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Only 12 Black artists have won album of the year at the Grammys — here they all are

2 February 2025 at 21:45
Beyoncé and her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, onstage at the 2025 Grammys.
Beyoncé and her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, onstage at the 2025 Grammys.

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  • In the decadeslong history of the Grammy Awards, only 12 Black artists have won album of the year.
  • Stevie Wonder became the first Black artist to win in 1974 for "Innervisions." He has since won thrice.
  • Beyoncé took home the award in 2025 for "Cowboy Carter."

Since the Grammy Awards celebrated its inaugural show in 1959, only 12 Black artists have won album of the year.

Most recently, Beyoncé won for "Cowboy Carter" after four unsuccessful bids for the top prize.

She joined an esteemed yet brief list of singers and superstars, listed in chronological order below.

1974, 1975, 1977: Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder at the Grammys in 1974, left, and 1975.

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Stevie Wonder became the first Black artist to win album of the year in 1974 for his 16th studio album, "Innervisions," 15 years after the inaugural Grammys ceremony.

He won again in 1975 for "Fulfillingness' First Finale," becoming just the second artist ever to win the award in consecutive years, after Frank Sinatra in the '60s.

Along with Sinatra, Paul Simon, and Taylor Swift, Wonder is one of just four artists who has won album of the year three different times; Wonder won again in 1977 for "Songs in the Key of Life," and he remains the only artist in Grammy history to win with three consecutive studio albums.

1984: Michael Jackson
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Michael Jackson at the 26th annual Grammy Awards in 1984.

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Michael Jackson won album of the year in 1984 for his magnum opus, "Thriller."

That year, Jackson became the first artist ever to win eight Grammy Awards in one night. The record was later tied by Santana in 2000.

1985: Lionel Richie
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Lionel Richie at the 27th annual Grammy Awards in 1985.

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Lionel Richie won album of the year in 1985 for "Can't Slow Down," his second solo album.

1991: Quincy Jones
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Quincy Jones at the 33rd annual Grammy Awards in 1991.

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Quincy Jones won album of the year in 1991 for "Back on the Block," an album he produced that features various artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Ice-T, and Ray Charles.

1992: Natalie Cole
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Natalie Cole at the 34th annual Grammy Awards in 1992.

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Natalie Cole won album of the year in 1992 for "Unforgettable…With Love," her 12th studio album.

1994: Whitney Houston
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Whitney Houston at the 36th annual Grammy Awards in 1994.

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Whitney Houston won album of the year in 1994 for the soundtrack of "The Bodyguard," a film she starred in.

Houston recorded most of the soundtrack's songs, and also served as the album's co-executive producer with Clive Davis.

1999: Lauryn Hill
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Lauryn Hill at the 41st annual Grammy Awards in 1999.

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Lauryn Hill won album of the year in 1999 for her debut solo album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."

She became the first-ever hip-hop artist to win the prestigious award. Hill is also one of just five artists to win album of the year and best new artist in the same night, a feat most recently achieved by Billie Eilish.

As Billboard notes, Hill is the only female artist in Grammys history to win album of the year for an album on which she was the sole producer.

2004: Outkast
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Outkast at the 46th annual Grammy Awards in 2004.

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Outkast won album of the year in 2004 for "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," the duo's fifth studio album.

2005: Ray Charles
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"Genius Loves Company" co-producer Phil Ramone at the 2005 Grammys, far left, and Ray Charles at the 1967 Grammys, far right.

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Ray Charles posthumously won album of the year in 2005 for "Genius Loves Company," his final album. The album's two co-producers, John Burk and Phil Ramone, accepted the award on Charles' behalf.

2008: Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock at the 50th annual Grammy Awards in 2008.

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Herbie Hancock won album of the year in 2008 for "River: The Joni Letters," a tribute album comprised of Joni Mitchell covers.

2022: Jon Batiste
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Jon Batiste at the 64th annual Grammy Awards in 2022.

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Jon Batiste won album of the year in 2022 for "We Are," his sixth studio album.

Batiste was up for the award again in 2024 for "World Music Radio," but lost to Taylor Swift's "Midnights."

2025: Beyoncé
Beyoncé at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in 2025.
Beyoncé at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in 2025.

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Beyoncé finally won album of the year for the first time for "Cowboy Carter," her eighth studio album and Nashville-inspired opus. She also became the first Black woman to win best country album.

She was previously nominated in 2010 for "I Am... Sasha Fierce," 2015 for "Beyoncé," 2017 for "Lemonade," and 2023 for "Renaissance," but lost to Taylor Swift, Beck, Adele, and Harry Styles, respectively.

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Musk says Trump has agreed to "shut" USAID down

2 February 2025 at 21:41

Elon Musk said he's spoken with President Trump on the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) and "he agreed" that "we should shut it down."

The big picture: Musk's comments during a late-night X spaces discussion followed reports that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) representatives had visited USAID's D.C. headquarters and accessed classified spaces and American citizens' data.

  • Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment in the evening.

Go deeper: Trump says USAID run by "lunatics" as Dems demand answers on DOGE visit

Editor's note: This a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

Who is Bianca Censori, Kanye West's partner who went almost fully nude at the 2025 Grammy Awards

2 February 2025 at 21:25
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Kanye West and Bianca Censori have been romantically linked since 2022.

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  • Bianca Censori, Kanye West's partner, went almost fully nude while walking the 2025 Grammys red carpet.
  • Censori, 30, has been romantically linked to the controversial rapper, 47, since January 2023.
  • She is an architectural designer at Yeezy, per a LinkedIn profile matching her description.

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is no stranger to making headlines, but his partner Bianca Censori may have outshone him this time.

