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2025 Grammys: Kendrick Lamar Sweeps, Beyoncé Makes History, and Doechii Dedicates Her First Grammy to Black Girls

The 2025 Grammys proved that Black excellence reigns. Here's a look at the winners who made history.

At the 2025 Grammy Awards, held on February 2 in Los Angeles, Black artists achieved historic milestones, reflecting their profound impact on the music industry.

Beyoncé made history by winning Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter, marking her first win in this prestigious category after several previous nominations. In her heartfelt acceptance speech, she dedicated the award to Linda Martell, the first Black woman to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, stating, "It's been many, many years. I want to dedicate this to Ms. Martell."

The Los Angeles Fire Department presented her with the trophy, underscoring the significance of the moment. Host Trevor Noah remarked, "We finally saw it happen, everyone," acknowledging the long-awaited recognition for one of music's most transcendent artists. In addition to her AOTY win, the multi-platinum artist became the first Black woman to win Best Country Album for Cowboy Carter. Tonight's wins made her the most-awarded GRAMMY winner of all time, now with 35.

On the hip-hop front, Kendrick Lamar swept every category he was nominated in, taking home awards for Record Of The Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video, and Song Of The Year for “Not Like Us," making the album the first diss album to win a Grammy!

In his acceptance speech, Lamar dedicated the awards to his hometown, proclaiming, "We're gonna dedicate this one to the city," before shouting out various Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Emerging rapper Doechii made history by becoming the third woman ever to win Best Rap Album for her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal. Presented by previous winner Cardi B, Doechii delivered an emotional speech, stating, "I put my heart and soul into this mixtape—I went through so much and I dedicated myself to sobriety and God told me I would be rewarded and he would show me just how good it can get." She joins Lauryn Hill and Cardi B as the only women to have won this award since its inception in 1989.

Doechii ended her speech by shouting out to all the Black women watching.

“I know that there is some Black girl out there, so many Black women out there who are watching me right now, and I want to tell you, you can do it,” Doechii said. “Anything is possible. Don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you, that tell you that you can’t be here, that you’re too dark or that you’re not smart enough or that you’re too dramatic or you’re too loud.” She added: “You’re exactly who you need to be to be right where you are.”

And, it would be remise of us not to acknowledge Muni Long's win for Best R&B Performance for "Made for Me (Live on BET)," which was filmed at the 2024 Soul Train Awards in Los Angeles.

Below is the complete list of winners of the evening.

Album of the Year

New Blue Sun – André 3000

COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé — WINNER

Short n' Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter

BRAT – Charli xcx

Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift

Record of the Year

"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 — WINNER

"Good Luck, Babe!" – Chappell Roan

"Fortnight" – Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone

Kendrick Lamar at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. 

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Song of the Year

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)

"BIRDS OF A FEATHER" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

"Die With a Smile" – Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)

"Fortnight" – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)

"Good Luck, Babe!" – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)

"Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) — WINNER

"Please Please Please" – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

"TEXAS HOLD 'EM" – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best New Artist

