Last night, listeners across the country tuned in for Music’s Biggest Night as The Recording Academy presented the 2025 Grammy Awards. In their 67th annual presentation, the award show continued to surprise and amaze with several historic moments and countless star-powered performances that forecasted a bright future for the music industry.

Beyoncé was Sunday’s biggest winner, taking home three of her 11 nominations. After an early victory in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category, the legendary artist went on to secure historic victories for Best Country Album and Album of the Year with Cowboy Carter, becoming the first Black artist to ever receive country’s highest award and the first Black woman to attain Album of the Year since Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1999.

Already the record holder for most Grammy nominations and awards (99 and 32, respectively), Beyoncé’s first Album of the Year win was well-earned and a symbolic representation of the Academy’s changing makeup. “It’s been many, many years,” Beyoncé shared in her speech. “I want to dedicate this to Ms. Martell,” she continued, saluting Black country trailblazer Linda Martell. Accepting the country award, Beyoncé stated that “Genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artist… I’m still in shock. Thank you so much for this honor.”

Beyond Bey, Kendrick Lamar saw substantial acclaim at the Grammys, securing the prize for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song and Best Music Video with “Not Like Us,” his chart-topping diss-track towards Drake, whose name was never mentioned at the ceremony. “We’re gonna dedicate this one to the city,” Lamar said after a bow to presenter Diana Ross. “Nothing more powerful than rap music… respect the art form.”

Other big winners included Chappell Roan (Best New Artist), Charli XCX (Best Dance/Electronic Album, Best Dance/Pop Performance), Sabrina Carpenter (Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Remixed Recording, and Doechii (Best Rap Album), all of whom gave electrifying performances, as well as rising Americana star Sierra Ferrell, who swept up all her nominations for Best American Roots Performance, Best Americana Performance, Best American Roots Song and Best Americana Album. 

Relix favorites were well represented at the 67th Awards, including St. Vincent (Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Alternative Music Album), The Rolling Stones (Best Rock Album), Tank and The Bangas (Best Spoken Word Poetry Album), Samara Joy (Best Jazz Performance and Best Jazz Vocal Album), Chick Corea & Béla Fleck (Best Jazz Instrumental Album), Meshell Ndegeocello (Best Alternative Jazz Album), Norah Jones (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album), Chris Stapleton (Best Country Solo Performance), Kacey Musgraves (Best Country Song), Taj Mahal (Best Traditional Blues Album), Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (Best Folk Album) and Billy Strings (Best Bluegrass Album).

In another glimpse of the brave new world ahead, The Beatles became the first AI-assisted Grammy winners for the restoration of “Now and Then,” which beat out The Black Keys, IDLES, Green Day, Pearl Jam and St. Vincent for “Best Rock Performance.”

Read the full list of winners and nominees from the 67th Grammy Awards here.