On Sunday, the rapper, 47, hit the 2025 Grammy Awards red carpet clad in a black shirt and pants, while Censori, 30, wore a black fur coat that she removed to reveal a virtually transparent mini dress underneath.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori at the Grammy Awards red carpet.
The couple walked the 2025 Grammys red carpet together.

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Censori has been spotted wearing sheer outfits in public multiple times before.

In March, she pulled up to a drive-thru with Ye in a super sheer black bodysuit. A month later, in April, she went to dinner with him in Los Angeles in a completely see-through tube dress and hot pink stockings. In December, she was also seen strolling around Art Basel Miami in a similarly racy nude bodysuit that left little to the imagination.

In January 2023, TMZ reported that the pair had symbolically wed without a marriage certificate in a private ceremony in Beverly Hills. Earlier in the month, they were spotted sharing a meal at the Waldorf Astoria, and Ye was wearing a new ring on his left-hand ring finger in photos taken by TMZ that day.

This came just two months after West finalized his divorce from Kardashian.

Censori and Ye have yet to publicly confirm their marriage, but the rapper did refer to her as a "stepmom" to his children in a since-deleted birthday tribute post on Instagram in January 2024, per People.

Before news of their relationship broke, Censori hadn't been in the spotlight in the same way as Ye's more high-profile exes, like Kardashian and Julia Fox.

Here's everything you need to know about Censori and her connection to Ye. 

Censori is an architectural designer at Yeezy

According to Censori's LinkedIn account, she began working as an architectural designer at Yeezy in November 2020 and has been working full-time at the company.

Before that, she worked as a student architect and design consultant at DP Toscano Architects, an architectural firm in Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. 

Censori was also part of the architectural team involved in renovating Ye's Tadao Ando-designed beachfront property in Malibu, per The New Yorker. The rapper paid $57 million for the concrete home in 2011, gutted it, and sold it at a loss for $21 million in 2024.

She previously ran a jewelry brand called Nylons

Censori started Nylons, a jewelry company, just after she finished high school, she told i-D in 2016. "I started playing around with mesh, then putting crystals inside the meshing, just making really simple thin chokers," she said.

She began the company while studying at the University of Melbourne, where she pursued both undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture. The business served as a "creative outlet" while Censori was in architecture school.

She's also a visual artist. 

In 2022, Censori appeared in a group show called "Vital Pleasures" at the Australian gallery It's Nice Inside. She and fellow artist Tanil Raif produced a sculpture of a woman bent over, seemingly covered in vines.

Censori's social media appears to have vanished

Page Six reported that Censori's Instagram account was deactivated around the same time that reports about a marriage to Ye emerged. Prior to that point, however, the outlet reported that she had about 16,500 followers. 

Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the Prototypes Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 19, 2024 in Paris, France.
In December 2022, the rapper released a song that appeared to reference her last name.

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Ye released a song that appears to reference Censori in December 2022

NME reported in December 2022 that Ye dropped an original song that sampled the Alex Jones interview in which he praised Hitler, and also referenced some of his recent controversies and antisemitic remarks. Ye shared the song on Instagram on December 7, 2022, per NME, but the post has since been deleted. 

The caption of the song, which sampled the 1973 Donny Hathaway track "Someday We'll All Be Free," appeared to reference Censori. 

"Censori overload. The variable epitope library from the antigen promotes an immune response in the body," the caption read, a play on the term "sensory overload."

According to Page Six, one of the lyrics of the song reads, "And the Bible said, 'I can't have any more sex 'til marriage."

This story was originally published in 2023 and was updated after Bianca Censori's Grammys appearance.

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The 22 music artists with the most Grammy Awards of all time

2 February 2025 at 21:09
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Kanye West, Beyoncé, and Paul McCartney.

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  • The Grammy Awards, billed as "music's biggest night," were launched in 1959.
  • Top winners include big-name artists like Paul McCartney, Jay-Z, and Stevie Wonder.
  • In 2023, Beyoncé became the most-awarded person in Grammy history.

Since 1959, the Recording Academy has been heaping Grammys upon influential musicians.

The most-awarded artists in history stretch across the musical spectrum, from classical composers and producers to rock stars, rappers, pop hitmakers, and more. The 22 top winners of all time are listed below.

Jimmy Sturr — 18 wins
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Jimmy Sturr at the 45th Grammys.

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Jimmy Sturr won his first Grammy Award in 1987 for best polka recording for "I Remember Warsaw." He has received 24 nominations. 

Aretha Franklin — 18 wins
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Aretha Franklin at the 13th Grammys.

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Aretha Franklin, known as the "Queen of Soul," won her first two Grammys in 1968 for her hit single "Respect." She received 44 nominations before she died at age 76.

Paul McCartney — 19 wins
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Linda and Paul McCartney at the 13th Grammys.

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Paul McCartney won his first Grammy in 1965 for best new artist with The Beatles.

After the band split, he continued to rack up nominations and awards for his work as a solo artist, including best rock song for "Cut Me Some Slack."

McCartney's latest award, however, was also bestowed for his work with his former band: best rock performance for "Now and Then," billed as "the final Beatles song." He has received 83 nominations. 

Tony Bennett — 19 wins
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Tony Bennett at the 60th Grammys.

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The famous crooner Tony Bennett won his first two Grammys in 1963 for the song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." He received 41 nominations before he died at age 96.

Yo-Yo Ma — 19 wins
Yo-Yo Ma at the 45th annual Grammys.
Yo-Yo Ma at the 45th Grammys.

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The renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma won his first Grammy in 1985 for a Bach recording. He has received 31 nominations.  

Bruce Springsteen — 20 wins
Bruce Springsteen performs at the 54th annual Grammys.
Bruce Springsteen performs at the 54th Grammys.

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Bruce Springsteen, known as "The Boss," won his first Grammy in 1985 for best rock vocal performance for "Dancing in the Dark." He has received 51 nominations.

