Where: Televised live on CBS from the Crypto.com Arena in LA
Music awards shows may come and go, but the original Grammys remain The Oscars of the music industry representing the entire music spectrum from classical, country and gospel to rock, rap and reggae.
This year, the 2025 Grammy Awards will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on CBS at 8PM ET.
2025 Grammy nominees have already been announced with Beyoncé leading the pack with 11 nominations for her country album "Cowboy Carter" (making her the most-nominated artist in the award show's history, with 99 nominations).
Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Charli XCX follow with seven Grammy nods. Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter garnered six nominated each.
And be sure to keep it here for updates including who will host, presenters and performers, special awards and the announcement of big winners when the 2025 Grammy Awards show airs in February.
Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, and Kendrick Lamar are top 2025 Grammy nominees.
2025 Grammy Awards rewind
2025 Grammy Award nominees
2024 Grammy nominations (also see the complete , below) had SZA leading the pack with nine nominations, followed by boygenius’s Phoebe Bridgers, R&B performer Victoria Monét, and music engineer Serban Ghenea with seven nods each. Taylor Swift, Jon Batiste, boygenius, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jack Antonoff each had six nominations.
SZA, Phoebe Bridgers and Taylor Swift were top contenders at the 2024 Grammys.
New in 2024? The Grammys added three new award categories to the mix: Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album, and Best Pop Dance Recording.
2024 Grammy Award performances
The star-studded lineup of performers includedd Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, SZA, and Olivia Rodrigo, along with Burna Boy, Luke Combs, Travis Scott, and U2. Also watch for Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs who teamed up to perform Chapman's mega-hit, "Fast Car".
Joining them was Miley Cyrus with a rendition of her latest hit, "Flowers",
Music legends Billy Joel and Joni MItchell
took the stage to peform at the 2024 Grammys
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After announcing the irelease of his first single since 2007, Billy Joel also gave live performance at the Grammy Awards for the first time in 30 years,
Yet another music legend was on tap with Best Folk Album nominee Joni Mitchell who took the Grammy stage for the first time ever, joined by Brandi Carlile.
For the In Memorium segment, Jon Batiste, Anne Lennox, Fantasia Barrino and Stevie Wonder performed tributes to Tony Bennet, Tina Turner and Sinéad O’Connor with introductions by Lenny Kravitz and Oprah Winfrey.
2024 Grammy Award presenters
Handing out awards during the evening was Christina Aguilera, Lenny Kravitz, Maluma, Lionel Richie, Mark Ronson, Samara Joy, Meryl Streep, Taylor Tomilinson, and Oprah Winfrey.
Just up ahead check out the complete list of 2024 Grammy nominees and WINNERS along with fun facts and related resources on music's biggest night.
DID YOU KNOW? Top Grammy Awards fun facts
• The Grammy Awards presentation is the second-most-watched awards show after the Oscars.
The first ever Grammy for Best Rap
performance
was awarded
in 1989
to
Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff for
"Parents Just Don't Understand".
• The Grammy Awards are the only music awards that are voted upon by music peers. Nominations and winners are determined by the Recording Academy's voting membership, which is composed of music artists, producers, songwriters, and engineers.
• Taylor Swift made history in 2024 with her fourth Best Album of the Year win surpassing Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon with three wins each.
• In 2025, Beyoncé earned her 99th Grammy nomination, becoming a record holder for most Grammy nominations of all time..
• In 1989, the Fresh Prince (Will Smith) and DJ Jazzy Jeff won the first Grammy for a Rap performance.
• The first artists to be stripped of their Grammys were Milli Vanilli in 1989, when it was discovered that their album was not originally sung by them. The duo, which won for Best New Artist that year, lip-synced a live performance during the program.
• Rapper Snoop Dogg has been nominated 12 times for a Grammy but has never won.
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"The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" – Chappell Roan
"The Tortured Poets Department" – Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
"Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
"Die With a Smile" – Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars)
"Fortnight" – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)
"Good Luck, Babe!" – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
"Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
"Please Please Please" – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
"Texas Hold 'Em" – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Record of the Year
"Now and Then" – The Beatles
"Texas Hold 'Em" – Beyoncé
"Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter
"360" – Charli XCX
"Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish
"Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar
"Good Luck, Babe!" – Chappell Roan
"Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechi
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Best Pop Vocal Album
"Short n' Sweet" – Sabrina Carpenter
"Hit Me Hard and Soft" – Billie Eilish
"Eternal Sunshine" – Ariana Grande
"The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" – Chappell Roan
"The Tortured Poets Department" – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Bodyguard" by Beyoncé
"Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter
"Apple" by Charli XCX
"Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish
"Good Luck, Babe!" by Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group performance
"Us." by Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift
"Levii's Jeans" by Beyoncé featuring Post Malone
"Guess" by Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish
"The Boy is Mine" by Ariana Grande featuring Brandy and Monica
"Die with a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
Best Dance Pop Recording
"Make You Mine" – Madison Beer
"Von Dutch" – Charli XCX
"L'Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]" – Billie Eilish
"Yes, and?" – Ariana Grande
"Got Me Started" – Troye Sivan
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
"Brat" — Charli XCX
"Three" — Four Tet
"Hyperdrama" — Justice
"Timeless" — Kaytranada
"Telos" — Zedd
Best Rock Album
"Happiness Bastards" — The Black Crowes
"Romance" — Fontaines D.C.
"Saviors" — Green Day
"TANGK" — Idles
"Dark Matter" — Pearl Jam
"Hackney Diamonds" — The Rolling Stones
"No Name" — Jack White
Best Alternative Music Album
"Neon Pill" — Cage the Elephant
"Song of the Lake" — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Starburster" — Fontaines D.C.
"Bye Bye" — Kim Gordon
"Flea" — St. Vincent
Best R&B Album
"11:11 (Deluxe)" — Chris Brown
"Vantablack" — Lalah Hathaway
"Revenge" — Muni Long
"Algorithm" — Lucky Daye
"Coming Home" — Usher
Best Melodic Rap Performance
"Kehlani" — Jordan Adetunji featuring Kehlani
"Spaghettii" — Beyoncé featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey
"We Still Don't Trust You" — Future and Metro Boomin featuring The Weeknd
"Big Mama" — Latto
"3:AM" — Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu
Best Rap Album
"Might Delete Later" — J. Cole
"The Auditorium, Vol. 1" — Common and Pete Rock
"Alligator Bites Never Heal" — Doechii
"The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)" — Eminem
"We Don't Trust You" — Future and Metro Boomin
Best Country Album
"Cowboy Carter" – Beyoncé
"F-1 Trillion" – Post Malone
"Deeper Well" – Kacey Musgraves
"Higher" – Chris Stapleton
"Whirlwind" – Lainey Wilson
Best Country Song
"The Architect" – Kacey Musgraves. Written by Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey. Written by Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams
"I Am Not Okay" – Jelly Roll. Written by Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley and Taylor Phillips
"I Had Some Help" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen. Written by Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen and Chandler Paul Walters
"Texas Hold 'Em" – Beyoncé. Written by Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq
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