The ceremony celebrated the year’s top artists and biggest musical moments, with Beyoncé leading the nominations for her critically acclaimed album 'Cowboy Carter'.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar won five honors 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 February 3 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.
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 thunderous applause.
Beyonce took the lead 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. In winning Album of the Year with “Cowboy Carter,” Beyonce has become the first Black woman to win the top prize in the 21st century. The last was Lauryn Hill with “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” 26 years ago.
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 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 and 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.”
Jennifer Lopez presented the award to Shakira in the Best Latin Pop Album category for “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran”. The “Waka Waka” hit-maker thanked her children and dedicated the award ‘to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country’ she said. “You are loved. You are worth it and I will always fight with you,” added the Colombian singer.
Singer Adnan Sami lashes out at GrammysThe 2025 Grammy Awards had a moving tribute for the artists who passed away in the past year in their in-memoriam segment. However, there was no mention of the Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, who passed away in December 2024, which irked many Indian music aficionados, including singer Adnan Sami. In a stern post on Instagram, Adnan wrote: “Dear Grammys, In your ‘Memoriam’, You inexcusably missed mentioning the passing away of the Greatest Tabla Player in the World who was also a 4 Time Grammy Winner - Ustad ZAKIR HUSSAIN from India ......SHAME ON YOU! (sic)”. The singer shared the post with a picture of the late maestro playing tabla. Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of 73 in San Francisco from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on December 16, 2024. |
