2025 Grammy Winners: Music’s Biggest Night Crowns Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar & More!

The 67th annual Recording Academy Awards took place on 2nd February 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and the night was glamorous. The Grammys are always fun to keep up with, the performances, red-carpet looks, and celebrity attendance being the talk of the town.

But of course, the main event always involves the winners and those who got “snubbed.” Since its inception, the Grammys have presented 94 main category awards across R&B, Classical, Jazz, and other genres. We’ll only be focusing on the major categories.

The 67th Grammy Award Winners & Nominations in 2025

2025 Record Of The Year: Not Like Us–Kendrick Lamar

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Kendrick Lamar saw a big night at the 2025 Grammy nights with multiple wins for his song “Not Like Us”, including Record of the Year, the biggest title of the night.

Nominations:

• Now and Then–The Beatles
• TEXAS HOLD ‘EM–Beyoncé
• Espresso–Sabrina Carpenter
• 360–Charli xcx
• BIRDS OF A FEATHER–Billie Eilish
• Good Luck, Babe!– Chappell Roan
• Fortnight–Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone

2025 Album Of The Year: Cowboy Carter-Beyonce

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Beyonce took home the album of the year title with her hit release Cowboy Carter. This is her 35th Grammy win, making her the artist with the most Grammy wins in history.

Nominations:

• New Blue Sun–Andre 3000,Carlos Nino.
• Djesse Vol.4–Jacob Collier.
• Short n’ Sweet–Sabrina Carpenter
• The Tortured Poets Department–Taylor Swift
• The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess–Chappell Roan.
• Brat–Charlie XCX
• Hit Me Hard and Soft–Billie Eilish

2025 Best New Artist: Chappell Roan

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Chappell Roan only officially launched her career in 2023 and swiftly became a fan favorite with her eccentric fashion and inclusive music. The singer bagged her first Grammy for Best New Artist, gaining praises from many.

Nominations:

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

2025 Song of the Year: Not Like Us-Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar bags 4 more Grammy wins this year. Lamar won the Grammys for Best Music Video, Record of the Year, Best Rap Song and Song of the Year with “Not Like Us”.

Nominations:

• Fortnight–Taylor Swift
• Birds of a Feather–Billie Eilish
• A Bar Song (Tipsy)–Shaboozey
• Die With A Smile–Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars
• Good Luck, Babe!–Chappell Roan
• Please Please Please–Sabrina Carpenter
• TEXAS HOLD ‘EM—Beyoncé

2025 Best Music Video: Not Like Us-Kendrick Lamar

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Not Like Us bagged Kendrick Lamar 4 major wins in the 2025 Grammy Awards.

Nominations:

• Tailor Swift—A$AP Rocky
• 360—Charli xcx
• Houdini—Eminem
• Not Like Us—Kendrick Lamar
• Fortnight—Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone

2025 Best Country Album: Cowboy Carter-Beyonce

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Another major win by Beyonce for the night as Cowboy Carter takes home multiple wins.

Nominations:

• F-1 Trillion—Post Malone
• Deeper Well—Kacey Musgraves
• Higher—Chris Stapleton
• Whirlwind—Lainey Wilson

2025 Best Country Song: The Architect—Kacey Musgraves

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Kacey Musgraves won her 8th Grammy for the Architect in this year’s Recording Academy Awards.

Nominations:

• A Bar Song (Tipsy)—Shaboozey
• I Am Not Okay—Jelly Roll
• I Had Some Help—Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen
• TEXAS HOLD ‘EM— Beyoncé

2025 Best Pop Vocal Album: Short n’ Sweet-Sabrina Carpenter

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Sabrina’s been releasing music since 2014 but 2024 has really been her year with a successful tour, multiple chart toppers and 6 Grammy nominations under her name. She finally became a Grammy winner with her hit album “Short n’ Sweet”.

Nominations:

• 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

2025 Best Pop Solo Performance: Espresso-Sabrina Carpenter

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Adding to her list of wins, Sabrina also took home the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance with her megahit “Espresso”. The song has reigned the Billboard Hot 100 charts since release.