Al Schmitt — 20 wins
Al Schmitt at the 56th annual Grammys.
Al Schmitt at the 56th Grammys.

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The recording engineer Al Schmitt won his first Grammy in 1963 for his work with composer Henry Mancini on the film "Hatari!" He has received 36 nominations.

Pat Metheny — 20 wins
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Pat Metheny won best jazz instrumental album at the 55th Grammys.

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The guitarist Pat Metheny won his first Grammy in 1983 for best jazz fusion performance for the album "Offramp." He has received 39 nominations.

Henry Mancini — 20 wins
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Henry Mancini at the 13th Grammys.

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The film and TV composer Henry Mancini won his first two Grammys at the first-ever ceremony in 1959 for his score to the show "Peter Gunn." He received 72 nominations before he died at age 70.

Vince Gill — 22 wins
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Vince Gill at the 59th Grammys.

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The country singer-songwriter Vince Gill won his first Grammy in 1991 for best country vocal performance for "When I Call Your Name." He has received 48 nominations.

U2 — 22 wins
U2 at the 47th annual Grammys.
U2 at the 47th Grammys.

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U2 won their first two Grammys in 1988 for the album "The Joshua Tree." The Irish band has received 46 nominations.

Kanye West — 24 wins
Kanye West at the 48th annual Grammys.
Kanye West at the 48th Grammys.

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Ye, who still releases music under the name Kanye West, won his first three Grammys in 2005 for best rap album ("The College Dropout"), best rap song ("Jesus Walks"), and best R&B song (Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name"). He has received 76 nominations. 

Jay Z — 24 wins
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Jay-Z at the 55th Grammys.

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Jay-Z won his first Grammy in 1999 for best rap album for "Vol. 2 … Hard Knock Life." In 2024, he was presented with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award (which does not count toward his official total). The rapper-slash-mogul has received 89 nominations.

Stevie Wonder — 25 wins
Stevie Wonder won best R&B vocal performance (male) at the 28th Grammys.
Stevie Wonder won best R&B vocal performance (male) at the 28th Grammys.

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Stevie Wonder won his first four Grammys in 1974 for his album "Innervisions." He is also the only Black artist in Grammy history to win album of the year three times.

The R&B legend has received 74 nominations throughout his career.

Vladimir Horowitz — 25 wins
Vladimir Horowitz circa 1985.
Vladimir Horowitz circa 1985.

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Vladimir Horowitz won his first two Grammys in 1963. The pianist received 45 nominations before he died at age 86.

John Williams — 26 wins
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John Williams with Steven Spielberg.

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John Williams won his first Grammy in 1976 for composing the original score for Steven Spielberg's "Jaws."

Most recently, he won best instrumental composition in 2024 for "Helena's Theme" in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." He has received 76 nominations.

Pierre Boulez — 26 wins
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Pierre Boulez.

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Pierre Boulez won his first two Grammys in 1968 for his classical album "Berg: Wozzeck." The French composer received 67 nominations before he died at age 90.

Alison Krauss — 27 wins
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Alison Krauss at the 54th Grammys.

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Alison Krauss won her first Grammy in 1991 for best bluegrass recording for the song "I've Got That Old Feeling." The singer-songwriter has received 44 nominations.

Chick Corea — 28 wins
Chick Corea at the 55th Grammys.
Chick Corea at the 55th Grammys.

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The pianist Chick Corea won his first Grammy in 1976 for best instrumental jazz performance for the song "No Mystery."

Most recently, he won best jazz instrumental album for "Remembrance" at the 67th annual Grammys. He has received 75 nominations to date.

Quincy Jones — 28 wins
Quincy Jones at the 33rd Grammys.
Quincy Jones at the 33rd Grammys.

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Quincy Jones, the illustrious producer best known for his work with Michael Jackson in the 1980s, won his first Grammy in 1964 for best instrumental arrangement for his production of Count Basie's "I Can't Stop Loving You."

Most recently, Jones won best music film for "Quincy" at the 61st annual ceremony. He received 80 nominations before his death at age 91.

Georg Solti — 31 wins
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Georg Solti won four Grammys in 1983.

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The Hungarian-British composer Georg Solti won his first Grammy in 1963 for best opera recording for "Verdi: Aida." He received 74 nominations before he died at age 84.

Beyoncé — 35 wins
Beyoncé accepted the award for album of the year at the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Beyoncé accepted the award for album of the year at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

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Beyoncé won her first two Grammys in 2001 with Destiny's Child for their hit single "Say My Name."

In 2023, she received her record-breaking 32nd award for best dance/electronic album for "Renaissance." Most recently, she won three awards at the 67th annual ceremony for "Cowboy Carter," including best country album and album of the year.

The legendary singer has received 99 nominations throughout her career, the most of any artist in history.

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Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" makes history at the Grammy Awards 2025

2 February 2025 at 20:58

Beyoncé and Lady Gaga were leading the charge as set women set historical benchmarks and broke records on Sunday, as predicted.

The big picture: Among the breakthrough moments, Beyoncé became the first Black artist to win Best Country Album for "Cowboy Carter."


  • The Houston native also nabbed her very first Album of The Year win.
  • The wins extended her lead for the most Grammy awards won by an artist.

Other milestones from the 67th Grammy Awards

With five wins, Kendrick Lamar's hit record "Not Like Us" is the most awarded rap song in Grammy's hisotry.

Maine native Amy Allen is the first woman to be awarded Songwriter of the Year.

  • Allen was considered for writing Sabrina Carpenter's Grammy-winning song "Espresso" in addition to songs by Justin Timberlake, Tate McRae and Olivia Rodrigo.

The record for wins in the Best Pop/Duo Performance category was broken by Lady Gaga, who now has three.

