2025 GRAMMY
The 2025 GRAMMY celebrated a landmark year in music, recognizing a diverse range of talent across genres. From historic wins to captivating performances, the ceremony showcased the power and evolution of music.
The 2025 GRAMMY Awards marked a historic moment in the music world, featuring unforgettable wins and electrifying performances. Beyoncé made history by winning her first-ever Album of the Year GRAMMY for COWBOY CARTER and became the first Black woman to secure the Best Country Album award. Kendrick Lamar also shone brightly, taking home all five of his nominations, including Record of the Year for “Not Like Us.”
| Category | Winner | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Album of the Year | Beyoncé – COWBOY CARTER | First Album of the Year win for Beyoncé; Historic win for a Black woman in Country category |
| Best Country Album | Beyoncé – COWBOY CARTER | First Black woman to win in this category |
| Record of the Year | Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” | Dominant performance in rap categories |
| Best New Artist | Chappell Roan | Advocate for industry fairness |
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The night was filled with electrifying performances, including:
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Pop Solo Performance | Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso” |
| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” |
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet |
| Best Dance/Electronic Recording | Justice & Tame Impala – “Neverender” |
| Best Dance Pop Recording | Charli xcx – “Von Dutch” |
| Best Dance/Electronic Album | Charli xcx – BRAT |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Rock Performance | The Beatles – “Now and Then” |
| Best Metal Performance | Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” |
| Best Rock Album | The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds |
| Best Alternative Music Performance | St. Vincent – “Flea” |
| Best Alternative Music Album | St. Vincent – All Born Screaming |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best R&B Performance | Muni Long – “Made For Me (Live On BET)” |
| Best Traditional R&B Performance | Lucky Daye – “That’s You” |
| Best R&B Song | SZA – “Saturn” |
| Best Progressive R&B Album | Avery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know You (TIE) & NxWorries – Why Lawd? (TIE) |
| Best R&B Album | Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe) |
| Best Rap Performance | Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” |
| Best Melodic Rap Performance | Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – “3” |
| Best Rap Song | Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” |
| Best Rap Album | Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal |
| Best Spoken Word Poetry Album | Tank and The Bangas – The Heart, The Mind, The Soul |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Jazz Vocal Album | Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance |
| Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | Dan Pugach Big Band – Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence |
| Best Latin Jazz Album | Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus – Cubop Lives! |
| Best Alternative Jazz Album | Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin |
| Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Norah Jones – Visions |
| Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | Taylor Eigsti – Plot Armor |
| Best Musical Theater Album | Hell’s Kitchen |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Country Solo Performance | Chris Stapleton – “It Takes A Woman” |
| Best Country Duo/Group Performance | Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus – “II MOST WANTED” |
| Best Country Song | Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect” |
| Best Country Album | Beyoncé – COWBOY CARTER |
| Best American Roots Performance | Sierra Ferrell – “Lighthouse” |
| Best Americana Performance | Sierra Ferrell – “American Dreaming” |
| Best American Roots Song | Sierra Ferrell – “American Dreaming” |
| Best Americana Album | Sierra Ferrell – Trail Of Flowers |
| Best Bluegrass Album | Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1 |
| Best Traditional Blues Album | The Taj Mahal Sextet – Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa |
| Best Contemporary Blues Album | Ruthie Foster – Mileage |
| Best Folk Album | Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland |
| Best Regional Roots Music Album | Kalani Pe’a – Kuini |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Gospel Performance/Song | Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr – “One Hallelujah” |
| Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song | CeCe Winans – “That’s My King” |
| Best Gospel Album | CeCe Winans – More Than This |
| Best Contemporary Christian Music Album | DOE – Heart Of A Human |
| Best Roots Gospel Album | Cory Henry – Church |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Latin Pop Album | Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran |
| Best Música Urbana Album | Residente – LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN |
| Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Rawayana – ¿Quién trae las cornetas? |
| Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) | Carín León – Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 |
| Best Tropical Latin Album | Tony Succar, Mimy Succar – Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) |
| Best Global Music Performance | Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – “Bemba Colorá” |
| Best African Music Performance | Tems – “Love Me JeJe” |
| Best Global Music Album | Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – ALKEBULAN II |
| Best Reggae Album | Various Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) |
| Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album | Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – Triveni |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Children’s Music Album | Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band – Brillo, Brillo! |
| Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer |
| Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording | Jimmy Carter – Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration |
| Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media | Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein |
| Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two |
| Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media | Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord |
| Best Song Written For Visual Media | Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson – “It Never Went Away” (From “American Symphony”) |
| Best Music Video | Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” |
| Best Music Film | Jon Batiste – “American Symphony” |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Recording Package | Charli xcx – BRAT |
| Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package | John Lennon – Mind Games |
| Best Album Notes | Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras – After Midnight |
| Best Historical Album | King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists – Centennial |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Lucky Daye – Algorithm |
| Best Engineered Album, Classical | Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit |
| Producer Of The Year, Classical | Elaine Martone |
| Best Immersive Audio Album | Peter Gabriel – i/o (In-Side Mix) |
| Best Instrumental Composition | André 3000 – “I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” |
| Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella | Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & |
The winners were chosen by the Recording Academy’s voting members, a group of music creators, ensuring that the GRAMMYs remain one of the most prestigious honors in the industry. The 2025 ceremony also reflected the Academy’s commitment to inclusivity and progress, with several category updates and eligibility adjustments aimed at better representing the evolving music landscape.