Nominations:

• BODYGUARD — Beyoncé
• Apple —Charli XCX
• BIRDS OF A FEATHER — Billie Eilish
• Good Luck, Babe! — Chappell Roan

2025 Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Die With A Smile-Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

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The massive hit Die With A Smile bagged a Grammy to no one’s surprise. The song has been used for every edit in every fandom since it came out.

Nominations:

• us— Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
• LEVII’S JEANS — Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
• Guess— Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
• the boy is mine — Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica

2025 Best Dance Pop Recording: Von dutch–Charli xcx

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Charlie xcx adds another Grammy win to her name with Von dutch. The popular singer and songwriter now has 3 Grammys under her name.

Nominations:

• Make You Mine — Madison Beer
• L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT — Billie Eilish
• yes, and? — Ariana Grande
• Got Me Started — Troye Sivan

Best Dance/Electronic Album: BRAT — Charli xcx

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The 2025 Grammys have been big for Charli xcx where she secured multiple awards in different categories, sealing her name as a reputed singer and songwriter.

Nominations:

• Three — Four Tet
• Hyperdrama — Justice
• TIMELESS — KAYTRANADA
• Telos — Zedd

2025 Best Rock Performance: Now and Then—The Beatles

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This win may be the most controversial of the evening. This is an AI-assisted rendition of Now and Then by the Beatles and it won Best Rock Performance over original and more deserving candidates.

Nominations:

• 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. Vincent

2025 Best Rock Song: Broken Man—Annie Clark

The Clark sisters are the highest-selling female gospel singers in history and added another Grammy win to their growing list of trophies at the 2025 ceremony.

Nominations:

• Beautiful People (Stay High)—The Black Keys
• Dark Matter—Pearl Jam
• Dilemma—Green Day
• Gift Horse—IDLES

2025 Best Rock Album: Hackney Diamonds—The Rolling Stones

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The 24th studio album by The Rolling Stones wins them yet another Grammy this year. The album was released in 2923 and has received several nominations and accolades since then.

Nominations:

• Happiness Bastards—The Black Crowes
• Romance—Fontaines D.C.
• Saviors—Green Day
• TANGK—IDLES
• Dark Matter—Pearl Jam
• No Name—Jack White

2025 Best Alternative Music Album: All Born Screaming—St. Vincent

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The Clark sisters add another Grammy title to their wins by bagging the best alternative album.

Nominations:

• Wild God–Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Charm—Clairo
• The Collective—Kim Gordon
• What Now—Brittany Howard

2025 Best R&B Song: Saturn—SZA

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Popular singer-songwriter SZA wins another Grammy with Saturn. She has a total of 5 wins so far with multiple nominations under her name.

Nominations:

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

2025 Best R&B Album: 11:11 (Deluxe)—Chris Brown

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Chris Brown’s 11:11 album sticks true to its name and has a total of 11 tracks in various genres. This is the artist’s second Grammy win after 13 years, the first one being in 2012 in the same category.

Nominations:

• VANTABLACK — Lalah Hathaway
• Revenge — Muni Long
• Algorithm — Lucky Daye
• COMING HOME — Usher

2025 Best Rap Song: Not Like Us—Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy wins grow as the singer songwriter bags yet another win with Not Like Us, becoming one of the most awarded artists of the night.

Nominations:

• Asteroids—Rapsody Featuring Hit-Boy
• Carnival—Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign
• Like That—Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
• Yeah Glo!—GloRilla

2025 Best Rap Album: Alligator Bites Never Heal—Doechii

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The American rapper and songwriter rose to fame in 2021 through Tiktok. The artist has received 3 Grammy nominations so far and this marks her first win.

Nominations:

• Might Delete Later—J. Cole
• The Auditorium, Vol. 1—Common & Pete Rock
• The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)—Eminem
• We Don’t Trust You—Future & Metro Boomin

Final Words

Those are all the main categories-that is to say, the categories pretty much everyone cares about. The Grammy wins aren’t the only news this year, a few red carpet mishaps are also making headlines. As always the Recording Academy Awards or Grammys is a shiny and star studded event, with live performances and comedy from the hosts. But over the years the hype around the ceremony has certainly dulled.

Maybe the awards have lost their spark because most of the winners are predictable. The same list of winners every year also takes the anticipation away and the awards keep a more diverse circle of artists. What was your favorite moment from the 2025 Academy Awards? Let us know in the comments.