Grammys 2025: Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce and Charli XCX win big

Rapper Kendrick Lamar won five honours for ‘Not Like Us,’ while Beyoncé and Charli XCX followed with three awards each at the 67th Grammy Award, which was hosted by Trevor Noah.

The awards took place in the early hours of Monday according to India time. The event was held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Lamar’s “Not Like Us” bagged five Grammy awards for record of the year, song of the year, rap performance, best rap song and best music video categories, making the Compton-bred rapper a 22-time Grammy winner.

His first wins were revealed during the premiere ceremony ahead of the main telecast on Sunday night. The producer behind the hit, DJ Mustard, accepted the first awards on Lamar’s behalf, as the audience in the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles erupted into a thunderous applause.

Beyonce took the lead in the night with 11 Grammy nominations, a career-high, for her country album “Cowboy Carter.” After years of missing out on album of the year, she finally took home the trophy, in addition to best country album and best country duo/group performance for “II Most Wanted” featuring Miley Cyrus, reports deadline.com.

Lamar, Billie Eilish, Post Malone and Charli XCX each had seven nods apiece, followed by Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter with six each.
Charli XCX took home dance pop recording for “Von Dutch,” dance electronic album for “Brat” and best recording package.

Carpenter won for best pop solo performance for “Espresso” and pop vocal album, while Roan was named best new artist. For the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance was won by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars for “Die With a Smile”.

Carpenter also took home the Best Pop Vocal Album for “Short n’ Sweet”. She was contending alongside Billie Eilish for “Hit Me Hard and Soft”, Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine”, ““The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” by Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department.”

Here’s a partial list of winners:
Best New Artist – Chappell Roan
Best Pop Vocal Album – “Short n’ Sweet,” Sabrina Carpenter
Best Pop Solo Performance – “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter
Best Dance/Electronic Recording – “Neverender,” Justice and Tame Impala
Best Pop Dance Recording- “Von dutch,” Charli xcx
Best Rap Album- “Alligator Bites Never Heal,” Doechii
Best Rap Song- “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap Performance- “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar
Best Melodic Rap Performance- “3,” Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu
Best R&B Performance – “Made For Me (Live on BET).” Muni Long
Best R&B Album – “11:11 (Deluxe),” C hris Brown
Best Traditional R&B Performance- “That’s You,” Lucky Daye
Best R&B Song – “Saturn,” Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solana Rowe, Jared Solomon and Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
Best Progressive R&B Album – (Tie)
“Why Lawd?,” NxWorries (Anderson. Paak &Knowledge)
“So Glad to Know You,” Avery Sunshine
Best Dance Electronic Album- “BRAT,” Charli xcx
Best Rock Performance- “Now and Then,” the Beatles
Best Rock Album- “Hackney Diamonds,” the Rolling Stones
Best Remixed Recording- “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix),” FNZ and Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
Best Americana Performance – “American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell
Best American Roots Song – “American Dreaming,’ Sierra Ferrell and Melody Walker, songwriters
Best Americana Album – “Trail of Flowers,’ Sierra Ferrell
Best Bluegrass Album – “Live Vol 1.,” Billy Strings
Best Folk Album – “Woodland,” Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Best Regional Roots Music Album – “Kuini,” Kalani Pe’a
Best Gospel Performance/Song – “One Hallelujah,” Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell and Israel Houghton, featuring Jonathan McReynolds and Jekalyn Carr G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard Jr, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Naomi Raine, songwriters.
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song – “That’s My King,” CeCe Winans, Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks and Jess Russ, songwriters
Best Gospel Album – “More Than This,’ CeCe Winans Best Contemporary Christian Music Artist – “Heart of a Human,’ DOE
Best Roots Gospel Album – “Church,’ Cory Henry
Best Country Album – “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé
Best Country Solo Performance – “It Takes A Woman,” Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance – II MOST WANTED,’ Beyonce, featuring Miley Cyrus
Best Country Song – “The Architect,’ Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves
Best Music Video – “American Symphony”
Best American 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 Latin Pop Album- “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran,” Shakira
Best Música Urbana Album – “Las Letras Ya No Importan,” Residente
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album- “¿Quien Trae las Cornetas?, ”Rawayana Best Musica Mexicana Album (including Tejano) – “Boca Chueca, Vol. 1,” Carin Leon
Best Tropical Latin Album – “Alma, Corazon y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional),” Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Best Reggae Album – “Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe),” Various Artists
Best Global Music Performance- “Bemba Colora,” Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar
Best African Music Performance- “Love Me JeJe,” Tems Best Jazz Vocal Album – “A Joyful Holiday,” Samara Joy
Songwriter of The Year, non-classical- Amy Allen Producer of the year, non-classical- Daniel Nigro
Producer of the year, classical- Elaine Martone
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – Hans Zimmer, “Dune: Part II”
BEST COMEDY ALBUM – “Dreamer,” Dave Chappelle. (AP)