Grammy 2025: History Created By Beyonce

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It was a night filled with excitement, surprises, memorable performances and honoring the best music from 2024, with top artists and bands competing in various categories.

But, are you aware of the best highlighting moment of Grammy 2025? If not, this article is for you.

In this highlight, you will know everything about Grammy 2025, its best moment, winners name, nominees and so on. So, stay connected till the end.

 

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The Historic Win of Beyonce

Here is the best moment of Grammy 2025, especially for Beyoncé and her admirers.

Beyoncé won album of the year for “Cowboy Carter” at the 2025 Grammys, delivering her – at last – the show’s most important and elusive (difficult to get) top award. She became the first Black woman to do so in Grammy history.

She also won the Best Country Duo/Group Performance alongside Miley Cyrus for II Most Wanted. 

This win marks another milestone in her successful career that proves her versatility in different genres.

The superstar, who is both the most awarded and nominated artist in Grammys history, had been nominated in the category four times before but she never won the album of the year trophy despite winning 32 career Grammys.

That night was surely a night of celebration for her and for her fans as well.

 

Nominees and Winners for the Grammy 2025: Top 4 Awards

Album of the Year 

Nominees:

  • New Blue Sun – André 3000
  • COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé
  • Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
  • BRAT – Charli xcx
  • Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
  • HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
  • Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
  • THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift

Winner:

  • COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé 

Record Of The Year

Nominees

  • Now and Then – The Beatles
  • TEXAS HOLD ‘EM – Beyoncé
  • Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
  • 360 – Charli xcx
  • BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Billie Eilish
  • Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
  • Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan
  • Fortnight – Taylor Swift 

Winner

  • Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar 

Song Of The Year

Nominees: 

  • A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
  • BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
  • Die With A Smile – Dernst 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)
  • 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, Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Winner:

  • Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar 

Best New Artist

Nominees:

  • Benson Boone
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Doechii
  • Khruangbin
  • Raye
  • Chappell Roan 
  • Shaboozey
  • Teddy Swims

 Winner: 

  • Chappell Roan 

 

Nominees and Winners for Pop and dance Awards 

Best Top Vocal Album 

Nominees:

  • Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
  • 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

Winner: 

  • Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet 

Best pop solo performance

Nominees: 

  • Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
  • Beyoncé – Bodyguard
  • Charli XCX – Apple
  • Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
  • Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!

Winner: 

  • Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

Best pop duo/group performance

Nominees: 

  • Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
  • Gracie Abrams ft Taylor Swift – Us
  • Beyoncé ft Post Malone – Levii’s Jeans
  • Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess
  • Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine

Winner:

  • Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars– Die With A Smile 

Best dance/electronic recording

Nominees

  • Justice & Tame Impala – Neverender
  • Disclosure – She’s Gone, Dance On
  • Four Tet – Loved
  • Fred Again & Baby Keem – Leavemealone
  • Kaytranada ft Childish Gambino – Witchy

Winner

  • Justice & Tame Impala – Neverender

Best dance/electronic album

Nominees

  • Charli XCX – Brat
  • Four Tet – Three
  • Justice – Hyperdrama
  • Kaytranada – Timeless
  • Zedd – Telos

Winner: 

  • Charli XCX – Brat 

Best dance/pop recording

Nominees

  • Charli XCX – Von Dutch
  • Madison Beer – Make You Mine
  • Billie Eilish – L’Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]
  • Ariana Grande – Yes, and?
  • Troye Sivan – Got Me Started

Winner: 

  • Charli XCX – Von Dutch

Best traditional pop vocal album

Nominees: 

  • Norah Jones – Visions
  • Cyrille Aimée – À Fleur De Peau
  • Lake Street Dive – Good Together
  • Aaron Lazar – Impossible Dream
  • Gregory Porter – Christmas Wish

Winner: 

  • Norah Jones – Visions

Best Latin pop album

Nominees

  • Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
  • Anitta – Funk Generation
  • Luis Fonsi – El Viaje
  • Kenny García – García
  • Kali Uchis – Orquídeas

Winner: 

  • Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

 

Nominees and Winners for Rock and metal Awards 

Best rock performance

Nominees

  • The Beatles – Now And Then
  • 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

