What Did We Just See? The 2025 Grammys Definitely Surpassed Our Expectations. The 2025 Grammys absolutely exceeded our expectations, offering a bit of everything: we were thrilled, we cried, we sang, and we laughed. In this ceremony, emotions ran high, and here’s a breakdown of who took home the night’s biggest awards.
With performances from Sabrina Carpenter, Shakira, Charlie XCX, Stevie Wonder, Cynthia Erivo, Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish, Bruno Mars, and more, the 67th annual Grammy Awards were nothing short of spectacular. But the biggest surprise came from The Weeknd, who made amends with the awards show with a stellar musical performance.
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But it wasn’t just about the music—there were also powerful messages, like Chappell Roan’s call for record labels to treat and care for their artists with dignity. Meanwhile, Shakira spoke up for her migrant brothers and sisters, vowing to always fight for them.
2025 Grammy Winners List
Hosted by Trevor Noah, the 2025 Grammys were undoubtedly a special moment to celebrate music and talent. Here is the full list of winners.
The list of televised awards went as follows:
- Best Rap Album: Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii
- Best Pop Vocal Album: Short n’ Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter
- Best Country Album: COWBOY CARTER — Beyoncé
- Best New Artist: Chappell Roan
- Best Latin Pop Album: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Die With A Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
- Record of the Year: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
- Song of the Year “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
- Album of the Year: COWBOY CARTER — Beyoncé
- Dr. Dre Global Impact Award: Alicia Keys
Meanwhile, the winners of the awards that were not televised were:
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
- Best Dance/Electronic Recording: “Neverender” – Justice & Tame Impala
- Best Dance Pop Recording: “Von Dutch” – Charli XCX
- Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Brat” – Charli XCX
- Best Remix: “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”
- Best Americana Performance: “American Dreaming” – Sierra Ferrell
- Best Americana Roots Song: “American Dreaming” – Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
- Best Americana Album: Trail of Flowers – Sierra Ferrell
- Best Bluegrass Album: Live Vol. 1 – Billy Strings
- Best Folk Album: Woodland – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
- Best Regional Roots Music Album: Kuini – Kalani Pe’a
- Best Gospel Performance/Song: “One Hallelujah” – Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton ft. Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
- Best Contemporary Christian Performance/Song: “That’s My King” – CeCe Winans
- Best Gospel Album: More Than This – CeCe Winans
- Best Contemporary Christian Album: Heart of a Human – DOE
- Best Roots Gospel Album: Church – Cory Henry
- Best Country Solo Performance: “It Takes A Woman” – Chris Stapleton
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “II MOST WANTED” – Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus
- Best Country Song: “The Architect” – Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
- Best Americana Roots Performance: “Lighthouse” – Sierra Ferrell
- Best Traditional Blues Album: Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa – The Taj Mahal Sextet
- Best Contemporary Blues Album: Mileage – Ruthie Foster
- Best Urban Music Album: LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN – Residente
- Best Latin Rock or Alternative Music Album: ¿Quién trae las cornetas? – Rawayana
- Best Tropical Music Album: Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) – Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
- Best R&B Performance: “Made For Me (Live On BET)” – Muni Long
- Best Traditional R&B Performance: “That’s You” – Lucky Daye
- Best R&B Song: “Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Cian Ducrot, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
- Best Progressive R&B Album: So Glad to Know You – Avery*Sunshine / Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
- Best R&B Album: 11:11 (Deluxe) – Chris Brown
- Best Rap Performance: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
- Best Melodic Rap Performance: “3” – Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu
- Best Rap Song: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
- Best Music Video: “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
- Best Musical Film: American Symphony – Jon Batiste
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Visions – Norah Jones
- Best Children’s Music Album: Brillo, Brillo! – Lucky Diaz and The Family Jam Band
- Best Comedy Album: The Dreamer – Dave Chappelle
- Best Audiobook, Narration or Storytelling Album: Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration – Jimmy Carter
- Best Packaging: BRAT – Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli XCX)
- Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Mind Games – Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)
- Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
- Best Album Notes: Centennial – Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
- Best Historical Album: Centennial – Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and Various Artists)
- Non-Classical Producer of the Year: Daniel Nigro
- Best Rock Performance: “Now and Then” – The Beatles
- Best Metal Performance: “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” – Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
- Best Rock Song: “Broken Man” – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
- Best Rock Album: Hackney Diamonds – The Rolling Stones
- Best Alternative Rock Performance: “Flea” – St. Vincent
- Best Alternative Rock Album: All Born Screaming – St. Vincent
- Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein – Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, artists; Bradley Cooper, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Jason Ruder, compilation producers; Steven Gizicki, music supervisor
- Best Non-Classical Engineered Album: i/o – Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May, Dom Shaw & Mark “Spike” Stent, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
- Best Jazz Performance: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” – Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner
- Best Jazz Vocal Album: A Joyful Holiday – Samara Joy
- Best Latin Jazz Album: Cubop Lives! – Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus
- Best Alternative Jazz Album: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello
- Best Global Music Performance: “Bemba Colorá” – Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
- Best Opera Recording: Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
- Best Musical Theater Album: Hell’s Kitchen – Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Maleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
This article was originally written by Carla Martell in Spanish in Cultura Colectiva.