2025 Grammy Awards winners list: Beyoncé makes history with country music wins

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The 2025 Grammy Awards recognized some of the most talented performers and biggest hits in music, while showcasing all the glitz and glam.

Beyoncé, who has become the most nominated artist in the award show’s history with a total of 99 nominations, took home Album of the Year for her country album, Cowboy Carter.

This is the first time she has won the award and she became the first Black woman to do so in the 21st century. Lauryn Hill last won in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, joining Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston.

Not only was the Texas Hold ’Em singer the most nominated artist this year, with a total of 11 nods, but she also has the most Grammy Awards of all time, with a total of 35 wins.

Beyoncé started the night strong by taking home the award for Best Country Duo/Group performance for her collab with Miley Cyrus, II Most Wanted. The win marked her first-ever win in a Country category —making her the first Black woman to win a Grammy for a country music song since the Pointer Sisters win in 1975 for Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Beyoncé also won Best Country Album for Cowboy Carter, making her the first Black female artist to win in the category.

“Wow I really was not expecting this,” Beyoncé said as she accepted her award. “I want to thank God that I’m still able to do what I love after so many years. I’d like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted album. We worked so hard on it.”

Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us, a diss track released during his feud with Drake, won Song of the Year and Record of the Year. It’s the second rap song to win Record of the Year following Childish Gambino’s win in 2019 for This Is America.

“First and foremost, praise to the most high