  • She won this year for "Die With A Smile," a collaboration with Bruno Mars.
  • Her previous wins were for "Rain On Me" with Ariana Grande (2021) and "Shallow" with Bradley Cooper (2019).

Beyoncé wins album of the year for 'Cowboy Carter' at the 2025 Grammys — her first triumph in the awards show's biggest category

2 February 2025 at 20:52
Beyoncé accepts the award for best country album at the 2025 Grammys.
Beyoncé accepts the award for best country album at the 2025 Grammys.

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  • Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" won album of the year at the 2025 Grammys on Sunday.
  • It marks the first time Beyoncé has won the top award after racking up five nominations.
  • She was previously nominated for "Renaissance," "Lemonade," "Beyoncé," and "I Am... Sasha Fierce."

Beyoncé won album of the year at the 2025 Grammy Awards, a milestone win for the legendary singer and performer.

Beyoncé received the top prize on Sunday for "Cowboy Carter," her critically acclaimed eighth studio album. Earlier in the evening, Beyoncé also won best country duo/group performance for "II Most Wanted" featuring Miley Cyrus and best country album.

"I'd like to thank all the incredible country artists that accepted this album. We worked so hard on it," Beyoncé said during her acceptance speech for the latter award, which was presented by Taylor Swift.

"I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they're passionate about and to stay persistent," Beyoncé continued. "Wow. I'd like to thank my beautiful family, all of the artists that were collaborators, thank you. This album wouldn't have been without you."

Despite becoming the most-awarded artist in Grammy history in 2023, Beyoncé had never won album of the year. She was previously nominated for "Renaissance" in 2023, "Lemonade" in 2017, "Beyoncé" in 2015, and "I Am... Sasha Fierce" in 2010.

In fact, she had only won a general-field award (sometimes called a "Big Four" award) once in her career, taking home song of the year for "Single Ladies" in 2010.

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The Kremlin's medical system is likely overloaded as Russian soldiers on crutches keep appearing at the front line: UK intel

2 February 2025 at 20:30
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Russia has been raising sign-up bonuses for new recruits as it tries to sustain reinforcements in Ukraine. There, units have been seen sending soldiers in crutches into combat roles.

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  • Russian soldiers are showing up on the front lines in crutches, the UK Defense Ministry said.
  • It's likely a sign that Russia's military medical system is "overburdened," the ministry said.
  • Several videos of Russian soldiers in crutches and casts have gone viral in Ukraine.

Repeated frontline sightings of Russian soldiers on crutches suggest Moscow's injured troops are returning to combat from a medical system struggling to keep up, the UK's Defense Ministry said.

Citing open-source reports, the ministry wrote in an intelligence update on Sunday that it's "highly likely injured Russian personnel are being returned to combat duties in Ukraine with unhealed wounds, often on crutches."

It specifically named the 20th Combined Arms Army, which the intelligence update said had likely formed "assault groups" of wounded soldiers.

"There is a realistic possibility Russian commanders are directing this activity to retain personnel who would otherwise become lost in the overburdened medical system," the ministry wrote.

The update pointed to Ukraine's estimate that 830,000 Russian soldiers have been wounded or killed in the war so far, with about 400,000 requiring treatment at medical facilities outside the war zone.

"The injured soldiers have likely been returned to their units after being discharged from forward medical facilities, prematurely, at the behest of their commanders," the British ministry wrote. "This reduces the pressure on the overburdened military medical system and increases unit's ability to track and use wounded servicemen for operational tasks."

"The lack of proper medical attention in facilities away from the front line necessitates the transfer of the administrative and medical burden back to troops' units," it added.

The UK's assessment comes as pro-Ukraine Telegram channels posted clips last month of Russian men in military uniforms moving on crutches through a forested area near Pokrovsk. Several others were filmed complaining about the deployment.

In mid-January, Ukrainian sources posted drone footage of two men walking on crutches in an open field that was also said to be near Pokrovsk. The drone dropped several munitions on both men, appearing to incapacitate them.

However, it's visually unclear what initial injury either man sustained before the drone attack. Neither is it clear whether they were assaulting Ukrainian forces or moving between Russian positions.

The footage has gained traction in Russia, too. Military blogger Svyatoslav Golikov, for example, criticized the reported practice of sending wounded troops to fight, calling it an "entire wild disgrace" in a post in late January.

"In particularly egregious cases, obvious cripples can even be sent to assault, but more often they are sent to fortify newly recaptured positions," he wrote.

Golikov wrote that it's possible the two men in the drone video were seen without weapons or equipment because Russian soldiers are often told to find their own supplies on the front line.

The criticism also follows recent backlash on Russian social media toward the treatment of the war's wounded, after a video that went viral in mid-January showed a man in military fatigues assaulting two injured Russians with a baton and a stun gun.

Local authorities in Kyzyl, a city in the Russian region of Tuva, told Moscow-based news agency Interfax that they were investigating the incident.

The Russian Defense Ministry did not respond to a comment request sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

Signs of strain in Russia's troop supply are significant, because the war now increasingly hinges on whether Moscow or Kyiv can outlast each other in terms of gear and soldiers.

To enlist recruits, the Kremlin has been raising sign-up bonuses and benefits for newcomers, with some Russian regions seeing cash incentives almost on par with the US military's.

Russia is already set to spend almost a third of its federal budget on defense in 2025, or 13.5 trillion rubles (worth $135 billion, at press time), as its economy grows isolated by Western-led sanctions.

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Chappell Roan used her 2025 Grammys acceptance speech to demand a livable wage for artists. Here's why it's famously difficult to make money as a musician.

2 February 2025 at 20:22
Chappell Roan accepts the award for best new artist at the 2025 Grammys.
Chappell Roan accepts the award for best new artist at the 2025 Grammys.

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  • Chappell Roan won best new artist at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday.
  • She used her speech to call for record labels to "treat their artists as valuable employees."
  • Here's why even Grammy-nominated musicians have trouble turning a profit in the music industry.

