The big winners from the Grammy Awards 2025

Music’s biggest night finally arrived and it did not disappoint. Some of the most iconic names took home awards at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles at the Crypto.com last night. Comedian Trevor Noah marked his fifth straight year as a host at the ceremony. 

The biggest winners of the night was Beyoncé, who bagged the Album of the Year and Best Country Album awards for Cowboy Carter, making her the first artist to win a Grammy Award in five genres. She added the Best Country Duo/Group Performance award to her credit alongside Miley Cyrus for their hit track II Most Wanted. Kendrick Lamar also won some of the biggest awards—Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Music Video—for the viral diss track Not Like Us.

It was also Sabrina Carpenter's night who bagged her first Grammy award—Best Pop Solo Performance— for Espresso and the Best Pop Vocal Album for Short N’ Sweet. 

The night was filled with other big moments and inspirational speeches. Here’s all that you missed out on. 

It’s been ‘many many years’ for Beyoncé 

After years of countless nominations (and snubs), Beyoncé finally had her moment as she bagged the Album of the Year award. After accepting the award for Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé exclaimed, “I was not expecting this,” to the room. In her acceptance speech, she said, "I want to thank God that I’m able to still do what I love after so many years, oh, my God! I’d like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this, this album we worked so hard on… I think sometimes genre is a cold word to keep us in our place as artists, and just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about. And to stay persistent.” She also expressed gratitude saying, “I’d like to thank and acknowledge and praise all of the firefighters for keeping us safe. I just feel very full and very honoured. It’s been many, many years. I just want to thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, every producer, (for) all of the hard work.” 

Shakira dedicates win to her ‘immigrant brothers and sisters’

During her Grammys acceptance speech, Shakira took a moment to address the ongoing political unrest surrounding President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. After being presented with the award for Best Latin Pop Album for Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran by Jennifer Lopez, the Colombian singer expressed gratitude to her children and dedicated the honour “To all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country. She said, “You are loved. You are worth it and I will always fight with you.” She also used the opportunity to pay tribute to “All of those women who work really hard every day to provide to their families,” adding, “You are the true She-wolves.”

Chappell Roan delivered the best speech of the night

Having picked up her very first Grammy award, Chappell Roan used the stage to highlight an extremely important issue in the music industry. Beating the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, and Raye to bag the Best New Artist of the Year award, she started by saying, “I told myself if I ever won a Grammy…I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and healthcare, especially to developing artists.” She went on to talk about the current condition that artists face. “It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system, and so dehumanised, to not have health (care). If my label would have prioritised artists' health, I could have been provided care by a company I was giving everything to. Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage, and health insurance, and protection." Saving the best for the last, she said, “Labels, we got you, but do you got us?”

Chandrika Tandon makes India proud

Chandrika Tandon, the 71-year-old Indian-American business leader and musician, won a Grammy for Triveni at the 67th Grammy Awards. The album, which brings together ancient chants and world music, took home the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album award, beating out Ricky Kej and Anoushka Shankar. She shared the award with her collaborators—South African flautist Wouter Kellerman and Japanese cellist Eru Matsumoto.

"Music is love, music is light, and music is laughter and let's all be surrounded by love, light, and laughter. Thank you for the music, and thank you to everyone who makes music," she said while accepting her award.

Winners list

Album of the year: Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter
Song of the year: Kendrick Lamar, Not Like Us
Record of the year: Kendrick Lamar 
Best pop duo/group performance: Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, Die With a Smile
Best Latin pop album: Shakira, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran 
Best new artist: Chappell Roan 
Best country album: Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter
Best pop vocal album: Sabrina Carpenter, Short n’ Sweet 
Best rap album: Doechii, Alligator Bites Never Heal 
Best pop solo performance: Sabrina Carpenter, Espresso
Best dance/electronic music album: Charli xcx, Brat 
Best rock performance: The Beatles. Now and Then 
Best rap performance: Kendrick Lamar, Not Like Us 
Best rap song: Kendrick Lamar, Not Like Us 
Best alternative music album: St Vincent, All Born Screaming 
Best country solo performance: Chris Stapleton, It Takes a Woman
Best country duo/group performance: Beyoncé featuring Miley Cyrus, II Most Wanted 
Best melodic rap performance: Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu, 3:AM 
Best dance pop recording: Charli xcx, Von Dutch 
Best dance/electronic recording: Justice and Tame Impala, Neverender 
Best R&B performance: Muni Long, Made for Me (Live on BET) 
Best traditional R&B performance: Lucky Daye, That’s You 
Best comedy album: Dave Chappelle, The Dreamer 
Best R&B song: SZA, Saturn 
Best progressive R&B album: Avery*Sunshine, So Glad to Know You 
Best R&B album: Chris Brown, 11:11 (Deluxe)
Best rock song: St Vincent, Broken Man 
Best rock album: The Rolling Stones, Hackney Diamonds
Best alternative music performance: St Vincent, Flea 
Best country song: Kacey Musgraves, The Architect

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