Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Dominates, Beyoncé Claims First Album of the Year Win
Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé made significant strides at the 2025 Grammy Awards, securing groundbreaking wins. Kendrick’s diss track “Not Like Us” triumphed across all five nominations, while Beyoncé finally clinched the long-awaited Album of the Year award for Cowboy Carter.
Lamar’s “Not Like Us” swept the following categories:
- Record of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Best Rap Song
- Best Rap Performance
- Best Music Video
It made history as the first-ever diss track to win a Grammy, and Lamar became only the second rapper to win both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, following Childish Gambino in 2019.
Beyoncé won the highly coveted Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter, marking the first time a Black woman has won the award since Lauryn Hill in 1999. Additionally, Beyoncé claimed:
- Best Country Album
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance (with Miley Cyrus for “II Most Wanted”)
She now holds 35 Grammys, making her the most awarded artist in Grammy history.
Other Big Wins
- Best Rap Album: Doechii for Alligator Bites Never Heal
- Best Melodic Rap Performance: Rapsody for “3:AM” featuring Erykah Badu
Full List of 2025 Grammy Winners
Best Rap Album
- Doechii — Alligator Bites Never Heal — WINNER
- J. Cole — Might Delete Later
- Common & Pete Rock — The Auditorium, Vol. 1
- Eminem — The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)
- Future & Metro Boomin — We Don’t Trust You
Best Rap Song
- Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us — WINNER
- Rapsody feat. Hit-Boy — “Asteroids”
- Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign feat. Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti — “Carnival”
- Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar — “Like That”
- GloRilla — “Yeah Glo!”
Best Rap Performance
- Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us — WINNER
- Cardi B — “Enough (Miami)”
- Common & Pete Rock feat. Posdnuos — “When the Sun Shines Again”
- Doechii — “Nissan Altima”
- Eminem — “Houdini”
- GloRilla — “Yeah Glo!”
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- Rapsody feat. Erykah Badu — “3:AM” — WINNER
- Jordan Adetunji feat. Kehlani — “Kehlani”
- Beyoncé feat. Linda Martell & Shaboozey — “Spaghettii”
- Future & Metro Boomin feat. The Weeknd — “We Still Don’t Trust You”
- Latto — “Big Mama”
Album of the Year
- Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter — WINNER
- André 3000 — New Blue Sun
- Sabrina Carpenter — Short n’ Sweet
- Charli XCX — Brat
- Jacob Collier — Djesse Vol. 4
- Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft
- Chappell Roan — The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
- Taylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department
Song of the Year
- Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us — WINNER
- Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Billie Eilish — “Birds of a Feather”
- Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With a Smile”
- Taylor Swift & Post Malone — “Fortnight”
- Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
- Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Record of the Year
- Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us — WINNER
- The Beatles — “Now and Then”
- Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”
- Charli XCX — “360”
- Billie Eilish — “Birds of a Feather”
- Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”
- Taylor Swift & Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Best New Artist
- Chappell Roan — WINNER
- Benson Boone
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Doechii
- Khruangbin
- RAYE
- Shaboozey
- Teddy Swims
Best R&B Album
- Chris Brown — 11:11 (Deluxe) — WINNER
- Lalah Hathaway — Vantablack
- Muni Long — Revenge
- Lucky Daye — Algorithm
- Usher — Coming Home
Best Progressive R&B Album
- Avery*Sunshine — So Glad to Know You — WINNER (TIE)
- Durand Bernarr — En Route
- Childish Gambino — Bando Stone & The New World
- Kehlani — Crash
- NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) — Why Lawd? — WINNER (TIE)
Best R&B Song
- SZA — “Saturn” — WINNER
- Kehlani — “After Hours”
- Tems — “Burning”
- Coco Jones — “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
- Muni Long — “Ruined Me”
Best R&B Performance
- Muni Long — “Made For Me (Live On BET)” — WINNER
- Jhené Aiko — “Guidance”
- Chris Brown — “Residuals”
- Coco Jones — “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
- SZA — “Saturn”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- Lucky Daye — “That’s You” — WINNER
- Marsha Ambrosius — “Wet”
- Kenyon Dixon — “Can I Have This Groove”
- Lalah Hathaway feat. Michael McDonald — “No Lie”
- Muni Long — “Make Me Forget”
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
- Tank & The Bangas — The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — WINNER
- Queen Sheba — Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say
- Omari Hardwick — Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1
- Malik Yusef — Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema
- Mad Skillz — The Seven Number Ones
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Sabrina Carpenter — Short n’ Sweet — WINNER
- Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft
- Ariana Grande — eternal sunshine
- Chappell Roan — The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
- Taylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department
Best Pop Solo Performance
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso” — WINNER
- Beyoncé — “Bodyguard”
- Charli XCX — “Apple”
- Billie Eilish — “Birds of a Feather”
- Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With a Smile” — WINNER
- Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift — “Us”
- Beyoncé feat. Post Malone — “Levii’s Jeans”
- Charli XCX & Billie Eilish — “Guess”
- Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica — “The Boy Is Mine”
Best Dance/Electronic Album
- Charli XCX — BRAT — WINNER
- Four Tet — Three
- Justice — Hyperdrama
- KAYTRANADA — Timeless
- Zedd — Telos
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- Kaytranada feat. Childish Gambino — “Witchy”
- Disclosure — “She’s Gone, Dance On”
- Fred Again.. feat. Baby Keem — “Leavemealone”
- Justice & Tame Impala — “Neverender”
- Four Tet — “Loved”
Best Dance Pop Recording
- Charli XCX — “Von Dutch” — WINNER
- Madison Beer — “Make You Mine”
- Billie Eilish — “L’amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”
- Ariana Grande — “yes, and?”