Chappell Roan never shies away from making a statement.

While accepting the award for best new artist at the 67th annual Grammy Awards, the "Good Luck, Babe!" singer highlighted the difficulties of building a stable — let alone profitable — career in the music industry.

"I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and healthcare, especially to developing artists," Roan said.

Roan alluded to her first record contract with Atlantic, which signed her as a teenager, and the shock of getting dropped by the label — a setback that forced her to leave Los Angeles and move back to her home state of Missouri, where she worked at a drive-thru to support herself.

"When I got dropped, I had zero job experience under my belt, and like most people, I had… quite a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic," Roan said.

"Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection," Roan continued. "Labels, we got you, but do you got us?"

The problems that preoccupied Roan's speech are more widespread in the industry than many fans may realize.

As Business Insider previously reported, modern artists face a seemingly endless array of bureaucratic, strategic, and financial obstacles to making a living — from the eye-popping upfront costs of touring or recording an album to the countless unpaid hours of social media self-promo and meager payouts from streaming giants like Spotify.

Indeed, Roan's fellow best new artist nominee Raye told BI last June that she was still "breaking even."

The 27-year-old British vocalist, who recently worked with Beyoncé on "Cowboy Carter" and opened for Taylor Swift's multi-billion-dollar Eras Tour, explained that musicians are faced with unseen expenses at every turn. This is especially true for those who forgo the major-label system.

"You're getting paid X to do Coachella, and then you spend double the amount that you got paid to do the show on the show itself, because you want to do a great show," Raye offered as an example. "And you have to pay musicians, and the singers, and everyone what they deserve."

Like Roan, Raye has a troubled history with record labels. She butted heads with executives at Polydor, who signed her at a young age, and publicly asked the label to release her from her contract in 2021. The company obliged, and Raye released her first album as an independent artist, "My 21st Century Blues," in 2023.

Roan found a different way forward. After working to refine her craft and building an audience on TikTok during the pandemic, Roan signed a new contract with the label imprint founded by her producer, Daniel Nigro. Amusement Records distributed her debut album, 2023's "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess."

The album climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 last year, second only to Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department," and received a Grammy nomination for album of the year. Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!" was also nominated for song of the year and best pop solo performance.

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Texas National Guard can now make immigration arrests under Trump admin deal, Gov. Abbott says

2 February 2025 at 19:56

The Texas National Guard was "granted the power of immigration officials to make immigration arrests" under an agreement with the Trump administration that state Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday was effective "immediately."

Why it matters: The national guard's increased powers are part of President Trump's immigration crackdown vow to expel millions of undocumented immigrants, which saw him sign executive orders declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border soon after taking office.


  • It follows a Jan. 23 Department of Homeland Security directive giving Justice Department law enforcement officials in the U.S. Marshals, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Federal Bureau of Prisons authority to investigate and apprehend suspected undocumented immigrants.

State of play: The deal between Customs and Border Protection and Texas "boosts man power for border security," Abbott said X Sunday evening.

  • A memorandum of understanding authored by CBP Acting Commissioner Pete Flores has yet to be "disseminated to all Texas border sectors," per Breitbart, which first reported on the deal.
  • Representatives for Abbott's office did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment in the evening on when this would happen.
  • The agreement will enable soldiers to conduct "roving patrols and exercise all the duties of an immigration agent so long as a U.S. immigration officer or Border Patrol agent accompanies them," per Breitbart.
  • Representatives for CBT did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment in the evening.

Go deeper... "Just the beginning": Pentagon sending 1,500 troops to U.S.-Mexico border

The best-dressed couples at the 2025 Grammys

2 February 2025 at 18:22
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend attended the 2025 Grammy Awards
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend attended the 2025 Grammy Awards.

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  • The 67th Grammy Awards were held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday.
  • Celebrity couples like Mark Manio and Scott Hoying hit the red carpet in coordinating ensembles.
  • Chrissy Teigen and John Legend wore coordinating dark looks.

The 67th Grammy Awards took place on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the venue formerly known as Staples Center and home to the Los Angeles Lakers.

In typical Grammys fashion, the biggest names in music and entertainment came out in full force to celebrate the biggest songs, albums, and artists of the year.

Some of the night's biggest nominees, from Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas, to Chappell Roan, walked the red carpet in eye-catching looks.

Celebrity couples like Chrissy Teigen and John Legend also made a splash, hitting the red carpet in coordinating looks that embodied the phrase "power couple."

Photos show the best-dressed celebrity couples at this year's Grammys.

Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley
Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley at the 67th GRAMMY Awards
Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley at the 67th Grammy Awards.

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Antonoff, a six-time nominee this year, wore a black suit with a white T-shirt underneath. His wife, Qualley, wore an ivory tulle skirt paired with white ballet flats.

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend attended the 2025 Grammy Awards
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend attended the 2025 Grammy Awards.

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Teigen wore an eye-catching mermaid dress designed by Christian Siriano, while Legend wore a uniquely patterned brown suit designed by Louis Vuitton.

Louis Partridge and Olivia Rodrigo
Louis Partridge and Olivia Rodrigo attend the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
Louis Partridge and Olivia Rodrigo attend the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.

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Partridge didn't walk the red carpet with his girlfriend, but the two were spotted inside. He wore a black suit with a white T-shirt.

Rodrigo walked the red carpet in a vintage Versace dress with a plunging neckline and multiple cutouts.

Mark Manio and Scott Hoying
Mark Manio and Scott Hoying attended the 2025 Grammy Awards
Mark Manio and Scott Hoying attended the 2025 Grammy Awards.

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The Pentatonix singer opted for a monochromatic brown look with a jacket accented with a large rose brooch.

