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2025 Grammy Awards: Here Are All The Winners On The Night

BY Dora Abena Dzaka February 4, 2025 10:20 AM EDT
Photo Credit Instagram: @recordingacademy

The 67th annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and Trevor Noah hosted it.

The majority of this year’s Grammy awards were handed out during the pre-show premiere ceremony, hosted by Justin Tranter. 

The main event saw some nominees go home empty-handed, but there were a lot of surprises as history was made on the night. 

Just in case you missed out on the fun, performances, and surprises, below is the complete list of award winners at the 2025 Grammy. 

Album of the Year

COWBOY CARTER—Beyoncé (WINNER)

Song of the Year 

Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) (WINNER)

Record of the Year

Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)

Best New Artist

Chappell Roan (WINNER)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Daniel Nigro (WINNER)

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical 

Amy Allen (WINNER)

Best Pop Solo Performance

Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Die With A Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (WINNER)

Best Pop Vocal Album

Short n’ Sweet—Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Neverender”—Justice & Tame Impala (WINNER)

Best Dance Pop Recording 

Von Dutch”—Charli” XCX (WINNER)

Best Dance/Electronic Album

BRAT—Charli xcx (WINNER)

Best Remixed Recording

Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter) (WINNER)

Best Rock Performance

Now and Then” — The Beatles (WINNER)

Best Metal Performance

Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne (WINNER)

Best Rock Song

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

Best Rock Album

Hackney Diamonds—The Rolling Stones (WINNER)

Best Alternative Music Performance

Flea”—St” . Vincent (WINNER)

Best Alternative Music Album

All Born Screaming—St. Vincent (WINNER)

Best R&B Performance

Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long (WINNER)

Best Traditional R&B Performance

That’s You” — Lucky Daye (WINNER)

Best R&B Song

Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA) (WINNER)

Best R&B Album

11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown (WINNER)

Best Progressive R&B Album

So Glad to Know You— Avery Sunshine (WINNER—TIE)
Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) (WINNER—TIE)

Best Rap Performance

Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“3” — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu (WINNER)

Best Rap Song

Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) (WINNER)

Best Rap Album

Alligator Bites Never Heal—Doechii (WINNER)

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

The Heart, The Mind, The Soul—Tank and The Bangas (WINNER)

Best Jazz Performance

Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”—Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner (WINNER)

Best Jazz Vocal Album

A Joyful Holiday—Samara Joy (WINNER)

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Remembrance—Chick Corea & Béla Fleck (WINNER)

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence—Dan Pugach Big Band (WINNER)

Best Alternative Jazz Album 

No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin—Meshell Ndegeocello (WINNER)

Best Latin Jazz Album

Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus (WINNER)

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Visions—Norah Jones (WINNER)

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Plot Armor—Taylor Eigsti (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Best Country Solo Performance

It Takes A Woman”—Chris Stapleton (WINNER)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

II MOST WANTED”—Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus (WINNER)

Best Country Song

“The Architect”—Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) (WINNER)

Best Country Album 

COWBOY CARTER—Beyoncé (WINNER)

Best American Roots Performance

Lighthouse”—Sierra Ferrell (WINNER)

Best Americana Performance

American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell (WINNER)

Best American Roots Song

American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell) (WINNER)

Best Americana Album

Trail of Flowers—Sierra Ferrell (WINNER)

Best Bluegrass Album

Live Vol. 1—Billy Strings (WINNER)

Best Traditional Blues Album

Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa—The Taj Mahal Sextet (WINNER)

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Mileage—Ruthie Foster (WINNER)

Best Folk Album

Woodland—Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (WINNER)

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Kuini—Kalani Pe’a (WINNER)

Best Gospel Performance/Song

One Hallelujah”—Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters (WINNER)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters (WINNER)

Best Gospel Album

More Than This—CeCe Winans (WINNER)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Heart Of A Human—DOE (WINNER)

Best Roots Gospel Album

Church—Cory Henry (WINNER)

Best Latin Pop Album

Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran—Shakira (WINNER)

Best Música Urbana Album

LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN—Residente (WINNER)

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana (WINNER)

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Boca Chueca, Vol. 1—Carín León (WINNER)

Best Tropical Latin Album

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

Best Global Music Performance

Bemba Colorá”—Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar (WINNER)

Best African Music Performance

“Love Me JeJe” – Tems (WINNER)

Best Global Music Album

ALKEBULAN II—Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (WINNER)

Best Reggae Album

Bob Marley: One Love—Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) (Various Artists) (WINNER)

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

Triveni—Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon (WINNER)

Best Children’s Music Album

Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band (WINNER)

Best Comedy Album

The Dreamer—Dave Chappelle (WINNER)

Best Audiobook, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration—Jimmy Carter (WINNER)

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 (WINNER)

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

Dune: Part Two—Hans Zimmer, composer (WINNER)

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord—Winifred Phillips, composer (WINNER)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

It Never Went Away” [From American Symphony]—Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste) (WINNER)

Best Music Video

“Not Like Us”—Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)

Best Music Film

American Symphony—Jon Batiste (WINNER)

Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers

Best Recording Package

BRAT—Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx) (WINNER)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Mind Games—Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon) (WINNER)

Best Album Notes

Centennial—Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists) (WINNER)

Best Historical Album

Centennial—Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and Various Artists) (WINNER)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

i/o—Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May, Dom Shaw & Mark “Spike” Stent, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel) (WINNER)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit—Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) (WINNER)

Producer of the Year, Classical

Elaine Martone (WINNER)

Best Immersive Audio Album

i/o (In-Side Mix)—Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Peter Gabriel, immersive producer (Peter Gabriel) (WINNER)

Best Instrumental Composition

“Strands”—Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman) (WINNER)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly) (WINNER)

Best Arrangement, Instruments, and Vocals

“Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Säje Featuring Regina Carter) (WINNER)

Best Orchestral Performance

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Best Choral Performance

Ochre”—Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) (WINNER)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Rectangles and Circumstance”—Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion (WINNER)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Bach: Goldberg Variations”—Víkingur Ólafsson (WINNER)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Beyond The Years—Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist (WINNER)

Best Classical Compendium

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina—Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (WINNER)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale) (WINNER)

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