Beyoncé took home the biggest award of the night, winning Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter, while Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, and more were among the other notable winners.
Music’s biggest night — the 2025 Grammy Awards — was a night to remember!
COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé
Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
BRAT – Charli xcx
Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Die With A Smile” – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
WINNER: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Beyoncé
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
“360” – Charli xcx
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
WINNER: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
RAYE
WINNER: Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
“D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
WINNER: Daniel Nigro
WINNER: Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
RAYE
WINNER: “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Apple” – Charli xcx
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
“LEVII’S JEANS” – Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
“Guess” – Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
“the boy is mine” – Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
WINNER: “Die With A Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
eternal sunshine – Ariana Grande
Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift
“Loved” – Four Tet
“Leavemealone” – Fred Again.. & Baby Keem
WINNER: “Neverender” – Justice & Tame Impala
“Witchy” – KAYTRANADA feat. Childish Gambino
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
Three – Four Tet
Hyperdrama – Justice
TIMELESS – KAYTRANADA
Telos – Zedd
“A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” – David Guetta, remixer
WINNER: “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” – FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers
“Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix” – Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers
“Von Dutch” – A.G. Cook, remixer
“Beautiful People (Stay High)” – The Black Keys
“The American Dream Is Killing Me” – Green Day
“Gift Horse” – IDLES
“Dark Matter” – Pearl Jam
“Broken Man” – St. VincentBest Metal Performance
“Crown of Horns” – Judas Priest
“Suffocate” – Knocked Loose feat. Poppy
“Screaming Suicide” – Metallica
“Cellar Door” – SpiritboxBest Rock Song
WINNER: “Broken Man” – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
“Dark Matter” – Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
“Dilemma” – Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)
“Gift Horse” – Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)Best Rock Album
Romance – Fontaines D.C.
Saviors – Green Day
TANGK – IDLES
Dark Matter – Pearl Jam
WINNER: Hackney Diamonds – The Rolling Stones
No Name – Jack WhiteBest Alternative Music Performance
“Song of the Lake” – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
“Starburster” – Fontaines D.C.
“Bye Bye” – Kim Gordon
WINNER: “Flea” – St. Vincent
Charm – Clairo
The Collective – Kim Gordon
What Now – Brittany Howard
WINNER: All Born Screaming – St. Vincent
“Residuals” – Chris Brown
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Coco Jones
WINNER: “Made for Me (Live on BET)” – Muni Long
“Saturn” – SZABest Traditional R&B Performance
“Can I Have This Groove” – Kenyon Dixon
“No Lie” – Lalah Hatahway feat. Michael McDonald
“Make Me Forget” – Muni Long
WINNER: “That’s You” – Lucky Daye
“Burning” – Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
“Ruined Me” – Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
WINNER: “Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
En Route – Durand Bernarr
Bando Stone And The New World – Childish Gambino
CRASH – Kehlani
WINNER: Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)Best R&B Album
Vantablack – Lalah Hathaway
Revenge – Muni Long
Algorithm – Lucky Daye
Coming Home – Usher
“When The Sun Shines Again” – Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos “NISSAN ALTIMA” – Doechii
“Houdini” – Eminem
“Like That” – Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar “Yeah Glo!” – GloRilla
WINNER: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick LamarBest Melodic Rap Performance
“Spaghetti” – Beyoncé feat. Linda Martell & Shaboozey
“We Still Don’t Trust You” – Future & Metro Boomin feat. The Weeknd
“Big Mama” – Latto
WINNER: “3:AM” – Rapsody feat.. Erykah Badu
“Carnival” – ¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign feat. Playboi Carti & Rich The Kid
“Like That” – Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar
WINNER: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Yeah Glo! – GloRilla
The Auditorium, Vol 1 – Common & Pete Rock
WINNER: Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) – Eminem
We Don’t Trust You – Future & Metro Boomin
WINNER: Visions – Norah Jones
Good Together – Lake Street Dive
Impossible Dream – Aaron Lazar
Christmas Wish – Gregory Porter
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
WINNER: The Wiz
“I Am Not Okay” – Jelly Roll
“The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey
WINNER: “It Takes a Woman” – Chris Stapleton
WINNER: “II Most Wanted” – Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus
“Break Mine” – Brothers Osborne
“Bigger Houses” – Dan + Shay
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey
“I Am Not Okay” – Jelly Roll
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen
“Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé
F-1 Trillion – Post Malone
Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
Higher – Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson
$10 Cowboy – Charley Crockett
WINNER: Trail Of Flowers – Sierra Ferrell
Polaroid Lovers – Sarah Jarosz
No One Gets Out Alive – Maggie Rose
Tigers Blood – WaxahatcheeBest Americana Performance
“Subtitles” – Madison Cunningham
“Don’t Do Me Good” – Madi Diaz feat. Kacey Musgraves
WINNER: “American Dreaming” – Sierra Ferrell
“Runaway Train” – Sarah Jarosz
“Empty Trainload of Sky” – Gillian Welch & David RawlingsBest Jazz Performance
“Phoenix Reimagined (Live)” – Lakecia Benjamin feat. Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield
“Juno” – Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
WINNER: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” – Samara Joy feat. Sullivan Fortner
“Little Fears” – Dan Pugach Big Band feat. Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts
Best Alternative Jazz Album
New Blue Sun – André 3000
Code Derivation – Robert Glasper
Foreverland – Keyon Harrold
WINNER: No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello
El Viaje – Luis Fonsi
GARCÍA – Kany García
WINNER: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira
ORQUÍDEAS – Kali Uchis
Rayo – J Balvin
FERXXOCALIPSIS – Feid
WINNER: Las Letras Ya No Importan – Residente
att. – Young Miko
Bailar – Sheila E.
Radio Güira – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
WINNER: Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) – Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Vacilón Santiaguero – Kiki Valera
“MMS” – Asake & Wizkid
“Sensational” – Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay
“Higher” – Burna Boy
WINNER: “Love Me JeJe” – Tems
Creciendo – Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats
My Favorite Dream – John Legend
Solid Rock Revival – Rock for Children
World Wide Playdate – Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids
WINNER: The Dreamer – Dave Chappelle
The Prisoner – Jim Gaffigan
Someday You’ll Die – Nikki Glaser
Where Was I – Trevor Noah
…And Your Ass Will Follow – George Clinton
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones – Dolly Parton
WINNER: Last Sundays in the Plains: A Centennial Celebration – Jimmy Carter
My Name Is Barbra – Barbra Streisand
Deadpool & Wolverine
WINNER: Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein
Saltburn
Twisters: The Album
Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, composer
WINNER: Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer, composer
Shōgun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers
“Better Place” [from Trolls Band Together] – *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake
“Can’t Catch Me Now” [from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes] – Olivia Rodrigo
WINNER: “It Never Went Away” [from American Symphony] – Jon Batiste
“Love Will Survive” [from The Tattooist of Aushwitz] – Barbra Streisand
“360” – Charli xcx
“Houdini” – Eminem
WINNER: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
June (June Carter Cash)
Kings from Queens (Run DMC)
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (Steven Van Zandt)
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