Us. “Compton, Watts, Long Beach, Inglewood, Hollywood. Out to the Valley, Pacoima, San Bernardino, all that. I can’t give enough thanks to these places that I rolled around since I was in high school.
“Most importantly, the people and the families in the Palisades and out in Altadena,” he continued. “This is a true testament that we can continue to restore the city.”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, who earlier performed the Mamas & the Papas hit California Dreamin’, later won best pop duo/group performance for Die With A Smile,” a 2024 single that will appear on Gaga’s upcoming album Mayhem.
“It is a privilege to be a songwriter and a producer and musician,” Lady Gaga said before shifting to make a point about human rights. “I just want to say tonight trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love.”
Lady Gaga, left, and Bruno Mars perform 'California Dreamin'' during the 67th annual Grammy Awards: Photo: AP
Alicia Keys was presented the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, an honor for activities in music and the world outside, and after noting how few women music producers are well-known or recipients of honors such as the Grammys, gave a stirring speech in support of diversity, an ideal that has come under assault in the political world beyond the Grammys.
“This is for all the ladies that know the magic that they bring to the room,” Keys said. “This is not the time to shut down the diversity of voices. We’ve seen on this stage talented, hardworking people from different backgrounds with different points of view, and it changes the game.
“DEI is not a threat it’s a gift,” Keys said in reference to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts the new Trump Administration is seeking to end. “And the more voices, the more powerful the sound. When destructive voices try to burn us down we rise from the ashes like a phoenix.
“And you as you see tonight, music is the unstoppable language,” she added. – The Orange County Register/Tribune News Service
Alicia Keys accepts the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award during the 67th annual Grammy Awards. Her son, Genesis Ali Dean looks on from right. Photo: AP
Here's a list of 2025 Grammy Award winners:
Album of the Year: “Cowboy Carter” — Beyonce
Song of the Year: “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Record of the Year: “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Die With A Smile” — Lady Gaga &and Bruno Mars
Best Latin Pop Album: “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” — Shakira
Best New Artist: Chappell Roan
Chappell Roan (centre) performs 'Pink Pony Club' during the 67th annual Grammy Awards. Photo: AP
Best Country Album: “Cowboy Carter” — Beyonce
Best Pop Vocal Album: “Short N’ Sweet” — Sabrina Carpenter
Best Rap Album: “Alligator Bites Never Heal”— Doechii
Best Classical Compendium: “Ortiz: Revolucion Diamantina” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johanye Kendrick and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (saje featuring Regina Carter)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly and John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier featuring John Legend and Tori Kelly)
Sabrina Carpenter poses in the press room with the award for best pop solo performance, and best pop vocal album during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
Best Musical Theater Album: “Hell’s Kitchen” — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis and Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys and Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer and 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 Olafsson
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: “Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw and So Percussion
Best Choral Performance: “Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
Shakira accepts the award for best latin pop album for 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran'. Photo: AP
Best Reggae Album: “Bob Marley: One Love — Music Inspired by the Film (Deluxe)”—Various Artistes
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 Colora” — Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and 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 Song Written for Visual Media: “It Never Went Away” [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Taylor Swift poses at the red carpet during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Photo: Reuters
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 Televison): “Dune: Part Two” — Hans Zimmer, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: “Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein” — London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, 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)
Sean Ono Lennon accepts the Best Rock Performance award on behalf of The Beatles for 'Now and Then'. Photo: AFP
Best Metal Performance: “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ca ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti &and Victor Le Masne
Best Rock Performance: “Now And Then” — The Beatles
Kendrick Lamar, winner of the Record Of The Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video, and Song Of The Year awards, poses in the press room during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. Photo: Reuters
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 and Joedan Okun, video producers
Miley Cyrus speaks during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 2, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Best Music Video: “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar; Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter and Jamie Rabineau, video producers
Best Rap Song: “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Melodic Rap Performance: “3:AM” — 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: “So Glad to Know You” — Avery*Sunshine
Best R&B Song: “Saturn” — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon and 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, Nonclassical: Amy Allen
Best Country Song: “The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
Best Country Solo Performance: “It Takes A Woman”— Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “II Most Wanted” — Beyonce featuring Miley Cyrus
Best Dance/Electronic Recording: “Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala
Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Brat” — Charli XCX
Best Dance Pop Recording: “Von dutch” — Charli XCX
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter – Los Angeles Times/Tribune News Service