Benson Boone

Sabrina Carpenter

Doechii

Khruangbin

RAYE

Chappell Roan — WINNER

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia

Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II

Ian Fitchuk

Mustard

Daniel Nigro — WINNER

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Jessi Alexander

Amy Allen — WINNER

Edgar Barrera

Jessie Jo Dillon

RAYE

Best Pop Solo Performance

"BODYGUARD" – Beyoncé

"Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter — WINNER

"Apple" – Charli xcx

"BIRDS OF A FEATHER" – Billie Eilish

"Good Luck, Babe! "– Chappell Roan

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 

"Us" – Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift

"LEVII’S JEAN" – Beyoncé feat. Post Malone

"Guess" – Charli xcx & Billie Eilish

"The Boy Is Mine" – Ariana Grande, Brandy and Monica

"Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — WINNER

Best Pop Vocal Album

Short n' Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter — WINNER

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/Electronic Performance

"She’s Gone, Dance On" – Disclosure

"Loved" – Four Tet

"Leavemealone" – Fred Again.. & Baby Keem

"Neverender" – Justice & Tame Impala - WINNER

"Witchy" – KAYTRANADA feat. Childish Gambino

Best Dance Pop Recording

"Make You Mine" – Madison Beer

"Von Dutch" – Charli xcx — WINNER

"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 — WINNER

Three – Four Tet

Hyperdrama – Justice

TIMELESS – KAYTRANADA

Telos – Zedd

Best Remixed Recording

"Alter Ego – KAYTRANADA Remix" – KAYTRANADA, remixer

"A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]" – David Guetta, remixer

"Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)" – FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers

"Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix" – Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers

"Von Dutch" – A.G. Cook, remixer

Best Rock Performance

"Now & Then" – The Beatles — WINNER

"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 Metal Performance

"Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!)" – Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le — WINNER

"Crown of Horns" – Judas Priest

"Suffocate" – Knocked Loose feat. Poppy

"Screaming Suicide" – Metallica

"Cellar Door" – Spiritbox

Best Rock Song

"Beautiful People (Stay High)" – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)

"Broken Man" – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent) — WINNER

"Dark Matter" – Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)

"Dilemma" – Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)

"Gift Horse" – Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)

Best Rock Album

Happiness Bastards – The Black Crowes

Romance – Fontaines D.C.

Saviors – Green Day

TANGK – IDLES

Dark Matter – Pearl Jam

Hackney Diamonds – The Rolling Stones — WINNER

No Name – Jack White

Best Alternative Music Performance

"Neon Pill "– Cage the Elephant

"Song of the Lake" – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

"Starburster" – Fontaines D.C.

"Bye Bye" – Kim Gordon

"Flea" – St. Vincent — WINNER

Best Alternative Music Album

Wild God – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Charm – Clairo

The Collective – Kim Gordon

What Now – Brittany Howard

All Born Screaming – St. Vincent — WINNER

Best R&B Performance 

"Guidance" – Jhené Aiko

"Residuals" – Chris Brown

"Here We Go (Uh Oh)" – Coco Jones

"Made for Me (Live on BET)" – Muni Long — WINNER

"Saturn" – SZA

Muni Long at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. 

Amy Sussman/Getty

Best Traditional R&B Performance

"Wet" – Marsha Ambrosius

"Can I Have This Groove" – Kenyon Dixon

"No Lie" – Lalah Hatahway feat. Michael McDonald

"Make Me Forget" – Muni Long

"That’s You" – Lucky Daye – WINNER

Best R&B Song

"After Hours" – Kehlani

"Burning" – Tems

"Here We Go (Uh Oh)" – Coco Jones

"Ruined Me" – Muni Long

"Saturn" – SZA — WINNER

Best Progressive R&B Album

So Glad to Know You – Avery*Sunshine — WINNER (TIE)

En Route – Durand Bernarr

Bando Stone and the New World – Childish Gambino

Crash – Kehlani

Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) — WINNER (TIE)

Best R&B Album

11:11 (Deluxe) – Chris Brown — WINNER

Vantablack – Lalah Hathaway

Revenge – Muni Long

Algorithm – Lucky Daye

Coming Home – Usher

Best Rap Performance

"Enough (Miami)" – Cardi B

"When the Sun Shines Again" – Common & Pete Rock feat. Posdnuos

"Nissan Altima" – Doechii

"Houdini" – Eminem

"Not Like Us" - Kendrick Lamar — WINNER

Best Melodic Rap Performance

"Kehlani" – Jordan Adetunji feat. Kehlani

"Spaghetti" – Beyoncé feat. Linda Martell & Shaboozey

"We Still Don't Trust You" – Future & Metro Boomin feat. The Weeknd

"Big Mama" – Latto

"3:AM" – Rapsody feaet. Erykah Badu — WINNER

Best Rap Song

“Asteroids” – Rapsody, feat. Hit-Boy

“Carnival” – ¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign feat. Playboi Carti & Rich The Kid