- Troye Sivan — “Got Me Started”
Best Country Album
- Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter — WINNER
- Post Malone — F-1 Trillion
- Kacey Musgraves — Deeper Well
- Chris Stapleton — Higher
- Lainey Wilson — Whirlwind
Best Country Song
- Kacey Musgraves — “The Architect” — WINNER
- Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Jelly Roll — “I Am Not Okay”
- Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”
- Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus — “II Most Wanted” — WINNER
- Kelse
a Ballerini feat. Ryan Hurd — “Rolling”
- Rascal Flatts — “Burning Bright”
- Brothers Osborne feat. Ashley McBryde — “One Last Try”
- Dan + Shay feat. Shania Twain — “Remind Me”
Best Jazz Album
- Miles Davis & Tony Williams — Blue Horizons — WINNER
- Gerald Albright — Funkology
- Charles Mingus — Funky New York
- The Robert Glasper Experiment — Out of Nowhere
- John Coltrane — Phantom Notes
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Gregory Porter — Where Love Falls — WINNER
- Dee Dee Bridgewater — Sunset Notes
- Norah Jones — Angels and Demons
- Cecile McLorin Salvant — The Shadow of Your Smile
- Esperanza Spalding — The Enigma
Best Latin Pop Album
- Shakira — El Dorado — WINNER
- Rosalía — El Mal Querer
- Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti
- Karol G — Mañana Será Bonito
- J Balvin — Colores
Best Latin Song
- Rosalía — “Saoko” — WINNER
- Bad Bunny — “Vete”
- Karol G — “Tusa”
- J Balvin feat. Maluma — “Que Pena”
- Shakira — “Hips Don’t Lie”
Best Reggae Album
- Damian Marley — Stony Hill — WINNER
- Protoje — In Search of Lost Time
- Koffee — Gifted
- Chronixx — Dread and Terrible
- Steel Pulse — Mass Manipulation
Best Metal Performance
- Metallica — “Lux Æterna” — WINNER
- Megadeth — “We’ll Be Back”
- Slipknot — “The Dying Song”
- Pantera — “Heavy Hitters”
- Lamb of God — “Gears of War”
Best Rock Song
- Foo Fighters — “Rescue Me” — WINNER
- The Rolling Stones — “Angry”
- Queen — “Don’t Stop Me Now” (Live)
- The Smashing Pumpkins — “Empires of Solitude”
- Arctic Monkeys — “There’d Better Be a Ghost Tonight”
Best Rock Album
- Foo Fighters — But Here We Are — WINNER
- The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds
- The Smashing Pumpkins — Atum
- Arctic Monkeys — The Car
- Muse — Will of the People
Best Alternative Music Album
- Tame Impala — The Slow Rush — WINNER
- Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
- Arcade Fire — Everything Now
- Florence + The Machine — High as Hope
- Bon Iver — i,i
Best Comedy Album
- Dave Chappelle — No Two Ways — WINNER
- Hannah Gadsby — Body of Work
- Jim Gaffigan — Dark Humor
- John Mulaney — The Comeback Kid
- Tiffany Haddish — Black Mamba
Best Music Video
- Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us — WINNER
- Billie Eilish — “Therefore I Am”
- Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
- Taylor Swift — “All Too Well”
- Rosalía — “Saoko”
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Snarky Puppy — Empire Central — WINNER
- Bill Frisell — Time with Time
- John Scofield — Swallow the Sun
- Pat Metheny — Side-Eye
- Christian McBride — We Are Family
Best Instrumental Composition
- John Williams — “The Asteroid Field” — WINNER
- Brad Mehldau — Cavalcade
- Steve Reich — Different Trains
- Arturo Sandoval — Fusion Vibes
- Antonio Hart — Firebird
