Music’s biggest night, AKA the 67th annual Grammy Awards, delivered jaw-dropping red carpet moments, groundbreaking victories, and unforgettable performances. The event took place yesterday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, celebrating the finest achievements in music over the past year.
As one of the most highly anticipated events in the industry, the Grammys once again brought together global superstars, rising talents, and legendary figures, all vying for the prestigious golden gramophone. Hosted by Trevor Noah for the fourth consecutive year, the ceremony featured a star-studded line-up of performers, including pop princesses Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Charli XCX.
With 94 categories spanning pop, rock, rap, country, R&B, classical, and more, the awards continue to recognise artistic excellence and innovation. From historic wins to captivating performances, here are the highlights you can’t miss.
Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track dominates the night
Kendrick Lamar emerged as one of the night’s biggest winners, sweeping all five Grammy Awards that he was nominated for Not Like Us, his explosive diss track aimed at Drake.
The song took home Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, Best Music Video, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year, solidifying Lamar’s reign as one of the genre’s most influential voices.
Beyoncé makes history once again
Already the most-awarded artist in Grammy history, Beyoncé continued her record-breaking streak at the 67th Grammy Awards. She became the first Black woman to win Best Country Album for Cowboy Carter – a momentous achievement that reshaped the conversation around country music. The award was presented by Taylor Swift, who herself won the same Grammy in 2010 for Fearless.
Adding to her triumph, Beyoncé also secured her first-ever Album of the Year win, a long-awaited recognition of her genre-spanning artistry. Besides her groundbreaking wins for Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé also took home the award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance with Miley Cyrus for II Most Wanted.
Sabrina Carpenter’s Old Hollywood glam performance & first Grammy win
Nominated in six categories for this year’s Grammys, Sabrina Carpenter performs in a blue jewel-encrusted bodice from Dolce & Gabbana.
Sabrina Carpenter dazzled in her debut Grammy performance with a theatrical Old Hollywood-inspired showcase, seamlessly blending Espresso and Please Please Please. Dressed in showgirl-inspired Dolce & Gabbana looks, she captivated the audience with intricate choreography and vintage glamour.
Carpenter also celebrated a major career milestone, taking home two Grammy Awards – Best Pop Solo Performance for Espresso and Best Pop Vocal Album for Short n’ Sweet. With two wins, multiple nominations, and a mesmerising debut performance, Carpenter made an unforgettable mark on music’s biggest night.
Chappell Roan’s powerful speech for her Best New Artist win
Rising star Chappell Roan took home Best New Artist, but she used her moment on stage for more than just an acceptance speech. She urged record labels to pay emerging artists a liveable wage and provide healthcare, highlighting the struggles faced by many musicians.
Roan, who previously experienced the hardships of being dropped by a label, spoke from personal experience, making her plea all the more powerful.
Amy Allen becomes the first woman to win Songwriter of the Year
Amy Allen’s historic Songwriter of the Year Grammy win marks a groundbreaking moment for women in songwriting, as she became the first-ever woman to claim the prestigious award.
Her incredible talent and versatility were evident in her work with Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, and Justin Timberlake, among others. Having penned hits like Espresso, Please Please Please, and Taste, these well-loved songs of 2024 played a significant role in Allen’s victory, solidifying her as one of the most sought-after songwriters in the industry.
Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga’s tribute to Los Angeles
Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga joined forces for an emotional tribute to Los Angeles, performing a heartfelt rendition of The Mamas and The Papas’ song California Dreamin in light of the city’s devastating wildfires. The pair was also honoured with the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Grammy for their collaboration, cementing their place as one of music’s most iconic partnerships.
Doechii joins an exclusive club of women in rap
Rapper Doechii made history as only the third woman to ever win Best Rap Album, following in the footsteps of Lauryn Hill and Cardi B, who won the award in 1997 and 2019 respectively. Her win continues to push the boundaries for women in hip-hop, further challenging the industry’s gender norms and paving the way for future female rappers.
Shakira dedicates her Grammy to immigrants
Winning Best Latin Pop Album for Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira delivered a heartfelt speech dedicated to immigrants around the world. Amid increasing immigration enforcement across the U.S., her words carried a deeper significance, expressing solidarity with those facing hardships while celebrating the resilience of immigrant communities.
Discover 30 big winners of the night below. For the full list of all 94 categories, click here.