Other notable winners included Sabrina Carpenter, who won Best Pop Solo Performance for Espresso, and her album Short n’ Sweet which took home Best Pop Vocal Album. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” earned Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Neverender by Justice and Tame Impala won Best Dance/Electronic Recording, and Charli xcx’s BRAT claimed Best Dance/Electronic Album. The Beatles’ Now and Then was honored with Best Rock Performance, while Gojira, Marina Viotti, and Victor Le Masne won Best Metal Performance for “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!).”
In the R&B categories, Muni Long’s Made For Me (Live On BET) earned Best R&B Performance, and Lucky Daye’s “That’s You” took home Best Traditional R&B Performance. SZA’s Saturn won Best R&B Song. Avery*Sunshine’s So Glad to Know You and NxWorries’ Why Lawd? tied for Best Progressive R&B Album. Chris Brown’s 11:11 (Deluxe) won Best R&B Album, while Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu claimed Best Melodic Rap Performance for “3.” Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal was named Best Rap Album, and Tank and The Bangas’ The Heart, The Mind, The Soul earned the award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.
The jazz category saw wins for Samara Joy (Best Jazz Vocal Album), Chick Corea & Béla Fleck (Best Jazz Instrumental Album), and Dan Pugach Big Band (Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album). Other genre-specific winners included Sierra Ferrell (Best American Roots Performance, Best Americana Performance, and Best Americana Album), CeCe Winans (Best Gospel Album and Best Contemporary Christian Music Song for “That’s My King”), and Shakira (Best Latin Pop Album). In the global music categories, Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar’s “Bemba Colorá” won Best Global Music Performance, and Matt B with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s ALKEBULAN II won Best Global Music Album. The Bob Marley compilation album Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) won Best Reggae Album.
The GRAMMYs also recognized excellence in visual media, with Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein winning Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Dune: Part Two earning Hans Zimmer the award for Best Score Soundtrack. Olivia Rodrigo’s “Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes won Best Song Written for Visual Media, while Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” secured Best Music Video. Jon Batiste’s American Symphony won Best Music Film.
Other notable awards included Best Recording Package for Charli xcx’s BRAT, Best Album Notes for John Culshaw’s John Culshaw — The Art Of The Producer – The Early Years 1948-55, and Best Engineered Album wins for Lucky Daye’s Algorithm (Non-Classical) and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit (Classical). Elaine Martone was named Classical Producer of the Year, and Peter Gabriel’s i/o (In-Side Mix) won Best Immersive Audio Album. André 3000’s “I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” took home Best Instrumental Composition, while Jacob Collier featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” won Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella. Säje featuring Regina Carter’s “Alma” won Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals.
In the classical category, the Los Angeles Philharmonic won Best Orchestral Performance for Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina, and the San Francisco Symphony’s Saariaho: Adriana Mater won Best Opera Recording. The Crossing’s Ochre won Best Choral Performance, and Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion’s Rectangles and Circumstance won Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. Other classical wins included Víkingur Ólafsson for Bach: Goldberg Variations (Best Classical Instrumental Solo), Karen Slack’s Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price (Best Classical Solo Vocal Album), and Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina (Best Classical Compendium). Gabriela Ortiz was honored with Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Revolución Diamantina.
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