Winner

  • The Beatles – Now And Then

Best rock song

Nominees

  • St Vincent – Broken Man
  • The Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)
  • Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
  • Green Day – Dilemma
  • Idles – Gift Horse

Winner:

  •  St Vincent – Broken Man

Best rock album

Nominees

  • The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
  • The Black Crowes – Happiness B******s
  • Fontaines DC – Romance
  • Green Day – Saviors
  • Idles – TANGK
  • Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
  • Jack White – No Name

Winner

  • The Rolling Stones – Hackney

Best alternative music album

Nominees

  • St Vincent – All Born Screaming
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God
  • Clairo – Charm
  • Kim Gordon – The Collective
  • Brittany Howard – What Now

Winner

  • St Vincent – All Born Screaming

Best alternative music performance

Nominees

  • St Vincent – Flea
  • Cage The Elephant – Neon Pill
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Song of the Lake
  • Fontaines D.C. – Starburster
  • Kim Gordon – Bye Bye

Winner

  • St Vincent – Flea

Best metal performance

Nominees

  • Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
  • Judas Priest – Crown of Horns
  • Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy – Suffocate
  • Metallica – Screaming Suicide
  • Spirit Box – Cellar Door

Winner

  • Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)

 

Nominees and Winners for Rap Awards

Best rap performance

Nominees

  • Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
  • Cardi B – Enough (Miami)
  • Common & Pete Rock ft Posdnuos – When The Sun Shines Again
  • Doechii – Nissan Altima
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
  • GloRilla – Yeah Glo!

Winner

  • Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Best melodic rap performance

Nominees

  •  Rapsody ft Erykah Badu – 3:AM
  • Jordan Adetunji ft Kehlani – Kehlani
  • Beyoncé ft Linda Martell & Shaboozey – Spaghettii
  • Future & Metro Boomin ft The Weeknd – We Still Don’t Trust You
  • Latto – Big Mama

Winner:

  •  Rapsody ft Erykah Badu – 3:AM

Best rap song

Nominees

  • Winner: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
  • Rapsody ft Hit-Boy – Asteroids
  • Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign – Carnival
  • Future & Metro Boomin ft Kendrick Lamar – Like That
  • GloRilla – Yeah Glo!

Winner:

  •  Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Best rap album

Nominees

  • Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
  • J Cole – Might Delete Later
  • Common & Pete Rock – The Auditorium, Vol 1
  • Eminem – The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)
  • Future & Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust You

Winner:

  •  Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal

 

Nominees and Winners for Country Awards 

Best country solo performance

Nominees

  • Chris Stapleton – It Takes A Woman
  • Beyoncé – 16 Carriages
  • Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
  • Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
  • Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Winner

  • Chris Stapleton – It Takes A Woman

Best country duo/group performance

Nominees: 

  • Beyoncé ft Miley Cyrus – II Most Wanted
  • Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too
  • Brothers Osborne – Break Mine
  • Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses
  • Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help

Winner: 

  • Beyoncé ft Miley Cyrus – II Most Wanted

Best country song

Nominees

  • Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
  • Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
  • Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
  • Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
  • Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em

Winner

  • Kacey Musgraves – The Architect

 

Nominees and Winners for R&B and Afrobeats Awards 

Best R&B performance

Nominees

  • Muni Long – Made For Me (Live On BET)
  • Jhené Aiko – Guidance
  • Chris Brown – Residuals
  • Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
  • SZA – Saturn

Winner

  • Muni Long – Made For Me (Live 

Best R&B song

Nominees: 

  • SZA – Saturn
  • Kehlani – After Hours
  • Tems – Burning
  • Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
  • Muni Long – Ruined Me

Winners: 

  • SZA – Saturn

Best progressive R&B album

Nominees

  • Avery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know You
  • Joint Winner: NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – Why Lawd?
  • Durand Bernarr – En Route
  • Childish Gambino – Bando Stone And The New World
  • Kehlani – Crash

Joint Winner: Avery*Sunshine – So Glad

Best R&B album

Nominees

  • Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
  • Lalah Hathaway – Vantablack
  • Muni Long – Revenge
  • Lucky Daye – Algorithm
  • Usher – Coming Home

Winner: 

  • Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe) 

Best African music performance

Nominees

  • Tems – Love Me JeJe
  • Yemi Alade – Tomorrow
  • Asake & Wizkid – MMS
  • Chris Brown ft Davido & Lojay – Sensational
  • Burna Boy – Higher