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 – WINNER
Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan
Fortnight – Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
Album Of The Year
New Blue Sun – André 3000
COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé – WINNER
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
Song Of The Year
A Bar Song (Tipsy) — Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
BIRDS OF A FEATHER — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Die With A Smile — Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
Fortnight — Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
Good Luck, Babe! — Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) – WINNER
Please Please Please — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
TEXAS HOLD ‘EM — Brian Bates, Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan – WINNER
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro – WINNER
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen – WINNER
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
RAYE
Best Pop Solo Performance
BODYGUARD — Beyoncé
Espresso — Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
Apple — Charli xcx
BIRDS OF A FEATHER — Billie Eilish
Good Luck, Babe! — Chappell Roan
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
us. — Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
LEVII’S JEANS — Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
Guess — Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
the boy is mine — Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
Die With A Smile — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – WINNER
Best Pop Vocal Album
Short n’ Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT — Billie Eilish
eternal sunshine — Ariana Grande
Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess — Chappell Roan
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT — Taylor Swift
Best Dance Pop Recording
Make You Mine — Madison Beer
Von dutch — Charli xcx – WINNER
L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT] — Billie Eilish
yes, and? — Ariana Grande
Got Me Started — Troye Sivan
Best Dance/Electronic Album
BRAT — Charli xcx – WINNER
Three — Four Tet
Hyperdrama — Justice
TIMELESS — KAYTRANADA
Telos — Zedd
Best Rock Performance
Now and Then — The Beatles – WINNER
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 Album
Happiness Bastards — The Black Crowes
Romance — Fontaines D.C.
Saviors — Green Day
TANGK — IDLES
Dark Matter — Pearl Jam
Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones – WINNER
No Name — Jack White
Best R&B Performance
Guidance — Jhené Aiko
Residuals — Chris Brown
Here We Go (Uh Oh) — Coco Jones
Made For Me (Live On BET) — Muni Long – WINNER
Saturn — SZA
Best R&B Song
After Hours — Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
Burning — Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
Here We Go (Uh Oh) — Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
Ruined Me — Jeff Gitelman, Kareen Lomax, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
Saturn — Rob Bisel, Cian Ducrot, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA) – WINNER
Best Rap Performance
Enough (Miami) — Cardi B
When The Sun Shines Again — Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos
NISSAN ALTIMA — Doechii
Houdini — Eminem
Like That — Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Yeah Glo! — GloRilla
Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Best Rap Song
Asteroids — Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody Featuring Hit-Boy)
Carnival — Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign) Featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti)
Like That — Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) – WINNER
Yeah Glo! — Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)
Best Rap Album
Might Delete Later — J. Cole
The Auditorium, Vol. 1 — Common & Pete Rock
Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii – WINNER
The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) — Eminem
We Don’t Trust You — Future & Metro Boomin
Best Jazz Performance
Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT) — The Baylor Project
Phoenix Reimagined (Live) — Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield
Juno — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Twinkle Twinkle Little Me — Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – WINNER
Little Fears — Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Journey In Black — Christie Dashiell
Wildflowers Vol. 1 — Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner
A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy – WINNER
Milton + esperanza — Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
My Ideal — Catherine Russell & Sean Mason
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
À Fleur De Peau — Cyrille Aimée
Visions — Norah Jones – WINNER
Good Together — Lake Street Dive
Impossible Dream — Aaron Lazar
Christmas Wish — Gregory Porter
Best Country Solo Performance
16 CARRIAGES — Beyoncé
I Am Not Okay — Jelly Roll
The Architect — Kacey Musgraves
A Bar Song (Tipsy) — Shaboozey
It Takes A Woman — Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Cowboys Cry Too — Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
II MOST WANTED — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus – WINNER
Break Mine — Brothers Osborne
Bigger Houses — Dan + Shay
I Had Some Help — Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen
Best Country Song
The Architect — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) – WINNER
A Bar Song (Tipsy) — Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
I Am Not Okay — Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
I Had Some Help — Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen)
TEXAS HOLD ‘EM — Brian Bates, Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best Country Album
COWBOY CARTER — Beyoncé – WINNER
F-1 Trillion — Post Malone
Deeper Well — Kacey Musgraves
Higher — Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind — Lainey Wilson
Best Latin Pop Album
Funk Generation — Anitta
El Viaje — Luis Fonsi
GARCÍA — Kany García
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira – WINNER
ORQUÍDEAS — Kali Uchis
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words (Various Artists) — Guy Oldfield, producer
…And Your Ass Will Follow — George Clinton
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones — Dolly Parton
Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter – WINNER
My Name Is Barbra — Barbra Streisand
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
American Fiction — Laura Karpman, composer
Challengers — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
The Color Purple — Kris Bowers, composer
Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer – WINNER
Shōgun — Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers
Best Music Video
Tailor Swif — A$AP Rocky
360 — Charli xcx
Houdini — Eminem
Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Fortnight — Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
Best Recording Package
The Avett Brothers — Scott Avett, Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)
Baker Hotel — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)
BRAT — Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx) – WINNER
F-1 Trillion — Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)
Hounds Of Love The Baskerville Edition — Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
Jug Band Millionaire — Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease — Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)
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