The 2025 Grammys was a night for the history books especially because the event was not only about celebrating music but also focused on raising money for fire relief foundations for the tragic LA fires, something so many people there were dealing with directly. Their efforts brought funding and awareness to those who needed it and was a theme throughout the evening.

Without further ado, here is your condensed guide to the 67th Grammy awards. Beyoncé made headlines leading the nominations with a total of 11, bringing her career total nominations to 99. Some new nominees this year included rising star Chappell Roan, as well as Sabrina Carpenter, who had 6 nominations each.

The night began with a performance from Dawes which included a background band of John Legend, St. Vincent, Sheryl Crow, Brittany Howard, and Brad Paisley. They sang Randy Newman’s song “I Love L.A.” with the lyrics changed to reflect the wild fires that LA just endured. Then Billie Eillish and Fineas took the stage with a performance of Billie’s hit song “Birds Of A Feather.” After that, Sabrina Carpenter performed a mashup of her songs “Espresso” and “Please, Please, Please.” It was quite the opening!

Then the first award of the night was presented. That award, best rap album, was a very fully talented category with the nominations being Might Delete Later by J. Cole, The Auditorium, Vol. 1 by Common & Pete Rock, Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) by Eminem, and We Don’t Trust You by Future & Metro Boomin. This award was taken home by Doechii for her album Alligator Bites Never Heal and was the third woman to ever win this category.

Afterwards, Best Pop Vocal Album was awarded with the nominees being Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish, eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan, and THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT by Taylor Swift. This award went to the ever deserving Sabrina Carpenter.

Following that, Olivia Rodrigo took center stage to introduce her good friend Chappell Roan, who made her Grammy debut with a show stopping performance of “Pink Pony Club,” which began with Chappell sitting on her very own giant pink pony.

The Grammy for Best Country Album was presented by previous winner of this category Taylor Swift. The nominees were as follows: COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé, F-1 Trillion by Post Malone, Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves, Higher by Chris Stapleton, and Whirlwind by Lainey Wilson. This award was won by Beyoncé for her album COWBOY CARTER.

Then, almost every artist nominated for best new artist sang, starting with Khruangbin, who sang their song “May Ninth.” After that, Benson Boone performed his hit song “Beautiful Things” and, of course, did his signature backflip on stage. Yet another nominee, Doechii, performed her song “CATFISH.” As if that wasn’t enough, Teddy Swims sang his hit song “Lose Control.” Then Shaboozey gave us an awesome mashup performance of “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and “Good News.” After, RAYE performed her song, “Oscar Winning Tears.”

The Grammy for best new artist was next presented. This was probably the most competitive category this year with the nominees being Benson Boone, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Khruangbin, RAYE, Chappell Roan, Shaboozey, and last but not least Teddy Swims. The extremely hardworking and deserving Chappell Roan won this award after she initially blew up last year for her song “Hot To Go” and then her whole album The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess climbed the charts.

Following that, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars performed “California Dreaming” paying more tribute to the beautiful city of LA.

Much to everyone’s surprise, The Weeknd then took the stage after publicly stating he was permanently boycotting the Grammys, performing a song from his new album called “Cry For Me.” He was joined by Playboi Carti for their song “Timeless.”

Jennifer Lopez came out next to present the Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album, and the nominees were as follows: Funk Generation by Anitta, El Viaje by Luis Fonsi, GARCÍA by Kany García, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran by Shakira, ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis. The award was given to the well deserving Shakira.

Following that, a group of artists paid tribute to Quincy Jones, a producer and composer who passed away last November. Cynthia Erivo, Will Smith, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Lainey Wilson, Jannelle Monáe and Jacob Collier all performed a medley of Quincy Jones’ biggest hits, including “Fly Me To The Moon.”

SZA then came out to present the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with the nominees being “us.” by Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift, “LEVII’S JEANS” by Beyoncé feat. Post Malone, “Guess” by Charli XCX & Billie Eilish, “the boy is mine” by Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica, “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars. And of course, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga took home this award for their smash hit “Die With A Smile.”

Chris Martin and Grace Bowers then took the stage to honor all the people we have lost in the music industry this year including the late Liam Payne, John Mayall, Toby Keith, Sandra Crouch, Jack Jones, Ella Jenkins, and Richard Perry, to name a few.

Record of the Year was a hot category this year, with the nominations including “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” by Beyoncé, “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter, “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar, “Now And Then” by the Beatles, “360” by Charli XCX, “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish, “Good Luck, Babe!” By Chappell Roan, and finally “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone. While all of these nominees are incredibly deserving of this award, it ended up going to Kendrick Lamar for “Not Like Us.”

Shakira came out next to perform a song from her new album after a seven year music hiatus. Following that, Queen Latifah honored 17 time Grammy award winner Alicia Keys with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. After that Charli XCX took center stage with a performance of multiple songs from her album Brat.

The Grammy for Song of the Year was awarded afterwards, and the nominees were as follows: “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey, “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish, “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone, “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan, “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar, “Please Please Please” by Sabrina Carpenter, and “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” by Beyoncé. Kendrick Lamar won this category.

Album of the Year, which was presented by members of the LA County Fire Department, was a big toss up this year with so many amazing albums being nominated. They were as follows: New Blue Sun by André 3000, COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé, Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter, BRAT by Charli xcx, Djesse Vol. 4 by Jacob Collier, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan, and finally THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT by Taylor Swift. It was given to Beyoncé for COWBOY CARTER, and she accepted this award with her daughter Blue Ivy by her side.

In my opinion, the greatest performance was RAYE’s performance of Oscar Winning Tears, with the emotion in her vocals being unmatched. And the most deserved award was by far Chappell Roan winning Best New Artist. All in all, the Grammys was a night full of great performances, unfair wins (cough cough Beyoncé), and emotional tributes to LA.