Beyoncé has received the 2025 Grammy Award for Album of the Yr for Cowboy Carter. It’s her first victory within the class, regardless of having been beforehand nominated 4 instances—for 2008’s I Am… Sasha Fierce, 2013’s Beyoncé, 2016’s Lemonade, and 2022’s Renaissance. With a number of wins tonight, Beyoncé extends her lead because the winningest artist in Grammys historical past.
“I’d prefer to thank and acknowledge and reward all of the firefighters for maintaining us secure,” Beyoncé mentioned. “I really feel very full and really honored. It’s been many, a few years, and I simply need to thank the Grammys, each songwriter, each collaborator, each producer, the entire laborious work. I need to dedicate this to Ms. Martell. I hope we simply hold pushing ahead, opening doorways. God bless y’all. Thanks a lot.”
Beyoncé received forward of André 3000 (New Blue Sun), Billie Eilish (Hit Me Hard and Soft), Chappell Roan (The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess), Charli XCX (Brat), Jacob Collier (Djesse Vol. 4), Sabrina Carpenter (Short n’ Sweet), and Taylor Swift (The Tortured Poets Department). This was her and Swift’s second time going up in opposition to one another within the class; their first, on the 2010 Grammy Awards, noticed Swift’s Fearless beat out I Am… Sasha Fierce.
Since releasing Cowboy Carter final April, Beyoncé launched her personal whisky line, introduced Kamala Harris at a Houston rally for her presidential marketing campaign, and performed the halftime present for the NFL’s Christmas Day sport. Notably, Cowboy Carter was absent from the nominations on the 2024 Nation Music Awards, although it’s unclear whether or not Beyoncé elected to submit the report for consideration within the first place.
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