Winner

  • Tems – Love Me JeJe

 

Nominees and Winners for Production and songwriting Awards

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Nominees

  • Daniel Nigro
  • Alissia
  • Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
  • Ian Fitchuk
  • Mustard

Winner:

  •  Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Nominees

  • Amy Allen
  • Edgar Barrera
  • Jessi Alexander
  • Jessie Jo Dillon
  • Raye

Winner:

  •  Amy Allen

 

Nominees and Winners for Film and TV Awards 

Best comedy album

Nominees

  • Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
  • Ricky Gervais – Armageddon
  • Jim Gaffigan – The Prisoner
  • Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die
  • Trevor Noah – Where Was I

Winner

  • Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

Nominees

  • Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein – London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
  • The Color Purple – Various Artists
  • Deadpool & Wolverine – Various Artists
  • Saltburn – Various Artists
  • Twisters: The Album – Various Artists

Winner

  • Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein – London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick

Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and television)

Nominees:

  • Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
  • Laura Karpman – American Fiction
  • Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
  • Kris Bowers – The Color Purple
  • Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross – Shōgun

Winner

  • Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

Nominees

  • Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
  • Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
  • Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
  • John Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  • Wilbert Roget, II – Star Wars Outlaws

Winner

  • Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Best song written for visual media

Nominees

  • Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (From American Symphony)
  • Luke Combs – Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
  • *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake – Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)
  • Olivia Rodrigo – Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
  • Barbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)

Winner

  • Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (From American Symphony)

Best audio book narration

Nominees

  • Jimmy Carter – Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration
  • George Clinton – …And Your Ass Will Follow
  • Guy Oldfield – All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words
  • Dolly Parton – Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
  • Barbra Streisand – My Name Is Barbra

Winner

  • Jimmy Carter– Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration:

Best music video 

Nominees:

  • Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
  • A$AP Rocky – Taylor Swift
  • Charli XCX – 360
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Taylor Swift ft Post Malone – Fortnight

Winner:

  •  Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Best music film

Nominees

  • American Symphony
  • June
  • Kings From Queens
  • Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
  • The Greatest Night In Pop

Winner

  • American Symphony

 

Nominees and Winners For Jazz and classical Awards

Jazz vocal album Awards 

Nominees

  • Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday
  • Christie Dashiell – Journey In Black
  • Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner – Wildflowers Vol 1
  • Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – Milton + Esperanza
  • Catherine Russell & Sean Mason – My Ideal 

Winner

  • Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday

Best jazz instrumental album

Nominees:

  • Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance
  • Ambrose Akinmusire ft Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley – Owl Song
  • Kenny Barron ft Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson – Beyond This Place
  • Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
  • Sullivan Fortner – Solo Game

Winner

  • Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance

Best alternative jazz album

Nominees

  • Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
  • Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
  • André 3000 – New Blue Sun
  • Robert Glasper – Code Derivation
  • Keyon Harrold – Foreverland

Winner: 

  • Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin

Best jazz performance

Nominees

  • Samara Joy feat. Sullivan Fortner – Twinkle Twinkle Little Me
  • The Baylor Project – Walk With Me, Lord
  • Lakecia Benjamin feat. Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts, & John Scofield – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
  • Chick Corea & Béla Fleck –Juno
  • Dan Pugach Big Band feat. Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts – Little Fears

Winner

  • Samara Joy feat. Sullivan Fortner – Twinkle Twinkle Little Me

Best musical theatre album

Nominees: 

  • Hell’s Kitchen
  • Merrily We Roll Along
  • The Notebook
  • The Outsiders
  • Suffs
  • The Wiz

Winner

  • Hell’s Kitchen

Best opera recording

Nominees

  • Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
  • Adams: Girls Of The Golden West – John Adams, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
  • Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas – Yannick Nézet-Séguin (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
  • Moravec: The Shining – Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
  • Puts: The Hours – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

 

Winner

  • Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

Best orchestral performance

Nominees

  • Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  • John Adams: City Noir – Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance – Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
  • Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major – JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen – Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Stravinsky: The Firebird – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Winner

  • Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Conclusion

Grammy 2025 Awards was a night to remember, with Beyoncé making history as the first Black woman to win Album of the Year in the history of Grammy.

The ceremony celebrated music, diversity, and creativity, showcasing talents from around the world.

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