“Like That” – Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar

“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar — WINNER

Yeah Glo! – GloRilla

Best Rap Album

Might Delete Later – J. Cole

The Auditorium, Vol 1 – Common & Pete Rock

Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii — WINNER

The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) – Eminem

We Don’t Trust You – Future & Metro Boomin

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

À Fleur De Peau – Cyrille Aimée

Visions – Norah Jones - WINNER

Good Together – Lake Street Dive

Impossible Dream – Aaron Lazar

Christmas Wish – Gregory Porter

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell’s Kitchen

Merrily We Roll Along

The Notebook

The Outsiders

Suffs

The Wiz

Best Country Solo Performance

“16 Carriages” – Beyoncé

“I Am Not Okay” – Jelly Roll

“The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey

“It Takes a Woman” – Chris Stapleton - WINNER

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan

“II Most Wanted” – Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus - WINNER

“Break Mine” – Brothers Osborne

“Bigger Houses” – Dan + Shay

“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

Best Country Song

“The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves — WINNER

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey

“I Am Not Okay” – Jelly Roll

“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

“Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé

Kacey Musgraves at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. 

VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty

Best Country Album

COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé — WINNER

F-1 Trillion – Post Malone

Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves

Higher – Chris Stapleton

Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson

Beyoncé at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. 

CBS

Best Americana Performance

“Ya Ya” – Beyoncé

“Subtitles” – Madison Cunningham

“Don’t Do Me Good” – Madi Diaz feat. Kacey Musgraves

“American Dreaming” – Sierra Ferrell — WINNER

“Runaway Train” – Sarah Jarosz

“Empty Trainload of Sky” – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Sierra Farrell at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. 

Rich Polk/Billboard via Getty

Best Latin Pop Album

Funk Generation – Anitta

El Viaje – Luis Fonsi

GARCÍA – Kany García

Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira

ORQUÍDEAS – Kali Uchis

Best Música Urbana Album

Nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana – Bad Bunny

Rayo – J Balvin

FERXXOCALIPSIS – Feid

Las Letras Ya No Importan – Residente — WINNER

att. – Young Miko

Best Tropical Latin Album

Muevense – Marc Anthony

Bailar – Sheila E.

Radio Güira – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) – Tony Succar, Mimy Succar — WINNER

Vacilón Santiaguero – Kiki Valera

Best Children’s Music Album

Brillo, Brillo! – Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band

Creciendo – Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats

My Favorite Dream – John Legend

Solid Rock Revival – Rock for Children

World Wide Playdate – Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids

Best Comedy Album

Armageddon – Ricky Gervais

The Dreamer – Dave Chappelle — WINNER

The Prisoner – Jim Gaffigan

Someday You’ll Die – Nikki Glaser

Where Was I – Trevor Noah

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words – Various Artists; Guy Oldfield, producer

…And Your Ass Will Follow – George Clinton

Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones – Dolly Parton

Last Sundays in the Plains: A Centennial Celebration – Jimmy Carter — WINNER

My Name Is Barbra – Barbra Streisand

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Color Purple

Deadpool & Wolverine

Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein

Saltburn

Twisters: The Album

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

American Fiction – Laura Karpman, composer

Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, composer

Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer, composer

Shōgun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma [from Twisters: The Album] – Luke Combs

“Better Place” [from Trolls Band Together] – *NSYNC & 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 — WINNER

“Love Will Survive” [from The Tattooist of Aushwitz] – Barbra Streisand

Best Music Video

“Tailor Swif” – A$AP Rocky

“360” – Charli xcx

“Houdini” – Eminem

“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar — WINNER

“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone

Best Music Film

American Symphony (Jon Batiste) — WINNER

June (June Carter Cash)

Kings from Queens (Run DMC)

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (Steven Van Zandt)

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