His husband, Manio, complemented him well with a brown shirt and blazer, and light-pink pants.

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz
Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025
Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz attend the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

Klum and Kaulitz both chose light neutrals for the evening. Klum wore a strapless silver gown with detached puffy sleeves, while her husband, the Tokio Hotel guitarist Kaulitz, wore an all-white look with beige sneakers.

Rika Tischendorf and Babyface
Rika Tischendorf and Babyface attended the 2025 Grammy Awards
Rika Tischendorf and Babyface attended the 2025 Grammy Awards.

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Babyface wore a black suit with lapels encrusted in crystals. His girlfriend, Tischendorf, wore a skin-colored gown also covered in crystals.

Claudia Sulewski and Finneas
Claudia Sulewski and Finneas attend the 67th GRAMMY Awards
Claudia Sulewski and Finneas attended the 2025 Grammy Awards.

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Sulewski wore a jade-green dress with a cowl neckline. She walked the red carpet with her boyfriend, Finneas, a four-time nominee this year. He wore a monochromatic brown suit designed by Zegna.

Paris Hilton and Carter Reum
Paris Hilton and Carter Reum at the 67th Grammy Awards.
Paris Hilton and Carter Reum at the 67th Grammy Awards.

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Hilton wore a '70s-inspired shimmering golden gown with a matching cape and gloves. Reum wore a black checkered suit jacket with black pants.

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What went wrong in the Philly jet crash that killed seven people

2 February 2025 at 17:42

Investigators are early into their investigation of the plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia that killed seven people.

The big picture: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which has been on the ground since Friday, says it'll take several days — or potentially weeks — to collect and analyze evidence from the sprawling crash site.


The latest: Investigators have recovered the jet's black box, the NTSB said Sunday night.

  • They found it 8 feet underground, along with an enhanced ground proximity warning system that could contain flight data. They also found the plane's engines.

The parts are being sent to the agency's lab in Washington, D.C. to be analyzed.

  • Investigators also obtained surveillance footage and several statements from witnesses. They encouraged the public to email NTSB with video and photos of the crash.

The agency said it expects to have a preliminary report done within 30 days.

  • But a final report with a probable cause won't come for 1-2 years.

Zoom in: The medical jet climbed to about 1,500 feet before descending at a 45-degree angle and crashing on Cottman Avenue about 3.5 miles away from the airport, according to city and federal officials.

  • The crew didn't send any distress messages from the cockpit and didn't respond to a transmission from air traffic control, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said.
  • The jet was in the air for less than a minute.

"It looks like a rocket that comes straight down," David Evans, an airline transport pilot and flight instructor, told the Inquirer. "Even a Lear has some sort of glide capability. It just looks so highly unusual."

Based on air traffic control recordings, the weather at the time of the incident and publicly available flight path data, the two most likely culprits are either spatial disorientation in a low overcast cloud layer immediately after takeoff, or some catastrophic mechanical failure, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick — a pilot — tells us.

  • Juan Browne, a commercial pilot and aviation accident expert, tells Axios spatial disorientation is more common at night when pilots are reliant on their instruments to help them fly.
  • The lack of a distress call and the steep, rapid decline suggest the pilots were "110 percent task saturated" trying to safely navigate, Browne says. "We call it 'helmet fire' in the industry."

Caveat: Only after the official investigation may we have a full understanding of what happened.

  • That the aircraft impacted the ground so violently will no doubt complicate investigators' work, given the state of the physical evidence, Axios' Fitzpatrick adds.

What they're saying: Tammy Duffy, a 59-year-old pharmaceutical representative from Hamilton, New Jersey, tells Axios she was stuck in rush-hour traffic near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard when the plane struck.

  • The explosion and a fiery mushroom cloud sent people running for their lives.
  • "Time froze," says Duffy, who shut her vents to keep acrid smoke from entering her car. "It reminded me of 9/11."

Commissioner Lisa Deeley said on X the tragedy has shaken the neighborhood where she grew up: "You see these things on TV, but it's totally different when it is in your own backyard," Deeley wrote.

Heather Long, who lives near the crash site, told Axios residents are worried about how they'll get to work this week — since many streets are still barricaded with police officers preventing traffic from entering or leaving.

  • "We don't have any answers," Long said. "I want to know when we can leave."

What's next

"Long-term recovery": That's what the city's Managing Director Adam Thiel is warning residents to brace for as the massive effort to restore normalcy to the neighborhood gets underway.

The crash site along Cottman Avenue — a busy corridor with a mix of homes and businesses — stretches at least a half-mile between Bustleton Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard.

  • Aerial footage shows a deep crater in the ground there, and a debris field that officials said likely spans several miles.
  • The full extent of the damage isn't even known yet, officials said: They'll only be able to assess it after the crash investigation.

Mike's thought bubble: I went down to the site Sunday and saw the usually bustling, noisy hub brought to a standstill — a surreal feeling.

  • The scene was eerily quiet even though there were police, investigators and onlookers everywhere, and I watched investigators use an excavator to hoist the charred remains of abandoned cars onto a tow truck.

State of play: Roosevelt Boulevard is expected to open by rush hour Monday morning, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said Sunday.

  • The Roosevelt Mall is expected to reopen on Tuesday, Kristen Moore, a spokesperson for mall owner Brixmore Property Group tells Axios.
  • PECO has restored services to the neighborhood, except for some buildings that were impacted by the crash.
  • It's not clear when Cottman Avenue will reopen to traffic.

What we're watching: The city is still working to figure out exactly how many people were displaced or missing due to the crash.

  • "It is possible there are still people … that we don't know about," Thiel said Sunday.

Officials will hold a town hall meeting at 7pm on Wednesday to answer residents' questions and share more resources. The location is TBD.

  • The city is partnering with three organizations so residents can soon donate to people impacted by the crash.

