The 2025 Grammy award show started off this year with a bang. The 67th anniversary of the Grammys featured a wide ranging cast of music artists recognized for their contributions and talent from the 2024 year. But who actually won? If you’re like me and missed this year’s award show, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Let’s go over the major awards of this year’s Grammy award show.

Starting off with the “Best Duo/Group Performance” award, where dozens of popular nominees faced each other.

• “Die with a Smile” – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars — Winner
• “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 featuring Brandy and Monica

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars stole the show with their latest hit, “Die with a Smile”. This was a tough placement as multiple other popular artists collaborated to create spectacular songs. Overall, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars stole the show.

Next up features the “Best Latin Pop Album” of the year award.

•  “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” by Shakira — Winner
• “Funk Generation” by Anitta
• “El Viaje” by Luis Fonsi
• “GARCÍA” by Kany García
• “ORQUÍDEAS” by Kali Uchis

Shakira blew away the competition this year with her newest hit “Las Mujeres Ya no Lloran”. This is her twelfth studio album,  marking her first album release in seven years. The pop album follows the story of her transformation surrounding her breakup from her footballer lover, Gerard Piqué.

Next up, the “Best Country Album”.

• “Cowboy Carter” — Beyoncé — Winner
• “F-1 Trillion” — Post Malone
• “Deeper Well” — Kacey Musgraves
• “Higher” — Chris Stapleton
• “Whirlwind” — Lainey Wilson

Beyoncé did it again this year with her new country album “Cowboy Carter”. This is her eighth studio album, which is the second album of a planned trilogy. This album follows the journey through the reinvention of Americana, giving tribute to the underappreciated black pioneers to American music.

Now, the highly anticipated “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

American singer and songwriter Sabrina Carpenter released a huge album this year which influenced many. “Short n’ Sweet” is her sixth studio album focusing on her love life and her experience with dating. The album was also number three on US Billboard Hot 100.

Now the famous “Best Rap Album” award.

• “Alligator Bites Never Heal” — Doechii — Winner
• “Might Delete Later” — J. Cole
• “The Auditorium, Vol. 1” — Common and Pete Rock
• “The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)” — Eminem
• “We Don’t Trust You” — Future and Metro Boomin

Doechii released her third mixtape, “Alligator Bites Never Heal”, helping her earn her spot on the map. Many singles helped earn the album the award. The mixtape featured a variety of her popular singles like, “Nissan Altima”, “Boom Bap”, and “Denial Is a River”.

Now for the “Best New Artist” Award.

• Chappell Roan — Winner
• Benson Boone
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Doechii
• Khruangbin
• Raye
• Shaboozey
• Teddy Swims

American singer and songwriter Chappell Roan stole the spotlight at the Grammys this year with her drag queen aesthetic outfit and new single “Good Luck, Babe!”. Her new single reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped her earn a spot at this Grammy award show.

Now for one of the most notorious awards this year, the “Song of the Year” award.

• “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar — Winner
• “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
• “Please Please Please” – Sabrina Carpenter
• “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé

Kendrick Lamar stole this year’s song of the year by a landslide with his new diss track single, “Not Like Us”. This song was one of the biggest hits during the feud between Drake and Lamar. It broke multiple records on Spotify and made Kendrick Lamar’s fourth number-one song on the US billboard Hot 100.

Now for the acclaimed “Record of the Year” award:

• “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar — Winner
• “Now and Then” — The Beatles
• “Texas Hold ‘Em” — Beyoncé
• “Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter
• “360” — Charli XCX
• “Birds of a Feather” — Billie Eilish
• “Good Luck, Babe!” — Chappell Roan
• “Fortnight” — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Kendrick did it again and won Record of the Year along with Song of the Year with one of his biggest hits, “Not Like Us”. This song has met critical acclaim by fans and music enjoyers alike. This track solidified Kendrick’s victory in the feud between Drake and it is seen as one of the greatest diss tracks of all time.

Now for what you’ve all been waiting for…”The Album of the Year” award:

• “Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé — Winner
• “New Blue Sun” – André 3000
• “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

Beyonce did it again this year and stole the Grammys once more with her newest album, “Cowboy Carter”. This country Americana album blends diverse southern genres that Beyoncé experienced in her youth. The album is presented as a radio broadcast with many influential country musicians acting as DJs.

This year’s Grammys showed a wide range of genres, techniques and conflicts, some even with other musicians. A positive public opinion was given, which is typically unheard of for many Grammy award shows. This year however, it seemed that the judges followed close opinion to the majority of the public. Although many artists did not win this year, many music artists showed some of their best performances yet seen.