Grammys 2025: the winners, the losers, the performances – dwell | Grammy awards 2025

Tonight will function a starry tribute to Quincy Jones who died final November. Right here’s a glance again to an amazing tribute from Alexis Petridis:

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It’s shut to point out time, so the A-list pop stars are lastly right here, led by Taylor Swift in a shiny purple mini gown paying homage to her Eras Tour stage costumes.

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Finest new artist nominees benefiting from their Grammy second:

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Additionally a banner 12 months of country-pop crossovers, persevering with on the purple carpet (no Beyoncé but!)

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This video of returning host Trevor Noah preparing for the evening is much less attention-grabbing for his preparation and extra for the slight seating chart reveals …

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A banner 12 months for the ladies of pop continues on the purple carpet:

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Will Beyonce lastly win album of the 12 months? Who might be named greatest “new” artist out of Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan? Can Kendrick Lamar piss Drake off much more? Right here’s the Guardian’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas having a guess:

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Effectively, we appear to have a winner for many baffling purple carpet outfit … Jaden Smith and his head/housepiece.

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After teasing after which delaying an enormous announcement (a results of the wildfires), tonight’s most-nominated star, Beyoncé, has now formally revealed that she might be happening tour this 12 months to assist her most up-to-date album, Cowboy Carter.

Right here’s the teaser she launched on Instagram:

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If there’s one factor the Grammys love, it’s a controversial award alternative – regardless of a decade-plus value of abuse allegations outlined a latest documentary, the recording academy gave Chris Brown the award for greatest R&B album for 11:11. The movie, Chris Brown: A Historical past of Violence, consists of testimony from a girl who sued Brown for sexual assault in 2022 and explicitly asks why he’s nonetheless embraced by followers and the music business. Brown has sued Warner Bros Discovery over the movie, claiming defamation.

There may also seemingly be blowback over famous transphobe Dave Chappelle’s win for greatest comedy album, his third win in a row in that class and sixth total.

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The vast majority of tonight’s winners have been revealed earlier than the official ceremony kicks off, as is the bizarre approach of the Grammys. There’s an terrible lot to burn by way of so maybe it’s a reduction for these of us in for the long-haul.

Listed here are a number of the winners now we have thus far:

Finest dance/digital music album

Charli xcx – Brat

Finest pop solo efficiency

Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

Finest rock efficiency

The Beatles – Now and Then

Finest rap efficiency

Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Finest nation duo/group efficiency

Beyoncé that includes Miley Cyrus – II Most Needed

Finest dance pop recording

Charli xcx – Von Dutch

Finest R&B music

SZA – Saturn

Finest rock album

The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds

Finest dance/digital recording

Justice and Tame Impala – Neverender

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It was a query requested by many throughout the business: will the Grammys nonetheless go forward? The Oscar nominations had been delayed twice and the Critics Alternative awards postponed, however the Recording Academy has caught to the unique date, hoping the evening can act as a second of coming collectively for an business massively affected by the wildfires.

Right here’s a bit extra about what to anticipate from an uncommon ceremony:

Welcome again!

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The purple carpet is open and the musicians are right here – welcome to the 67th annual Grammy awards, dwell from the Crypto.com enviornment (previously and endlessly the Staples Middle) in Los Angeles.

This 12 months guarantees to be a bit extra somber than normal, because the Grammys happen only a couple weeks after wildfires devastated the town. After some debate over whether or not to postpone the ceremony, the recording academy determined to let the present go on, albeit with a “renewed sense of objective” and fundraising efforts. As for the awards, of which there might be few within the music-heavy telecast – Beyoncé leads the evening with 11 nominations for Cowboy Carter, adopted by Kendrick Lamar, Charli xcx, Publish Malone and Billie Eilish with seven every.

Will Beyoncé lastly win album of the 12 months? Will Brat summer season dominance proceed? How will the vibes be on this version of “music’s greatest evening”? Keep on with us for all of the highlights.