The 2025 Grammy winners: See the full list

2 February 2025 at 21:12
A composite image of 2025 Grammy nominees Sabrina Carpenter, Beyoncé, and Chappell Roan.
Sabrina Carpenter, Beyoncé, and Chappell Roan are among the 2025 Grammy nominees.

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  • The 2025 Grammy Awards took place February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
  • Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Beyoncé took home multiple awards.
  • Chappell Roan won the coveted award for best new artist.

Triumphant wins, heartfelt tributes, and bombastic performances filled the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles Sunday night for the 67th annual Grammy Awards.

Kendrick Lamar was one of the night's biggest winners, netting five Grammys including record of the year, best rap performance, and best music video for the Drake diss-track-turned-smash-hit "Not Like Us," while Beyoncé surprised even herself by taking home the award for best country album for "Cowboy Carter" and ended the night with her first-ever win for album of the year.

Keep reading to see who won in the major categories — the winners are listed in bold.

Songwriter of the year, non-classical
Raye in September 2024.
Raye in September.

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Jessi Alexander

Amy Allen

Edgar Barrera

Jessie Jo Dillon

Raye

Producer of the year, non-classical
Daniel Nigro in May 2024.
Daniel Nigro in May.

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

Alissia

Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II

Ian Fitchuk

Mustard

Daniel Nigro

Best pop solo performance
Sabrina Carpenter in October 2024.
Sabrina Carpenter in October.

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

"Bodyguard" — Beyoncé 

"Espresso" — Sabrina Carpenter

"Apple" — Charli XCX

"Birds of a Feather" — Billie Eilish

"Good Luck, Babe!" — Chappell Roan

Best pop duo/group performance
Ariana Grande in November 2024.
Ariana Grande in November.

Don Arnold/WireImage

"Us" — Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift

"Levii's Jeans" — Beyoncé featuring Post Malone

"Guess" — Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish

"The Boy Is Mine" — Ariana Grande, Brandy, and Monica

"Die With a Smile" — Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Best pop vocal album
Taylor Swift playing the piano during a performance on The Eras Tour.
Taylor Swift in July.

Andreas Rentz/TAS24

"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 dance pop recording
Charli XCX at the 2024 Met Gala.
Charli XCX in May.

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

"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 recording
Fred Again performs in August 2024.
Fred Again in August.

Simone Joyner/Getty Images

"She's Gone, Dance On" — Disclosure

"Loved" — Four Tet

"Leavemealone" — Fred Again and Baby Keem

"Neverender" — Justice and Tame Impala

"Witchy" — Kaytranada featuring Childish Gambino

Best dance/electronic album
Charli XCX in November 2024.
Charli XCX in November.

Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

"Brat" — Charli XCX

"Three" — Four Tet

"Hyperdrama" — Justice

"Timeless" — Kaytranada

"Telos" — Zedd

Best rock performance
Tre Cool and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day perform on stage in October 2024.
Tre Cool and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day in October.

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"Now and Then" — The Beatles

"Beautiful People (Stay High)" — The Black Keys

"The American Dream Is Killing Me" — Green Day

"Gift Horse" — Idles

"Dark Matter" — Pearl Jam

"Broken Man" — St. Vincent

Best rock song
St. Vincent performing in October 2024.
St. Vincent performing in October 2024.

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"Beautiful People (Stay High)" — The Black Keys

"Broken Man" — St. Vincent

"Dark Matter" — Pearl Jam

"Dilemma" — Green Day

"Gift Horse" — Idles

Best rock album
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performing in November 2024.
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performing in November.

Dave Simpson/WireImage

"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 performance
Cage the Elephant performing in September 2024.
Cage the Elephant performing in September.

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

"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 alternative music album
Clairo performing in October 2024.
Clairo performing in October.

Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

"Wild God" — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

"Charm" — Clairo

"The Collective" — Kim Gordon

"What Now" — Brittany Howard

"All Born Screaming" — St. Vincent

Best melodic rap performance
Latto performing onstage in October 2024.
Latto performing in October.

Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images

"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" — Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu

Best rap performance
Eminem at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
Eminem at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images

"Enough (Miami)" — Cardi B

"When the Sun Shines Again" — Common and Pete Rock featuring Posdnuos

"Nissan Altima" — Doechii

"Houdini" — Eminem

"Like That" — Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar

"Yeah Glo!" — GloRilla

"Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar

Best rap song
Kendrick Lamar performing onstage in June 2024.
Kendrick Lamar performing in June.

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"Asteroids" — Rapsody featuring Hit-Boy

"Carnival" — ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $Ign) featuring Rich The Kid and Playboi Carti

"Like That" — Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar

"Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar

"Yeah Glo!" — GloRilla

Best rap album
Future and Metro Boomin performing onstage in August 2024.
Future and Metro Boomin performing in August.

Prince Williams/WireImage

"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 traditional R&B performance
Muni Long performing onstage in October 2024.
Muni Long performing in October.

Julia Beverly/Getty Images

"Wet" — Marsha Ambrosius

"Can I Have This Groove" — Kenyon Dixon

"No Lie" — Lalah Hathaway featuring Michael McDonald

"Make Me Forget" — Muni Long

"That's You" — Lucky Daye

Best R&B performance
SZA performing in June 2024.
SZA performing in June.

Samir Hussein/WireImage

"Guidance" — Jhené Aiko

"Residuals" — Chris Brown

"Here We Go (Uh Oh)" — Coco Jones

"Made For Me (Live on BET)" — Muni Long

"Saturn" — SZA

Best R&B song
Kehlani performing in November 2024.
Kehlani performing in November.

Dana Jacobs/Getty Images

"After Hours" — Kehlani

"Burning" — Tems

"Here We Go (Uh Oh)" — Coco Jones

"Ruined Me" — Muni Long

"Saturn" — SZA

Best R&B album
Usher performing in October 2024.
Usher performing in October.

Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation

"11:11 (Deluxe)" — Chris Brown

"Vantablack" — Lalah Hathaway

"Revenge "— Muni Long

"Algorithm" — Lucky Daye

"Coming Home" — Usher

Best progressive R&B album
Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge of NxWorries performing in July 2023.
Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge of NxWorries performing in July 2023.

Richard Bord/Getty Images

"So Glad to Know You "— Avery Sunshine (WINNER - tie)

"En Route" — Durand Bernarr

"Bando Stone & the New World" — Childish Gambino

"Crash" — Kehlani

"Why Lawd?" — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) (WINNER - tie)

Best alternative jazz album
André 3000 in October 2024.
André 3000 in October.

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

"Night Reign" — Arooj Aftab

"New Blue Sun" — André 3000

"Code Derivation" — Robert Glasper

"Foreverland" — Keyon Harrold

"No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin" — Meshell Ndegeocello

Best country solo performance
Shaboozey performing in November 2024.
Shaboozey performing in November.

Scott Legato/Getty Images

"16 Carriages" — Beyoncé

"I Am Not OK" — Jelly Roll

"The Architect" — Kacey Musgraves

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" — Shaboozey

"It Takes a Woman" — Chris Stapleton

Best country duo/group performance
Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay in September 2024.
Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay in September.

Terry Wyatt/Getty Images

"Cowboys Cry Too" — Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan

"II Most Wanted" — Beyoncé featuring Miley Cyrus

"Break Mine" — Brothers Osborne

"Bigger Houses" — Dan + Shay

"I Had Some Help" — Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen

Best country song
Kacey Musgraves performing in October 2024.
Kacey Musgraves performing in October.

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for ABA

"The Architect" — Kacey Musgraves

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" — Shaboozey

"I Am Not Okay" — Jelly Roll

"I Had Some Help" — Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen

"Texas Hold 'Em" — Beyoncé

Best country album
Beyoncé at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Beyoncé at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty Images

"Cowboy Carter" — Beyoncé

"F-1 Trillion" — Post Malone

"Deeper Well" — Kacey Musgraves

"Higher" — Chris Stapleton

"Whirlwind" — Lainey Wilson

Best Latin pop album
Kali Uchis performing in August 2024.
Kali Uchis performing in August.

Omar Vega/Getty Images

"Funk Generation" — Anitta

"El Viaje" — Luis Fonsi

"García" — Kany García

"Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" — Shakira

"Orquídeas" — Kali Uchis

Best música urbana album
Bad Bunny performing in June 2024.
Bad Bunny performing in June.

Marc Piasecki/Getty Images for Vogue

"Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañan" — Bad Bunny

"Rayo" — J Balvin

"Ferxxocalipsis" — Feid

"Las Letras Ya No Importan" — Residente

"Att." — Young Miko

Best African music performance
Burna Boy in September 2024.
Burna Boy in September.

Joseph Okpako/Redferns

"Tomorrow" — Yemi Alade

"MMS" — Asake and Wizkid

"Sensational" — Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay

"Higher" — Burna Boy

"Love Me JeJe" — Tems

Best musical theater album
"Merrily We Roll Along" cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Lindsay Mendez, and Jonathan Groff inMay 2024.
"Merrily We Roll Along" cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Lindsay Mendez, and Jonathan Groff in May.

Bruce Glikas/Getty Images

"Hell's Kitchen"

"Merrily We Roll Along"

"The Notebook"

"The Outsiders"

"Suffs"

"The Wiz"

Best music video
Taylor Swift and Post Malone in the music video for "Fortnight."
Taylor Swift and Post Malone in the music video for "Fortnight."

Taylor Swift/YouTube

"Tailor Swif" — A$AP Rocky

"360" — Charli XCX

"Houdini" — Eminem

"Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar

"Fortnight" — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and television)
Timothee Chalamet as paul atreides in dune, wearing fremen clothing and with a hose attached to his nose like a cannula. his hair is blowing in the wind as he stands in front of a mountain
Timothée Chalamet in "Dune: Part Two."

Warner Bros.

"American Fiction"

"Challengers"

"The Color Purple "

"Dune: Part Two"

"Shōgun"

Best song written for visual media
Olivia Rodrigo in October 2024.
Olivia Rodrigo in October.

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" from "Twisters: The Album" — Luke Combs

"Better Place" from "Trolls Band Together" — NSYNC and Justin Timberlake

"Can't Catch Me Now" from "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" — Olivia Rodrigo

"It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony" — Jon Batiste

"Love Will Survive" from "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" — Barbra Streisand

Best new artist
Sabrina Carpenter performing in October 2024.
Sabrina Carpenter performing in October 2024.

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

Benson Boone

Sabrina Carpenter

Doechii

Khruangbin

Raye

Chappell Roan

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

Song of the year
Chappell Roan in November 2024.
Chappell Roan in November.

Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" — Shaboozey

"Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish

"Die With a Smile" — Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

"Fortnight" — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

"Good Luck, Babe!" — Chappell Roan

"Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar

"Please Please Please" — Sabrina Carpenter

"Texas Hold 'Em" — Beyoncé

Record of the year
Sabrina Carpenter at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
Sabrina Carpenter at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

"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 Luke, Babe!" — Chappell Roan

"Fortnight" — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Album of the year
Beyoncé performing in October 2023.
Beyoncé performing in October 2023.

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood

"New Blue Sun" — André 3000

"Cowboy Carter" — Beyoncé

"Short n' Sweet" — Sabrina Carpenter

"Brat" — Charli XCX

"Djesse Vol. 4" — Jacob Collier

"Hit Me Hard and Soft" — Billie Eilish

"Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" — Chappell Roan

"The Tortured Poets Department" — Taylor Swift

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