COLOMBO (News 1st); In a night of shocks and snubs, Beyonce finally won her first Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards just 12 months after her husband Jay-Z had an epic public tantrum about her being overlooked by the Recording Academy.
The 2025 Grammys were hosted by Trevor Noah for the fifth consecutive year and held at LA's Crypto.com Arena.
He kicked off the event by introducing the band Daws and a funny monologue complete with an announcement that Beyonce was going to be in attendance.
Leading the Grammy nominations this year was American singer-songwriter Beyoncé, who secured an impressive 11 nods and set a new record for the most nominations in a single year by a female artiste.
This brought her total Grammy nominations to 99, making her the most-nominated artiste in the history of the awards — surpassing the previous record of 88, which she shared with her husband Jay-Z.
Beyoncé, the most-awarded artist in Grammy history, finally won album of the year.
Beyoncé picked up the top prize at Sunday night’s 67th Grammy Awards with “Cowboy Carter,” her bold yet scholarly exploration of the Black roots of country music.
Album of the year:
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Song of the year:
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Record of the year:
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
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 albumL
Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
Best R&B song:
SZA – Saturn
Best progressive R&B album:
Avery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know You
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) – Why Lawd?
Best R&B album:
Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
Best folk album:
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings – Woodland
Best música urbana album:
Residente – Las Letras Ya No Importan
Best metal performance:
Gojira, Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne – Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
Best African music performance:
Tems – Love Me JeJe
Best rock song:
St Vincent – Broken Man
Best rock album:
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Best alternative music performance:
St Vincent – Flea
Best global music album:
Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II
Best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording:
Jimmy Carter – Last Sundays in the Plains: A Centennial Celebration
Best country song:
Kacey Musgraves – The Architect
Best song written for visual media:
Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away from American Symphony
Best música Mexicana album (including Tejano):
Carín León – Boca Chueca, Vol 1
Songwriter of the year, non-classical:
Amy Allen
Producer of the year, non-classical:
Daniel Nigro
Best musical theater album:
Hell’s Kitchen