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The 2025 Grammy Awards were held on February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Beyoncé took home multiple awards.
Chappell Roan won the coveted award for best new artist.
Triumphant wins, heartfelt tributes, and bombastic performances filled the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles Sunday night for the 67th annual Grammy Awards.
Kendrick Lamar was one of the night's biggest winners, netting five Grammys including record of the year, best rap performance, and best music video for the Drake diss-track -turned-smash-hit "Not Like Us," while Beyoncé surprised even herself by taking home the award for best country album for "Cowboy Carter" and ended the night with her first-ever win for album of the year .
Keep reading to see who won in the major categories — the winners are listed in bold.
Songwriter of the year, non-classical
Amy Allen at the 2025 Grammys.
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Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Producer of the year, non-classical
Daniel Nigro works with Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo.
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Alissia
Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro
Best pop solo performance
Sabrina Carpenter debuted "Espresso" at Coachella in 2024.
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"Bodyguard" — Beyoncé
"Espresso" — Sabrina Carpenter
"Apple" — Charli XCX
"Birds of a Feather" — Billie Eilish
"Good Luck, Babe!" — Chappell Roan
Best pop duo/group performance
Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga at the 2025 Grammys.
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"Us" — Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift
"Levii's Jeans" — Beyoncé featuring Post Malone
"Guess" — Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish
"The Boy Is Mine" — Ariana Grande, Brandy, and Monica
"Die With a Smile" — Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
Best pop vocal album
Sabrina Carpenter at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
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"Short n' Sweet" — Sabrina Carpenter
"Hit Me Hard and Soft" — Billie Eilish
"Eternal Sunshine" — Ariana Grande
"The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" — Chappell Roan
"The Tortured Poets Department" — Taylor Swift
Best dance pop recording
Charli XCX at the Met Gala.
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"Make You Mine" — Madison Beer
"Von Dutch" — Charli XCX
"L'Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]" — Billie Eilish
"Yes, And?" — Ariana Grande
"Got Me Started" — Troye Sivan
Best dance/electronic recording
Kevin Parker of Tame Impala.
Venla Shalin/Redferns
"She's Gone, Dance On" — Disclosure
"Loved" — Four Tet
"Leavemealone" — Fred Again and Baby Keem
"Neverender" — Justice and Tame Impala
"Witchy" — Kaytranada featuring Childish Gambino
Best dance/electronic album
Charli XCX hosted "SNL" in November 2024.
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"Brat" — Charli XCX
"Three" — Four Tet
"Hyperdrama" — Justice
"Timeless" — Kaytranada
"Telos" — Zedd
Best rock performance
"Now and Then" was released on November 3, 2023.
The Beatles/YouTube
"Now and Then" — The Beatles
"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
Best rock song
St. Vincent performing in October 2024.
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"Beautiful People (Stay High)" — The Black Keys
"Broken Man" — St. Vincent
"Dark Matter" — Pearl Jam
"Dilemma" — Green Day
"Gift Horse" — Idles
Best rock album
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones onstage during the Hackney Diamonds '24 Tour.
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"Happiness Bastards" — The Black Crowes
"Romance" — Fontaines D.C.
"Saviors" — Green Day
"TANGK" — Idles
"Dark Matter" — Pearl Jam
"Hackney Diamonds" — The Rolling Stones
"No Name" — Jack White
Best alternative music performance
Annie Clark of St. Vincent.
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"Neon Pill" — Cage the Elephant
"Song of the Lake" — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Starburster" — Fontaines D.C.
"Bye Bye" — Kim Gordon
"Flea" — St. Vincent
Best alternative music album
St. Vincent performs at the 2024 The Thing Festival.
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"Wild God" — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Charm" — Clairo
"The Collective" — Kim Gordon
"What Now" — Brittany Howard
"All Born Screaming" — St. Vincent
Best melodic rap performance
Rapsody at the 2025 Grammys.
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"Kehlani" — Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani
"Spaghettii" — Beyoncé featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey
"We Still Don't Trust You" — Future and Metro Boomin featuring The Weeknd
"Big Mama" — Latto
"3" — Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu
Best rap performance
Kendrick Lamar in "Not Like Us."
Kendrick Lamar/YouTube
"Enough (Miami)" — Cardi B
"When the Sun Shines Again" — Common and Pete Rock featuring Posdnuos
"Nissan Altima" — Doechii
"Houdini" — Eminem
"Like That" — Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Yeah Glo!" — GloRilla
"Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar
Best rap song
Kendrick Lamar performing on Juneteenth in 2024.
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"Asteroids" — Rapsody featuring Hit-Boy
"Carnival" — ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $Ign) featuring Rich The Kid and Playboi Carti
"Like That" — Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar
"Yeah Glo!" — GloRilla
Best rap album
Doechii released her mixtape "Alligator Bites Never Heal" in August 2024.
John Jay
"Might Delete Later" — J. Cole
"The Auditorium, Vol. 1" — Common and Pete Rock
"Alligator Bites Never Heal" — Doechii
"The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)" — Eminem
"We Don't Trust You" — Future and Metro Boomin
Best traditional R&B performance
Lucky Daye performs in 2022.
