The 67th Annual Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles in early 2025, with Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and breakout star Chappell Roan among the night’s biggest winners.
This post, based on an episode from my YouTube channel Cinema Awards Archive, rounds up every major category winner in an easy, section‑by‑section format so you can scan the results at a glance.
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These are the headline trophies everyone talks about on Grammy night.
Album of the Year
Winner: Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Record of the Year
Winner: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Song of the Year
Winner: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best New Artist
Winner: Chappell Roan
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” completed a rare clean sweep across Record, Song and rap categories, while Beyoncé finally claimed Album of the Year with Cowboy Carter.
Pop and dance categories were dominated by Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX and a wave of cross‑genre collaborations.
Best Pop Vocal Album
Winner: Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Best Pop Solo Performance
Winner: Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Winner: Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Winner: Justice & Tame Impala – “Neverender”
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Winner: Charli XCX – Brat
Best Dance/Pop Recording
Winner: Charli XCX – “Von Dutch”
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Winner: Norah Jones – Visions
Best Latin Pop Album
Winner: Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Charli XCX left with three Grammys across dance and pop categories, underlining how Brat reshaped the year’s pop conversation.
Classic names and modern innovators shared the spotlight in rock and metal.
Best Rock Performance
Winner: The Beatles – “Now And Then”
Best Rock Song
Winner: St. Vincent – “Broken Man”
Best Rock Album
Winner: The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Best Alternative Music Album
Winner: St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
Best Alternative Music Performance
Winner: St. Vincent – “Flea”
Best Metal Performance
Winner: Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”
Between The Beatles’ emotional “Now And Then” win and St. Vincent’s haul in alternative categories, the rock field spanned generations.
Kendrick Lamar delivered one of the most dominant rap showings in recent Grammy history.
Best Rap Performance
Winner: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Winner: Rapsody feat. Erykah Badu – “3:AM”
Best Rap Song
Winner: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best Rap Album
Winner: Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
Between performance, song and video categories, “Not Like Us” emerged as the defining track of the night.
Country categories told a story of both established names and Beyoncé’s historic crossover.
Best Country Solo Performance
Winner: Chris Stapleton – “It Takes A Woman”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Winner: Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus – “II Most Wanted”
Best Country Song
Winner: Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”
Best Country Album
Winner: Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
With Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé became the first Black woman to win Best Country Album, adding to her Album of the Year triumph.
R&B and African categories highlighted both chart‑toppers and critical darlings.
Best R&B Performance
Winner: Muni Long – “Made For Me (Live On BET)”
Best R&B Song
Winner: SZA – “Saturn”
Best Progressive R&B Album (Joint Winners)
Avery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know You
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – Why Lawd?
Best R&B Album
Winner: Chris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)
Best African Music Performance
Winner: Tems – “Love Me JeJe”
The joint win in Progressive R&B underlined how diverse and experimental that field has become.
These categories recognise the people behind the boards and the pen.
Producer of the Year, Non‑Classical
Winner: Daniel Nigro
Songwriter of the Year, Non‑Classical
Winner: Amy Allen
Both have fingerprints across many of the year’s biggest pop and alternative hits.
From soundtracks to stand‑up, visual media categories brought film and TV into the Grammys spotlight.
Best Comedy Album
Winner: Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Winner: Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein – London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet‑Séguin, Bradley Cooper
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Film & TV)
Winner: Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Winner: Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Winner: Jon Batiste – “It Never Went Away” (American Symphony)
Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Winner: Jimmy Carter – Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration
Best Music Video
Winner: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best Music Film
Winner: American Symphony
Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” extended its run with a win in Best Music Video, while American Symphony scored both song and music film recognition.
Jazz and classical fields showcased legends, rising stars and adventurous projects.
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Winner: Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Winner: Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Winner: Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
Best Jazz Performance
Winner: Samara Joy feat. Sullivan Fortner – “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”
Best Musical Theater Album
Winner: Hell’s Kitchen
Best Opera Recording
Winner: Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa‑Pekka Salonen (San Francisco Symphony & Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
Best Orchestral Performance
Winner: Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Samara Joy and Meshell Ndegeocello’s wins underlined how jazz continues to evolve in both traditional and experimental forms.
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