At the Grammys 2025 Sunday in Los Angeles, Beyoncé nabbed her first-ever win for album of the yr for Cowboy Carter, her nation idea album. She has been nominated 4 occasions prior for her albums I Am…Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé, Lemonade, and Renaissance.
Though she’s been ready a very long time to listen to her title referred to as—her first nomination within the class was in 2010—Beyoncé saved her speech quick and candy, bringing daughter Blue Ivy as much as the stage together with her because the viewers gave her a standing ovation.
“It’s been many, many years,” she stated. “I just want to thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, all of the hard work.”
She devoted the win to “Miss Martell”—that will be nation music pioneer Linda Martell, the primary Black solo feminine nation artist to play the Grand Ole Opry, and whom Beyoncé featured on two tracks on Cowboy Carter. “I hope we just keep pushing forward opening doors,” Bey stated.
Going into the night time, Beyoncé was each the yr’s most-nominated artist, with a whopping 11 nods this yr, and the most-decorated artist total in Grammys historical past, with 32 of the statues to her title. At the 2024 Grammys, Bey’s husband, Jay-Z, alluded to her overflowing trophy circumstances—with a notable exception—from the stage whereas accepting the group’s Dr. Dre Global Impact Award.
“I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone, and never won album of the year,” he stated, referring to his spouse within the viewers. “So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that. The most Grammys, never won album of the year. That doesn’t work.”
She even referenced her decade-and-a-half shedding streak within the class, starting with shedding to Taylor Swift in 2010, on the Cowboy Carter observe “Sweet Honey Buckiin’.”
“AOTY, I ain’t win (That’s cool) / I ain’t stuntin’ ’bout them (Woo-woo) / Take that shit on the chin / Come back and fuck up the pen (Yeah),” she sings.
Like a observe from a earlier album of the yr winner, Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, it’s a bit bit ironic—don’t you assume?—that Bey scooped up her first AOTY win for a challenge with that exact lyric.
Beyoncé additionally scooped up the very best nation album award, and one other duo efficiency award she shares with Miley Cyrus. She is the primary Black lady to win the Grammy for nation album of the yr.
Cowboy Carter gained the yr’s honor over albums by André 3000, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Jacob Collier, Chappell Roan, and Taylor Swift. Swift, in a chunk of historic symmetry, gained Album of the Year for her Fearless the primary yr that Beyoncé was nominated within the class for I Am…Sasha Fierce. Swift, with 4 profession Album of the Year Grammys, most just lately in 2024 for Midnights, holds the all-time document for many wins within the class. Swift was seen clinking glasses with Jay-Z within the viewers Sunday after Bey’s win.
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