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"Wet" — Marsha Ambrosius
"Can I Have This Groove" — Kenyon Dixon
"No Lie" — Lalah Hathaway featuring Michael McDonald
"Make Me Forget" — Muni Long
"That's You" — Lucky Daye
Best R&B performance
Muni Long performs in Atlanta for a Grammy nominee celebration.
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"Guidance" — Jhené Aiko
"Residuals" — Chris Brown
"Here We Go (Uh Oh)" — Coco Jones
"Made For Me (Live on BET)" — Muni Long
"Saturn" — SZA
Best R&B song
SZA.
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"After Hours" — Kehlani
"Burning" — Tems
"Here We Go (Uh Oh)" — Coco Jones
"Ruined Me" — Muni Long
"Saturn" — SZA
Best R&B album
Chris Brown performs in 2024.
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"11:11 (Deluxe)" — Chris Brown
"Vantablack" — Lalah Hathaway
"Revenge "— Muni Long
"Algorithm" — Lucky Daye
"Coming Home" — Usher
Best progressive R&B album
Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge of NxWorries performing in July 2023.
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"So Glad to Know You "— Avery Sunshine (WINNER - tie)
"En Route" — Durand Bernarr
"Bando Stone & the New World" — Childish Gambino
"Crash" — Kehlani
"Why Lawd?" — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) (WINNER - tie)
Best alternative jazz album
Meshell Ndegeocello at the 2025 Grammys.
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"Night Reign" — Arooj Aftab
"New Blue Sun" — André 3000
"Code Derivation" — Robert Glasper
"Foreverland" — Keyon Harrold
"No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin" — Meshell Ndegeocello
Best country solo performance
Chris Stapleton performs at the 2024 CMA Awards.
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"16 Carriages" — Beyoncé
"I Am Not OK" — Jelly Roll
"The Architect" — Kacey Musgraves
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" — Shaboozey
"It Takes a Woman" — Chris Stapleton
Best country duo/group performance
Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus perform together in 2008.
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"Cowboys Cry Too" — Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan
"II Most Wanted" — Beyoncé featuring Miley Cyrus
"Break Mine" — Brothers Osborne
"Bigger Houses" — Dan + Shay
"I Had Some Help" — Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
Best country song
Kacey Musgraves performing in October.
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"The Architect" — Kacey Musgraves
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" — Shaboozey
"I Am Not Okay" — Jelly Roll
"I Had Some Help" — Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
"Texas Hold 'Em" — Beyoncé
Best country album
Beyoncé at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
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"Cowboy Carter" — Beyoncé
"F-1 Trillion" — Post Malone
"Deeper Well" — Kacey Musgraves
"Higher" — Chris Stapleton
"Whirlwind" — Lainey Wilson
Best Latin pop album
Shakira performs during the 2023 VMAs.
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"Funk Generation" — Anitta
"El Viaje" — Luis Fonsi
"García" — Kany García
"Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" — Shakira
"Orquídeas" — Kali Uchis
Best música urbana album
Residente performs in Puerto Rico in 2024.
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"Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañan" — Bad Bunny
"Rayo" — J Balvin
"Ferxxocalipsis" — Feid
"Las Letras Ya No Importan" — Residente
"Att." — Young Miko
Best African music performance
Tems performs at Roskilde Festival 2024.
Joseph Okpako/WireImage
"Tomorrow" — Yemi Alade
"MMS" — Asake and Wizkid
"Sensational" — Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay
"Higher" — Burna Boy
"Love Me JeJe" — Tems
Best musical theater album
Alicia Keys attends the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
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"Hell's Kitchen"
"Merrily We Roll Along"
"The Notebook"
"The Outsiders"
"Suffs"
"The Wiz"
Best music video
Kendrick Lamar in "Not Like Us."
Kendrick Lamar/YouTube
"Tailor Swif" — A$AP Rocky
"360" — Charli XCX
"Houdini" — Eminem
"Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar
"Fortnight" — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and television)
Timothée Chalamet in "Dune: Part Two."
Warner Bros.
"American Fiction"
"Challengers"
"The Color Purple "
"Dune: Part Two"
"Shōgun"
Best song written for visual media
Jon Batiste performs at the 2022 Grammys.
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"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" from "Twisters: The Album" — Luke Combs
"Better Place" from "Trolls Band Together" — NSYNC and Justin Timberlake
"Can't Catch Me Now" from "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" — Olivia Rodrigo
"It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony" — Jon Batiste
"Love Will Survive" from "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" — Barbra Streisand
Best new artist
Chappell Roan performs at Lollapalooza 2024.
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Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Song of the year
"Not Like Us" was released as a single on May 4, 2024.
Kendrick Lamar/YouTube
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" — Shaboozey
"Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish
"Die With a Smile" — Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
"Fortnight" — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
"Good Luck, Babe!" — Chappell Roan
"Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar
"Please Please Please" — Sabrina Carpenter
"Texas Hold 'Em" — Beyoncé
Record of the year
Kendrick Lamar won five awards at the 2025 Grammys.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
"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 Luke, Babe!" — Chappell Roan
"Fortnight" — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
Album of the year
Beyoncé debuted live performances of "Cowboy Carter" songs on December 25, 2024.
Eric Christian Smith/AP
"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
